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Lorrie Fair knows women's soccer needs all the marketing help it can get. Who cares if that means a little babe action? by Brian Hickey
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JESSICA GRYPHON
One needn't look any further than her king-sized bed and Alice in Wonderland-style ottoman to prove it. She readily admits as much while… » more |
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>> WURD GAMES
Eleanor Dezzi, former campaign advisor to District Attorney Lynne Abraham, has a new talk-radio show on WURD 900 AM. Dezzi's premiere show, which debuted on April 25, featured guest Frank Ford, a talk-radio veteran and Abraham's husband. But rather than discuss Ford's vaunted talk-radio career, conversation was more about Ford's… » more |
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>> SHOWDOWN ON CITY LINE
The word from backstage had Republican gubernatorial wannabe Mike Fisher ready to jet. With just 10 minutes to go before the lights, camera and action of the AARP's candidates forum, hosted by NBC-10 anchor Larry Mendte last weekend, Fisher was itching to take his place onstage. So too was Ed Rendell, who's in the midst… » more |
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SEPTA runs advertisements encouraging fans to take the subway to Phillies games. The police send out press releases advising the same.
Just last week Comcast Spectacor--which owns the First Union Center, the First Union Spectrum, the Sixers, and the Flyers and Phantoms hockey teams--sent out an advisory encouraging fans to take alternate routes to… » more |
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[ WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 ]
Deep C is having a birthday, and we're all invited to attend. The Detroit native and house DJ (second from left, below) is a key member of the Philly-based Tigerhook team of DJs and producers, which includes his Wamdue partner Chris Udoh and Tigerhook founding members Randall Jones and Hito, among others. Deep has played all over… » more |
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As another dull hearing droned on, making Council late, attention in the loudening crowd turned to the poor dude (or dudette) standing on the sidelines in a hot turtle suit, looking, frankly, a little green. Not to mention fuzzy. >> David Cohen, who called PW last week to ask what we had against senior citizens (as evidenced by this column's… » more |
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An Asteroids record-holder is honored 13 years after his death. by Brian Hickey
Sixteen grown men--well, at least physically grown--huddle around four kids who are doing battle on an old-school Intellivision game. They hoot; they holler.
Just feet away others shun the limelight as they bounce Q-Bert-style, vicariously flee ghosts through Pac-Man or defend the universe in Galaga mode.
Across the room, through a bevy of mullets,… » more |
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[ SATURDAY, MAY 4 ]
David Sylvian began life with the willfully idiosyncratic art-rock combo Japan. For four years Sylvian and his clammy compatriots deftly fused Dalí-washes of synth with zigzagging guitar. As with any band characterized by obliqueness, Japan quickly came flying off the hinges. Now in his solo career, alternating ambient works… » more |
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A Fairmount salon moves forward by going back in time. by Katie Haegele
BEEHIVE HAIR SALON
2319 Fairmount Ave.
215.235.4483
At just 28, Amy May, co-owner of the Beehive, a hair salon in Fairmount, has realized her goal of becoming her own boss with her partner Peg Shaw. Open for just a year and a half, the Beehive has already garnered lots of attention and one employee: Sean Korban, a stylist who has been with… » more |
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>> RACE AND THE RAPIST
The arrest of Troy Graves, 29, in connection with the rape and murder of Shannon Scheiber and numerous other rapes in Philadelphia and Fort Collins, Colo., is just the beginning of the prosecutorial process, says Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham. But the disclosure that Graves is a light-skinned black man, not… » more |
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>> SINS AND WINS OF THE FATHER
The furor over Mayor John Street's assertion that "the brothers and sisters are running the city" has made Street the target of much criticism over the past couple weeks. But Robert Brown, campaign manager for the mayor's son, Sharif Street, who is challenging state Rep. Frank Oliver for his 195th District seat,… » more |
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[ MORE FUN THAN A SOLD-OUT SLO-CORE STADIUM SHOW. MAY 2-MAY 8 ]
[ FRIDAY, MAY 3 ]
Yes, I know. We're supposed to talk all about how exciting it is to have Belle and Sebastian in town, especially since it's been a while. So okay, it's exciting, and you should see them. But the less celebrated opening band, the Aislers Set, is reason enough to catch the show. Listening to the Set's cheery la-la-la's makes you feel… » more |
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[ MONDAY, MAY 6 ]
Sacramento's Blackalicious was born of the same scene that gave rise to DJ Shadow and Latryx. Like those two they're not your average hip-hop band, and like their hometown, their music's just a bit outside the Bay Area's back-to-basics party-rap à la Jurassic 5, Hieroglyphics or Ozomatli. They've been around forever--their… » more |
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[ TUESDAY, MAY 7 ]
What? You were expecting maybe Widespread Panic or Blues Traveler? Well, they weren't available ... er, forget it; nothing here but some straight serious hip-hop and, yes, probably a lot of rhymes about "trees," "fog" "hydro" and other enigmatic pseudonyms. Smif-N-Wessun had hits with "Bucktown" and "U Da Man" before changing their… » more |
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[ SUNDAY, MAY 5 ]
Quick--for a Cuervo margarita, salt and lime: What is it exactly that is being celebrated on Cinco de Mayo? Mexican Independence Day, you say? Que? You think because it's the fifth of May it must be the Mexican version of our fourth of July? Muy stupido, Señor Gringo! Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of 4,500 poorly armed… » more |
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