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Winner of the Goode Record-Keeping Seal of Approval

councilperson can’t possibly live without a calendar, a daily schedule of events, appointments, obligations. At least, that’s what City Paper thought when we first came

across the startling suggestion that Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. keeps no calendar. Either the information was bad or the councilman possesses a memory of staggering precision. CP first unearthed the possibility that Goode works sans calendar while reporting on our feature about the city’s tenacity for rejecting public Right-to-Know records requests — including a request by the Inquirer’s Jeff Sheilds for the daily schedules of all 17 City Councilpersons, as well as Mayor Michael Nutter [“Hall of Secrets,” Cover Story, Sept. 9, 2010], partly to see who they were meeting with. The city denied the request (now pending review by the Court of Common Pleas), arguing that the records would reveal travel patterns and thus pose a safety risk to the pols — oh, and that “One [Council member] keeps no calendar” anyway. “I sent a memo to each Council member asking about the type of calendar he/she uses,” affirmed City Council Right-to-Know officer Anne Kelly King this week, “and Councilman Goode verbally responded that he doesn’t keep a calendar.” Asked to confirm (or deny) that he keeps no recorded schedule, Goode told CP, “I did not say that. I did not authorize them to say that. So beyond that, I have no comment!” When CP sought clarification of that statement via e-mail

— does he or doesn’t he keep a calendar? — Goode replied: “I’ll give you one simple response in writing [and then, in bold, 24point font]: I never told anyone that I didn’t keep a calendar!” City Paper asked one last time, via e-mail, if that means he does keep a calendar. The councilman has not, so far, responded. —Holly Otterbein

prised that demand for used books should be so low, a sentiment echoed by those at the bar. “Nobody wanted ’em. They wouldn’t touch ’em!” he concluded, to the general raising of glasses. —Isaiah Thompson

SPEAKS VOLUMES This past Sunday, local songwriter and blues guitarist Shakey Lyman walked into popular West Philadelphia bar Fiume and

delivered two startling pieces of information. The first was that he’d got-

I’ll give you one simple response.

ten married — just the previous night, in fact. “I’m going to

milk this for all it’s worth,” Lyman added, dutifully repeating the news for each wave of bar patrons to show up for his weekly Sunday gig. His second tale, though, was of a darker hue. The conversation had turned to books, and how they pile up. Lyman weighed in: Contemplating a move last year, he says, he determined to let go of some 1,800 books — just a portion of his collection — for free. First, he contacted libraries, but found none interested. He then tried a few used bookstores, but they, too, seemed unenthusiastic: One store reluctantly agreed to take the books if Shakey himself transported them: “Here I’m giving them away for free because I’m sick of moving them myself,” he complained, “and they want me to transport them.” Still plagued by his surplus today, Lyman is sur-

A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF FOXWOODS Christmas came early for Philadelphia’s casino opponents last week, when the proposed South Philadelphia casino formerly known as Foxwoods was finally stripped of its license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board last Thursday, after years of delays. The board will now have to rebid the license, which could take years. One of the casino’s bitterest opponents was less than merry, however, with news accounts in the next day’s papers — in particular, timelines by the Inquirer and the Associated Press that offered a blowby-blow history of the four-year Foxwoods saga. These accounts, says Casino-Free Philadelphia co-founder Daniel Hunter (who is >>> continued on adjacent page

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writing a book about the experience), leave out almost any mention of the role neighborhood and civic opposition played in bringing down Foxwoods. “I think it does a real disservice to the story,” Hunter says, echoing a point made by historian Howard Zinn, in his A People’s History of the United States, which argues that history is too often seen as shaped by the wealthy and powerful — and not common people’s movements. Hunter offered on the phone a brief “People’s History of Foxwoods,” describing the 2006 founding of Casino-Free Philadelphia and its earliest efforts under the administration of Mayor John Street, a proponent, to thwart the casinos’ plans — in part by using a clever homemade citizen “ballot box” to push mayoral candidate Michael Nutter to support a buffer between casinos and neighborhoods (he did, later changing his tune). In the meantime, casino opponents pursued a subtle strategy that ultimately, Hunter says, paid off: delay, delay, delay. They filed petitions and legal challenges, pushed members of Council and candidate and then Mayor Nutter to hold up the casinos at every turn possible: zoning matters, licensing, whatever. When Foxwoods, whose owners were already squirming under an impending deadline, tried to move to Market East near Chinatown in 2008, Hunter argues that massive neighborhood opposition (Chinatown activists promised to stand in front of bulldozers, if it came down to it) helped delay, if not thwart, the plans. Foxwoods was eventually ordered back to its original location along the waterfront. “Leaving out the neighborhood opposition doesn’t make sense to me,” Hunter concludes. “It reasserts the notion that it’s politicians

who direct how things happen in the city.”

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COLOR BY NUMBERS With census 2010 data just becoming available to the public, The New York Times recently launched “Mapping America,” a flashy, hyper-detailed online map of the ethnic and racial makeup of America, block by block. Intrigued, City Paper took it for a spin and put Philadelphia under the ol’ microscope to see which census tracts were most heavily dominated by each ethnic group listed. Here’s what we found (in the same order as the NYT map legend): Whitest: Port Richmond made a stab for first at 96 percent white, but the prize goes, in fact, to the neighborhood around Wilson Park, near 25th and Snyder, which is roughly 97 percent. Blackest: Though a patch of North Philly north of Temple came close at 99 percent black, a swath of Mantua and Powelton Village, between 40th and 44th and north of Market won at 100 percent. Most Hispanic: The most densely Hispanic tract — 86 percent — lies in the heart of Philly’s “Centro de Oro,” neighborhood in eastern North Philly, between B and Fifth north of Lehigh. Most Asian: In South Philly between Fifth and 10th and Mifflin and Wolf, Asians are 33 percent of the area’s diverse population: 29 percent white, 19 percent black, 16 percent Hispanic. Most diverse: Along with the South Philly section above, the most evenly split neighborhood we could find was the stretch of Frankford between Castor and Summerdale and Unruh and Oxford, where it’s white (27 percent), black (34 percent), Hispanic (23 percent) and Asian (12 percent). — I.T.

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Members of Gov.-elect Tom Corbett’s transition team donated a total of $1.9 million to his campaign.“The next step in my transition is to hollow me out,” says Corbett.“A whole lot of hands have got to fit up there.”

[ + 5 ] The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

takes away Foxwoods Casino’s license. A landmark victory for vacant, neglected waterfront properties everywhere. The organizers of Philadelphia’s first Type-In rally say typewriters are making a comeback. But they say it very slowly, and with a lot of clacking, and if they make a mistake they have to start over on a whole new piece of paper. Also, they’re wrong.

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Some residents tell the Inky they aren’t sure if selling off the state’s liquor stores will save or cost taxpayers money. And if there’s one thing residents are qualified to tell the media, it’s complex revenue projections.

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Amid financial troubles, the Philadelphia Housing Authority spends $2,500 to send staffers to the Pennsylvania Society event. “Look at Mayor Nutter doing something stupid!” shouts John Street, fleeing while our backs are turned.

[ + 1 ] Joe Sestak calls the national tax deal a “backdoor stimulus.” OK we’ll try it, but start slow.

