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Embattled Plastic Surgeon Faces Molestation Charge in Lawsuitnew
Plastic surgeon Richard B. Edison is a dubious doctor who has been hit with a lot of life-altering allegations over the years. But the newest accusation, coming deep from Edison's past, may be the most damning of all.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
03-24-2009 |
Crime & Justice
On the Hunt for South Florida's Most Feared Wrestlernew
Unlike his peers, the Sheik shuns camaraderie and comedy both. Other wrestlers have never even heard him speak. Even in downtime, he is often seen wearing his headdress and sharpening a spike -- actually an eight-inch-long gutter nail. It freaks people out.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Deirdra Funcheon |
03-24-2009 |
Performance
Industrial Icon Martin Atkins Knows From Touringnew
Martin Atkins has played with just about every metallic industrial band that matters, and released many more on his 20-year-old Invisible Records imprint. These days he's also the author of Tour:Smart, a universally acclaimed soup-to-nuts guide to life on the road now in its second printing.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
03-24-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Houston's Working Class Gets Bumped into Homelessness and Poverty by the Crashing Economynew
An already strained system struggles to accommodate a new breed of homeless.
Houston Press |
Mike Giglio |
03-24-2009 |
Economy
Price-Slashing Isn't the Only Way for Chefs to Counter a Bad Economynew
If you look hard enough, there are plenty of industrious chefs out there killing and cooking that great hungry whale named Recession, and divvying it up at a decent price so as to survive the new economy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-24-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food & drink, recession
Jewish Death Metalnew
While multi-instrumentalist/monotheist Saft is clearly talented and there are some very interesting musical motifs on Black Shabbis, the CD, taken in total, is just this side of unlistenable.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Rodney Anonymous |
03-24-2009 |
Reviews
Dangerous Ponies Know What They Like and Make It Look Easynew
While the Dangerous Ponies are readying their full-length debut, this week they're out on their first tour, playing a string of dates on a diagonal path to Texas for Gay by Gay Gay, a queer spinoff of the much-ballyhooed South by Southwest music conference.
Philadelphia City Paper |
John Vettese |
03-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Sunshine Cleaning' Is Too Neatnew
Mystifyingly buzzed-about at Sundance 2008, Christine Jeffs' Sunshine Cleaning is a serviceable but none-too-distinct take on the second-chance story. Also reviewed: The Edge of Love.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
03-24-2009 |
Reviews
Top Drinking Days for a Sports Fannew
Sports and booze — they've been bringing families together and messing with kids' educations for as long as they've been around. And there's hardly a better time to combine the two than the Tourney.
Philadelphia City Paper |
E. James Beale |
03-24-2009 |
Sports
Did the Push to Save Philadelphia's Libraries Backfire?new
The decision not to close any of Philly's libraries may come at a cost. Because while all branches remained open this fall, the libraries did suffer from the first round of budget cuts: Free Library Director Siobhan Reardon now faces the prospect of running all 49 branches with significantly fewer resources per library.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
03-24-2009 |
Economy
Clean and Green Pedi-Cabs Are Poised to Run Amok in Philadelphianew
Pedi-cabs and velo-taxis are passenger bicycles that could be the future of green transportation in Philadelphia, with weary pedestrians hailing them when they need a lift.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-24-2009 |
Transportation
Will Your Favorite Indie Book Store Survive or Be Swallowed Whole?new
More than a decade deep into Amazon, Borders and Barnes & Noble's ravenous gangbang of all things mom-and-pop, local bookstores are now staring down the barrel of Depression 2.0.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jakob Dorof |
03-24-2009 |
Books
'Monsters vs. Aliens' Avoids the Pixar Comparisons by Wallowing in Genre Pleasures
What works about Monsters vs. Aliens is when it is retro in a good way.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-23-2009 |
Reviews
It's a Mad Mad Mad 'MadWorld'
In MadWorld, reality TV has gone horribly wrong—or reached its logical conclusion.
The Inlander |
Marty Demarest |
03-23-2009 |
Video Games
Denver's Channel 2 Drops the Deucenew
Is it possible that Channel 2 president and general manager Dennis Leonard wasn't familiar with the other meaning of "deuce" when he authorized the station's name change? Hardly. Asked if he knew the dirtier designation, Leonard affects a comically exaggerated surfer's voice as he declares, "It's the shit, dude!"
