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week of january 23rd
Amid a flurry of sale rumors, Philly's Metro turns 8. Will the free daily make it to the decade mark?
by G.W. Miller III
Photographs by Michael Persico • Video by Cassidy Hartmann “Come on, people!” Brenda Bowens barks.… » more
features
Welsh phenoms Super Furry Animals still got it.
by Neil Ferguson
Almost 12 years after their wonderfully warped debut Fuzzy Logic, and it’s hard to think of any of Super Furry Animals’ U.K. contemporaries who’ve been able to match them for sheer consistency, ambition and twisted pop thrills. Pulp are gone. Blur came close, but fell victim to ego and ennui.… » more
 
An unassuming amateur paleontologist shuns the limelight.
by Morgan A. Zalot
To anyone driving along scenic Pennsylvania Route 120, which winds through the north-central part of the state between Lock Haven and Ridgway, Red Hill looks like just another wall of rocks along the highway. But to Academy of Natural Sciences paleontologist Dr. Ted Daeschler, who worked there … » more
 
More than 1,000 fed the homeless outside the African American Museum Monday.
by Tinesha Keith-Thomas
Were it not for the heavy coats and the piercing cold, they could just as well be setting up a barbecue in the parking lot of the African American Museum. Several long tables are covered in aluminum pans of donated food, a U-Haul truck is filled with blankets and clothes. There’s more food set up inside an inflatable tent where… » more
 
PW sits down with the director and producer of Teeth.
by Matt Prigge
The idea of pop-art behemoth Roy Lichtenstein’s son becoming an actor—i.e., interpreting other people’s work rather than creating his own—always seemed a bit off. Yet for two decades, that’s just what Mitchell Lichtenstein did—albeit for such filmmaking titans as… » more
 
Top 10 indications that Ani DiFranco likes Philly better than Atlantic City.
by Jeffrey Barg
10) House of Blues at the Showboat, Friday night: room for dancing. Electric Factory, Saturday night: sold out. 9) First words to the Atlantic City crowd: “Is anybody actually from here?” First words to Philly: “I’m so excited to be playing in the city,” as opposed … » more
 
Hanging with the Islamophogies.
by Steven Wells
I’m off to hang with American right-wingers obsessed with the threat of Islamic terrorism. I’m walking up the long, leafy driveway to the New Covenant Church in Mt. Airy where I’ll sit in a huge and horribly overheated theater, under a looming cross, surrounded by… » more
      news & opinion
Silenced
The world is a little less interesting without Glenn Reitz in it.
 
 
 
Washington Babblethon
A corrupt and ignorant Congress pontificates on steroids.
 
 
 
 
 
      a & e
 
Art — Come Play With Me
Four young artists long to share their ideas.
 
 
 
 
 
On The Radar — In GOP We Trust
Every time you vote Democrat, a baby Jesus dies.
 
      music
 
 
 
Power of Soul — Mad Skillz
Shaqwan Lewis’ “Rap Up” is better than ever.
 
      food
 
Lush Life — Heaven’s Sake
Sweet, creamy nigori is growing in popularity.
 
Recipe — Yakitori
Nigori sake can be used to prepare this recipe, and then served alongside the finished dish. Serves two.
 
Restaurant Review — Lap of Luxxury
Wine, beer, chocolate, cheese ... delicious.
      screen
 
 
 
 
Review — Aging Bull
Francis Ford Coppola’s comeback drama makes absolutely no sense.
 
 
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