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The Philadelphia Police Department plans to hire new recruits, improve the way applicants are screened, and move to a new, free location. “OK, done,” says genie. “You know, most people wish for more wishes.”
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A former gangsta rapper who once filed suit against the Philadelphia Police Department for brutality becomes a police officer himself.And just the other day, as he rained blows upon some kid with hip-hop dreams of his own, the cop had to smile. Will the circle be unbroken?
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Stu Bykofsky gets a Facebook account and writes about how much he dislikes it. “I much prefer my anthropodermic bibliopegy collection,” he writes. “There’s no substitute for the binding power of real human faces. What? Well look it up, then. Kids today.”
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Residents say the burned-out Windermere Court building is melting. So we race over there and it turns out they just mean it’s falling apart.
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Some local doctors are opening membership-based practices. And what do you know? Club members are walking out with better butts than they went in with.
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A lawsuit against the Philadelphia Housing Authority regarding home heating subsidies has languished for 14 years. Congrats, PHA: It must feel good to make some regular old bureaucratic-shame headlines again.
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MARATHON MAN: Public defender Bradley Bridge is in the long process of following up on the “Tainted Justice” news series. NEAL SANTOS
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A MATTER OF CONVICTION If Philly cops were fabricating evidence, what happens to the people they sent to jail? By Matt Stroud
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t’s been more than two years since the Philadelphia Daily News first published allegations by a longtime confidential informant that Philadelphia narcotics officer Jeffrey Cujdik had fabricated evidence used to obtain search warrants in drug cases. The stories expanded into the Pulitzer Prize-winning series “Tainted Justice,” which revealed further allegations that Cujdik, his brother Richard and a tight-knit crew of fellow narcotics officers had not only conjured information, but also groped women during drug raids, looted bodegas and trumped up minor charges against convenience-store owners for selling baggies supposedly used by drug dealers to push dope. Five officers, including the Cujdiks, were taken off the streets and relegated to desk duty as a result of the series. And they remain there today: A police spokesperson, officer Jillian Russell, confirmed that these officers retain their full-time salaries and have not been charged with crimes. The Philadelphia Police Department is waiting, she said, for the results of a joint Internal Affairs/FBI investigation to move forward. But Bradley Bridge, an attorney with the Defender Association of Philadelphia, is not waiting. If an informant was helping fabricate evidence against people
eventually convicted of drugs crimes, that means those cases — Bridge has found 57 so far, he says — might have been thrown out, or never otherwise made it to court, had these allegations been known. What’s more, innocent people might have gone to jail. In April 2009, Bridge began the long, grueling legal crusade to bring those convictions back before a judge and challenge them. It is not, he concedes, going to be easy. This isn’t Bridge’s first far-reaching effort. The 57-year-old public defender is something of a legal long-distance runner. Bridge’s forte is appeals, cases in which a verdict has already been delivered — uphill battles, in other words, and lost causes. He’s good at it. Bridge was one of three attorneys who represented more than 140 protesters jailed during the 2000 Republican National Convention. They were able to get acquittals or dismissals in almost all those cases. A few years ago, Bridge and colleagues filed petitions for five people serving life for crimes they committed as kids, the outcomes having implications for more than 400 other people in similar situations in Pennsylvania. Those cases, years later, are still lingering in the courts. Perhaps because his work takes so long and yields such uncertain results, Bridge himself is cool, neat, composed and quietly ready for the long haul. Sitting neatly on his desk are piles and piles of cases — each waiting for him to do something. Bridge came across the Cujdik cases the same way most
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✚ THE BIG CHILL More than a month after a devastating, five-alarm fire destroyed the Windermere Court apartment complex in West Philadelphia, and after former residents barely fought off what they called a rushed demolition of the building, and after they spent days fighting the building’s owners to allow them to retrieve pets and possessions, those residents faced yet another challenge late last week: nice weather. As temperatures climbed, they say, the building began to melt. Former resident Theo Schall and a group of displaced residents told City Paper last week that the building had been held together partly by ice left over from the massive firefighting operation. Now that ice was melting, making it even more difficult for demolition crews, whom building owners had finally authorized to retrieve possessions for residents waiting outside, to get safely inside the building. Schall and others have formed a small guard, meanwhile, to keep an eye on the defrosting disaster and guard it —Tanya Hull from looting or, perhaps, an unexpected demolition.
