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November 26, 1998

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Cover Story

Glory Days
Radio pioneers like Ed Sciaky helped make music history. Can anyone revive the lost artof the rock dj?
by Margit Detweiler

Opinion

SLANT

Creating a Child-Centered Education System
by Dwight Evans

LOOSE CANON

Eco-Grinch
by Bruce Schimmel

PRETZEL LOGIC

Death TV
by Howard Altman

MAILBAG

Letters to the Editor
by the Readers

News

CITY BEAT

Copping a Prayer
The Philadelphia Police Department has revived its clergy program in hopes of usingreligious leaders to help ease situations and solve crimes.
by Gwen Shaffer
Jaws Sacked
Some irate Gold's Gym members are blowing the whistle at what they consider the businessequivalent of ineligible receiver downfield.
by Frank Lewis

HIT AND RUN

Yes We Have A Banana
by Sono Motoyama
Vox Boxed In
by Jen Darr
In a Jam
by Gwen Shaffer

ON MEDIA

Art's excellent adventure
by Frank Lewis

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Mary Frangipanni's Political Notebook
by Mary Frangipanni

BELL CURVE

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

Arts

THEATER

So Much Noise
An impressive production, but something gets lost.
by Cary M. Mazer
The Machinal Machine
Why's everybody suddenly doing an obscure 1928 play?
by Cary M. Mazer
Not Much of A Kick
by Toby Zinman
Krapp Shoot
by Toby Zinman

DANCE

Kat 1, Fish O
by Nancy Heller
Abstract Strategies
by Jonathan David Jackson

BOOKS

I Is For Icon
by Justin Coffin

NOISES OFF

Changes
by David Warner

20 QUESTIONS

Bill Condon
by Cindy Fuchs

MOVIES

Just Press Play
The Cruise is part of a brave new filmmaking wave: it's digital.
by Sam Adams
Speed City
How legendary NYC tour guide and philosopher Speed Levitch wound up the star of adocumentary.
by Sam Adams

Movies

Bug Eyes
Lazy grasshoppers and funny slugs in an inventively animated insect-fest.
by Vance Lehmkuhl
Monster Mash
The father of Frankenstein meets his dream man in a thoughtful, compassionate film.
by Cindy Fuchs

Music

Story Time
Tired of singing about herself, Susan Werner fills her new album with tall tales.
by Mary Armstrong
Just a Minute
Last Minute Man George Manney offers a 60-second jam.
by a.d. amorosi
Medium Rare
by Steve Cohen

ICEPACK

Icepack
by a.d. amorosi

DISC QUICKS

     jazz

Wayne Horvitz + 1
by Jack Schonewolf

     rock/pop

Kristin Hersh
Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight
by Sam Adams
Seal
Human Being
by Vance Lehmkuhl

     spoken word

Jello Biafra
If Evolution Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Evolve
by Andrew Milner

Food

Cosmopolish
The dependable delights of the Warsaw Cafe.
by Maxine Keyser

Listings

SIX PICK

Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival
by Rosemary Darigo
Prison Art
by Rosemary Darigo
Thunder Ball
by Karin Samoviski
Tribe's Last Quest
by Ogbonna Hagins
Mark Russell
by Patrick Rapa
Mogwai
by Brian Howard
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