Stage name (for men) or Chaba (Chebba) for women. Both Arabic words mean "young" (e.g. as in Cheb Khaled, or "Young Khaled"). Some performers take a series of different stage names. The British pop singer successful in the 1970s as Alvin Stardust previously went by the stage name of "Shane Fenton" in the 1960s. He had been born "Bernard William Jewry". Some performers will use different names in different settings. Charles Thompson, singer-songwriter for the alternative band the Pixies, was known in that band as "Black Francis". He was called "Frank Black" as a solo performer, and again called "Black Francis" in
What Alice Found on the highway under mysterious circumstances and a middle-aged "snowbird" couple in an RV come to her rescue, offering a ride all the way south. Before too long we're wondering if it wasn't the seemingly good Samaritans who sabotaged her car in the first place. "What Alice Found" is a complex story about mothers and daughters and the "haves and have-nots" in American society as Alice is turned into a truck stop prostitute. Critically acclaimed, "What Alice Found" was selected by "The New York Times"' Stephen Holden as a "Critic's Pick" and was praised by Kevin Thomas in the "Los