March 10-16, 2005 cityspace Listen Up, Pinheads GET YOUR MIND IN THE GUTTER: Bowling makes a comeback at Strikes, featuring lanes with computerized scoring and mood lighting. Photo By: Michael T. Regan Let the good times roll at West Philly’s…

February 17-23, 2005 music The Wedding Band GOLDEN RULE: “This is the tone that we deliberately set for our marriage — one that, like the world of Golden Ball, does not submit to the oppression of bourgeois mendacity,” says David…

January 27-February 2, 2005 food Big Fish, Little Fish

January 20-26, 2005 list cap Sound of Urchin/Instant Death It’s a shame so much is made of the connection between drummer/singer Tomato (aka Chris Harfenist, leader of Sound of Urchin) and the churlish-comic likes of Ween and Tenacious D. Not…

December 23-29, 2004 list cap Seth Kallen If major labels are scouring Philly’s jazz-folky scene for the next Amos Lee, they can start the dotted line at Seth Kallen. The just-turned-18 Yardley native — a onetime Black Light Special singer…

December 23-29, 2004 food Chard Core INKING BIG: Mark McKinney, a vegan throughout the ’90s, has introduced vegetarian and vegan dishes to Vesuvio’s Italian menu. Photo By: Michael T. Regan Former punk vegan Mark McKinney’s Italian cuisine meets meat halfway.…

December 23-29, 2004 art High Holidays Life of the party: Barbara Rushkoff spoofs pop-culture touchstones like Highlights in Jewish Holiday Fun é For You! Jewish celebrations get the Plotz treatment. by A.D. Amorosi Despite being Italian and Catholic with all…

December 9-16, 2004 mixpicks Good, Giving and Game by A.D. Amorosi Fashion Show Fantasy masquerade and bondage gear don’t usually reflect man’s more charitable nature. But Kali Morgan, owner/operator of Passional and organizer of the yearly Diabolique Fantasy Masquerade Ball,…

November 18-24, 2004 cover story High Art and Cheap Thrills Hang an extra-large stocking for this year’s ritzy, glitzy coffee-table books. by A.D. Amorosi The good-looking coffee-table tome is ever-widening in scope and size for holiday consumption. But, friends, my…