It was 1971 when three African-American preacher’s sons eschewed the Motown sound and began to terrorize their Detroit neighbors with Alice Cooper-inspired “white boy” rock. Death’s name and concept was the brainchild of guitarist David Hackney. Drummer Dannis and bassist/vocalist…

Jamie Heim Professional wrestling may be “fake,” but it sure does take its toll. Just ask 13-year veteran UltraMantis Black. “You name it, and I probably have sprained, broken or lacerated it,” he says. His medical record includes broken vertebrae,…

CHIKARA, a Philly-based professional wrestling promotion, cuts the bull and bills itself as “performance art.” Though the much-hyped storyline is rather skeletal, the wrestling itself is superb. Seven matches took place on Saturday’s season finale, Tomorrow Never Dies, at the 2300 Arena.…

CHIKARA, a Philly-based professional wrestling promotion, cuts the bull and bills itself as “performance art.” Though the much-hyped storyline is rather skeletal, the wrestling itself is superb. Seven matches took place on Saturday’s season finale, Tomorrow Never Dies, at the 2300 Arena.…

Sam Fox Sam Fox Sam Fox [ 11/15 ] Ms. Lauryn Hill: what a tease. She appears an hour and a half after her opener, Talib Kweli. She plays Fugees and Miseducation favorites — but as breakneck jam band arrangements.…

On Election Day, I crawled into a blacked-out van on Frankford Ave. for an interview with Connecticut hip-hop hop artist Chris Webby. The rapper released his debut album, Chemically Imbalanced, on Oct. 28 and was playing the Barbary that night.…

Sam Fox Sam Fox Sam Fox Sam Fox Sam Fox [ 10/5 ] A decade after the release of his 1991 debut Illmatic, Nas was recording a prophetic verse on the track “We Major.” He’d had a major case of…

On Oct. 4, the People’s Paper Co-Op (PPC) and Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity (PLSE) hosted a free criminal record expungement clinic at the Village of Arts and Humanities. After consulting with PLSE about options for expunging their records, participants…