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The SPCA finds 63 dogs and one cat in a New Jersey woman’s home. “I was suffering from Barkholm Syndrome,” the cat tells Oprah.

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A U.S. District Court judge deliberates on whether school administrators can ban the word “boobies.” Now hearing Bra v. Board of Education, case number 5318008.

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a victory that’s being called the greatest comeback in team history. NY Giants fans squeeze out another tear, put in their Blu-ray of that Patton Oswalt football fan movie from last year that was supposed to be pretty good that we never got around to watching. Think it was called The Fan or something like that. Yeah, The Fan.Somebody should IMDB that to make sure.

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ABOUT THE LIST: Where does a list like this come from? It’s a process, man. First we asked staffers, freelance writers, friends and Facebook friends to name their 10 favorite albums of the year. Next we assigned points for each album based on how highly, and how often, it was ranked. Finally, we clicked “sort data,” and, ta-duh — Arcade Fire ran away with the title. Of course these kindsa exercises are flawed, hobbled by the arbitrariness of tastes, hampered by the relatively small number of people polled, nudged by some superstitious belief in the karmic powers of a shuffling iPod or a quasi-sentient Pandora station. So. Are we total idiots for sleeping on Robyn/Big Boi/Marnie Stern/Ty Segall/whoever? Feel free to tell us so at citypaper.net/music. —Patrick Rapa

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This is Happening (DFA/Virgin)

The best record that chilly Berlin-era Bowie never made came out this year from LCD/ DFA godhead James Murphy in the form of the rhythmically cracking, oddly introspective This Is Happening. Meanly funny (“Drunk Girls”) and tender (“I Can Change”), this is Murphy at his midtempo discoid finest. Even his subtlest melodic twists become epic by each song’s end, with “Somebody’s Calling Me” a solid example of Murphy’s

widescreen compositional largesse. (It’s best heard live — specifically at Making Time’s 10th anniversary show at the Philadelphia Naval Base — and one-take versions of This Is Happening can be heard on the iTunes-only London Sessions.) If this is, as claimed, LCD’s last album, it’s a fine way to go out. If not, I guess I’ll see you at Making Time 20, Murphy. —A.D. Amorosi

TITUS ANDRONICUS The Monitor (XL) At the point where massive am-

bition, panoramic vision and a not negligible dose of hubris meet is where you’ll find Glen Rock, N.J.’s Titus Andronicus. On sophomore album, The Monitor, Patrick Stickles brazenly conjures strains as disparate as Abe Lincoln’s Civil War melancholy, early Springsteen and traditional hymns, then blends them into a brooding suburban hoodrat punk opera where your greatest paranoid delusions — “you will always be a loser” and “the enemy is everywhere” — are made flesh. At nearly every turn, the album feels as if it’s flown too close to the sun (did they really just sing “Tramps like us, baby we were born to die”?) only to pull out of a death spiral to nail the landing. It’s manic. It’s panicked. It’s a shoutalong pogo party, but one that also rewards closer inspection. —Brian Howard

YOU CAN GO wherever your tribe gathers — let’s say the coffee shop that feels more like home than the place where you keep your bed and clothes — and tap into Win Butler’s pent-up energy of “Ready to Start” or experience the kinetic thrill of “Month of May.” You can pretend Régine Chassagne’s singing just to you when “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” shuffles its way into your earbuds. You can ride the arty, anthemic wave of “Rococo” with a few thousand strangers at an amphitheater. You can customize your nostalgia with “The Wilderness Downtown,” the Google Maps-enhanced video for “We Used to Wait.” Arcade Fire’s magic works beautifully in any of those contexts, and this year they raised the bar on several counts. But for the richest listening experience, you need to immerse yourself in The Suburbs. Set aside a few hours; the album’s only 64 minutes, but you’ll need more than one spin to absorb the overlapping lyrics and the cohesive imagery. Butler, Chassagne and their army of rhythm and strings capture the feeling of one moment bleeding into the next until they become some hazy past that may or may not jibe with your own biography, but belongs to you all the same. Not every one of the 16 tracks is a peak, but that’s what makes The Suburbs a great album rather than a greatest-hits collection. The valleys, like “Half Light II (No Celebration),” have their own symphonic richness, if you take the time to explore them. The glittery bits are what draw you in, but the sprawl is what makes The Suburbs a journey worth taking again and again. —M.J. Fine

THE BLACK KEYS Brothers (Nonesuch) It’s not often an album showcases such an unflappable completeness of thought like the dark and rootsy Brothers has managed to do. The whole package rattles, riffs and wails with dark, lovelorn tunes, a few foot-stompers and smooth, soulful songs that — while honorary of blues-rock royalty past and present, like Zep, Jimi, even The White Stripes — show great strides in the musical maturity category. (This despite “Chop and Change” showing up on a Twilight soundtrack.)

Six albums in, singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummercontortionist Patrick Carney have arrived at a more mod version of bluesy rock with plenty of R&B momentum. The band even covers Jerry Butler’s Philly classic “Never Gonna Give You Up” without once embarrassing itself. Robert Plant should be proud. —Natalie Hope McDonald

VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra (XL) Vampire Weekend’s wildly successful debut made the band a series of what used to be called “class ene-

Fantasy (Def Jam/Rock-A-Fella)

TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks (Matador) Ted Leo is an unrelenting jugger-

JANELLE MONÁE The ArchAndroid (Suites II

and III) (Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society) If there was a song this year better than Janelle Monáe’s “Tightrope,” I didn’t hear it. (Sorry, Cee-Lo.) It’s a funk-driven struggle for survival and cautionary tale, fueled by irresistible rhythms, insistent ukulele and Ellington-like horns. And it’s par for the course for Monáe, who, on her first full-length, tackled a dizzying array of genres — including R&B, hip-hop, indie-pop, psych-folk and classical. (She also boasts a fearsomely impressive pompadour, making her the most aerodynamic singer since Klaus Nomi.) The ArchAndroid came with a CD booklet detailing a wealth of influences — such as Orson Welles, Stevie Wonder and Salvador Dali — as well as a fairly incomprehensible sci-fi plotline. No matter. Monáe’s silken vocals

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SLEIGH BELLS Treats (N.E.E.T./Mom & Pop) The list of ingredients for Sleigh Bells’ Treats is awfully small, more of a Rachael Ray dumpand-stir recipe than a Julia Child vol-au-vent. It’s roughly equal parts screeching guitar riff and sweet melodic girl-voice, passed through production that’s all compression and distortion and redline, so that the record sounds like it’s blowing out speakers even when the volume’s down on your noise-canceling headphones. The simplicity of the recipe doesn’t diminish the quality of the ingredients, though, and standout shout-alongs like “Crown on the Ground” will remind you that a boilermaker is also just made of two things. —Justin Bauer

THE NATIONAL High Violet (4AD) Ask most hardcore fans of The National, and they’ll tell you: High Violet is easily the weakest of the band’s last three underappreciated and underexposed >>> continued on page 10

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FREE ENERGY Stuck on Nothing (Astralwerks)

