November 1825, 1999 critic pick|world beat Uz Jsme Doma Since long before Zappa met Vaclav Havel, oddly theatrical Czech quintet Uz JsmeDoma has been making fast, furious jazz with thrash-punk energy. Theyre powerful but playful, determined but daffyas they careen…
February 1825, 1999 naked city The Bead Generation By Ketura Persellin Not since Bo Derek have beads attracted this much attention. Recently, tennis star Venus Williams, whose braids are covered with brightly colored beads, made headlines when the beads scattered…
June 1724, 1999 book quarterly The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste: Father and Mother, First and Last by Patricia Eakins NYU Press, 256 p., $19.95 Everybody knows the yarn of the shipwrecked sailor, cast away on a tropical island. Weve…
December 1623, 1999 critic pick|rock/pop The Skywriters Propelled by Rose Bochanskys geek-girl vocals, The Skywriters specialize in jangly indie-pop songs about puppy love. Recent shows have allowed their playing to mature without losing any of its jaunty spontaneity. Like-minded soft-poppers…
February 1118, 1999 movies Slam Dunk Team New York City: Schemer, Williams, Jessica Care Moore and Sia at the National Poetry Slam in Portland. Slam poetry. Ask the people who slam what it is, and they’ll have different…
December 916, 1999 hit and run Mumia and Coke No Joke Plagued by false rumors that they are funding groups in support of convicted copkiller Mumia Abu-Jamal, Coors Brewing Company and Coca-Cola Bottling of Philadelphia have had to ask the…
April 815, 1999 critic pick Gross Indecency Moises Kaufman’s riveting docudrama about the legal tribulations of Oscar Wilde artfully combines court transcripts, contemporary accounts and Wilde’s own writings to convey the complex network of influences that led to the gay…
February 411, 1999 on media On the Drawing Board A picture is worth a thousand words, but a political cartoon may be worth a book deal. Local artist Bill Ternay spent the past 18 weeks drawing courtroom sketches of the…
November 411, 1999 cover story How Street Won, part II A moment-by-moment, citywide account of the Election Day that made John Street mayor. Noon Shaw Middle School, West Philly Mary Guions, committeewoman for the 51st Ward, sits in the…
December 25, 1997January 1, 1998 theater Suddenly we’re in August Strindberg’s version of A Christmas Carol or It’s a Wonderful Life, if you can imagine such a thing. A Strindberg Christmas Yes, that Strindbergthe U.S. premiere of a…
