October 7-13, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Day Jobs and Marble Copybooks 215 performer and resident Shawn McBride discusses his new project and his secret "elbow grease" writing method. by Ben Cake

news

Marked Man: Politicians reach out to subject of a recent City Paper cover story.—Amy L. Webb

Ali Bye-Bye: The imam's wife predicts prison time and a mobster's laid to rest.—Brendan McGarvey

Job Scene: A new local program aims to cut recividism through employment.—Jonas Raab

Pet Project: A new group wants to save Philadelphia's strays.—Cory Frolik

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Open Studio Sessions: Tours will showcase artists and their buildings for two weekends.—Joanne Aitken

Cityspace:Rewarding Architecture—Jonas Raab

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Corporate Poop

Slant by Thomas Hynes
Muck Breaker

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Forest for the Trees: One artist's ho-hum dendrological works might lead viewers to be rewarded elsewhere.—Robin Rice

Dance:Tango Pasiòn—Janet Anderson

Theater:Battle-Weary—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Recipe for Love—Toby Zinman

Opera:Valentin's Day: West Chester baritone star Stephen Powell joins OCP in Faust.—David Shengold

artspicks

Blacklist Blues—Sam Adams

A Wink and a Smile—Toby Zinman

Twin Interests—Steve Cohen

Reading Out Loud—Natalie Hope McDonald

Channeling Martha—Deni Kasrel

Fired Up—Toby Zinman

Pick of the Litter—A.D. Amorosi

movies

Puzzled Pieces: Confounding, delightful, occasionally desperate, I Huckabees is an appropriately mixed bag.—Sam Adams

Work of  —Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Notes from Underground: The West Philly Three makes a fourth.—A.D. Amorosi

soundadvice—Sam Adams, A.D. Amorosi, Deesha Dyer, M.J. Fine, David Anthony Fox and Brian Howard

Under the Rock—Michael Pelusi

Songs of Experience: Tilly and the Wall joins forces and taps into its youth.—Patrick Rapa

Might As Well Be Old Friends—Lori Hill

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Q and Not U—Brian Howard

Cee-Lo—Deesha Dyer

Orchestra 2001—Peter Burwasser

The Cramps—John Vettese

TJO—Sara Marcus

PJ Harvey—Elisa Ludwig

Keren Ann—Nicole Pensiero

Ali Shaheed Muhammad / A Tribe Called Quest—Deesha Dyer

naked city

Hating On Garden State: Your girlfriend probably loved it—and maybe even you too, you emo pussy—but here's why this movie is fucking evil.—Joey Sweeney

Who's A Slacker?—A.D. Amorosi and Shaun Brady

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Specters at the Spectrum—Juliet Fletcher

Restorative Cure—Juliet Fletcher

Sight-Treeing—Brian Howard

food

On The Sharp Edge: Verge has ambition, and might just bring East Falls with it.—Elisa Ludwig

offthemenu—Juliet Fletcher