IF YOU WANT, you can dance to Free

Energy. You can bop around in your socks to “All I Know” and sing along to “Bang Pop” till your headphones fly off. You can hum their rabbit-punching riffs and catchy choruses — maybe you heard them in the background of some commercial? — and just feel great. That’s fine. But a vein of doubt pulses beneath the sweaty, steady rockin’ beats and sprinting guitar solos. I’m not talking Inception-deep, just an undercurrent, a whiff of a whisper of fear. Let’s pick up Stuck on Nothing’s best track, “Dream City,” from the beginning: “Hey we’re comin’ out, dancin’ downtown, free like whatever we dream about./ And we’re moving through the night, cruising ’cross town lost in the endless sound.” Yes. We’re getting the gang together and hitting the town in a haze of beer and bliss. The guitars and drums gallop with the adrenaline of freedom, of youth. But then. “And the city’s all right but the streets are all the same and you know deep down you can find a better way./ Tired of feelin’ bad so don’t you wonder why you keep tellin’ yourself it’s all right?” Wait. What the hell happened? The music’s still buzzing, but suddenly we’re feeling sober, vulnerable, old. Only some quick nickelbag philosophy salvages the mood, concluding: “When you love without desire then you know who you are.” From there the song bounces between despair and glory before a crescendo of na-na na-na nas. Pretty much all of Stuck on Nothing — the debut full-length from our adopted Minnesotans — is like that: catchy as hell, with heavenly hooks and lyrics that sound like the life of the party but hint at the death of it. There’s joy, sometimes in sweet, overconfident dollops, but there’s no such thing as a pure feel-good anthem here. “Bad Stuff” is post-apocalyptic romance. “Hope Child” is a plea for rescue. “Dark Trance” is about mustering courage (and sweet, sweet power pop). The sound is kinda slick, for Philadelphia, anyway, so you might not notice what you’re dancing to. But give it a second: This is a complicated rock record for complicated times.

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By now you’ve already formed a pretty strong opinion on Kanye West. Hell, so have your parents. But if you’re among the masses of rap fans who lost interest with each new pair of tight pants and ugly sneakers Ye turned up in, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy might be the album to bring you back. With production comparable to well-orchestrated symphonies, and top-notch lyrical contributions from the likes of Pusha, Jay-Z, Rick Ross and Raekwon, Kanye has managed to push the creative envelope back in the direction of hip-hop acceptance. —Justin Rizzio

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and pleading searches for meaning, on tracks like the urgent “Cold War” and the gorgeous “Oh Maker,” are what make this concept album beautifully coherent. —Michael Pelusi

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naut of righteous indignation and bombastic punk rock. On the surface, it’s fair to call The Brutalist Bricks the latest in a series of consistently strong albums; however, that appraisal misses the artistic leap Leo and his Pharmacists have made. The usual elements (frenetic energy, progressive politics, guitar hooks, pummeling drums) are all present and accounted for, but there is a “think globally, act locally” flavor that sets Bricks apart. Leo’s downing pints and visiting family in foreign lands as the U.N. deliberates; a victory for the proletariat is entwined with entreaties for caresses and affectionate glances. This dual vision resonates gorgeously, and marks a subtle but important paradigm shift for Leo, putting him actively into the story whereas he was the commentator on 2007’s Living with the Living. Taken as a whole, Bricks is a masterful work. It can also just be enjoyed as toe-tapping, hand-clapping pop music by the “willfully dumb.” —Jesse Delaney

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mies,” what with their Columbia degrees, paeans to Cape Cod and air of prepster privilege. But Ezra Koenig and company flipped them off with this nearly perfect followup, interrogating their own legacy and vastly expanding their quirky musical repertoire. On “California English” they attack those who perform authenticity with Tom’s toothpaste and “fake philly cheeseteaks.” And on the wildly catchy Graceland-inspired “White Sky,” a Manhattanite wants to “look up at the buildings and imagine who might live there.” But the album’s centerpiece is the magnificent, six-minute reggae-lite “Diplomat’s Son,” set to an M.I.A. sample, achingly documenting the pot-and-sexfueled implosion of a friendship. “To offer it to you would be cruel,” Koenig sings, “when all I wanna do is use, use you.” Being used never sounded so good. —David Faris

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THE ROOTS How I Got Over (Def Jam)

full-lengths. That’s not a slight, though, as The National has dispersed with its earlier fireworks and come up with an album that feels more mature and less aggressive than the previous Alligator and Boxer. Despite lead singer Matt Berninger’s statements in multiple interviews that the band set out to make a “loud, fun record,” High Violet is steeped in the band’s trademark somber, cinematic brooding. As always, The National reveals its intentions through a series of vignettes — mostly dark, and evoking the inky mental sketches of a rainy, late-night Manhattan — exploring the complex relationships Berninger has with those around and close to him, as well as the places he inhabits. It might take multiple listens to get to the very bottom of his feelings, but that’s a good thing. —Dominic Mercier

BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream (Sub Pop) Beach House has always lived up to its dreamy name; the languid slide guitar, dizzying keys and sparse percussion created melodies that were hypnotic, if not downright haunting, but in

a good way. Teen Dream is decidedly peppier and more robust. Even when Victoria Legrand sings of heartbreak, she bears a thicker skin. On album standout “A Walk in the Park,” she crafts a reassuring, you’ll-get-over-him anthem, crooning Grace Slickstyle over a room-thumping beat and steadily warbling organ. Throughout, Alex Scally takes on more nuanced psychedelic guitar riffs, complementing the band’s arsenal of vintage keyboards for a simple sound with a big, blissed-out payoff. —Julia Askenase

QUASI American Gong (Kill Rock Stars) Quasi’s trademark has long been the balance between their propulsive rock dirge and tales of doom, and the spoonful of sugar helping the poison go down fine. Things tipped a bit toward the dark in recent years, but American Gong resets the scale and proves to be the band’s best album in nearly a decade. New member Joanna Bolme’s bass lures Sam Coomes away from the rocksichord and lets him fully embrace his considerable guitar prowess, bringing welcome snarl and fuzz to songs like “Repulsion” and “Rockabilly

Party.” Meanwhile, Janet Weiss successfully defends her title as world’s greatest drummer, and there are still few things more exhilarating than when Coomes and Weiss let their harmonies soar as they do on the standout “Bye Bye Blackbird.” The good times may never be Quasi’s favorite subject, but Gong shows they can roll with the best. —Robert McCormick

BEST COAST Crazy for You (Mexican Summer) Flawed has never sounded so perfect. This L.A. trio’s debut full-length is fraught with insecurities, weed-induced apathy and self-proclaiming lunacy, yet it’s set to pleasant, carefree guitar rock. While simpletons have decried the lyrics as antifeminist — pining over men, sometimes desperately — the fact is, singer Beth Cosentino nails the female psyche of our worrisome, over-medicated generation. Take the title: “Crazy for You” seems quaint enough, in a Madonna sort of way, but it plays on Cosentino’s fear that her male sweetheart may find her clingy, or worse, insane. This album makes you want to shake it off, roll a spliff and be at peace with your craziness. —Julia West

