Kenn Kweder
There's always been a Kenn Kweder, and there always will be. At least when it comes to the Philadelphia rock scene, it seems that way, anyway. Evidence of this is abundant on John Henderson's A Million Light Years of Kenn Kweder: Pandemonium Live!, the new DVD available at www.kennkweder.com that collects 35 years of spirited, irreverent KK performances.

The collection, as always, leads one to ponder why the ageless wonder, who plays two New Year's Eve shows at the Tin Angel, never found a sizable audience outside Philadelphia. Besides including such keepers as "What Am I Talking About," "Doctor Says" and "The Ballad of Manute Bol" (performed at Pennypack Park with Amos Lee and a basketball hoop on stage), Pandemonium also features footage from Kweder's Elvis and Robert Palmer impersonator phases, and an "Exercize with Kweder" segment that involves a bottle of wine, a rowing machine, two comely beauties, and the sage advice "Don't go to work tomorrow if you don't want to." It's worked for him.

- Dan DeLuca