✚ BORDERLINES Confusion reigned supreme at a recent neighborhood meeting in Point Breeze, organized by neighborhood activist Helen Carter, the purpose of which was “to determine the relevance of Newbold Community group in the Point Breeze neighborhood of South Philadelphia.” The release went on to note that “concerns include the Newbold Group’s alleged decision to rezone a portion of the Point Breeze neighborhood … [and] creating a
new name for the area.” Most area residents who showed up, however, had seen a different notice — one that said the purpose of the meeting was to learn more about gentrification in the neighborhood, an issue of much local concern. No surprise, then, that a certain amount of chaos ensued. Carter began the meeting by calling, in harsh tones, for the “Newbold Neighbors” to explain themselves: Who were they? Why had they not reached out to Point Breeze’s various civic groups? Were they, in fact, trying to rename the neighborhood and expand “Newbold” into Point Breeze? Carter’s charges were answered by Jim Resta, president of the Newbold Neighbors Association, who said his group has no intention of renaming Point Breeze or expanding the boundaries of “Newbold.” “We’re just trying to take care of our neighborhood,” he said. That’s not the end of it, though. Resta’s group, it turns out, is an informal neighborhood association — it “plans to apply for 501(c)3 nonprofit status in 2008,” according to its (clearly not updated) website — which operates independently of two other groups, the Newbold Civic Association and the Newbold Community Development Corporation, and which preceded his group, establishing the small boundaries of Newbold as being between Wolf and Tasker, 18th and Broad. The “open space plan” on the website for Newbold Neighbors, on the other hand, shows an area stretching far beyond those borders, all the way from Reed to Ellsworth — a point which infuriated Newbold CDC founding member John Longacre this week. “That’s Point Breeze! It’s been Point Breeze for 50 years,” says Longacre, who now sits on Newbold CDC’s board. “We picked an area that specifically didn’t cross over any other community associations for that very reason. ... Point Breeze residents are right —Isaiah Thompson to be upset.”
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SLUMMIN’ IT ³ LAST THURSDAY, a City Council committee
heard testimony about Robert N. Coyle Sr., the subject of an October 2009 piece by Daily News Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman, who revealed allegations by tenants that Coyle had made false rent-to-own promises. Instead, residents found themselves facing eviction notices after Coyle defaulted on millions of dollars in mortgage debt, leaving more than 100 homes throughout Kensington and Port Richmond in the hands of the very banks that had loaned him so much money. At Thursday’s hearing, Council heard from disillusioned former tenants and victim advocates, who decried the fact that Coyle has still not been charged with any crime. They also brought up another party that, they say, hasn’t done right by the neighborhoods affected: the banks, which loaned Coyle the millions he used to grow his holdings into a slum empire and which now sit, much as Coyle once did, on all those run-down homes. Indeed, City Paper did its own investigation of the mechanisms by which Coyle acquired so many properties, and how he was able to borrow so much money on such run-down houses [“Default Lines,” 6/9/10]. Among our findings were that a handful of local banks were all too happy to grant Coyle vast sums of money on the houses — far more, it seems, than they were worth.What’s more, we found allegations by Coyle in court documents that at least one bank, Republic First (now Republic Bank), steered title insurance business to him (yes, he owned his own title insurance business) in exchange for his business and that the bank intentionally inflated the value of his properties to make their books look better. In one e-mail filed in court documents, a bank executive (no longer there) wrote Coyle: “I am doing everything in my power to get you title work.” Now residents and community groups want the banks to step up. Steve Culbertson, director of housing for Impact Services, testified that his nonprofit was ready to buy Coyle homes for redevelopment — but that the banks wanted $80,000 for properties his group had appraised at $20,000. “My opinion is the banks are complicit in the activities of Mr. Coyle,” he told the committee. “They made a lot of money on these loans. … Now they’ve got to chip in [and] write down those prices.” As long as the banks sit on these properties, waiting, perhaps, for their values to go up or for another Coyle to buy them all up at once, they become the slumlords, and Philly’s neighborhoods lose. ✚ Isaiah Thompson is all too happy to grant vast sums of money. E-mail him at isaiah.thompson@citypaper.net.
