July 8-14, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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The Cost to Know WHYY For Philadelphia's public broadcaster, the quest for funds has brought both innovative programming and questions about journalistic integrity. by Amy L. Webb

news

Editing the Feds: A local novelist and writing coach critiques the juicy press release promoting the federal indictments.—Bill Kent

Animal Magnetism: The furries come to Philly for an annual convention.—Tasha Kates

Keeping Time: A new historical marker nods to the man who made the metronome.—Helen i-lin Hwang

Slave Discovery: A rally calling for a memorial to Washington's slaves is marked by the discovery of a ninth slave.—Deborah Bolling

fineprint: Less words, more story.

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Bars to Marriage—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Pay to Play and Billy Penn's Feet: Rules mean nothing to Philadelphia's development community.—Patrick M. Starr

Cityspace:Station Housing—Tasha Kates

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
WHYY-FM's Performance

Slant by Eric Schmeltzer
Stern Advice

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Sweet Sounds: From Bollywood to bloodsucking, New York musicals are a mixed bag.—David Anthony Fox

Summer in the City: The stars shine bright in New York theater this summer.—Toby Zinman

Penn Jillette—Interview by Gary M. Kramer

artspicks

Country Boy—Andrew Parks

Ask Jeeves—Gary M. Kramer

Viva Alegria—Deni Kasrel

No. 1 Stencil—Joel Tannenbaum

Cheese and Crackers—Toby Zinman

Trodden Underfoot—John Vettese

movies

All Hail the Queen: Keira Knightley's Guinevere outshoots King Arthur.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Aqui Se Puede: How Germantown's Aaron Levinson became a producer, label magnate and co-founder of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.—A.D. Amorosi

suitespot: Christoph's Report Card—Peter Burwasser

soundadvice

Everyday People: Philly rockers Trouble Everyday set up shop at The Khyber (and everywhere else).—John Vettese

Slice of life: Cheese on Bread is funny (but Cheese on Bread is not a joke).—M.J. Fine

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Benefit for Adam Boxleitner—Patrick Rapa

Charlie Faye and LJ Pickard—Liz Harris

X-ecutioners—Andrew Parks

Nomy Lamm—M.J. Fine

Hanson—Nicole Pensiero

naked city

It's Their Time, Up Here: The Goonies never say die.—Debra Auspitz

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Sunken Treasure—Lori Hill

Zine and Heard—Joel Tannenbaum

Magic Markers—Joel Tannenbaum

food

World on the Street: Chef Marcus Samuelsson hawks global street cuisine at Stephen Starr's Washington Square.—A.D. Amorosi

French Twist—Tami Fertig