Whether he’s dreaming up clever walk-ons for guests on Fallon, rallying with Colbert and Stewart, or running the show at his annual Picnic jam on Penn’s Landing — no one works harder at his craft than Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson. And that goes double for his main gig; How I Got Over is The Roots’ strongest and most complete record to date. Perhaps the untimely 2006 passing of the incomparable beatmaster Jay Dee continues to inspire ?uestlove to hone his own sound. Owen Biddle on bass has clearly re-energized things, too. And Black Thought’s voice continues to gain personality and traction with age, while his lyrics are as brainy and incendiary as ever. How I Got Over moves at a symphonic pace, blending styles and tones in ways no other band in America can. More than that, it’s banging. Fifty years from now people will look back at The Roots like we think of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and How I Got Over may very well be our own A Love Supreme. —Andrew Ervin

GORILLAZ Plastic Beach (Virgin)

Whether Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are shrewd, megalomaniacal solicitors of our multimedia appetites or earnest satirists of an age bent on pushing cool to its technological extreme seems almost a non-issue. The anime/graphic novel figment known as The Gorillaz is a juggernaut brand, and this third installment is a calculated assault on the senses. Albarn and this cast of musical archetypes (including venerables

Lou Reed, De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def and Mick Jones) have crafted the most satisfying Gorillaz listen yet with a sound equally challenging and earfriendly. The storyline and tone appear to spring from a grudging 21st-century idol-worship, but there is also a non-machinist soul beneath it all. Songs like “Melancholy Hill,” “Empire Ants” and “Broken” speak to our collective twisted pulmonary valve, while the undulating opus “Stylo,” with Bobby Womack’s haunting vocals, helps ink 2010 indelibly in gargantuan hand. —M.F. DiBella

SUPERCHUNK Majesty Shredding (Merge)

Superchunk’s one of those wily veteran bands that seem to have nothing to prove until they’ve already proved it. Almost a decade after their last full-length, Merge Records’ unsinkable flagship returned with Majesty Shredding and, as expected, it’s a brilliant batch of smart, hard-charging indie rock revelry. Powered by those classic looping solos and caffeinated choruses, this one easily stacks up against anything from the band’s back catalog. Mac McCaughan’s voice has aged only slightly but nicely, as adept now at the pretty breakdowns as the ferocious rock declarations. Superchunk isn’t too old and they’re not about to go anywhere quietly. —Patrick Rapa >>> continued on page 12

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album’s generosity, implicit in its title, extends beyond mere statistical abundance: Perhaps astonishingly, this is Newsom’s most accessible offering, thanks partly to the newfound grace and naturalness of that notoriously divisive voice, partly to its unusually lucid, affecting lyrical content. Among other things, Have One On Me is essentially a long-form breakup record; the faint unease gnawing at its too-blithe opening stanza, eventually developing into the devastating resignation of its wrenching closer. An unexpectedly, profoundly human statement from a songstress better known for enchantingly airy abstractions. —K. Ross Hoffman

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SPOON Transference (Merge) Transference isn’t the Spoon album that’ll make converts out of nonbelievers. The minimal shorthand swagger Britt Daniel and Jim Eno perfected over a decade of jewel-perfect Merge releases shows up damaged here. But Transference follows cues set by 2007’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, which turn up in the plink and wooze of “Who Makes Your Money” or the off-balance lope of “Is Love Forever?” By the time the album reaches ballad “Goodnight Laura,” though, it’s clear that this performance is as meticulous as any of their others; they’ve not surrendered any control, but instead eroded ironic distance for guarded immediacy. From a band that repays close listening, it’s a reward for the faithful. —Justin Bauer

GRINDERMAN Grinderman 2 (Mute Records/Anti-)

“Best thing about this place

are the showers./ Worst thing is the visiting hours.” Despite being 30-plus years into his musical career — a point where many post-punk crooners have resigned themselves to penning Tampax jingles — Nick Cave has never lost the fire that burns deep in his crooked heart. In fact, he’s continuously invented new uses for it. On Grinderman 2, he summons his inner flame to ignite an orphanage and transform the howls and wails of nuns and waifs into eerie new forms of guitar feedback while Ol’ Saint Nick treats us to some of the darkest and cleverest lyrics this side of — well, whatever you’d expect to get if you forced Leonard Cohen to drink his body weight in bong water and then spun him around a few times just for good measure. —Rodney Anonymous

DAS RACIST Sit Down, Man (Mad Decent)

If you throw enough ideas at a wall, something’s bound to stick. That’s the method behind Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez’s manic brand of hip-hop mayhem: The Brooklyn rappers sample everything from the Addams Family to Black Sheep

in their second bizarrely-nonexistent-on-Amazon mixtape of 2010, Sit Down, Man, with utterly incongruent results. All for the sake of cultural relevance/irreverence, Robert Mugabe, Glenn Beck and Toby Keith are asked to please chill in “Sit Down, People”; “Puerto Rican Cousins” travels from Bono to Spicoli via Parmesan cheese; Mark Ruffalo and Bob Ross inexplicably turn up on “Return to Innocence”; and “Hahahaha JK?” might contain the year’s slickest chorus, or its most obnoxious. It’s up to you. Just don’t let 2008’s single “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” be the decider: Das Racist has a lot more to say. —Carolyn Huckabay

JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me (Drag City)

In a career that’s seen her ambitions grow exponentially with each album (and kicking off a year she capped by headlining Carnegie Hall), Joanna Newsom’s tremendous third is a monumental achievement in its scope alone: 18 songs, averaging nearly seven minutes apiece, spread over three discs. But the

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Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam)

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30 LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor (Frenchkiss)

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If we’re being honest, this album’s probably here on the strength of Internet sensation “Fuck You” — early leader for single of the decade and watershed cultural moment for the F-word — a song which, technically, has been replaced on The Lady Killer by its milquetoast radio edit. But Green’s (Gnarls Barkley, Goodie Mob) third solo LP is no one-hit wonder, a collection of wound’s-still-fresh, thouprotesteth-too-much heartbreak jams (see “It’s OK,” “No One’s Gonna Love You”) that reveal Green to be not so much the misogynist, but rather the guy who loves the ladies just a little bit too much. —Brian Howard

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Âł THE IRISH SEACOAST was a good choice for Susan Fentonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residency. That misty vastness; those stark, looming rocks; the pearly light: All are in harmony with the moody stillness that surrounds her typically static, theatrically clad female subjects. This time, Fenton took her pictures in the studio, but replaced her favorite models with pieces of litter, chunks of the traveling trash that washed ashore in the North Sea. The photographs are elegant and awkward. The detritus manifests an amusing gaucherie when hand-patinaed with a colorful, grubby haze. The series succeeds as a com-

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mentary on the immortal garbage of the past, but the peachy freshness of flesh that dominates Fentonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s figure pieces is missed. Another group of earlier photos presents a provocative, almost baroque contrast to the Irish still lifes. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nocturneâ&#x20AC;? series records the almost clichĂŠd objects that tend to gather in an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio: bottles, jars, drapery. Soft gradations of light and shade are the result of long exposures, recording the passage of the full moon over arrangements that might be suitable for a drawing class. The generic, predictable quality is, oddly, part of their charm. This work, like the North Sea series, reflects Fentonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feeling for geometric compositions. Nostalgia is the dominant mood of these paintings. Here itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accompanied by a soupĂ§on of foreboding, like a brooding cello in the background. (r_rice@citypaper.net)

