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MORTICIAN, PREACHER, ENTREPRENEUR, FATHER OF 21 CHILDREN AND NATIVE WEST PHILADELPHIAN, SOLOMON BURKE HAS A WHOLE LOT OF HANDLES. HERE'S ANOTHER: GREATEST LIVING SOUL SINGER IN THE WORLD. by Jonathan Valania
Solomon Burke is the Muhammad Ali of soul. He is widely considered to be the greatest male soul singer of all time by those who have made the genre their life's work--critics,… » more |
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Howard Eskin, a veteran of roughly 30 years in broadcasting, has become a big part of the Iverson story. by Steve Volk
Howard Eskin bolts from his WIP radio microphone to the producer's booth, asking who called in off the air with that last tip.
"Was he the cop from yesterday? Is he calling back? I've got to talk to him myself."
Eskin gets his answers, such as they are. This is radio, after all, where speed and volume are paramount. Silence kills.
Eskin says he's… » more |
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Philadelphia Weekly: What do you think of the Iverson situation?
Charles Barkley: I think it's awful. A shame--if he did it. If he showed up in someone's house with a gun, even if he didn't pull it out--just walking into a situation like that with a gun is too dangerous. Maybe he gets angry and shoots somebody. Or I'll tell you what happened if someone… » more |
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[ MORE FUN THAN A FOLK FESTIVAL ON THE ZOOBALLOON. JULY 18-24 ]
[ THURSDAY, JULY 18 ]
You don't call a band "the Fleetwood Mac of indie rock" for nothing. A mess of broken relationships and hard feelings, Brooklyn's Mendoza Line, just like the Mac or the Kinks or the Mamas and the Papas, prove that just because they're often not on speaking… » more |
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[ WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 ]
Since his novel Twelve was published, 18-year-old Nick McDonell has been the toast of the town, but maybe for the wrong reasons. The book takes place over the three days leading up to a blowout New Year's party of jaded celebrity proportions thrown by a handful of unsupervised, set-adrift high-school-age Manhattanites, all of… » more |
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>> MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD?
The full spectrum of Israel's internal debate about the Palestinian conflict showed up on the Inquirer's front step last Friday when roughly 100 members of the Philadelphia chapter of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) staged a demonstration to rally support for a boycott of the paper, decrying its "pro-Palestinian… » more |
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"Tomorrow is the first day of the arrest of his life."
--DN's Jim Nolan, in a story about A.I.'s arrest
ERIC SNOW
Delays coming home to Philly until A.I. hubbub dies down. We should see him around 2006.
PHILLIES ORGANIZATION
Finds All Star Game tie an "attractive" concept. "It would give us something more obtainable and within our… » more |
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WXPN's Singer Songwriter Weekend represents what the station means to its listeners. by Katie Haegele
What does it mean to be a real music fan? With a listenership that's informed, intelligent and deeply devoted to music, WXPN has discovered the gulf between listener and musician isn't all that wide.
"People who listen to 'XPN feel like they're part of a family," says Debby
Appelbaum, WXPN's special events producer. "Music tends to bring people together.… » more |
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Jonathan Valania, staff writer, Philadelphia Weekly: Lady and gentlemen of the jury: Marah was recently quoted as saying that they no longer wanted to make records for Bruce Springsteen fans, that they wanted to make a big, anthemic, stadium-rocking record, the kind that 16-year-old Japanese girls would like. So here's my question: Is Float Away With… » more |
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Lt. Mike Chitwood's investigation landed Allen Iverson in jail
yesterday. Now the decorated cop thinks his job may be in jeopardy. Coincidence? by Brian Hickey
From the beginning, the Iverson mess was Mike Chitwood's to deal with, for better and worse.
When the accusations surfaced, Chitwood was among the first to speak with Iverson's attorney.
When the investigation called for criminal charges, his bosses summoned him to brief members of the district attorney's office.
When prosecutors agreed something… » more |
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[ FRIDAY, JULY 19 ]
After slipping and sliding about for years as both a local and regional phenomenon of abrasive ebullience, Oops! the Tour is finally making its way around the country, testing the old punk-rock adage of "noise for heroes." Somewhere between the Locust's carny grind and Arab on Radar's potty-mouthed misanthropy, co-headliner Lightning… » more |
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[ SATURDAY, JULY 20 ]
If you're looking for a little arts and culture this summer, stop by the third annual Philly Blunts Festival, running through Aug. 2 at the Ethical Society Building. Hosted by the Fictitious Theatre Company, the festival is always a mixed bag--sometimes silly and occasionally profound (as in Martha Michaela Brown's extraordinary… » more |
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[ SUNDAY, JULY 21 ]
America is on a first-name basis with Willie Nelson. Everyone knows who Willie is: the Troublemaker, Shotgun Willie, the Outlaw, the Red-Headed Stranger, a Highwayman, a Horse Called Music, the American Farmer's Robin Hood. In short, one of the pillars in the tower of American song--and the kind of guy who would give you the bandana… » more |
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[ MONDAY, JULY 22 ]
Have you ever gotten obsessed with a CD even though you know it's not really that great? Such is the case with my compulsive listening to the Hank Dogs' Half Smile. I don't like folk music, and I've become increasingly irritated by alt-country. But Andy Allen, Piano Pace and Lily Ramona--who are all related in odd ways--are from… » more |
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[ TUESDAY, JULY 23 ]
There are a number of notions that Americans are biologically unable to comprehend. Understatement is one such notion, which is why the standard U.S. motion picture is roughly 90 minutes of physical and emotional explosions. Just as foreign is the concept of melancholy: Most Yanks opt either for full-blown Bell Jar depression or… » more |
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>> FROM THE CRIME VAULT, CHAPTER I
Nine months after Chester Police Cpl. Michael Beverly was shot three times in the head and left to die in a tough neighborhood, police there remain frustrated that they still don't know who killed him. Making matters more complicated is the fact that they're not even sure how much reward money is being offered.… » more |
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>> THE ASH THAT WON'T BLOW AWAY
As the folks in Franklin County, Pa., work to bury more than 2,000 tons of Philadelphia's incinerator ash that sat for years on a beachfront in Haiti, New York officials have been talking about their own plans to ship garbage to the Caribbean. In the midst of a trash crisis not unlike the one in Wilson… » more |
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Last week's "sales tax holiday" in Lower Manhattan got La Pizzeria on South Street thinking. The New York measure, which eliminated the 8.25 percent state and city sales tax in restaurants and hotels, was designed to help bring the area around Ground Zero back to life. La Pizzeria faxed a press release on the measure to state politicians and news outlets… » more |
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Round two of the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival investigates humanity from hair to heart.
The second and final week of the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival rounds out an ambitious program: 170 films in 13 days exploring the issues facing the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. Here's a roundup of the final week's featured selections. For more information, visit www.phillyfests.org/piglff.
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