October 21-27, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Inalienable Writes Concerned citizens from sea to shining sea flood City Paper with their election opinions. (Some of them even make sense.)

Writes Inalienable: The readers express their opinions. Clueless in D.C.: George Bush doesn’t have a clue. Hellboy?: "And I saw a beast coming out of the sea, having 10 horns and seven heads, and on his horns were 10 diadems and on his heads were blasphemous names." The Workingman's Friend: Words and Music by Lea Jones, The Swing State Road Show

news

Undercard Throwdown: The Specter/Hoeffel Senate race has some important implications.—Mary F. Patel

The Big Sleep Controversy: Media heat drives the Health Department to flip-flop on co-sleeping.—Doron Taussig

Smoke Break: Officials mull the value of minor marijuana busts.—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:Get Smarter: A new development alliance aims to keep the environment in mind.—Jonas Raab

Cityspace:Protect and Preserve—Jonas Raab

opinion

Slant by Dr. Lawrence D. Blum
Why They Hate

Slant by Paul Curci
New Editor, New Era

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Second Nature: Winifred Lutz finds nature's discards and makes them new again.—Susan Hagen

Rebecca Westcott—Shelley Spector

Theater:Laura's Bush—Toby Zinman

Theater:Trumbo—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Gemini, The Musical—David Anthony Fox

Theater:The Arabian Nights—Toby Zinman

Opera:Don Pasquale—Peter Burwasser

artspicks

Direct from NYC Performance Series presents George & Martha—A.D. Amorosi

Hallelujah, Baby!—David Anthony Fox

Bread & Puppet Theater—Toby Zinman

movies

Ends and Means: Vera Drake may be Mike Leigh's most accomplished movie, if not his most honest.—Sam Adams

The Unforgotten: Angry spirits track the living in The Grudge.—Cindy Fuchs

Born to Choose: Mike Leigh weighs his options.—Sam Adams

Grudge Match: The Grudge and Ju-On, head to head.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Home Records: Music by people who have complained about SEPTA.

Sound Advice: Get Out

CD Reviews

Challenger and Champion: After 25 years, there are no original members of Relâche left, and a few gray hairs and wrinkles adorn the pleasant-looking musicians that now comprise the ensemble.

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Suzzy and Maggie Roche—Carolyn Wyman

De La Soul—Elisa Ludwig

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra—Peter Burwasser

Ratatat—M.J. Fine

Cave In/Converge—John Vettese

naked city

Songs of Debate: A soundtrack for the sound bites.—Shaun Brady

Fine Print

How They'll Lose: Week Six vs. Browns—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Tour of Duty—Nicole Pensiero

TORCH Pro-Choice Conference—A.D. Amorosi

Peoplehood—Juliet Fletcher

food

French Twist: Andr Lenoble's Zoubi mixes Gallic charm with Moroccan zest.—Maxine Keyser

Prime Time—A.D. Amorosi