Eat to the Beat: Redheads
by Rebecca Cavanaugh
Decadent Italian-style entrees, sushi bar, and margarita blenders a whirl! What more could a girl want?! (a new BMW and a half naked stud in the passenger seat would be a start, but regardless). Although Redhead's is one of those dread "chain"restaurants, it's pseudo-classy atmosphere and good food makes it one of my personal favorites.

For this review, I dragged along my good friend Bonnie who is eight months pregnant and the world's newest and biggest (feel free to take that literally) food critic/ conniseur.

We started out with a couple of treats to entice our palettes, some vegetarian sushi and an appetizer called Mushroom Spinichi. The sushi was pretty good as far as sushi goes and the Mushroom Spinichi was awesome, by far my favorite part of the whole diner.   A gigantic portabella mushroom stuffed with spinach, garlic and fresh basil, topped with a parmesan cream sauce. Delightful!!

Redheads offers a wide variety of main dishes from steak and burgers to Creole dishes and right back to basic Italian. We opted for the Italian and ordered Angel Hair Bruchette and Fettuccini Gambecetti. The Bruchette was a little boring but tasty. Luckily, Bonnie ordered that and the Gambecetti was all mine. The dish consisted of sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, olives, some broccoli and spinach over fettuccini, all covered in a pink cream sauce. Yum!!!

As much as we definitely were enjoying ourselves, my stomach was about to explode and we decided to forfeit the dessert option and just have some coffee. Big mistake! Just as our waitress walked away, the dessert tray passed by. To my dismay, everything looked great. I could tell Bonnie felt the same by the trickle of drool forming at the
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Dave's Dogma
by David J. Gorsky
It is a rather confusing time at the NJ Coast. With radio stations changing owners, various performing rights organizations justifiably securing the income of well-established acts, and DJs slowly replacing live music in some venues, its hard to know where to go sometimes to proliferate your craft.

But, in the face of all this, some acts valiantly hold their own. Take Brown, a unit that doesn't rely on image too much and can still pack small venues like the Downtown Cafe and pull off an exhilarating show. Or Philadelphia's Adam Brodsky whose angst-folk has slowly developed over the years, along with his audience.  The same thing with Spook Handy, who has developed.

The elementary key in all this is to perfect your live act as much as possible and to be patient with yourself, your promoter, and fellow musicians. The importance is to have fun.

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