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The Man Who Brought Philadelphia to Its Knees

The SEPTA strike, according to Willie Brown.

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browse	November 19th, 2009 The Man Who Brought Philadelphia to Its Knees The SEPTA strike, according to Willie Brown. by Jeffrey C. Billman and Isaiah Thompson Since the union boss said so little to the press during the strike, we thought it was high time to find out why. On Nov. 12, City Paper sat with Willie Brown for nearly two hours inside his North Second Street offices. »»
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browse	November 12th, 2009 Invasion of the Body Slammers How South Philadelphia became the center of the alt-wrestling universe. by Shaun Brady These companies flip the focus back from operatics to athleticism, catering to those for whom the Monday Night Raws and SmackDowns and even the TNAs of the world have gotten too far removed from what they love about the sport, or the art, or however you care to refer to it. (Just don't call it "sports entertainment.") And the epicenter of this alt-wrestling scene is South Philadelphia. »»

browse	November 5th, 2009 Top 20 Spectrum Moments The Building Wanted Blood by Patrick Rapa You could call it a bad omen that the roof blew off the five-month-old Spectrum during the Ice Capades in 1968, but I think the arena was just asserting itself. »»

browse	October 29th, 2009 The Milkmen Cometh From the barely edited journals of Rodney Anonymous by Rodney Anonymous When we heard that the Dead Milkmen were officially back in the picture — playing shows, making new music — and blowing it out with a big Halloween bash at the Troc, we gave frontman Rodney Anonymous a word count and set him free. »»

browse	October 22nd, 2009 Melody Gardot In the studio with Philly's secret jazz superstar. by Patrick Rapa Between the last note of Melody Gardot's opening song at the Kimmel and the first report of one hand against the other triggering an avalanche of applause, there's a sliver of near-silence. And from some anonymous voice in the audience, a single word fills the fleeting moment. "Wow." »»

browse	October 15th, 2009 Magic Words How Maurice Sendak unleashed a multimedia monster with 10 little sentences. by Lauren F. Friedman While plenty of books from childhood are remembered nostalgically and still others are simply forgotten, Where the Wild Things Are is, for many, beloved not only for what it was then, but for what it means now. »»

browse	October 8th, 2009 Children of the Sword How one man sired a legion of Philly freaks. by Bill Meagher for another accomplishment. Almost single-handedly, Red Stuart, who at 58 is the world's oldest active sword-swallower, has helped bring to Philadelphia one of the country's most up-and-coming sideshow scenes. »»