December 19-25, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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The Voices In His Head Philly's top indie-rock producer Brian McTear meets yet another challenge: his first solo album. by Brian Howard photographs by michael t. regan

news

A Nutter Disappointment: City Councilman fumes over déjà vu veto override vote.—Daryl Gale

Office Politics: State Rep. Rosita Youngblood is suing her party's leadership over how much money she is given to run her office.—Daniel Brook

Gail Shister—Interview by Deborah Bolling

Hall Monitor—Daniel Brook

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

columns:

Political Notebook:They Took Manhattan—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Transformers: Some Philly 'hoods aren't taking blight lying down.—Sue Sierra

Cityspace:Let Them Eat Cake—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Street at the Crossroads

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Pho Whatever Ails You

Slant by Helen i-lin Hwang
Smugglers' Blues

Slant by David Warner
Someplace Special

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

World Warp: At Arcadia, the art of making subtle changes.—Robin Rice

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Theater:The Magic Fire—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Inga Saffron Reading—Mike Gainer

Critical Mass—Deni Kasrel

Traveling Wares—Helen i-lin Hwang

Red Dot—Debra Auspitz

Lure of the West—Debra Auspitz

movies

Jack's Back: The caustic About Schmidt showcases Jack Nicholson’s greatest performance in decades.—Sam Adams

Straight to the Points: The Two Towers cuts to the chase.—Sam Adams

Gunga Din: Gangs of New York is an epic so noisy you can't hear a thing.—Sam Adams

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Life, art and fantasy get jumbled up in Adaptation.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Disappearing Act: How the Vanishing Peoples of the Earth materialized in Philadelphia.—Patrick Rapa

suitespot—Peter Burwasser on Classical

Spork in the Road: Two vagabond electronic artists are tuning out and moving on.—A.D. Amorosi

Beat Box—Aine Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Palomar—Brian Howard

From Autumn to Ashes—Andrew Parks

Unsilent Night—A.D. Amorosi

KlezKamp—Mary Armstrong

naked city

Go Ask Alice: One woman's trip through the looking glass as a kids' holiday party attraction.—Laura Lewis

Words to Give By: A last-minute gift option with a message.—Debra Auspitz

InFusion—Howard Altman

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Philadelphia Orchestra Instrument Drive—Juliet Fletcher

Solstice Celebrations—Frank Lewis

Saturnalia—Paul Burress

Winterfest—Kristina Weise

food

High Steaks: With excellent food and a lively atmosphere, Chops is becoming the place to meat and greet.—Maxine Keyser

drinktank—Brian Howard