December 20–27, 2001 music Luxury Sweet Swing-hop’s only son Jimmy Luxury goes from pavement to penthouse. by A.D. Amorosi Oceans in motion: Jimmy Luxury’s got that swing. Somewhere in the middle of a Vegas casino, along its farthest edges, where…

November 29–December 6, 2001 music Nice Sets ’Tis the season for CD box-giving. Billie Holiday Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (Columbia/Legacy, 10 CDs) In a promotional insert that accompanies this set, 21 artists (running the gamut…

October 25–November 1, 2001 cover story CP Choice 2001: Citylife Best Place to Stock up on Action Figures and Japanese Animation photo: Christina M. Felice All you die-hard collectors should haul your asses over to Quakerhead on South Street for…

October 11–18, 2001 cover story|music issue Outlaw System Meet John Pellegrino, Philly’s ghetto sound guy. by Sean O’Neal Outlaw raves and electronic musical gatherings will always go off in strange and unusual crevices in and around Philly. But many of…

October 4–11, 2001 scene and heard King of Rap Jay-Z’s Blueprint Lounge Tour Sept. 24, Electric Factory Chanting “Hova, Hova, Hova,” the crowd demanded Jay-Z using his new Jehovah-derived moniker. After a two-hour wait, Power 99-FM’s Colby Colb, the Hot…

August 9–16, 2001 music Love and Theft A look through Bob Dylan’s back pages and Washington Square Memories. by A.D. Amorosi Square bob: Dylan was a central figure of early ’60s Washington Square. More than any other image from 2001…

July 19–26, 2001 music It’s Mad’s World Life in and out of Madonna’s shadow. by A.D. Amorosi What follows Madonna more than controversy? Talent. It stalks — like Sandra Bernhard. It smothers her — like Rosie O’Donnell. Producers like Nile…

July 5–12, 2001 music picks|rock/pop Tiffany Anders Singer-songwriter Tiffany Anders has a lot of things going for her. Her voice is not one of them. Bad pipes might dissuade most aspiring chanteuses, but then most don’t start as teenage backup…

June 28–July 5, 2001 music picks|rock/pop Making Time About a year ago, local coffeeshop hero Dave Pianka had a burst of inspiration while slinging cups of java and chai. He decided to throw a party, have his friends DJ and…