AltWeeklies Wire
Drama Kingnew
The Decemberists' Colin Meloy sets his characters free.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Patrick Rapa |
03-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Decemberists
Monks, Devils and Quakers in the 1800'snew
The lurid life and times of George Lippard, Philadelphia's original best-selling author.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Edward Pettit |
03-27-2007 |
History
Tags: history
Great Whitenew
Learning to love the versatile, quaffable Riesling.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Peter Burwasser |
03-20-2007 |
Food+Drink
New Old Wavenew
Why Narthex took 25 years to drop their debut.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Narthex
Dead Airnew
Lost City Radio follows the cleaving of three lives in the wake of civil war in an unnamed South American city.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Tremble |
03-20-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Daniel Alarcon, Lost City Radio
The U.S. Threatens a War It Can't Affordnew
Even if we find explosives marked "Made with care in Tehran" littering the streets of Basra, war with Iran would be a disastrous calamity.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
03-20-2007 |
Commentary
Philly's Re-Formersnew
Who are these strange beings who want to save City Hall?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
03-20-2007 |
Politics
Blowin' Upnew
Khaela Maricich makes grooving easy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary Wilson |
03-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Blow
Family Valuesnew
First released in 1962, Mafioso reveals Nino's dilemma through a combination of neorealist, comic and modernist aesthetics, its black-and-white compositions so ahead of their time that they're still more inventive than those in many of today's films.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
03-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alberto Lattuada, Mafioso
Take It (Mostly) Offnew
With the price of laser surgery coming down, so is the cost of removing a bad tattoo.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Alex Richmond |
03-13-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Penn. Should Commute More Prison Sentencesnew
The concept of clemency was not developed to reward prisoners or make their lives easier, nor was it designed to advance the careers of politicians -- it is an act of mercy and it should be used to enhance our humanity.
Philadelphia City Paper |
William DiMascio |
03-13-2007 |
Commentary
They Mind the Gapnew
If it seems like SEPTA cries poor every year, there's good reason.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
03-13-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Free Handnew
When RJ announced plans to release a pop record, underground rap fans begrudgingly updated his Wiki page and braced for the worst -- but The Third Hand doesn't sound like the work of a jaded artiste who foolishly peeled off a perfectly good layer of sonic skin.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
03-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: RJD2
Over the Linenew
Jazz experimentalists Borbetomagus are not going to make this easy on you.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
03-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Borbetomagus
O Brother, Who Art Thou?new
Is there anything worse for a black man than finding out he's related to Strom Thurmond?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
03-06-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Al Sharpton, Strom Thurmond
