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A Spurned Presidential Candidate Hosts His Own Debatenew
I know, it sounds ridiculous and I was skeptical, too, but Mike Gravel's parallel debate turned out to be about as effective a debate experience I've seen.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jason Tomassini |
11-06-2007 |
Politics
Scenes from Everywhere but Inside the Dems' Prez Debatenew
The MSNBC folks touted last week's debate as the "Fight in Philly."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey and Tom Namako |
11-06-2007 |
Politics
The Season's Spookiest Beers, and What to Wear When You Drink Themnew
We burned through more than a dozen seasonals to construct the ultimate autumn six-pack, with each victor accompanied by a thematic getup. Prost!
Philadelphia City Paper |
James Saul |
10-30-2007 |
Food+Drink
Hail Sinead, the Lord is With Theenew
For all their enduring words, the prophets and psalmists were mad in every sense, raging one minute and appeasing the next. If Sinead O'Connor had been born 2,700 years earlier, she would have fit right in.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fine |
10-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sinead O'Connor, Theology
Gillian Grassie Wants You to Hear Her Harp Beatnew
Grassie gives as much respect to singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Ani DiFranco as she does to such harpists as Catriona McKay and Rudiger Oppermann, and she wants to counter the preconception that her instrument's for putting people to sleep.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fines |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gillian Grassie, Serpentine
The Key to 'Vibrator' Isn't Scandalnew
The explicitness of the sex and the frankness with which Rei -- the narrator -- expresses her desires and confusions are striking. But it's the skill Mari Akasaka brings to her narration that allows the pain of Rei's existence to be soothed by the journey.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Justin Bauer |
10-30-2007 |
Fiction
'Reservation Road' Hits a Dead Endnew
Men have a hard time with feelings. This seems to be the major revelation in Reservation Road, a big ol' masculine melodrama about loss, grief and guilt.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
10-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
'Control' Pays Quiet Tribute to Ian Curtisnew
Bleakly beautiful and elegantly sparse, Anton Corbijn's Control is as rigorously sober and yet filled with emotion as the best of Joy Division's songs.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
10-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
Four Minutes With Obama Girlnew
She has a crush on Barack -- we have a crush on her.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
10-30-2007 |
Politics
The Fat Rat is Backnew
In being so public, is Ron Previte pushing his luck?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brendan McGarvey and Gabriele J. Valentine |
10-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Congrats, Mayor Nutter!new
(Now let's show him what he's won...)
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako and Doron Taussig |
10-30-2007 |
Politics
Foiled Againnew
Fencing may look easy, but our reporter takes a stab and finds it difficult to make the cut.
Philadelphia City Paper |
J.F. Pirro |
10-23-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Dark & Dirty Reign Supreme at the New York Film Festivalnew
The festival may pride itself on its exclusivity, but this year's programming showed a distinct predilection for the company of lowlifes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
10-16-2007 |
Movies
Marijuana Prohibition Was Wrong from the Beginningnew
In 2006, almost 830,000 Americans were arrested for marijuana violations -- this represents 44 percent of all U.S. drug arrests and is more than those arrested for all violent crimes combined.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Chris Goldstein |
10-16-2007 |
Commentary
Normal Love and Satanized Tamper in God's Domainnew
Both genre-splicing Philadelphia bands deftly combine modern classical, heavy metal and audacious experimental techniques.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
10-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
