February 20-26, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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This is Punk? He's a former prep school outcast with degrees in science and education. He’s Adam Goren -- a.k.a. Atom and his Package -- underground rock’s most visceral satirist. by Patrcik Rapa and Photos By Micheal T. Regan

news

Presidential Pique: The leader of the Dominican Republic is mad as hell and sending lawyers to Philly.—Howard Altman

Naval Gazing: City may have let Toll Brothers off the hook before the Naval Home fire.—Gwen Shaffer

Peace!: Thousands of Philadelphia-area residents protest war.—Gwen Shaffer

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Eighth District Councilmanic Mania—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Truly Abele: Julian Francis Abele may be the most famous architect you’ve never heard of.—Deborah Bolling

Cityspace:Manny Digs It—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Duct Tape This!

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Vive La Difference

Slant by Dan Radmacher
Public Enemy No. 3

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Tilted View: One Philadelphian's quest to bring a controversial piece of public art to our city.—Robin Rice

Dance:Carmina Burana/Le Travail—Janet Anderson

Theater:By the Bog of Cats ...—Toby Zinman

Theater:The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?—David Anthony Fox and Toby Zinman

Theater:Three plays at Triangle Theater—Toby Zinman

Theater:Northeast Local—David Anthony Fox

Books:Second Time Around: History repeats as dialectical farce in Ken Kalfus’ The Commissariat of Enlightenment.—Justin Bauer

artspicks

Odd Fellows—Jen Darr

BodyVox—Janet Anderson

Louis Menand—Sam Adams

tick tick ... Boom!—Steve Cohen

movies

Lost and Found: A documentary about Terry Gilliam's failure spells success for its creators -- and maybe for Gilliam as well.—Sam Adams

Cops and Bobbles: Dark Blue drops the ball.—Cindy Fuchs

Get Your War On: How to lose a Civil War cinephile in 210 minutes.—Ryan Godfrey

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Reverb: The inexplicable truth behind Mission of Burma’s belated popularity.—Sam Adams

Topical Ointment: Eric Schwartz can turn them on and off.—Mary Armstrong

Platinum Bond: Dieselboy, Sine, J Messinian and co. celebrate five years of starting the weekend early.—Sean O’Neal

Full House—Lou Camp

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Ribbon of Highway/ Endless Skyway Tour—Mary Armstrong

The Yohimbe Brothers—A.D. Amorosi

The Vexers—Sam Adams

Nada Surf—Sam Adams

Paul Weller—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

Hack Diary: Episode 1: Welcome To Philly.—Paul Julien Freed

firstlook—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Happy Trails—Debra Auspitz

Stray Cat Strut—Chris Cummins

Bedtime Stories—Brian White

food

Seeking The Master's Touch: Much that's wonderful, but much that's still a work in progress at Lacroix.—Maxine Keyser

Grape Deals—Peter Burwasser