August 18-24, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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news

Science and Human Nature: Creating an AIDS vaccine was tough. Finding test subjects in Philly may be tougher.—Doron Taussig

Total Recall: Pay-raise critics want to sweep incumbents out of Harrisburg.—Mike Newall

Walking Tour—Lee Norsworthy

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Smooth Landing—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:1200 N. Seventh St.: Gentrification's coming. But at least one resident won't be around to see it.—Mike Newall

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Baron of Blight?

Slant by Nancy French
No Apologies

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Prism Break: William Eggleston and others push through a different kind of color barrier in the art of photography.—John Vettese

Bunny Flop—Toby Zinman

Theater:The Nom Game—Lori Hill

Theater:Very Luce Adaptation—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Drive, Baby, Drive—Trish Boppert

Glass Act—Karen Williams

A New 'Do—A.D. Amorosi

movies

Wild and Crazy Guy: Kings and Queen's dazzling ambition is dulled by its self-made myths.—Sam Adams

Learning Curve: Class-minded vandals overturn ideals, including their own.—Cindy Fuchs

Flying Blind: Red Eye's vision of post-9/11 politics is razor-sharp, but tinted red.—Shaun Brady

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

suitespot: Breakthroughs in classical plastic.—Peter Burwasser

cd reviews

scene & heard

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Radio Vago—M.J. Fine

No Net—Shaun Brady

The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up—John Vettese

Gerald Veasley—Deesha Dyer

Chuck Prophet—Nicole Pensiero

Schoolyard Heroes—M.J. Fine

Joan Armatrading—Nicole Pensiero

naked city

Radio Warfare: For a group of Swarthmore reporters, Iraq is just a phone call away.—Lee Norsworthy

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Eagles Fluffer—Brian Hickey

A Sixth Sense—as discovered by Patrick Rapa

It's a Hit: Testing out a new trivia game with a twist.—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Dirty Rotten Models—Jenna Portnoy

School of Rock—Michael Pelusi

Your Choice, Your Wawa—A.D. Amorosi

food

Cornering the Market: A warm Queen Village restaurant takes chances, and wins, with creative global cuisine.—Maxine Keyser

A Rosé Is Not a Rosé—Peter Burwasser