AltWeeklies Wire
The Prometheus Radio Project Takes Low-Power to Kenyanew
Prometheus strives to be an antidote to the consolidation of money-driven mass media, to put the "local" back in local radio -- even if that means a 10-watt station, running on a shoestring budget, that can broadcast to only a few square miles.
Philadelphia Weekly |
G.W. Miller III |
03-12-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Archeology of Pervsnew
An archaeological investigation underway sheds some light on what life might've been like for Philadelphia’s debtors and drinkers.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sarah Wilson |
03-05-2007 |
History
Tags: history
Obey Your 'Badmaster'new
The West Philly label gets out of the neighborhood.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
03-05-2007 |
Music
Clinical Filesnew
The enigmatic Brit rockers drop a little of their mystery.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Rob Trucks |
03-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Clinic
FON: Turning Rebellion into Moneynew
The Madrid-based Wi-Fi "community" will pay you $1 for each customer you help steal from Starbucks and give you a free wireless router if you live next to a branch of the coffee chain -- but what's behind the revolutionary rhetoric?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jean Luc Renault |
03-05-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Straight From Hellnew
Philly's most insane author and publisher looks like a librarian.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
03-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Spears of Destinynew
Britney truly is the son of God.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
03-05-2007 |
Commentary
Does Anyone Really Know Chaka Fattah?new
He hopes his out-of-the-box ideas will win him the Philly mayor's race -- but with little detail backing them up, some wonder whether they can really work.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
03-05-2007 |
Politics
Q&A with Michael Apted, Filmmakernew
The documentarian ranges from Bond flicks to the Up series and Amazing Grace.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amazing Grace
Refighting History: 'Days of Glory' for Marginalized Soldiersnew
An angry, hardscrabble WWII tale of a North African platoon fighting for France.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
02-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb
Guitarmy Reserve: A New Folk Music Collectivenew
The city is poised to reclaim its past folk music glory with Acoustic Philly.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
02-26-2007 |
Music
Tags: Acoustic Philly
Pressed for Excess: Philadelphia's Newspaper Battlenew
Inside the impact of the ownership change at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
02-26-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Coming Attractions: Philadelphia In The Coming Yearnew
Philly could be on the brink of greatness -- if it invests in what’s next.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
02-26-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Comedy Central's Next Great Hopenew
Peppered with free-floating moments of delicious, delirious absurdity, The Sarah Silverman Program is the kind of nutty "sitcom" that could win over even those who think its button-pushing star is something of an overpraised acquired taste.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
02-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Slams at the Slaughternew
A debate grows within the black poetry movement.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Raymond Tyler |
02-20-2007 |
Books
