AltWeeklies Wire
Steamed Mussels in Vermouth Saucenew
The anise-tinged aromatics of fennel and tarragon complement these minerally mollusks.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim McGinnis |
05-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
Was Peggy Reber Pregnant When She Was Murdered?new
Forty years after her death, Lebanon's DA exhumes the body of the slain 14-year-old.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich and Martha Shaak |
05-07-2008 |
Crime & Justice
When Tristan Prettyman Get So Popular?new
a) Who is this chick? b) Why is she suddenly so insanely popular? c) Why do I have no idea who she is? d) Why does this unfamiliarity make me feel so inadequate?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
05-05-2008 |
Reviews
Reality Bitesnew
When a young chef tries to save teen lives through food, his students prove his toughest critics.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim McGinnis |
05-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Where Should the Focus of Olympic Protest Lie?new
The pre-emptive repression of political speech of Olympic athletes is mind boggling. The entire reason the Olympics are even in Beijing is political in nature -- an effort by the West to embrace China as a 21st-century economic and military superpower. So why shouldn't athletes be allowed to voice protest?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Dave Zirin |
05-05-2008 |
Sports
Barney Frank's Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Shouldn't be Controversialnew
It's been more than 36 years since a national commission appointed by President Richard Nixon recommended the decriminalization of up to 100 grams of marijuana for personal use, but no bill has been introduced in Congress to decriminalize marijuana since 1984; the Shafer Commission's recommendations remain ignored. Until two weeks ago.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel McQuade |
05-05-2008 |
Drugs
The New Roots Album has Some Feeling Nostalgicnew
I didn't get hardcore Rootsy until '99 when they dropped their commercial breakthrough Things Fall Apart, which people were touting as the last great hip-hop album of the 20th century. (Looking back, it kinda was.)
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rat Bastard Takes International Noise Conference on the Roadnew
Instead of booking a cross-country Laundry Room Squelchers tour, he decided to hold a different International Noise Conference in a different city nearly every night through April.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
04-28-2008 |
Concerts
Tokyo's Colette Columbirch Hope to Call Philly Homenew
On top of dealing with the usual impression-management of a musical existence (wooing bloggers, bookers, promoters, A&R tools, fans and journalists alike), Japanese hush-tronica duo Colette Columbirch have got to deal with impressing the toughest critic of all -- the U.S. government.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chicken Kabobsnew
A summer classic and a real char star for those who crave fire-licked meat. Serves four.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim McGinnis |
04-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Zombie Strippers' Lives Down to Its Namenew
Writer/director Jay Lee's Zombie Strippers is a fascinating whatzit, and presumably the first cheeseball boobie-filled gore-fest ever to be based on a Eugene Ionesco play.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
04-28-2008 |
Reviews
Finding Thinspiration in a New French Lawnew
Only a country that has sex objects as old as Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert could pass a bill against glamorizing excessive thinness, as France's National Assembly did last week.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
04-28-2008 |
Commentary
No One's Lonelier than a Republican on Election Day in Phillynew
Mike Cibik, the city's Republican 5th Ward leader, doesn't have much to get excited about. The numbers here, and in his ward in particular, make it pretty much impossible for anyone besides a Democrat to get elected.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Alli Katz |
04-28-2008 |
Politics
Our Endorsement: Barack Obama for Presidentnew
We want Barack Obama to be president -- not because he can hit a three-pointer in a 100-degree gym in street clothes, but because he's got that big game. And because he brings that game when the heat is hottest.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim Whitaker |
04-22-2008 |
Commentary
Shedding Light on the Olympic Torchnew
China wants the torch to travel through the nations of Western Europe and the United States as well as Tibet as a way to spread the gospel of China's global reach. The torch's 1936 route was also planned with political considerations in mind. The torch was carried exclusively through European areas where the Third Reich wanted to extend its reach: particularly southeastern and central regions.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Dave Zirin |
04-22-2008 |
Sports
