October 13-19, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Pass The Mic[roscope] by Patrick Rapa

news

Arch Nemesis: A former ADA offers insight into the clergy abuse probe.—Mike Newall

Car Market Crash: SUV owners find having a big ride can mean big problems.—Doron Taussig

Was It Worth It?: Nicholas "Z" J. Zangara—Christopher Schwartz

Two minutes with... Freya Koss—Doron Taussig

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Out and About—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:24th and Aspen: At a corner war memorial, veterans remember the fallen in their own way.—Doron Taussig

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
New Media, Old Whine

Slant by Jonathan Zimmerman
Voting in the Affirmative

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Support System: For new works about life and rebirth, Shelley Spector builds on the shoulders of giants.—Susan Hagen

Artsquicks—Lori Hill

Dance:Loose Bruce—Deni Kasrel

Theater:Specific Overtures—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Sea Change—Toby Zinman

Theater:Powered Play—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Stages of Grief—Ashlea Halpern

Scale This—Drew Lazor

Thwack Daddy—Alex Richmond

Sign of the Times—Helen i-lin Hwang

movies

Class Act: George Clooney's tribute to Edward R. Murrow is determined but dour.—Sam Adams

Neverending Story: Cameron Crowe's road-trip revelation doesn't know when to pull over.—Cindy Fuchs

Playing the Game: Keira Knightley's showbiz bounty hunter presses her luck.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

under the rock: Lock up your sons and daughters, this could be a Scottish invasion.—Michael Pelusi

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Jackie Ryan—Shaun Brady

Tempesta di Mare—Peter Burwasser

CocoRosie—M.J. Fine

Cerberus Shoal—James Saul

The Warlocks—John Vettese

naked city

Tour de Corpse: Sorting science from fiction at the opening of Body Worlds.—Ashlea Halpern

Bad Idea Factory

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Evolutionary Blog—Meredith Lindemon

The New Harpies: The Rita & Nancy Show, defined.—Joey Sweeney

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Fur Sure: Debunking the Carpet Shark Myth—Drew Lazor

Behind the Burka—Sheila Weinhardt

Con Men—Andrew Parks

food

Fan Club: Miran's do-it-yourself Korean barbecue heats up Chestnut Street.—Elisa Ludwig

On a Roll—Alex Richmond

feeding frenzy—Drew Lazor

what's cooking—Pat Hogan

Top 5 Hidden Haunts: Secret eats.—Kelly White