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Polvo Taps the Nostalgia on Reunion Tournew
I saw them perform their first show back at Washington, D.C.'s venerable Black Cat in mid-May. The band took the stage to hoots and hollers from a packed house of exactly what you'd expect -- aging white guys whose glory days had long passed.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
07-07-2008 |
Concerts
A Simpler Rouillenew
Here's Eileen Weiswasser's simplified version of this sauce. If you'd like, make your own mayonnaise and mix in a bit of bouillabaisse. Makes one cup.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
07-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Dirty Buttons: Bogged Gardensnew
Most people assume these striking, alien plants are rare tropical exotics, but they’re not. The venus flytrap is native to a very small coastal plain in the Carolinas, and sundews and pitcher plants can be found from southern Florida to as far north as Canada.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Lord Whimsy |
07-07-2008 |
Gardening
Many Immigrants Abandon Accomplishments to Start Anew in Americanew
Many highly educated Philadelphians from other countries are stuck working dead-end jobs for minimal pay. Their stories may surprise you.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Alli Katz and Erica Palan |
07-07-2008 |
Immigration
Rick Rubin Makes Over Jakob Dylannew
Seeing Things, Jakob's first solo affair, sounds characteristically Rubinesque in its quiet ruminations on all things sad (war, mostly, on "Valley of the Low Sun" and "War Is Kind"), and its back-to-basics instrumentation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
06-30-2008 |
Reviews
The Feds Cry Wolf on Pot Potency (Again)new
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) trumpeted its most recent report on increased marijuana potency in the starkest language possible. But there's no evidence that more potent marijuana is any more dangerous for users.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel McQuade |
06-30-2008 |
Drugs
Have Tequila Blanco? Try Mango Fresconew
Tequila Blanco is not oak-aged like other tequilas, so it doesn't overpower the other flavors in the drink. Makes one 8-ounce cocktail.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim McGinnis |
06-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
Porn Star Bobby Blake on Racism and Religionnew
Blake's a puzzle, writing frankly about unsavory aspects in his life, but he's also quite serious, talking about racism in the industry, gay marriage, life on the down-low and the scourge of HIV/AIDS in the black community.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
06-30-2008 |
Nonfiction
Let's Talk Shade Gardensnew
If you have a small deck or courtyard, you can still cultivate a serene urban oasis: Use small raised beds, artful clusters of colorful pots or old containers like bathtubs, buckets and barrels.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Lord Whimsy |
06-30-2008 |
Gardening
Wireless Philadelphia is Still Around, but Its Objectives are Differentnew
If low-income residents can grab a brand-spanking-new free wireless signal anywhere on the streets of Philadelphia using laptops they probably don't own, can't afford and don't know how to use, does it count as digital inclusion?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tasneem Paghdiwala and Anthony Campisi |
06-30-2008 |
Tech
Your R. Kelly's-been-acquitted Mixtapenew
It's become reasonable to suspect that if you're rich enough or famous enough, there's little you can be put in prison for. Combine the two, and you couldn't be convicted if you wanted to -- even if you committed your crime on videotape.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
06-23-2008 |
Music
Stop Trying to Make Alanis Morissette's Latest 'Jagged Little Pill, Part 2'new
The thing is, Flavors of Entanglement is a breakup album, but it's not, y'know, raw like Pill. Its anger is contained, matured. Ripe and self-possessed.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
06-23-2008 |
Reviews
'Love Songs' Offers Perverse Entertainmentnew
The film takes a sudden nosedive into a deep, deep funk, vying to becoming the most depressing musical since Cabaret.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
06-23-2008 |
Reviews
A Look Inside the Complicated Politics of Lyme Diseasenew
Lyme, the most politicized and contested disease since the emergence of AIDS, is also the fastest-growing infectious illness since AIDS. The medical establishment debates over almost every aspect of Lyme, and of course the wars rage on two levels: There are white-haired dudes pushing paperwork in offices, and there are the people in the trenches who deal with the fallout.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-23-2008 |
Science
Add Lemons are Louder Than Rocks to the Silly Band Names Foldernew
'Gallop' & Other Distorted Loves Songs makes for a jaunty trip, recalling the quirky likes of Starlight Mints and early Dr. Dog along the way.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
06-16-2008 |
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