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The Philadelphia Inquirer 1 30 Friday, March 13. 1987 gllSHTLiFE The Doll's alias is Poindexter 1 In concert poprock I I 5 I It A By Ken Tucker Inquirer Popular-Uuttc Critic Buster Poindexter, who will perform tonight at the Chestnut Cabaret, is actually David Joban-sen, who once upon a time earned himself a place in rock-and-roll history for his brilliantly raw, witty work as the leader of the New York Dolls. When the Dolls, forerunners of late-70s punk rock, broke up, Johansen recorded a series of solo albums that, grievously, were overlooked by the rock audience. These days, Johansen is still witty but not nearly as raw in his Poindexter persona, he ANGELA BOFILL Pop singer. Misbehavin' Mama's, Rte 202, New Hope, 862-2840.

7:45 10:30 tonight. RATT Heavy metal group performs with Poison. Spectrum, Broad St Pattison Ave, 389-5000. 8 tonight. RONNIE MILSAP Country singer with Keith Whitley.

Valley Forge Music Fair, Rte 202, Devon, 296-9994. 8 tonight. RIVER CITY BRASS BAND Performance by 2 7 -member British-style brass band includes sing-along. Church of the Saviour, 651 Wayne Ave, Wayne. Information: 687-8809.

8 tonight. HOWIE MANDEL Comedian. Valley Forge Music Fair, Rte 202, Devon, 296-9994. 7 10:30 p.m. Sat (early show sold out).

KANSAS Soft-rock group with the Rainmakers. Tower Theater, 69th Ludlow Sts, Upper Darby, 352-0313. 8 p.m. Sat. ALVIN LEE Rock singerguitarist with the Unforgiven.

Pulsations, Rte 1, Glen Mills, 459-4140. 9 p.m. Wed. SHIRLEY MURDOCH Rhythm blues show with Colonel Abrams and Oran "Juice" Jones. Valley Forge Music Fair, Rte 202, Devon, 296-9994.

8 p.m. Thu. Anton ier, at Chestnut Cabaret Monday. Clubs in the city wears a tuxedo and croons vintage pop, jazz and rhythm-and-blues compositions, all the while maintaining a smooth, clever line of between-song patter. The result, by all accounts, is an uncommonly intelligent and rousing evening of entertainment.

Buster Poindexter and his Banshees Blue, at the Chestnut Cabaret, 38th and Chestnut Streets, at 11:15 p.m. today. Admission: $8. Information: 382-1201. Steve Earle, performing tomorrow night at the Chestnut Cabaret, is one of the hottest acts in the country.

Exactly what sort of act is another matter: Earle's mixture of country and rock music doesn't really result in what we think of as country-rock. Earle uses country music's narrative power to give his lyrics detail and weight; he uses rock-and-roll's bluntness to give his music its force. Earle's recent album, Guitar Town, a collection of small-town vignettes and raucous melodies, suggests that he is one of the most important people working in popular music. Steve Earle, with Wild Seeds, at the Chestnut Cabaret, 38th and Chestnut Streets, at 10 p.m. tomorrow.

Admission: $8.50 in advance, $10 at the door. Information: 382-1201. The Golden Palominos, led by drummer Anton Fier, will make a rare local appearance Monday night at the Chestnut Cabaret. Utilizing musicians from a wide variety of other bands (guitarist Jody Harris from the Raybeats and keyboardist Bernie Worrell from Parliament-Funkadelic, for example), Fier has created an on-again, off-again, semi-all-star rock band that makes highly intriguing, enjoyable music. This performance is also notable for the appearance of one of the band's lead singers, Matthew Sweet, whose recent debut album, Matthew Sweet (Epic), is one of the year's most underrated rock albums.

The Golden Palominos, at the Chestnut Cabaret, 38th and Chestnut Streets, at 8:30 p.m. Monday. Admission: $7.50 in advance, $9 at the door. Information: 382-1201. mi i in mi j.ji l.im.mjj.

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Tonight, the Fabulous Fondas and Electric Love Muffin. Sat afternoon, Clayton West. Sat evening, Philly Gumbo. Sun afternoon, Nancy Barry Kearson. Sun evening, "Art Bar." BLUSHING ZEBRA 7167 Germantown Ave.