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If the current fever for 3D films dies as it has in every previous incarnation, cinema historians searching for the antithesis to Avatar can start at the day when Jack Black’s ass crack burst out of theater screens toward unsuspecting holiday-season audiences. If that image doesn’t exactly suggest the height of Swiftian satire, you’re beginning to get the picture: The only indication that the screenwriters of this latest adaptation are even aware of the author’s existence is when his name is glimpsed on the side of a boat — not, significantly, the one his title character takes to end up in the land of Lilliput. This is yet another adaptation that takes only the idea of a man amongst tiny people from its source, here employed for another spin on Black’s obnoxious slacker-makes-good persona. This Gulliver is a magazine mail-room drone whose crush on travel editor Amanda Peet leads to an assignment in the Bermuda Triangle — best not to worry too much about the plot inanities, as they only lead to a slapstick robot battle that makes Toho’s wrestling rubber monsters look graceful. Call it a spoiler if you can be bothered to care, but all loose ends are sewn up via a performance of Edwin Starr’s “War” that suggests that the script’s final page read simply, “Fuck it — insert Tenacious D shtick here” as its screenwriters succumbed to their evident apathy. —Shaun Brady

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LITTLE FOCKERS|D+ There’s not much to say about Little Fockers — the third (and, with any luck, last) installment of a series of films based on one dumb joke — that you couldn’t guess from the title. After Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) gets grilled by his future in-laws in Meet the Parents and introduces them to his own

wacky mom and dad in Meet the Fockers, Little Fockers is nothing but a variation on the theme. It picks up a few years later, after Greg and his wife, Pam (Teri Polo), have become parents themselves, much to Pam’s ex-military father’s chagrin. Spy-game warfare between patriarch and prospective heir to the throne ensues. But if a Fockered-up Home Alone is what you’re after this holiday season, think again: The kids have no purpose except to recite lisped one-liners and projectile vomit on Ben Stiller. Most worrisome — aside from a plotline so samey-samey it induces déjà vu in the embarrassed few who’ve actually seen the first two movies — is that such an all-star cast (including Harvey Keitel, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand and Robert freaking DeNiro) would collectively, or individually, agree to participate in such nonsense. Don’t these people have anything better to do? Shouldn’t they? —Carolyn Huckabay

MADE IN DAGENHAM|B“I fought Rommel in the war, you know. I wasn’t once scared like I am when I walk in there.” Union organizer Albert (Bob Hoskins) gestures toward a room full of sewing machinists, his eyes wide. Workers for Ford in Dagenham, England, circa 1968, the ladies perform what’s been recently termed “unskilled” labor, but they’re convinced — in large part by Albert’s efforts — that as a group, they can make demands of the auto giant, including equal pay. This means they’re at odds not only with the company, but also with the U.K.’s male-dominated unions. Against these considerable odds, their real-life protest against sexual discrimination — on which Nigel Cole’s film is based — paved the way for the Equal Pay Act of 1970. As spokeswoman for the 187 women, Rita (Sally Hawkins) is predictably irrepressible, whether set against her bosses or her son’s teacher (who assumes the boy’s working-class background

compensation for their annual reindeer hunt getting the kibosh on account of the entire herd turning up suspiciously eviscerated.) Only Pietari, who’s read up on Santa’s devilish past, seems to know what’s really going on. The film’s end is a bit treacly in comparison to its supernatural horror set-up, but then again, it is a Christmas flick. —Brian Howard (Ritz at the Bourse)

TRUE GRIT|B+ As their second remake and their second literary adaptation, True Grit is especially weighted with ties to the past, although Joel and Ethan Coen don’t concern themselves overly with

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Amid the flurry of department store St. Nicks and drunken Santa bar crawls, stories still bubble up right about now re: the “real” St. Nicholas, the jolly old elf who, like, moonlighted slipping gifts into snoozing kids’ clogs. In Finland, however, those apocryphal tales have a dark twist. Lapland’s O.G. Santa is Joulupukki, aka The Yule Buck or Christmas Goat, a cranky old bastard who didn’t give presents but demanded them. Director Jalmari Helander’s Rare Exports spins this icy yarn into a tale that’s part Raiders of the Lost Ark, part Blair Witch Project. Just across the

Russian border, Sub Zero Inc. is drilling atop a mountain; not for oil, but for a tomb where the native Saami people, who the old goat terrorized, allegedly buried him hundreds of years ago. When Sub Zero reaches the icy grave, the strangeness starts. Children in the town disappear, as do radiators and ovens. When Rauno (Jorma Tommila) — whose son Pietari (Onni Tommila) is the only child not missing — discovers the family’s pig head-baited wolf trap tripped by a still-breathing naked old bearded man (Peeter Jakobi), the town’s men decide to hold him ransom, thinking he’s a representative of the drilling company. (They demand

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RABBIT HOLE|B The death of a child is tricky territory to negotiate onscreen. Too often, it’s a lazily manipulative shortcut to an audience’s most primal emotions; the threat of it makes for easy suspense, the depiction or even suggestion of it, easy tragedy. By the time Rabbit Hole opens, Becca and Howie (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) have already lost their son, a 4-year-old who dashed out in front of a car outside the family’s house eight months earlier. John Cameron Mitchell’s film, written by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own play, examines their grief but avoids wallowing in it, keeping a cool but unflinching distance as the couple try to redefine their lives in the presence of an overwhelming absence. Nicole Kidman’s porcelain beauty has proved an intractable obstacle for many a director, but she’s perfectly cast here as a woman defined by control. We’re offered no flashbacks to life before the accident, but Becca’s backstory is constantly showing up on her doorstep. Her mother (Dianne Wiest) is flighty and fidgety, a damaged woman who chases unpleasantness away with forced homespun cheer. Her sister (Tammy Blanchard) is a catalog of missteps, announcing her pregnancy after getting bailed out of jail for a bar brawl. It’s evident from the couple’s meticulously bland suburban home and her own icy manners that her life has been an exercise in escaping her family’s example. Given Kidman’s performance, it’s easy to overlook Aaron Eckhart as the husband more comfortable displaying his pain. But his is perhaps the more complex character, simultaneously trying to hold on to every trace of his son’s memory while pushing forward into a redefined life. But the focus is on Kidman tamping down melodrama to a volatile repression, so the film becomes essentially about waiting for her composure to break down. When it does, the façade doesn’t so much explode as melt into sheer pain. —S.B. (Ritz Five)

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down in cold blood by the slow-witted Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), first makes contact with Rooster, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through the wall of a privy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The jakes is occupiedâ&#x20AC;? is his only response to her offer of cash for the corpse of her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s killer. A subject first broached in the vicinity of an open-air outhouse, vengeance in True Grit is a dirty business â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not an eye for an eye, but something more visceral, and inevitably less just. Even in their most glib exercises, the Coens wrestle with moral issues, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve rarely done so as nakedly as in True Grit, and it turns out that transparency doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suit them. The filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ersatz classicism feels more like an exercise

than their overtly stylized films; it feels like thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of the Coens in Intolerable Cruelty or The Hudsucker Proxy than there is here. Bridges is in his performance up to the hips, but the movie doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get its hands dirty. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beauty to True Grit, but not enough depth. The Coens are revealing when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got somewhere to hide. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sam Adams (Read Adamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; extended review at citypaper.net/movies.)

