July 22-28, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Lethal Direction The Defender Association of Philadelphia has kept all its clients off DEATH ROW. So why can't it get a bigger caseload? MONEY. by Susan Phillips

news

Red Alert: Funding woes, apathy keep Philly populace unprepared for terrorist strike.—Doron Taussig

Probing the Probe: Government watchdogs say the media's doing a good job covering the federal indictments.—Deborah Bolling

Naming Rights: A West Philly barbershop drops "Chink's" from its moniker.—Helen i-lin Hwang

Howdy, Joey!: Merlino gets a new Kentucky home, a capo learns etiquette and bikers just can't get along.—Brendan McGarvey

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Building Bridges: Finding new uses for an old viaduct.—W. Kyle Gradinger

Cityspace:Loft-y Expectations—Tasha Kates

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
American Jews: Confused, Silent

Slant by Bruce Rosner
Ready or Not?

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Art: How one local dancer, in a growing trend, keeps fit — physically and artistically.—Lewis Whittington

artsquicks: More stuff going on this week...

Theater:String of Pearls—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Some Like It Hot—Tami Fertig

Wolf Gang—Lori Hill

Jacked Up—Andrew Parks

Oracle of 'Delph—Deni Kasrel

movies

Still Here, Still Queer: Reviews for PIGLFF Week Two.

Company Man: Mark Achbar seeks out the corporation's nonexistent heart.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Merry Pranksters: The Bloodhound Gang gets back to their old tricks.—Andrew Parks

Revenge Is Sweet: Bitter, bitter weeks has friends over to play.—Michael Pelusi

Only the Lonely: Iceland's Múm reaches out.—Brian Howard

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Haiti Flood Relief Concert—Peter Burwasser

Sticks and Stones—Nate Chinen

The Rosebuds—Andrew Parks

Concrete Blonde—M.J. Fine

Scott McCaughey/Ken Stringfellow—M.J. Fine

naked city

From Kalmykia With Love: A Northeast Philadelphia native is both a religious beacon in southern Russia and a Colorado desk jockey.—Simon Ostrovsky

fineprint: Less words, more story.—Brian Hickey

Letter of the week: Modest Proposals

Web site of the week: Cat Scratch Fever—Juliet Fletcher

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Heady Games—Juliet Fletcher

Twice as Nice Dice—A.D. Amorosi

Reading Ahead—Deesha Dyer

food

Azure Like It: Whether an island retreat or an Asian oasis, Azure offers ample ways to escape its Northern Liberties locale.—Lori Hill

offthemenu—Juliet Fletcher