Information: 438-9344. Sat, Sabia. BROWNIE'S PUB 46 2d St, 238-1222. Rock and new-age music. Tonight-Sat, Mika Boyle Band.

CAVANAUGH'S 3132 Market St, 386-4889. Variety. Tonight, Fabulous Band. CHERRY TREE St Mary's Parish Hall, 3916 Locust Walk, 386-1640. Sun, Dan Ar Bras.

CHESTNUT CABARET 38th Chestnut Sts, 382-1201. Tonight, Buster Poindexter his Banshees of Blue. Sat, Steve Earle and Wild Seeds. CRICKETT LOUNGE 17th Walnut Sts, 563-9444. Contemporary.

Mons-Fris, Rio. DOBBS 304 South St, 925-4053. Variety. Tonight, Duck Tape and Go Man Go. Sat, the Daves and Combo Limbo.

Sun, Siembra. EMPIRE ROCK CLUB Roosevelt Blvd Princeton Ave, 338-6101 or 335-1610. Tonight-Sat, the A's with Dick Tracey (tonight only) and Separate Checks (Sat only). Sun, Anvil Bitch and Doom Watch. GRAPE ST PUB 105 Grape St.

483-4890. Pop-rock. Tonight, Rob Lowry and Slim Jim Big Guy. Sat, Carol Regan and Dave Rock Don Roll. HEARTTHROB CAFE The Bourse, 5th Ranstead Sts, 627-0778.

Weds-Suns, David Dodt and Hi-Fi's. KHYBER PASS PUB 56 2d St, 922-0763. Pop-rock. Tonight, Awareness Art Ensemble. Sat.

the Ravens. LORETTA'S 7681 Frankford Ave, 338-4188. Fris-Sats, Steve Lawlor. Through March. NEW YORK CAFE THEATER 501 Armstrong St, 848-0330.

Sat, Dukes of Destiny. PHILADELPHIA FISH COMPANY 207 Chestnut St, 625-8605. Variety. Tonight-Sat, Nancy Barry Kearson. REVIVAL 22 3d St, 627-4825.

Variety. Sun, Dumptruck and Bill Popp the Tarts. RISTORANTE GALLERIA 5th Bainbridge Sts, 925-1672. Opera and Broadway songs. Sats, Danny Pantano, Anne Hagen and Lee Mokole with pianist Richard Raub.

21 WEST RESTAURANT 21 Highland Ave, 242-8005. Contemporary. Fris-Sats, pianist Sal Anthony. This crooning, small-talking alter ego of former New York Doll David Johansen is at the Chestnut Cabaret. Buster Poindexter sings vintage pop, jazz and rhythm-and-blues compositions.

Ardmore, 896-6420. Tonight, Crystal Ship. Sat, Doug the Slugs and the Skip Castro Band. ALBUMS Comedy clubs Clubs in the area Paul Plumeri Blues Band. Sun afternoon, Trouble Boys.

Sun evening, the Animal Five. LANSDALE BEEF AND ALE Main St Oak Blvd, Lansdale, 368-9448. Pop-rock. Tonight-Sat, Emergency. MARGARITA'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT 200 Spring Lane, West Chester, 696-9720.

Oldies-rock. Tonight-Sat, Champagne. MEMORIES WEST Betsy Ross Inn, Rte 130 North, Pennsauken, 609-665-7730. Rock-and-roll, oldies. Sats, Street Corner Band.

ORLEANS RESTAURANT 1676 Lancaster Ave, Paoll, 296-8787. Mardi Gras Cabaret: Top 40 rock-and-roll. Tonight, Rhythm Bluefish. Sat, Chameleon. In Greenhouse: Contemporary.

Tonight, Steve Coffey. Sat, Dave Lambert Dave Crum. PONDEROSA TAVERN MARINA Swarth-more Ave at the Darby Creek, Ridley Park, 521-1215. Rock. Tonight-Sat, Local Boys.

PULSATIONS Rte 1, Glen Mills, 459-4140. "Hotl Hotl Give It All You Gotl" dance revue. Thu-Sat. To 523. TRIVIA TAVERN 381 MacDade Blvd, Glen-olden, 461-7316.

