October 14-20, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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The Music Issue Visionaries: This is what Philly music looks like. Sound and Vision: Of course music isn't a strictly auditory experience. The Inside Stories: It’s pretty easy to find Philadelphia on MTV these days. Smoke Screen: So you wanna get a video played on MTV? Plan B: "Fuck it. It’s so annoying that all these amazing videos get made and rarely, if ever, seen..

Get a Grip: My former life as a hip-hop music video producer Factory Made: A video shoot is not near as easy as it seems. Just Shoot Me: Day One: 8:21 a.m. It has never been a dream of mine. Eltro OnDemand: How Philly indie rock got on Comcast. Rich Wexler, aka VJ Large Marge: You’ve seen Rich Wexler. Ted and the Moldy Peach: One man's adventures with directing, documenting and the Motherfucking Clash. The Revolution Will Be Documented: Butch Mayo wants to tell the world about Philly's place in DJ history. Inside the Box: A new film shines a light on the men and women of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The A/V Club: Meet the Philly artists putting sight to sound.

news

The Ones That Got Away: Forget the Phils (not that you haven't already). This weekend's all about the Philadelphia A's.—J.F. Pirro

Out at Fox: A pair of former TV reporters arrive to tell Murdoch horror stories.—Doron Taussig

Something to Talk About: A Center City therapy group has men discussing their feelings.—Doron Taussig

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Altruistic: The design community branches out into more pro bono work.—Linda Dottor

Cityspace:Hippies Need Not Apply—Jonas Raab

opinion

Slant by Ronda B. Goldfein
Helping Feet

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Uncommon Sense: The Gottschilds see, hear smell, taste and -- most of all -- feel their way through cultural quagmires.—Deni Kasrel

In Control—Janet Anderson

Jesús Garcia—Interview by David Shengold

Devil's Bargain—David Shengold

artspicks

Chain of Fools—Sam Adams

From the Well—Toby Zinman

Justice Talking—Sam Adams

Culture Savvy—Tami Fertig

She's Baaaack—Joel Tannenbaum

movies

Yanked: Trey Parker and Matt Stone pull the strings, and stack the deck, in the uneven Team America.—Sam Adams

First Principles: Shane Carruth's shoestring sci-fi strips the genre, and the medium, to its essence.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

The Tables Have Turned: Now all your drum 'n' bass are belong to Swarm.—Sean O'Neal

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Sam Phillips—Sam Adams

Kandy Whales—A.D. Amorosi

Gail Ann Dorsey—Andrew Parks

Richard Thompson: 1000 Years of Popular Music—Sam Adams

Teng Li—Peter Burwasser

naked city

Don't Run With Scissors...and other lessons from Philadelphia's premiere rock-paper-scissors player.—Brian Howard

Fineprint

How They'll Lose: Week Five vs. Carolina—Brian Hickey

Bad Idea Factory: Stern Warning—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

David and Sybil Yurman—A.D. Amorosi

Hidden Treasures House Tour of Philadelphia's Historic Northwest—Tami Fertig

National Geographic "Celebrate Photography Tour"—Juliet Fletcher

food

Hamming It Up: Hamburger Mary's kitsch plays well among fun-loving diners.—Helen i-lin Hwang

Chaat Room—Elisa Ludwig