March 18-24, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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The Music Issue One-Track Mind: Every song has a story — even if it doesn't exactly tell one. So we set our writers loose on the music scene, past and present, to pick the brains of local songwriters about the tracks they laid down. Park Life: Composer Jennifer Higdon finds the Smoky Mountains along the Wissahickon. Shot in the Dark: David E. Williams puts a spotlight on ugliness and sticks a lamp where the sun don't shine. Symphony of Destruction: Composer George Crumb goes to war with "Black Angels." The Cover-Up: Folkie John Flynn finds inspiration in God and country.. Building Walls: RJD2 needs more money and power and less shit from you people. Gunz Blazing: Young Philly hip-hop duo writes their breakup song first. The New Classics?: Local artists on the quest for immortality.

Bigger Than the Both of Them: Daryl Hall on the H&O song of love and loss that wouldn't stay gone. Philadelphia Freedom: Remember when Ween tried to steal the Liberty Bell? Going the Distance: Unsung songwriter Julie Gold on happily making somebody else a hit. Middle-Class Act: One-man band Steve P. Klein sings the baby boomers' blues. Acid Reign: How DJ Josh Wink took Europe to a Higher State of Consciousness. A House United: Robbie Tronco makes a scene with "Walk 4 Me." Original Gangsta: How Schoolly D changed the rap world. Following Directions: A country road takes singer-songwriter Anne Hills home. What We're Missing: Remembering Dave Blood of The Dead Milkmen. On Dave: The outpouring of sympathy and memories on The Dead Milkmen Web site message board has been remarkable and moving.

news

No (Cuban) Cigar: Local medical professionals are embargoed from attending an important meeting.—Deborah Bolling

Fineprint: Less words, more story.

Gale Warning—Daryl Gale

Poster Boy: W's campaign catches Web goof, but not in time to foil pranksters.—Brian Hickey

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:A Jury of Peers: Keep politics and connections out of preservation.—Amy L. Webb

Cityspace:H.O.M.E.'s Where the Honickman Is—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Spanish Lessons As we are about to close out a year of war in Iraq -- a war that has cost more than 500 U.S. lives, untold thousands of Iraqi lives, billions and billions of dollars and, arguably, our place in the world...

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Born-Again Ballen

Slant by Flavio Lotti
Our Year of War

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

O Superwoman: Laurie Anderson reunites with curator Janet Kardon for a one-on-one conversation at the ICA -- and everyone's invited to listen in.—Deni Kasrel

Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Theater:Karen Finley—Interview by A.D. Amorosi

Theater:Miss Julie—Steve Cohen

Theater:The Great Ostrovsky—Steve Cohen

artspicks

Ellen Goodman speaks and signs—Carolyn Wyman

The Telephone/The Medium—David Shengold

Joe Sheehan speaks—Matthew Hotz

La Máquina del Tiempo—Deni Kasrel

George Anastasia reads—A.D. Amorosi

movies

Broken Heart: Eternal Sunshine's fractured, melancholy romance is the real thing.—Sam Adams

L-l-l-love the Hard Way: Love ain't easy, and neither was making Eternal Sunshine.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Sound Advice: Get Out

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Ladies First Tour—A.D. Amorosi

Razor & Guido—Sean O'Neal

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society—Peter Burwasser

naked city

One Bad Apple—Debra Auspitz

Firstlook: Patou—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

International Gem & Jewelry Show—Tricia Ferdinand

"Women's Activism, Women's Organizing"—Liz Harris

Veterans Stadium Demolition—Matthew Hotz

food

Go Fish: Trawling through the shoal of Italian BYOBs, Branzino stands out.—Maxine Keyser

Rum Raid—Alex Richmond