Pop-rock. Tonight-Sat, Double Vision. 23 EAST CABARET 23 Lancaster Ave, COMEDY CABARET 410 Market St, Wilmington, 302-65-AMUSE. Tonight-Sat, Klaus Mayers, John Weiss and Norm Klar. COMEDY FACTORY OUTLET 31 Bank St, FUNNY-11.

Tonight-Sat, Dom Irrera, Harry Friedman, Dwayne Cunningham, Brian McKim and John DeBella (tonight only). COMEDY WORKS 126 Chestnut St, WACKY-97. Tonight-Sat, Carol Leifer, Lee Fielding and Steve Young. GOING BANANAS 613 2d St, BANANA-1. Tonight-Sat, Billy Garan, Dan Wilson, Comedy Airlines and Dennis Malloy (first show tonight only).

MORIARTY'S 1116 Walnut St. Information: 238-0458. Fris-Sats, Comic Relief, im-provisational comedy theater. GOLD STANDARD CAFE 36th St Locust Walk. Information: 676-0665.

Fris-Sats, Philadelphia: The FunOfficial Guide, musical comedy. Open-end engagement. KURLANO'S COMEDY CLUB 3900 Chestnut St, FUN-ROOM. Tonight-Sat, Chris Rich, George Sharpe, Ken Lynch and Gus. MITCHELL'S COMEDY CAFE 6 Broad St, Palmyra, 609-829-3161.

Tonight-Sat, Mark Beres, Art DiVettis and Myke Green. BEAUSOLEIL Bayou Boogie (Rounder) Pop artists ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Paul Simon have taken rather impressive stebs at Cajun-inspired tunes, and those who have enjoyed those attempts just might ba ready for this album. Well, maybe. This is wonderful Cajun-based music with enough rock, country and influences to please a lot of folks. The catch is that most of the lyrics are sung in French.

Still, this is one lively, good-time session of swamp rock or whatever you care to call it. PATRICE RUSHEN Watch Out (Aristal 6 Rushen, who established herself several years ago as a jazz-rooted pianist, moved into the pop-R ranks once she began singing end became comfortable with her new status. While the Rushen voice is a tN instrument, it is pleasant enough, and Rushen controls it quite effectively. She was involved in writing much of the material here. Rushen has developed into formidable, versatile talent.

By Jack Lloyd i I i' BONKERS COMEDY CLUB at Fort Washington Sheraton, 530 Pennsylvania Ave, Ft Washington, 643-1111. Sat, Die Traci, Alex, Fuss Wilson and Jim Kleidon. BONKERS COMEDY CLUB at Squire of Newtown Square, Rte 252, Newtown Square (Delaware County), 356-9700. Tonight-Sat, Andy Evans, Bryan Dean, Jim Kleidon (tonight only) and Tommy Moore (Sat only) COMEDY CABARET Hyatt Cherry Hill, Rte 70 Cuthoert Blvd, Cherry Hill, 609-665-6581. Tonight-Sat, Rich Minervini, Bobby Allen Brooks Shera and Chris Coccia.

COMEDY CABARET T. P. Brennecke 19 Main St, Doylestown, 340-1177. Tonight-Sat, Todd Glass, Dennis Bruce and Brian Whalen. COMEDY CABARET George Washington Motor Lodge, Rte 202, King of Prussia, 265-6100, Ext 520.

Tonight-Sat, Roger Mursick, Ron Gallop and Mary Frances Connelly. AMBLER CABARET 43 Butler Pike, Ambler, 646-8117. Tonight, Flamin' Caucasians and Crossfire. Sat, New Potato Caboose and Rockadiles. CLUB PIZAZZ Frankford Oxford Aves, 387-0789.

Sun, all-ages concert with D.O.A., Verbal Assault, Serial Killers and Youthquake, COACH DOG TAVERN Street Rd, Southampton, 357-9986. Fris-Sats, Nashville East. Suns, 90 Proof. Through March. DONOVAN'S 1116 Old York Rd, Abington, 884-4407.

Pop-rock. Tonight-Sat, No 1. JOHN PETER'S 96 Main St, New Hope, 862-5981. Pop-rock. Tonight, Mt Pleasant Garage Band.

Sat afternoon, The "1." Sat evening..