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West Philadelphia

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Q&A: DJ Jazzy Jeff On The Enduring Appeal Of "Summertime"

    "Drums, please!" 20 summers ago, Jazzy Jeff's opening command in the hip-hop classic "Summertime" kickstarted countless barbecues, picnics and long nighttime drives. Little has changed since. In 1991, as producers K. Fingers and Hula were lifting Kool & the Gang's leisurely dulcet "Summer Madness" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Interview: A Sunny Day in Glasgow's Ben Daniels on Ashes Grammar, the Band's New Singer, and A Very Rough Couple of Years

    Ben Daniels, top middle. Photo by Drew Reynolds.​A lot has changed for A Sunny Day in Glasgow since their first album, 2007's understated classic, Scribble Mural Comic Journal. The entire line-up is different after the exit of principle songwriter Ben Daniels's twin sisters--who were the band' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Crazy Yankee Chick: The World Series According to Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff

    ​Good morning! It's officially Philly-Turnpike-Series-Trash-Talking-Bonanza time! Here's a little morning music to get warmed up. (As if there weren't already volumes upon volumes of reasons why NYC is superior to Philly, here's another one: unless I want to parody "Streets of Philadelphi ... More >>

  • Theater

    September 29, 2009

    Channeling the Abolitionist in Frederick Douglass Now

    And coming of age in A Boy and His Soul

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    News Roundup: Weezer, Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr., Beanie Sigel, Michael Jackson

    ​--Yesterday, we reported the existence of a new Weezer track, the punchy "(If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To." Today, Weezer announced the title of their new album, and it's Raditude. Yes, Raditude. Longtime Weez webman Karl Koch writes on the band's site: "'Raditude"??' WHA ... More >>

  • Art

    January 23, 2007

    Adventures of a Barrio Girl

    Rising star Quiara Alegria Hudes puts Washington Heights center stage in a new musical

  • Music

    November 28, 2006

    Lips Inc.

    Hip-hop disrespects them. Subway patrons love them. Beatboxers make some serious noise.

  • Specials

    August 2, 2005

    Letters

    Hip-hop disrespects them. Subway patrons love them. Beatboxers make some serious noise.

  • Music

    August 13, 2002

    Family Men

    Hip-hop disrespects them. Subway patrons love them. Beatboxers make some serious noise.

  • News

    November 28, 2000

    Habitual Cell Phone Offenders

    Philly Cops Can’t Make Nextel Conspiracy Stick

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    The Shame of Mosque No. 7

    With a Sex-Harassment Suit Hanging Over His Head, Some Are Wondering Whether Nation of Islam Minister Benjamin Muhammad Is Fit to Lead the Million Family March

  • Specials

    August 22, 2000

    Letters

    With a Sex-Harassment Suit Hanging Over His Head, Some Are Wondering Whether Nation of Islam Minister Benjamin Muhammad Is Fit to Lead the Million Family March

  • News

    August 8, 2000

    Demonstrate This

    Faced With a Powder Keg, Philly Cops Struck the Match

  • News

    July 25, 2000

    Portraits in Prejudice

    Straight Talk About 'Big Brother,' White Women, Suspicious Blacks, Unruly Latinos, and Racial Profiling Says How Race Is REALLY Lived in America

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