Straight Ahead, Spaz Lex Marshall of Daughters wrote lyrics about things he gave a shit about.

Shine On: Toby Lightman aims for bigger things. (Listen to Toby Lightman's Bird on a Wire NOW!)

Local Support 013
The Bar Mitzvah episode of City Paper's local music podcast, featuring Home Blitz, Pepi Ginsberg, Trouble Everyday and much, much more

news

A Grief Observed: blogging S aturday, April 8: My husband Mike was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor (craniopharyngioma) in October 2005.

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

opinion

Editor's Letter by Duane Swierczynski
Dumb and Number Years ago, I used to drive up Roosevelt Boulevard, see the sprawling IRS processing center behind a chain link fence and think to myself, with a bit of a sneer, "Well, there's a business that will never fold." Four weeks ago, the IRS announced it would be closing that processing center behind the chain link fence, forcing more than 5,000 Philadelphians out of jobs.

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arts

Room with a View: Virgil Marti makes his bones from the skeletons of the past.

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naked city

Deadsville: You can't keep a good cemetery down.

Paper Trail Our Back Pages, One Year At A Time

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movies

Over There: The War Tapes brings the Iraq war home.

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music

Straight Ahead, Spaz: Lex Marshall of Daughters wrote lyrics about things he gave a shit about.

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food

Plan B: If an upcoming dinner party has you panicked, Joe Kim wants to be your go-to guy.

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sex

Paper Doll: Pimp This Ride When you write about blowjobs and buttfucking every week, little in the sex arena actually excites you.