April 30–May 7, 1998 cover story   Boyz In the Woods Booze, Bibles and bottoming out in the Pine Barrens. by Jason Wilson; photos by Julia Lehman “Everybody knows we’re out here,” Donny English says. “They call us Woodsmen. Woodies.…

April 30–May 7, 1998 movies   Fest Bets Picks and pans from the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema. Films recommended in last week’s issue were Character, illtown, The Pigeon Egg Strategy and Pusher, all receiving their first screenings this weekend.…

April 9–16, 1998 music|review Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Karl Middleman, conductor, R.J. Kelley, natural horn Church of St. Martin in the Fields, Friday, April 3 R.J. Kelly R.J. Kelley, an American natural-horn virtuoso, was the fearless soloist for a program of…

March 19–26, 1998 book quarterly|bookquicks: memoir Veronica Webb-SIGHT: Adventures in the Big City by Veronica Webb Miramax/Hyperion, 282 p., $19.95 “I learned two things very quickly that still help to this day,” writes Veronica Webb in the introduction to her…

March 5–12, 1998 food Emeril Lagasse will cook at Nicholas Nickolas Book ‘Em The tastiest events in this year’s Book and the Cook. This year, the title sponsor of The Book and The Cook changes from QVC to the Food…

February 26–March 5, 1998 20 questions T. Coraghessan Boyle Interview by Justin D. Coffin T. Coraghessan Boyle is such a deft conversationalist he probably could have given me an hour’s worth of material without me even being there. Like much…

February 26–March 5, 1998 six pick   Swervedriver/Hum By merging the atmospherics of My Bloody Valentine and Spiritualized with the guitar jangle of the Byrds, Swervedriver has managed to create one nervously swinging aesthetic. Whether you reach back to 1993’s…

ARCHIVES . Articles February 5–12, 1998 city beat Tickle fetish queen Terri DiSisto admits to having done a “Kuwait” on the Drexel student, employing “Internet weapons of mass destruction,” causing him to lose Web sites and Internet accounts. She’s intimated…

January 22–29, 1998 city beat The Philadelphia Zoo thought the research was worthwhile enough to allow the students to observe the dogs and intervene in their daily lives for the better part of last year. Under Dogs Two Beaver College…