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defendant,” he argued. The three-judge panel nodded nearly in unison: “This is the best case in the group,” agreed Judge Gene Strassberger. There’s a catch, though, and it’s a big one. Two years after the allegations about the Cujdiks first surfaced, they haven’t been charged, much less convicted, of any wrongdoing. The district attorney has yet to announce whether or not he will seek charges against any of the officers involved, and the officers themselves are, of course, innocent until proven guilty. Bridge is asking the court to throw out cases based on the findings of reporters, not a jury. Meanwhile, though, his clients face a different catch: Post-conviction petitions and appeals have time limits. If those arrested and convicted by the Cujdiks have to wait for Internal Affairs and the district attorney to come a conclusion, they may be unable to bring a case, even if charges are filed. As things stand now, everyone — the Cujdiks, the convicts, the courts and the rest of the city — is waiting. (matt.stroud@citypaper.net)
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Philadelphians did: He read about them in the paper. His next step was less obvious: He asked for, and got, clearance from his boss to challenge as many of those cases as possible, arguing before judges that the Daily News investigation makes any charges originating from Cujdik and his informant questionable enough to revisit or reject altogether. In order to do so, Bridge has had to file a “post-conviction relief petition” for each case. The petition is then reviewed by a Common Pleas judge who can either grant the petition, thereby granting a new trial or deny the petition outright. His goal, he says simply, is “to ensure that those who were prosecuted under questionable circumstances receive a fair shake.” The going has been slow. After two years of work, not one of 53 such challenges has been decided. Lately, however, Bridge has been cautiously hopeful about one case in particular — the case, he hopes, that could turn the tide for the others. It involves one Jose Castro, 30 years old, who, like most of those whose cases Bridge is appealing, was arrested by one of the Cujdiks (Richard, in this case) with a search warrant based on evidence by CI-142, the confidential informant who would later say he was lying. Unlike other cases, in this one Officer Richard Cujdik was not just a witness but the only witness. On March 11, 2008, Cujdik told the court, he had given the confidential informant CI-142 money to buy drugs. CI-142 then went to a house in the 1900 block of East Orleans Street in Kensington and purchased two glass jars of PCP with red lids. Cujdik then obtained a search warrant based on that information, and returned to the house, where, he said, he saw Jose Castro leaving and tossing aside a clear plastic baggy that contained five jars of PCP. Again, Cujdik
was the only person who saw this. Castro was arrested and charged. His trial lasted only one day and he was convicted on March 26, 2009, of simple possession and conspiracy. Four days after Castro’s conviction, however, the Daily News published allegations that Richard Cujdik and CI-142 — the exact same team that had worked to convict Castro on drug charges — had planted drugs and lied in order to obtain a search warrant in an unrelated case. Bridge worked with Castro to challenge his conviction, arguing that if Castro’s original lawyer had known about the “Tainted Justice” allegations during trial, those allegations certainly would have been used to question Cujdik’s testimony. But the system moved slowly. The Common Pleas court judge rejected this argument and by the time the matter was appealed before Superior Court, Castro had already served out his sentence on the drug charge. But Castro’s case, Bridge says, is partly symbolic: If the court is going to accept Bridge’s premise at all — that a damning, Pulitzer Prize-winning series about a highly specific group of officers should matter in dozens of cases where they sent people to prison — then the case of a man convicted solely on the word of one of those officers is a good place to start. A few weeks ago, Bridge put his case to the panel of Superior Court judges who’ve been hearing his arguments for some time now. “This is perhaps the only case I’ve found in which Officer Richard Cujdik is the only witness who testified against the
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CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE Trailblazers, thrill-seekers and alligator wrestlers lead readers into uncharted territory.
