AltWeeklies Wire
Inside Philly's Next City Hallnew
We rundown of Michael Nutter's new appointees and their priorities for the city this year.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
02-25-2008 |
Politics
'In Bruges': Limbo Shticknew
The film is a delightful mixture of the sacred and profane.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
02-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Is Western Culture Being Drowned By a Jism Tsunami?new
Porn isn't just the elephant in the room -- it's the naked elephant going "uh uh uh" as it frantically masturbates into the face of a bored lady elephant.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
02-19-2008 |
Commentary
Recipe: Keftedesnew
Carob molasses, a key Cypriot ingredient, can be found at most Middle Eastern grocers. Serves four.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
02-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Big Bad Tadnew
Grunge's true hero is exposed in the new documentary Tad: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
02-19-2008 |
Music
Tags: TAD
Meet the New Mgmtnew
This band wants a youth revolution ... or something.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeremy Butman |
02-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
Minority Membership Still an Issue, Philly's Unions Get Their Waynew
Despite pressure to diversify, most of the city's unions are still dominated by white men.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
02-19-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Philadelphia's Strange Bettingfellowsnew
In Fishtown and Pennsport, casino opposition has united two very different riverfront communities.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
02-19-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Why Has Philly Avoided the Worst of the Housing Crisis?new
After months of doom-and-gloom headlines about the U.S. housing crisis, some might assume Philadelphia's been hit just as hard as other American cities -- but Philly realtors disagree. (Of course, they can't afford not to.)
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
02-19-2008 |
Economy
Not So Pleasurable 'Pleasure for Sale'new
Take HBO's softcore Cathouse, suck out all the fun and frivolity, throw in a bunch of traumatic sexual baggage and you have Pleasure for Sale, the six-part documentary series on the Sundance Channel.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
02-11-2008 |
TV
Recipe: Skillet Potatoesnew
Holding one potato in each hand, you can forgo a bag altogether. Serves two.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
02-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Power of Soulnew
Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear -- the biggest fuck-you album ever -- gets reworked.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
02-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Marvin Gaye, Here, My Dear
Seeing Rednew
Supported through Drexel Univeristy's groundbreaking music industry program, Mad Dragon is an award-winning, fully functional independent record label that teaches students the business side of the music industry.
Philadelphia Weekly |
John Steele |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Enemy of the Statenew
Director Cristian Mungiu discusses his acclaimed film about illegal abortion in Communist Romania.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Spicy Tributenew
Sara Roahen was four chapters into writing her just-published book -- Gumbo Tales, an exploration into the culinary wonders of New Orleans -- when Katrina hit her adopted city.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim Whitaker |
02-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
