July 7-13, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Bottoms Up Taylor Mead, underground movie legend and Warhol superstar, christens the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Intro by Sam Adams also: Up From the Underground Warhol superstar Taylor Mead comes back from being "Buried Alive." Going Long Thirsty's makers turned a short film budget into a feature-film debut. Week One Shorts

news

Blazing Battles: City firefighters blast minority-hiring practices.—Mike Newall

Shore Tour: Where to find your favorite mob types on the Jersey coast.—Brendan McGarvey

LOGO a Local Go: Comcast will soon bring MTV's new gay cable channel to Philly.—Natalie Hope McDonald

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Johnny on the Spot—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Out of Thin Air: Helium Comedy Club is ready for yuks.—A.D. Amorosi

Cityspace:Vespa'd Interest—Christopher Schwartz

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
All the President's Men

Slant by Steve Conn
Hop On Board

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Moving Pictures: Tony Rocco brings South America to his Northern Liberties darkroom.—Lori Hill

artspicks

World at Their Feet—Janet Anderson

Rubber Soul—Karen Williams

Coasting to Success—Steve Cohen

In A Fix—Deesha Dyer

movies

Wading Game: Jennifer Connelly fights off a bad-mom complex and a leaky apartment.—Cindy Fuchs

Shutter to Think: Five lives intersect through the work of a troubled photographer.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Developing the Negative: Inside The Collingwood's cinematic songs of loss and yearning.—Shaun Brady

New World (Café) Order: Has XPN's conjoined twin really hurt Philly's smaller stages?—John Vettese

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Vince Seneri Quartet—Deni Kasrel

Cass McCombs—Brian Howard

Blowfly—A.D. Amorosi

Oxford Collapse—Neal Ramirez

naked city

Behind the "8" Ball: All the dirt you didn't see on your screen.—A.D. Amorosi

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

web site of the week—Nick Norlen

Hot-tern—Brian Howard

It's All a Slur—Sara Satullo

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

What Goes Up—Nick Norlen

Land of the Dead—Nicole Woods

Bad News Bears—Nicole Woods

food

Star Wares: A new energy bar packs a tasty vegan punch, straight out of a Fairmount kitchen.—Juliet Fletcher

Love Bug—Elisa Ludwig