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³ VEGANS MAKE A a lot of noise.That’s one reason you’ve probably heard of Blackbird, the vegan pizzeria run by Mark Mebus and Ryan Moylan. Eaters who eschew animal products have flocked here since October for Daiya cheese pies, seitan cheesesteaks and barbecue portobello sandwiches. Unlike tofu-based cheeses, Daiya’s tapioca/arrow root/vegetable oil combo melts, making it ideal for vegan pizza-making. It adds texture to Mebus’ crisp-bottomed, airy pies. Among Blackbird’s most successful varieties are the Daiya- and garlic “butter”-dressed Fungi, lavished with crimini and white mushrooms and thyme; and the Haymaker, with more garlic butter (roasted garlic, Earth Balance, shallots), Upton’s seitan sausage, oregano and Mebus’ bright tomato sauce. Eggplant and broccoli rabe, plus more spicy seitan, added authentic flavor to the South Philly slice. Though glazed with cheddar-style Daiya, even caramelized onions and sliced jalapeños couldn’t rescue the Nacho slice from blandness, while the presence of avocado served only to remind me why they’re rarely seen on pizza — they turn slimy when subjected to searing oven heat. Thin-sliced seitan, tarted up with mushrooms, grilled onions and green peppers, cradle enough Daiya to fuse into an appealing goo — just like a real cheesesteak. Cornmeal-crusted slices of fried portobello come layered with homemade barbecue sauce and crunchy slaw. The tofu Cubano melds chewy baked soy protein with Upton’s Naturals pepperoni, Dijon aioli, pickles, white Daiya and onions in a smoky approximation of the mother sandwich. But while Mebus’ command of vegan cooking is excellent, the flavors he works so hard to create are suffocated inside Baker Street Bread Co. rolls, which manage to be tough but not crusty. And since the primary proteins here are starch-derived, the sandwiches can come off overly carb-y. Blackbird’s tastiest bites showcase whole foods, rather than multiple-ingredient facsimiles. Topped with razor-thin slices of potato, the rosemaryand sea-salt-flecked Yukon is the best slice in the house. Paired with the entrée-size salad of roasted mushrooms, baby spinach, shaved raw fennel and vegan Dijon, you can have an ideal meal no matter where you stand on the moral implications of butter. (restaurants@citypaper.net)

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n a cold night in December, the Cira Centre stands alone. The highways and byways surrounding this beautiful pariah’s plot at once make it Philadelphia’s best-connected and most isolated building. There are many reasons Jose Garces elected to open his More on: seventh Philadelphia restaurant, JG Domestic, in its lobby, gravesite of Daniel Stern’s Rae, but none of them — municipal incentives, built-in lunch and happy-hour business, low-hanging corporate catering, the fact that Garces lives five blocks away — are very comforting during the hike from Market Street’s meters. Savvy commuters and Cira tenants have already embraced JG, but the location makes it hard for the rest of us to join the group hug. “Originally, I saw the location as a challenge,” Garces said during our interview, “but I feel if you put out a good product, people will come.” If you arrive through 30th Street Station, you’ll descend into JG

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Domestic on a silver escalator. Viewed from the top, the restaurant seems to sprout from the tile floors, cordoned off by a green perimeter of reclaimed-oak planter boxes and latticed arbor. GRG designer Jun Aizaki has done a remarkable job adding dimension and texture to a space with all the natural warmth of an O.R., covering the chairs in checked fabrics, running backpack straps down the cushions of the booths and shooting live trees through the communal tables. But while the room has character to spare, it lacks the energy you’ll find in Garces’ other restaurants. Due to its geography, JG simply isn’t the kind of place you can just pop in to for a drink — though thoughtful cocktails like the absinthe-kissed City of New Orleans and the stiff, smoky Empire Builder make me really want to. Advance planning is required and rewarded, because even at three months old, the cooking here, executed by chef Dave Conn, is largely up to snuff. JG’s all-American menu is new to the GRG empire, but fans will pick up on the common MORE FOOD AND threads — shareable small plates; sangria; DRINK COVERAGE and a killer chicken dish, the bar menu’s AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / bombshell, arriving cornflake-encrusted M E A LT I C K E T. with white yam pureé, red cabbage/green apple coleslaw and liver gravy. Lest he provoke purists’ ire, Garces wisely doesn’t call that dish fried chicken. It contains no bones and may or may not contain dark meat, in direct violation of the fried-chicken rulebook. Rulebook, schmulebook. Moist (thank a three-hour sous-vide) and subtly sweet (thanks to that cereal crust), this bird is so satisfying I’ve already applied for a job with Brandywine Realty Trust just so I can have it once a week at happy hour. >>> continued on adjacent page

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[ i love you, i hate you ] BAD FRIEND I just don’t know how to get through to you. I am writing this out of frustration and anger. Do you not understand that your behavior has consequences? When you have made plans with friends, don’t make up bullshit excuses to break them, and then post pictures of you on facebook having fun somewhere else. You are hurting those who love you the most, and it really has to stop, or you will find yourself without anyone. I am pleading with you to stop being a bad friend. It is not who you are.

so uncool - I would have banged him on the spot. DIE HIPSTERS DIE! I walk out of my apartment in the morning and its like zombie land out there - all these young, skinny, DEAD EYED, sullen ass bitches. I am keeping a bag of sticks in my purse and I will throw them in your bike spokes as you ride past me. And I will laugh when you fall down. You are so boring - all of you.

I KNOW I’m beating a dead horse...but...M, the pattern of break ups and make ups has hurt me so... Why can’t you just make it easy and give me the uncon-

night. You’re no longer “the guy with the mutton chops” and I intend to keep you around for as long as I can. I love you.

I WAS DIGGING YOU! You know that I was really liking you! I wonder what the fuck that summer was cause I just can’t understand the shit...no lunches no call I just don’t understand what the fuck we had...if we had anything at all! I love the fact that your birthday is next Wednesday and I know that you are stuck with you fat girlfriend! How does it feel to feed that fat ass! Yeah I am letting it all out

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You spiteful cunt. Where do I begin? Who the fuck gave you the goddamned right to make everyone around you miserable? Your job was contracted out? News flash you sadistic bitch- you are fucking lucky to be gainfully employed in this stagnant, pond water economy. It is not about the job market, though. You know nothing about the technology that you work with. I am starting to suspect you are retarded. Trust me, people with mental handicaps, I have just offended you by insinuating that she is on your level. I constantly help you out and you do nothing but stab me in the back as you throw me under the bus. If your were in any way decent to look at, you might be bearable. Many people have described your visage as ‘pit bull-like’, but they are wrong. You have the facial structure of a gorilla. Now you have me insulting my beloved great apes. It cannot be helped. The perfect description of you is a malicious inbred hillbilly gorilla. How can you be the missing link and not believe in evolution? I cannot wait for the day you find the new job you search for on the internet for at least six hours of your eight hour work day. Trust me, your coworkers and I will throw you one hell of a fucking going away party.

