COVER STORY Unholy Alliance Leads to Bloody Battle Royal Or, we are pitting locals bands against each other for sport. by Patrick Rapa   print email reply Published: Mar 4, 2008 THUMBS UP: (L-R) CP’s Patrick Rapa and Brian Howard,…

MUSIC . Insect Aside Mirah’s back with bugs in her system. by Patrick Rapa   print email reply rss feed Published: Jul 2, 2007 SIX LEGS GOOD: Mirah and Spectratone International took their inspiration for Share This Placefrom the “Homer…

ARTS . Arts Picks Die Actor Die Mon., June 18, 8 p.m., The Khyber, 56 S. Second St. by Patrick Rapa ÿ print email reply rss feed Published: Jun 12, 2007 ADVERTISEMENT <a href=”https://www.citypaper.net/openx/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a10b36a8&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://www.citypaper.net/openx/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=21&amp;source=&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&amp;n=a10b36a8″ border=”0″ alt=””/></a> sketch comedy…

July 27-August 2, 2006 Cover Story wanderlust Walking With Saints by Patrick Rapa Old City is so speckled with streetlamps, storefronts and traffic lights that nightfall has to corner you in an alley just to get some attention. The straight,…

July 27-August 2, 2006 Cover Story wanderlust Walking With Saints by Patrick Rapa Old City is so speckled with streetlamps, storefronts and traffic lights that nightfall has to corner you in an alley just to get some attention. The straight,…

January 12-18, 2006 one track mind “Silver Pillows” by Thistle “Silver Pillows” by Thistle He’s not even the most recent literary hoax (that’s you, James Frey), but bookies sure can’t get enough of author JT Leroy, the ex-boy prostitute, or…

October 6-12, 2005 cover story Illustration By: Hyacinth Hughes Lit From Within What it’s like to run an independent literary magazine in Philadelphia. by Patrick Rapa Edgar Allan Poe was notorious for bad luck and worse decision-making, but leaving Philadelphia…

July 14-20, 2005 art Rockin’ in a Brie World don’t fence her in: Liesel Euler is skipping town for two years, but not before Brie Feingold-Africa becomes a star of stage and disc. Photo By: matthew silverman Liesel Euler unleashes…

June 23-29, 2005 cover story Biblio File Short stories on our favorite indie bookstores History Lesson: Since 1960, Hakim’s has offered books by African-American authors on everything from civil rights to astrology. Photo By: Patrick Rapa Hakim’s Bookstore If Hakim’s…