November 25-December 1, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Wireless Mike Mike Missanelli says he doesn't care if you hate him. (Or if he gets back on the air.) by Doron Taussig

news

Faith Waste Initiative: The Catholic Church waters down sexual-abuse monitoring.—Mike Newall

A Good Fight: A rugby match at Franklin Field will honor victims of terrorism.—Mike Newall

Character Assassination: The late Ron White will play a big role in the upcoming pay-for-play trial.—Brian Hickey

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Not Yet Within Reach: Philadelphia's sights need to be easier for outsiders to see.—Alan Greenberger

Cityspace:Green Days—Jonas Raab

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
He's Got Your Numbers

Slant by State Sen. Anthony H. Williams
Keep Your Chins Up

Slant by Duane Swierczynski
wtf

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Future Shock: Local sci-fi guy Gardner Dozois on Asimov, special f/x and good storytelling.—Andrew Parks

Opera:Through the Ages—Peter Burwasser

Theater:Money Changes Everything—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Pat Answers—A.D. Amorosi

Elfin Magic—Lou Perseghin

Land of Plenty—Deesha Dyer

movies

All Over the Map: Alexander tries to be all things to all people.—Cindy Fuchs

Krank Rancors: Middle American family skips Christmas? Oh, the horror.—Ryan Godfrey

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Who's That Girl?: Singing DJ Ma teeters on the edge of superstardom.—Sean O'Neal

soundadvice

under the rock—Michael Pelusi

scene&heard

cdreview: Nirvana - With the Lights Out (box set)—Patrick Rapa

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Grandmaster Flash

Philadelphia Orchestra—Peter Burwasser

Jarboe—A.D. Amorosi

Neil Landstrumm—Sean O'Neal

Battles—Andrew Parks

naked city

Drill Bit: How a Penn sociology senior found direction on a bayou oil rig.—Jonas Raab

fine print

Bad Idea Factory

How They'll Lose: Week 11 vs. New York Giants—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Hed Case—Lori Hill

Common Threads—Tami Fertig

Kitchen Capers—Deesha Dyer

food

Bearing Froot: "Play with your food," exhorts the leader of the cerealist movement.—A.D. Amorosi

Unrolling the Joint—Lori Hill