HIPSTERS OF PHILLY You are annoying. You are so predictable - all the same - yet you seem to think that you are fascinating mysteries. You are STORE BOUGHT BITCHES. I CAN’T STAND YOU. You make me want to move. I hate your bikes, I hate your pipe smoking, weird brown flat girl shoe wearing, pot smoking, pbr drinking, aspiring shitty artist guts. I recently met someone from Western PA, and it was so refreshing. I bet they don’t even know what hipsters are out there. Mr. Western PA was

PROFESSOR OF NOTHING I hope you die a slow, painful death preferably in fire while you’re tied to a bed post so you can’t move. You are a terrible teacher and I believe you are starting to realize that, especially after all that wonderful feedback the class gave you last week. Religion is pointless. You wasted valuable time and money on a ridiculous degree. I hope you never get a job anywhere. I am also writing a letter to the head of the department to complain about your incompetent ass. Die in fire....asshole.

SUGAR CAKES I thought you’d be happy if I found somebody else so you wouldn’t be the only object under my magnifying glass. I did. And somebody else adds to my happiness rather than detracting from it. You’re in storage in my heart...let’s be open about this and maybe one day we’ll find that spark again. Right now, I’m taken far and away...I feel your sigh of relief. XoXo, Giving Tree.

THE ONE who got away...I took you back. You were so happy, and you told me so. You said I wouldve been ‘the one who got away’. You HAD me. And then you just stopped caring? I don’t get it. You had me and you just let me go...

TO MY BRAIN i’m sorry i never loved you. i’m sorry i took you for granted for so many years. and when i wasn’t doing that, i was ignoring you. i’m sorry i stopped thinking and started dwelling. no good ever comes of that shit. i’m sorry i depleted you with temporary fixes of “happiness.” most of all, i’m sorry for giving up on you. please tell me what to do...if you can forgive me. if you can still function enough to forgive.

DOCTOR, DOCTOR Doctor, you nursed me back to health in a figurative sense. Although you are a literal doctor – I have seen your stethoscope. All of that is mere happenstance and coincidence since you made me feel good on the inside. Again, not the literal inside like my organs and whatnot because I am actually in considerable pain due to the irritable bowel syndrome you have been unable to control. I remember coming into your office and you immediately kissed me on the lips, and my entire head was more or less bandaged due to a prior visit. And I could feel you undressing me with your eyes after I disrobed per your nurse’s instructions. I need you to know that I am loving you and I hope you can guess which of your patients I am so you can make the first move. Both of my legs have been unsuccessfully amputated at the knee, if that helps you.

that someone was going to wait to see if you were coming back or not! I am not that desperate to sit there and wait for you! I am done! Have a good fucking life with you fat whore bitch girlfriend!

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ditional love I give you? I always wanted you to be there for me, but when I needed you most, with V, you just let me fall...and cry alone.. Why did you make things difficult? why couldn’t you have just slid that ring on my finger + been everything I deserved like you said you would be?

now cause yeah I am the fuck pissed off! What is you deal? You are an asshole...I know my sex is good...I know I taste good and I know that your an asshole for staying with her fat abusive ass! Your a dummy...but have a good birthday next Wednesday!

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I ran away from everyone else who showed more than a passing interest in me, always afraid of any relationship tying me down. But you’ve completely captured my heart. I still have moments of absolute clarity where I realize just what an amazing person I have in my life now. You were right in front of me for the longest time, and we literally danced around each other every Sunday

I haven’ t heard from you in a long time and I am thinking to myself to stop thinking about you and get you out of my system entirely! I am tired of the fact that you are still with your girlfriend and she doesn’t treat you right but you still manager to be with her fat ass! During the summer of this year I was the best thing since sliced bread! Now I am just an after thought! How long did you think

I just wanted to say what the fuck is going on with these people and these kids that just act like stupid asses all together! Mother with 4 kids on the bus and one of the kids manages to sneak snow on the bus...yeah I said snow...remember yesterday it snowed...anyway the little girl was throwing small snow balls at her siblings which would of been fucking cute if they were outside...we are on fucking public transportation you assholes sit the fuck down and relax...hey mom here is a fucking tip...stop feeding them fucking sugar early in the dam morning and feed them some real food so us working people will not have to worry about snow balls on the bus early in the dam morning being thrown at our fucking heads! Sign..Please do better for yourselves!

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Meticulously restored and maintained 1920 row home in desirable Art Museum neighborhood features exposed brick, crown molding, cherry hardwood floors, and designer bathroom cabinetry. Each 9’ high-ceiling room is tastefully painted with recessed lighting and fully equipped for cable accessibility. The master bedroom offers separate “his & her” closets. The landscaped rear patio completes this truly movein ready experience, allowing you the freedom to relax and enjoy the easy walk to Center City museums, nightlife, and more. Schedule an appointment by calling 267-614-5067 today.

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Apartments for Rent 3BR IN SOUTH PHILLY

Great 3 BR, 1.5 Bath on 2 floors for rent. Living room is open to kitchen (dishwasher) with new hardwood floors. This level also has full bathroom and big bedroom with plenty of closet space. Take the stairs up to two more bedrooms and a half bathroom with washer and dryer. Perfect for sharing... The neighborhood has a lot to offer: 1 block to the subway station, South Philly Tap Room a few blocks away, as is Passyunk Ave with all it’s new restaurants and bars... Available Feb 1st, asking $1260 plus utilities. (We will have to approve any pets...) Please email or call 2152758204 Thank you. APARTMENT PETS WELCOMED

Queen Village 1 bedroom apartment your pets is welcome! Near transportation air big kitchen $800’s Locators 215.922.3400 APARTMENT YARD FOR PETS

University City 3 bedroom apartment private entrance large eat in kitchen yard pets ok! Locators 215.922.3400 AVENUE OF THE ARTS

No credit check! 1st floor house apartment near park! Yard, air conditioning, and pets are welcome! $500 Locators 215-922-3400 FREE RENT IN LANSDALE

$1250 HOLIDAY CASH with Jan.1 lease! Bright 2br loft in quiet suburb with 12-foot ceilings and original hardwood floors in an old factory building. Nearly 1,100 square feet of space with open-concept living/ dining/kitchen area and 9foot historic windows. Appropriate for a couple or roomates, as two bedrooms are of identical size (large enough for our queen bed and two bureaus). We’ve loved this place, but need to move for a job transfer and can’t afford to carry double rent until our lease is up this spring, so we’re willing to PAY YOU ONE MONTH’S RENT ($1,250)if you select our unit and sign a one-year

lease beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Amenities include: Full bath with tub. Dishwasher and disposal. Laundry just down the hall and cheaper than the laundromat. Free fitness room. Four closets plus a basement storage unit. Free parking for multiple vehicles. Pet friendly. Walkable to SEPTA R5 commuter line and just 30 min to Temple University stop. Walkable to downtown Lansdale restaurants and shopping. Contact me at mistye77@gmail.com and I’ll show you our unit and introduce you to the leasing agent. Thanks, and happy holidays! MANAYUNK - 2 MONTH LEASE!

