October 15–22, 1998 music issue So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star? Six months in a band. You may change your mind. by Margit Detweiler Rooty-tooty or 60’s garage? The Rockula band shot with (l.to r.) Dalal,…

September 24–October 1, 1998 city beat When Worlds Collide A chance meeting leads to a world music foundation. by Margit Detweiler Music Lovers: Marja Kaisla (left) and Terry Lee Barrett photo: Catharine Hennessy Instantly, the two realized they had a…

August 6–13, 1998 city beat Flophouse Flip-flop A Center City hotel goes from rags to riches. by Margit Detweiler The Kesmon in its previous incarnation. Photo: Julia Lehman It was the place where a desk clerk, responding to a disturbance…

April 9–16, 1998 critical mass   Cyber Moon Performance artist Kali Lela Colton, coming to a computer screen near you. by Margit Detweiler Colton at Turtle Studios photo: Jay Matsuda Peering out the window of a cab, Kali Lela Colton…

March 12–19, 1998 music Flower Power The transcendental twang of singer-farmer Cheri Knight. by Margit Detweiler But this spring, Knight is taking time off from farming to focus on another labor of love—her music. “The greenhouse work isn’t really that…

November 27–December 4, 1997 20 questions RuPaul Interview by Margit Detweiler What does a 6-foot-5-inch drag queen want for Christmas? Well, according to RuPaul’s song “All I Want For Christmas” on his new X-mas album, Ho Ho Ho (Rhino), a…

November 27–December 4, 1997 cover story|sidebar 13 Histories Blasts from the past along Center City’s back street. by Margit Detweiler In the early 1800s, much of the area we now think of as 13th Street was open fields. The street…

November 13–20, 1997 music Richie Havens in performance at the Tin Angel last week. Kass Mencher “I’ve played big places in Philadelphia, but this is like the old days, like the places where I started out.” -Richie Havens The Angel…

October 9–16, 1997 city beat Calendar covers for the Mütter Museum: before and after. The Mütter’s cover showed a photo of a model of a baby’s head, floating in liquid detailing syphilitic leukoplakia of the tongue. The new calendar features…