Re:Cover

Music Issue

by Patrick Rapa

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Published: Oct 22, 2008

It's about time you saw Ursula Rucker's face on the cover of City Paper. In fact, it's long overdue. Truth is, we had planned to put our favorite soul-poet on the front of the Fall Guide issue, Sept. 13, 2001, but by 10 a.m. the Tuesday before we had to ditch her for our now iconic "Nothing Will Ever Be the Same" cover.

Michael T. Regan

Well, it's iconic to me. It's hanging in our conference room as part of a 9/11-themed poster titled "Darkest Page in American History" alongside the front pages of other papers from all over the world. At the time, we didn't hesitate to make the switch. It's important to be relevant and appropriate. Looking back, I figure we made the right call — though, some things, it turned out, would be the same — but I'd always felt like Ursula had gotten a bum deal.

So, call it vindication, call it justice, call it a small victory in the War on Terror: Ursula Rucker is back on the cover of City Paper for the first time. A.D. Amorosi talks with the Supa Sista, who just dropped her third and finest album to da.

The whole Music Issue is designed to be a satisfying blend of the fresh and familiar (who are doing fresh things): John Vettese gets the updates on local rockers Grammar Debate! (exclamation point theirs, though we second it), and Joe Jack Talcum, whose Dead Milkmen are re-reuniting for a couple of sold-out shows this weekend. Deesha Dyer gets the scoop on hot hip-hop super duo Hustle Simmons. M.J. Fine tells the love story of singer-songwriter Natalie Walker. And A.D. gets moody with electro wunderkinds The Model.

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