In need of a short term rental? Large one bedroom with separate office available now. Sixty day minimum lease. Option to give notice to vacate at move in or stay monthly and provide a sixty day written notice when ready to vacate. $1,525.00/ month plus utilities. Parking included. 215.482.4889 theglenapartments.net NORTHERN LIBERTIES

Renovated apartment with a new kitchen and bath! Central air and storage! $500’s Locators 215-9223400 QUEENS VILLAGE $1295.00

$1295 / 2br - !!!!!FIRST MONTH FREE!!!!!! Queens Village FIRST MONTH FREE 2 Bedroom, Charming, Beautiful, Split Level apartment on a historical street, in prime location of the city. Includes new hardwood floors, 1 baths, heat and air conditioning, full kitchen, dishwasher, garbage disposal, ceiling fans, bright and airy, lots of windows, plenty of day light. Washer, dryer and storage located in basement. . Located on a beautiful historic tree lined street. $1295.00 plus utilities, Available January 1, 2011. FIRST MONTH FREE Please call Albert (215) 205-7900 SUNNY 1BD/1BA BELLA VISTA

Sunny 1 bd/1ba with new dishwasher, new w/d (in unit), central heat & a/c, corner of 8th and montrose sts. Pets allowed with deposit, lots of street parking (no permit necessary) 518364-8456. $824/month. Avail. 2/1

Studio/ Efficiency CENTER CITY

Utilities paid! Studio apartment! Appliances! Bring your pet! $500’s Locators 215-922-3400 CENTER CITY UTILITIES PAID

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Beautiful Art Deco High-rise 1Bdrm Apt, Desk Attendant, HW Flrs, Updated Kitch, Onsite Laundry, Intercom Entry, Amazing Location! From $1080/Mo. 215-7358030. Lic #219789. 15th/Spruce: Huge 1Bdrm in Beautiful Brownstone, Large Rooms, Abundant Closet Space, Modern Kitchen, Walk-In Cedar Closet, Laundry, Intercom Entry. $955/Mo. 215-7358030. lic# 380139 ART MUSEUM

Have pets??? 1 bedroom renovated house apartment! Hardwood floors and basement! $700 Locators 215-922-3400 BUSTLETON

Renovated 1 bedroom house apartment! Parking, walk in closets, and air conditioning! $600’s Locators 215-922-3400 CASTOR GARDENS

1st floor renovated 1 bedroom duplex apartment! Near transportation! Has parking, a yard, and pets are welcome! $500 Locators 215-922-3400 CHELTENHAM/ELKINS PARK

Renovated 1 bedroom apartment Dishwasher, Hardwood, or W/W Carpet Air conditioned, Near Transportation, Shopping Easy commute to Center City Philadelphia (215) 395-6611 HISTORIC GERMANTOWN

1 bedroom historic mansion apartment! High ceilings! Utilities paid! Patio and nice yard! Pets welcome! $700’s Locators 215-922-3400 MANAYUNK

Utilities included in the rebnt! 1 bedroom renovated apartment with appliances and storage! $650 Locators 215-922-3400 MANSION APARTMENT

Historic Germantown 1 bedroom mansion apartment! high ceilings utilities paid $700’s Locators 215.922.3400 NOT ENOUGH $$ TO BUY A HOME

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2 story house with a yard and full basement! Washer & dryer! Hardwood floors! $1200 Locators 215-9223400

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Olde City 2 bedroom 2 bath Home! Parking appliances “restored hardwood floors” yard lovely high ceilings patio “washer/dryer” $1100’s Locators 215.922.3400 2BR IN UNIVERSITY CITY

University City 2 bedroom apartment fenced yard patio washer/dryer basement bring pets $600 Locators 215.922.3400 CENTER CITY

2 bedroom home with central air and is near a park! Large kitchen! $900’s Locators 215-922-3400 Large 2 bedroom 21st & Cherry Brand New First Floor, Patio $1,600 a month Call 610-322-5460 NOT ENOUGH $$ TO BUY A HOME

2 bedroonm 2 bath home! Parking, all appliances! Restored hardwood floors! Yard! lovely high ceilings! Patio and washer & dryer! $1100’s Locators 215-9223400

Three+ Bedrooms 3 BEDROOM BRING PETS!

Manayunk Have pets? 3 bedroom 2 story huose yard basement hardwood floors washer/dryer $1200 Locators 215.922.3400 ART MUSEUM

3 bedroom apartment with a great granite kitchen! Beautiful hardwood floors! Parking and a fenced yard for pets! Patio and full basement! Washer & dryer! $1200 Locators 215-9223400 BREWERYTOWN

Unique floor plan! 3 bedroom 2 story house! Patio! Finished basement, formal dining room and an eat in kitchen! $725 Locators 215-922-3400 FAIRMOUNT

4 bedroom renovated apartment! Parking and near transportation! All appliances! $800’s Locators 215-922-3400 FITLER SQUARE

3 bedroom 2 bath 2 story home! Hardwood floors! Near park! Full basement! Pets welcome! Washer & dryer! Beautiful city views! Locators 215-922-3400 GRADUATE HOSPITAL

Rehabbed 3 bedroom 2 story house! Hardwood floors! Yard and dishwasher $900’s Locators 215-9223400 MANAYUNK

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No credit check! Spacious 3 bedroom 2 story house with the fee paid! Basement, parking, patio and a washer & dryer! Pets are welcome! $900 Locators 215-922-3400 MT AIRY NO CREDIT CHECK

Mount Airy No credit check! 3 bedroom 2 story house! Fee paid! Basement patio off street parking “washer/ dryer” pets ok $900 Locators 215.922.3400 NO CREDIT CHECK 3 BEDROOM

Art Museum Area 3 bedroom 2 story house washer/ dryer yard $900 Locators 215.922.3400 NORTHERN LIBERTIES

4 bedroom 2 story house near transportation! Hardwood floors, yard and basement! $1400’s Locators 215922-3400 OWN A HOME OF YOUR OWN!

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Port Richmond No credit check 3 bedroom 2 story house yard $700’s Locators 215.922.3400

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South Philadelphia Very Nice Street! Modern 3 bedroom 2 story home! yard $750 Locators 215.922.3400 NO LIBS HOUSE WITH A YARD

Northern Liberties 2 story house 4 bedroom Good location yard $1495 Locators 215.922.3400 OWN A HOME OF YOUR OWN

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Temple University Rent to Own 4 bedroom 2 story home fenced yard washer/dryer hardwood floors $900’s Locators 215.922.3400 RENT TO OWN IN LAWNCREST

Lawncrest 3+ bedroom home Rent to Own! Yard patio pets ok $800 Locators 215.922.3400 SINGLE HOME FENCED YARD

Oaklane 3 bedroom Single house fenced yard basement Near transportation $800’s Locators 215.922.3400

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Enormous 3bdrm w/ 2 Full Baths in Beautiful Historic Brownstone, Full Size Washer/Dryer in Apt, HW Flrs, 2 Decorative Fireplaces, Hi Ceilings, Newly Remodeled Kitchen w/ Granite Countertop, Separate Dining Rm, Living Rm, & Family Rm, A/ C, Spacious Rooms, Terrific Location! $2650/Mo. 215735-8030. #216850 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 3 BEDROOM

Temple University Renovated 2 story 3 bedroom house yard Near transportatin basement washer/dryer $700’s Locators 215.922.3400

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Rhawnhurst Area 4 bedroom 2 story house patio basement parking $1000 Locators 215.922.3400 3BR WITH A GARAGE!

Summerdale 3 bedroom 2 story home basement garage hardwood floors $850 Locators 215.922.3400 4BR NEAR TRANSPORTATION!

Northern Liberties “4 bedroom 2 story house” Near transportation! Hardwood floors yard basement $1400’s Locators 215.922.3400 HOUSE WITH HUGE YARD!

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