August 2431, 1995 city beat Sit On It Though it knew months ago that the DJ was boffing the Rabbi, the Philadelphia Inquirer waited for its poor stepsister, the Daily News, to break the story. In the multi-layered soap opera…
August 2431, 1995 city beat Vince Foster Offed Himself Philly lawyer, representing cop who found Foster’s body, says independent counsel will rule no foul play in Clinton aide’s death. Special prosecutor Kenneth Starr will, like other investigators, rule that the…
August 1724, 1995 cover story Mumia, Inc. Who’s raising funds and making money from Philadelphia’s best-known “political” prisoner? Wealth may be God in the capitalist world, but for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s left-leaning fight-the-power supporters, cash money is bigger. It fuels the…
August 1724, 1995 critic pick|event Benefit for Dooley House If the name doesn’t grab you, the cause should. Frank Costanzo’s new cafe on South Street, the Three Hairy Sisters, will be celebrating their grand opening on Thursday, August 24, with…
August 1724, 1995 critic pick|rock/pop Dag If there was a University of Funk, Dag would graduate with honors. These four white guys out of Raleigh, North Carolina play ’70s soul with such reverence it won’t be surprising if they start…
August 1017, 1995 city beat A Tree Dies On Bainbridge Water kills trees as city revamps infrastructure. It ain’t easy being green, especially when your neighborhood is under construction. Residents of the 2000 block of Bainbridge Street whose street…
August 310, 1995 critical mass|concert Carly Simon Mann Music Center, July 27, with Hall and Oates. What is it about Carly Simon? Sometimes you look at her shaking it around up there on stage, not looking all that comfortable, and…
August 310, 1995 cover story Monsters of Rock PACE and Electric Factory Concerts fight for control of the concert industry in Philadelphia. Under a big boiling sun at Lollapalooza last Sunday, claustrophobic crowds squeezed through the concrete passageway between the…
August 310, 1995 disc quicks|jazz Roots, Chico Freeman, Don Pullen & the African Brazilian Connection Stablemates (IN & OUT Records) Focus (Contemporary Records) Live…Again (Blue Note) The evolution of the post-Coltrane generation of jazz innovators is documented on these three…
July 2027, 1995 hit and run Swallow This Hoping to be “the most democratic juice company in the world” and, more importantly, to save itself from Chapter 11, Elliott’s Amazing Juices of Jenkintown, PA, is going public. “We’ll be bigger…
