October 6-12, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Fall Book Quarterly '05 Lit From Within What it's like to run an independent literary magazine in Philadelphia. Journal-isms A readers' digest of local literary publications. Honoring the Code More highlights from the 215 Festival's reading, writing and rock 'n' roll. Q&A: CP Editor Duane Swierczynski Jewish Exponents Listen up, there are heebs in the house. Green & White & Read All Over Why reading about the Eagles is just as satisfying -- and frustrating -- as watching them. Q&A: Zadie Smith BQ Fiction BQ Nonfiction Recent cover stories...

news

Bar Fight: A councilman will launch a pre-emptive strike against a potential club district.—Bob Finkelstein

Faction News: The mob's rallying up as their legal foes dwindle.—Brendan McGarvey

Was It Worth It?: Sherwood "Sher" R. Baker—Christopher Schwartz

Two minutes with… Ed Schwartz—Katie Young

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Bloc Heads—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Trading Faces: The Palm enjoys a makeover, but not without some casualties.—A.D. Amorosi

Cityspace:Last Rights—Katie Young

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
A Court of Rubes

Slant by Lance Haver
Curses, Oiled Again

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Chemical Romance: An exhibit puts the '50s love affair with science under the microscope.—Ashlea Halpern

First Friday Focus:first friday focus—Lori Hill

Dance:Happy Return—Janet Anderson

Theater:Watching the Detective—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Talk of the (Small) Town—John Vettese

Woman in Motion—Janet Anderson

The Vagina Epilogue—David Anthony Fox

movies

Tongue-Tied: In Her Shoes is snug but arch.—Cindy Fuchs

Faith Invaders: Joss Whedon on Serenity's unbelievable journey.—Sam Adams

Running the Gamut: A trip to the manageable but daunting New York Film Festival.—Sam Adams

Personal Touch: Nick Park lets the fingerprints show.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Ashlea Halpern

music

Acts of God: Philly's Kandy Whales and Seattle's U.S.E. are bands on a mission.—A.D. Amorosi

The Fifth Element—Peter Burwasser

Turbo Lovers: This band and its fan club have mutual affection out the ass.—A.D. Amorosi

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

David Gray—Nicole Pensiero

Network for New Music—Peter Burwasser

Roscoe Mitchell Quartet—Shaun Brady

naked city

Just Say Noles: Former Phillies pitcher Dickie Noles is to thank for the team's squeaky-clean image in the season of steroids.—J.F. Pirro

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Strange Bedfellows—A.D. Amorosi

How They Lost: The Phillies didn't lose the wild card. They gave it away.—Brian Howard

Week Five at Dallas: Season Record: 1-3—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Girls, Girls, Girls—Kelly White

Sin City Spectacular—Kevin Almasy

School of Hard Knocks—Andrew Parks

food

Seasoned Hands: Cal-Italian sensibility and cuisine rule at Sovalo.—Maxine Keyser

off the menu—Carolyn Wyman

feeding frenzy—Drew Lazor

what's cooking—Pat Hogan

Top 5 Sexiest Wait Staffs: Good Enough To Eat—Kelly White