August 8-14, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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Jackass Nation Their bodies, ourselves: What the growing popularity of pain and humiliation as entertainment says about all of us. by Kent Williams

news

"Everybody's Mad About Something": Inquirer editor Walker Lundy’s suburban coverage plan riles the rank and file.—Deborah Bolling

Getting Good in the 'Hood: Activists are uniting under a new/old umbrella.—Jenn Carbin

The Bell Curve: City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life

columns:

Political Notebook:Getting Hysterical—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Sometimes They Come Back

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Public Spaces Under Attack

Slant by Sean O’Neal
Not Who You Think

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Take Three: A day trip to Princeton reveals a trio of compelling exhibits of Asian art.—Susan Hagen

Unbecoming: The Private as Public Spectacle—Robin Rice

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

artspicks

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris—Debra Auspitz

Webber, Wildhorn and Weill!—Debra Auspitz

Making Porn—Steve Cohen

Indivisible: Stories of American Community—Debra Auspitz

Books

movies

Blax Power: Reconsidering the legacy of blaxploitation cinema.—Sam Adams

Tiny Spies: The pint-sized operatives return in Spy Kids 2.—Cindy Fuchs

Clod, James Clod: XXX brushes up a tired formula, but still puts you to sleep.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks

music

Erratic Thriller: Rock Luddites Erase Errata find comfort in the chaos.—M.J. Fine

Vinyl Smarts Between Language Arts: People Under the Stairs' true school addicts and J-Live's middle school tactics.—Hamida Kinge

Summer Monster: The package tour -- something wicked this way comes.—Patrick Rapa

Tight and Wild: Willie and Lobo pull the world out of little wooden boxes.—Nicole Pensiero

The Gig—Nate Chinen

Hip-Hop Happenings—Ain� Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights

musicpicks

Mickey Hart and BembŽ Orisha—Mary Armstrong

Cornelius—A.D. Amorosi

Yes—A.D. Amorosi

John Entwistle and Dee Dee Ramone Tribute—A.D. Amorosi

Love—Chris Nosal

April Disaster—John Vettese

naked city

Duty Calls: Think jury duty is nothing but torture? Robert Busillo might make you think again.—Meredith Broussard

Firstlook: Bleu Martini and Liquid Blue—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

food

Lebanese-y Going: Wonderful food and relative privacy make out-of-the-way Cedars a perfect lunch destination.—Juliet Fletcher

Bubble Up—Senta Kline ( s_kline@citypaper.net