The first thing Richard Bennett noticed when he got off the plane in Kuwait almost six years ago was the smell, a smell of dust and unending sand, utterly devoid of water. It was a strange concept for the native…
It’s been rolling for weeks now. You click on an interesting link–Keira Knightley upskirt photo, per chance–and you find yourself instead watching the video for Rick Astley’s 1987 transatlantic No. 1 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.” You’ve just been…
Just when you thought Mars Volta couldn’t get more strange, more alien, they let long-dead spirits write the lyrics for their new album The Bedlam in Goliath. And not just any long-dead spirits. Evil long-dead spirits. Ask anyone who knows…
I’ve never liked Morrissey. His band the Smiths all but wrecked Brit alt-music in the 1980s. And then there was his penchant for dodgy statements about race and ethnicity. “Reggae is vile,” he sniffed. “Obviously, to get on Top of the…
I’ve never liked Morrissey. His band the Smiths all but wrecked Brit alt-music in the 1980s. And then there was his penchant for dodgy statements about race and ethnicity. “Reggae is vile,” he sniffed. “Obviously, to get on Top of…
The release of Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain and Injustice was a somber affair–or as somber as it could be at a Barnes & Noble in a strip mall in Deptford, N.J. Outside, policemen lined the entrance.…
Young folks in Philly have embraced Baltimore club music as their own, but they’ve had very little to do with the production end of the genre’s sound. Enter Dante “Dwizz” Winn, Philadelphia’s first bona fide party music artist and club…
The narcotics trade has taken over much of Philly. Unfortunately, the 10 spots here represent only a fraction of the action. A kid in a bucket seat raised high on the fat rear tires of a four-wheeled ATV eyes the…
