January 20-26, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Spring Forward 2nd Season Arts Preview by Lori Hill

news

You've Got Jail: The Youth Study Center found a perfect new home. Too bad the neighbors had no say.—Doron Taussig

March Madness: A local soldier's story sheds light on the Iraq quagmire.—Mike Newall

Joint Decision: A U.S. District Court judge grants Weedman a stay of sentence. For now.—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:Interior Shot: A close-up on the Scribe Video Center, Philly's indie film capital, in its new West Philly home.—A.D. Amorosi

Cityspace:Personnel Development—Bryant Simon

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Space Quest

Slant by Duane Swierczynski
Profanity Fair

Slant by Shaun Brady
One Nation, Under [Blank]

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Grim Fairy Tales—David Anthony Fox

In the Drink—Toby Zinman

Schlock of Ages—David Anthony Fox

Send In the Clowns—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Language Arts—A.D. Amorosi

On the Fritz—David Shengold

Whistle While You Work—Steve Cohen

movies

Past Imperfect: The past is not dead, or even past, in Bad Education.—Sam Adams

Death of a Salesman: Sean Penn's disenfranchised family man sets his sights on the president.—Cindy Fuchs

Dying To Be Noticed: Interview: Niels Mueller—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

King-Size: Bling Kong goes large and brings its own cheerleaders.—Andrew Parks

soundadvice

Björk Study: Travis Sullivan's Björkestra translates Icelandic pop into big band fodder.—Nate Chinen

Serenade: The epic Leonard Bernstein radio series was a labor of love for Mount Airy's Steve Rowland.—Steve Cohen

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Relay / South Congress / Phil Moore Browne—John Vettese

Randall Scarlata—Peter Burwasser

DJ Jazzy Jeff—Deesha Dyer

Second Annual Alan Mann Tribute—A.D. Amorosi

Tyrone Brown String Sextet—Shaun Brady

naked city

Griller Instinct: How Philadelphia's tailgate king keeps hundreds of hungry fans -- and a family -- smiling.—J.F. Pirro

fine print

Word of the Day

how they'll lose: NFC Championship Game vs. Atlanta—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Dorms and Forms—Nick Norlen

Burns Unit—Tami Fertig

Wail to the Chief—Juliet Fletcher

food

Pack Mentality: Some local bar and restaurant owners are happy with the proposed smoking ban, but others want the city to butt out.—Juliet Fletcher

Smoked Out—Nick Norlen