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Surge Protectors: Bush & Co. Are Lying to You Againnew
With the new report from General Petraeus, you can sniff the strong smell of desperation emanating from the administration and its apologists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
09-11-2007 |
War
Nonprofit Hopes its Big Green Building Generates More than Warm Fuzziesnew
Urban Green Partnership's planned eight-story, 80,000-square-foot structure would be one of the most sustainable and self-sufficient multiuse buildings ever constructed in a city.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
09-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
'Them' Does Its One Thing Wellnew
Hardly in need of recap, the film simply involves a young couple in a large house being terrorized by unseen aggressors over the course of a long, dark night.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Kyle Cassidy Shoots Goths & Gun Owners Without Malicenew
The photographer's new coffee-table book, Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes, captures stylish weapon holders across the country without advocating the NRA or denouncing it.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
09-04-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
'The Exception': Mean Girlsnew
Danish author Christian Jungersen's new novel educates about genocide.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Amy Baily |
09-04-2007 |
Fiction
Revenge of the Electric Car?new
The first electric police car in the U.S. was introduced last week by Connellsville, Pa., officials and hailed as a true masterpiece.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
09-04-2007 |
Environment
'Idol' Worshipnew
Fear and loathing at the American Idol tryouts.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
09-04-2007 |
TV
Obama and Edwards: Beefcakes!new
It's a sad commentary on the state of the 2008 presidential elections when beefcake photos of two of the Democratic candidates simultaneously grace the cover of a pair of national men's magazines.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
08-28-2007 |
Politics
Deep Fried Tapes Label Embraces a Bygone Mediumnew
Cassette tapes lack the hipster cachet of vinyl, the clean precision of the CD and the digital-age convenience of the mp3, but a Philly label and its experimental music scene embraces the medium in all of its flawed glory.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
08-28-2007 |
Music
Ex-Prick, Expat Joe Annaruma Returns to Philly Redeemednew
When he left Philly in with his band Throttle in 1995, he didn't think he'd come back -- and he surely never dreamed he'd return to play only charity gigs for Project H.O.P.E.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
08-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Man Is Doomed
'A Killer's Kiss': Soft Kissnew
William Lashner begins his seventh Victor Carl novel with his usual bang, but this time around Victor seems a little tuckered out.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Char Vandermeer |
08-28-2007 |
Fiction
Cop Killer and/or Political Prisoner Paints Behind Barsnew
Tom Manning has spent the last 22 years in federal prison, sentenced to 53 years for seditious conspiracy and 80 years for the killing of a New Jersey state trooper -- he also paints portraits.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
08-28-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
'The 11th Hour': Hour of Powernew
If the movie's presentation is unexciting (and thus a lot less likely to excite major media and make inroads on shopping malls), the ideas it puts forth are both more frightening and more energizing than those in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
08-28-2007 |
Reviews
'The Devil Came on Horseback': Devil Advocatesnew
Brian Steidle, the former U.S. Marine whose chilling photographs brought the horrors of Darfur region to the American public, serves as a compelling a central figure through whose eyes the audience can forge a connection with a complex and sometimes confounding subject.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
08-28-2007 |
Reviews
Philly Congressmen Get Serious About the Iraq Warnew
Philadelphia's Democratic representatives have led calls on Capitol Hill to end the war in Iraq -- now the area's lone Republican rep, Jim Gerlach, is also asking tough questions about the war.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Paul Fain |
08-28-2007 |
Politics
