March 10-16, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Music Issue Spring '05 Intro by Patrick Rapa Let Them Rock The Capitol Years get drunk on their first full band full-length. By Michael Pelusi Stark Raving Laptop battler Starkey clicks on the IDM scene. By Andrew Parks Music Lessons Self-taught on an unpopular instrument, Chestnut Hill jazz flutist Walter Bell doesn't mind doing things the hard way. By Shaun Brady

news

Rec and Effects: Across town from the Sweeney trial, Fishtown residents beg for help.—Doron Taussig

Drown Town: Smarting from sewage-laced flooding, Old Kensington residents unite.—Mike Newall

It's Hall Gone: A judge clears Penn's bid to continue demolishing Convention Hall.—Cory Frolik

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Primarily, No Primary—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Listen Up, Pinheads: Let the good times roll at West Philly's Strikes Bowling Lounge, even if you're not keeping score.—A.D. Amorosi

Cityspace:Italian Blessing—Kate Salute

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Walking the Walk

Slant by Brian Hickey
Smoke This

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

War Stories: How The Things They Carried has touched many local veterans.—Trey Popp

Always a Lady: in memoriam: Jilline Ringle—David Anthony Fox

On and Off the Grid—Robin Rice

Floral Authority—Susan Hagen

Dance:Feathered Fille —Janet Anderson

Theater:Wise Beyond Her Years—Steve Cohen

artspicks

House Party—Deni Kasrel

Homing Devices—Deni Kasrel

Step Lively—Lew Whittington

movies

Ground Level: Downfall buries the truth; Turtles Can Fly soars.—Sam Adams

Negotiation: Hostage pits action bravado against contemporary uncertainty.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Look Sharp: A guide to grime with only five mentions of Dizzee Rascal (oops, six).—Andrew Parks

soundadvice

musicpicks

Magnapop—M.J. Fine

Fred Hersch—Shaun Brady

Eliane Elias—Deni Kasrel

Hood/Menomena—John Vettese

Choral Arts Society—Peter Burwasser

Atmosphere—Deesha Dyer

Hair Police—Nick Sylvester

naked city

Tongue Tied: With a trip to Montreal looming, our folk writer rediscovers her French.—Mary Armstrong

Give Bluth a Chance: Why do good TV shows have to burn their bras to stay on the air?—Joey Sweeney

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

From the Pound Up—Nick Norlen

Plush Melodies—John Vettese

The Art of War—Nick Norlen

food

Page Returners: Cookbook authors on why The Book and the Cook brings them back for second servings.

Shipshape—Elisa Ludwig