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April 13-19, 2006

The Rickslayer
Desperate Democrats think Bob Casey can beat Santorum. But who the hell is Bob Casey, anyway?
by Doron Taussig
Naked City:
TV Party!: Is TV's gayest network tailor-made for straight people?

Fine Print: Trial of the Century

Arts Pick: Last Chance
Catch It Or Regret It

Music: Aid or Invade
Artist: The Yoshida Brothers, Album: III, Country of Origin: Japan

Music Pick:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
We are now passing the halfway mark in Christoph Eschenbach's five-year Mahler festival with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Rickslayer

news

The Comeback Kid: crime Anthony "Two Guns" Fletcher's hands tell most of the story.

Political Notebook | The Bell Curve | Philly Blunt | more news...

opinion

Editor's Letter by Duane Swierczynski
It's a Deal We're celebrating our silver anniversary this year, and it's 24 weeks to go before our big anniversary issue, so we're kick-starting a new feature in Naked City called "Paper Trail."

Loose Canon | more opinion...

arts

The Good Fight: With Jeanne Ruddy's dancers, Robert Battle pulls his punches.

more arts...

naked city

Lapping It Up: The mind behind the big tongue of Center City's Moody Pet.

Icepack | Running Numbers | more naked city...

movies

Kid Stuff: A small-time thief struggles with fatherhood in L'Enfant (The Child).

more movies...

music

Know Depression: Local rockers pay tribute to the music that brings them down.

DJ Nights | more music...

food

Red, White and Bluecoat: A local distillery challenges the Brits to a friendly game of gin.

more food...

sex

Paper Doll: Whipped Senseless Last Monday, unassuming lunchers at the corner of Ninth and Market streets were witness to a kinky publicity stunt: A fetching young thing dressed to the 1-900s in dominatrix gear circled an air mattress where a corseted girl in a black Uma wig kicked her chained legs whenever the dom smacked her with a plastic flogger.

this week in listings:

She's The Man, Where We Won't Be, On The DL…, Just Do It, In The Event That…, Just Opened, more listings...

music listings: classical/new music; folk/world; jazz/blues; rock/pop

other listings: action/adventure; adults, etc.; classes/workshops; comedy; events/festivals; galleries; games/quizzo; kids, etc.; lgbt; market; mind/body; museums & exhibits; open mic; volunteer; think tank; performing arts; readings & book signings; walks

movie listings: showtimes ; rep films