March 1623, 2000 dance Entertainers Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Annenberg Center, March 9-11 Hubbard Street Dance Chicagos program at the Annenberg Center got the audience excited right from the start. Hearty bravos were hailed after the first piece, and other…
March 916, 2000 scene and heard Hip-Hop Boils Over The Roots have shown us that there is a music revolution going on right now. And it begins in Philadelphia,” spoke Jill Scott over a thumping bass line at The Roots…
March 29, 2000 critic pick|rock/pop Orchestra Morphine Most trios would find it hard to carry on after losing a frontman. And after the sad death this past July of Morphines leader, Mark Sandman, of a heart attack while performing at…
March 29, 2000 six pick Vir Unis Drummer/sound-escapist Vir Unis is an electronic jack-of-all-trades. With MJ Dawn hes making hyper-jungle heavy metal. With Ma Ja Le and the influential synthesist Steve Roach, Unis works the “fractal groove” jarring, computerized…
February 24March 2, 2000 critic pick|rock/pop Brothers Creeggan The way Jim Creeggan sees it, touring and recording with his brother Andy helps him be a “more grateful member of Barenaked Ladies.” Both Creeggans, in fact, had been members of BNL…
February 1724, 2000 music Litmus Test CPs roundup of DJ mix tapes. by Sean ONeal Hectic Vs. Circuit Breaker no title On the A side, Hectic provides a different view of his trancey world, normally made up of the high-energy,…
February 1017, 2000 critic pick|books Bil Wright Every now and then, I pick up a book that I wish wouldnt end. Bil Wrights debut novel, Sunday You Learn How To Box (Scribner, 224 p., $12), is one of these books.…
February 1017, 2000 music Interview with McCoy Tyner by Nate Chinen If someone were to come to your music for the first time, they could start in a number of places. Your ’90s output alone includes trio work, a Burt…
January 1320, 2000 disc quicks Housecleaning So many records. So little time. Every new year, City Paper music staffers take a look at their respective CD stacks from the prior year and mutter, “Damn, I wanted to review that.” So…
April 613, 2000 critic pick|rock/pop Eszter Balint As the Hungarian arriviste in Jim Jarmuschs Stranger Than Paradise and a drunk in Steve Buscemis Trees Lounge, actress Eszter Balint crafted sad-eyed visions of an outsider whose own world seems impenetrable. On…
