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Have You Got the Guts to Try Moxie?new
Franklin Fountain is the sole Philadelphia vendor of Moxie, a "nerve food" with a highly distinctive character and a storied history dating back to 1876.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Felicia D'Ambrosio |
08-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Little Kid, Life Sentencenew
Pennsylvania has more juvenile lifers than any other state in the union. This year the U.S. Supreme Court will make decisions that could completely change the existence of people such as Stacey Torrance, who has been in jail since he was 14.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Matt Stroud |
08-04-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The Brash and Ballsy MC Amanda Blank is Here to Take What's Hersnew
With equal connection to Philly's electronic music and hip-hop worlds, Blank is an anomaly: Laurie Anderson with a dirty mouth and better dance steps, Karen Finley without the yams.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
07-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Francis Ford Coppola Talks About His Return to Smaller, More Personal Filmmakingnew
After a decade spent trying to mount a pair of costly passion projects, Coppola abruptly shifted gears and embarked on what he calls his "second career," which began with 2007's Youth Without Youth and continues with Tetro, the story of estranged brothers nursing the emotional wounds of their upbringing by a domineering orchestra conductor father.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tetro, Francis Ford Coppola
Carsie Blanton Gets Her Groove and Goes Motownnew
Carsie Blanton has higher hopes for her new disc, Buoy. She works a lot of words into her songs, but she wants you to savor every one.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fine |
07-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Buoy, Carsie Blanton
An Eye for a McFlurry: One Terrible Reason to Lose a Body Partnew
Brandon Henderson lost his left eyeball over a McFlurry. On the evening of Feb. 15, authorities say, Khalif Lewis, an 18-year-old cashier at a West Philadelphia McDonald's, attacked the 35-year-old Henderson as he attempted to leave the restaurant after an argument over whether he could substitute a dessert item for french fries.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mike Newall |
07-20-2009 |
Crime & Justice
'Bruno' Fails to Detonate With the Force of its Predecessornew
The movie's provocations connect only fitfully, and despite its comparatively strong narrative, it feels less of a piece than Borat, and more like an overlong episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's TV show.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-14-2009 |
Reviews
Kathryn Bigelow Talks About Taking Risks in 'The Hurt Locker'new
Bigelow says the main idea was to simulate the "surprise and chaos and randomness" of combat. "I've never been in combat," she says. "I've never been in a war. But I think that chaos is probably pretty much unimaginable unless you've been there."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-14-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Meet the People Who Fought (and Continue to Fight) Our Wars in the Middle Eastnew
More than 1.5 million Americans have fought in this country's two ongoing wars. While public interest and news coverage in Iraq and Afghanistan have waxed and waned, these volunteers have continued to stream to and from the battlefield. Here are 12 such people from the Philadelphia area.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Charles Cieri |
07-07-2009 |
War
A Philly Startup Tries to Bring Philanthropy into the Wireless Agenew
For the past year, iugo has been developing applications that you can download onto your iPhone or BlackBerry, and, with a single click, donate to the organization of your choice precisely when the spirit moves you. And you can give as little as the cost of the latest Lady Gaga single on iTunes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Maureen Coulter |
06-30-2009 |
Business & Labor
Philly's 10 Best Cheesesteaks You've Never Hadnew
This list, in nonpartisan alphabetical order, is for people who are ready for a graduate-level course of cheesesteak exploration and appreciation.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Carolyn Wyman |
06-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
This Summer, Read What You Need When the Time is Rightnew
Summer's supposed to be about slowing down, finding some shade and getting lost in the plot of a really good book -- or a deliciously bad one.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff |
06-16-2009 |
Books
Tags: book guides, summer reading
Natural Performances Save Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida and Sam Mendes from Themselvesnew
Its opening scene, a deadpan discussion of "vaginal flavors" during oral sex, threatens 90 minutes of the sort of self-satisfied wise-assery that too often intrudes on Dave Eggers' fiction. But Away We Go soon settles into a less strident pace, driven less by its authors' whims than by the casual airs of its leads.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
06-16-2009 |
Reviews
Pilot Cloud Weathers the Storm and Shines 'In Transition'new
When they talk about creating their debut album, Justin Lerner and Nick Biscardi of Pilot Cloud sound coolly calculating.
Philadelphia City Paper |
John Vettese |
06-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hidden City Philadelphia Brings Long-Forgotten Landmarks Back to Lifenew
Hidden City Philadelphia, Peregrine Arts' monthlong arts festival, will house new site-specific works in spaces familiar to most by reputation, some by sight, and all by their current state of decay or dilapidation.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
06-02-2009 |
Art