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or a book about a lost polar expedition, Amy Sackville’s THE STILL POINT (Counterpoint, Jan. 1) contains very little in the way of pulse-pounding action. She does this deliberately, choosing texture over ease. After all, adventure stories provide easy structure. Whether a polar expedition or a pioneer survey or a trek through the unmapped Everglades, familiar trajectories of adversity and conquest supply the deep satisfaction that comes from fulfilled expectations, or useful conventions to rebel against. Sackville’s quiet, prim novel rebels. The fictional Edward Mackley’s expedition to the North Pole — the still point of the title — gets unwrapped by great-niece Julia during a sticky-hot day. Time, the reserve of his journals, and especially the family mythology shaped and passed down by the wife who waited a half-century for his return impose still more distance between subject and researcher. But the G E T L I T : BOOK imprint of the past on Julia and Q U A R T E R LY T R I V I A W E E K husband Simon’s present, where S TA R T S N O W AT C I T Y PA P E R . the bulk of Sackville’s controlled N E T / C R I T I C A L M A S S. and precise Woolfishness is con-
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centrated, shows clearly, and the conflict between vague legend and knotty family history is amplified by the textured contrast between stifling summer nights and ice-cold midnight sun. The Still Point’s family myths work like our national ones, like the frontier ideal that stunts and channels the present of Jonathan Evison’s WEST OF HERE (Algonquin, Feb. 15). Both novels share surface similarities, with West of Here featuring a similar expedition to the interior of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, played much straighter. Evison ropes together all of his plots — and there are a good half-dozen — with resonances between past and present, heroic settlers’ footsteps prefiguring the much-diminished fumblings of their descendents. The quick swings between characters, plots and even styles Evison manages are impressive: He moves seamlessly from an ex-con’s Atlas tattoo that “looked like an ice cream cone with feet” to a school of salmon forming “a river running inside the river, a leaping, wriggling ribbon of life.” That this shift only occurs in one direction — from a heroic past, heedless of consequences, into a tawdry, impoverished present hoping for second chances — also shows an easy pessimism about the romance of capitalism,
while remaining nostalgic for its heedless virility. For all of Evison’s craft, there’s a reason that nostalgia seems easy; it’s an adolescent disenchantment, moving from a child’s sense of adventure to the restrictions of adulthood. Spread over a century, it becomes cynical; viewed from the inside — as anyone who’s made it through adolescence knows — it’s wrenching. Capturing this wrench, the disenchantment without the softening nostalgia, is one of the best things Karen Russell does in SWAMPLANDIA! (Knopf, Feb. 1). At 13, Ava Bigtree’s world is magical, or at least outlandish: She comes from a family of alligator wrestlers, proprietors of Swamplandia!, an Everglades amusement park falling into insolvency after her mother’s death. Her sister Ossie romances ghosts, “dating” the spirits of dead boys she says possess her; her brother Kiwi runs away from home, hoping to go to school but winding up mopping floors at the World of Darkness, a competing hell-themed park. The familial and financial catastrophes that divide the Bigtree family send Kiwi and Ava on separate but parallel adventures. Kiwi, out of the swamp, struggles to accommodate the suburban normalcy he wants; Ava moves deeper into
superstition — and deeper into the swamp. By the time, near the end of the book, that both Kiwi and Ava confront the legend of swamp witch Mama Weeds, independently and with different degrees of literalness, the distance that each has traveled becomes shockingly clear; runaway Kiwi “saw that there were witches everywhere in the world. Witches lining up for free grocery bags of battered tuna cans and half-rotted carrots at the downtown Loomis Army of Mercy. At the bus station, witches telling spells to walls. Only the luckiest ones got to live inside stories.” This is the double-edged luck that Russell’s characters have; it’s also a major reason for Swamplandia!’s propulsive grip. Her characters do more than act or choose; their perspectives evolve, and the progress of adventure in their world becomes more than an accessory, a counterpoint or a precursor to something else the author wants to emphasize, but instead acts as the point and the vehicle for their stories. The result is a novel that is more than just primly beautiful or impressively encyclopedic, but one that’s strong and sad with the satisfaction of an adventure completed. (j_bauer@citypaper.net) ✚ Justin Bauer is the Indiana Jones of books. His column, Shelf Life, runs monthly in City Paper’s A&E section.
All the Time in the World By E.L. Doctorow HOW REAL IS real? In six new
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sists of two unequal parts: the titular, fake Shakespeare play about the medieval British king (though well-removed from the familiar Arthurian legends), and a 250page “introduction” in the form of a fake memoir by a writer named Arthur Phillips, who believes the play to be a hoax perpetrated by his father, despite expert consensus on its authenticity. This legitimately imaginative conceit and structure suggest some obvious opportunities for multilayer truth-and-fiction games — probably wisely, the book doesn’t try too hard to pass itself off as genuine, but it’s executed cleverly enough that some readers will probably be duped nonetheless. Aptly, the lengthier first portion wrangles extensively, a little exhaustively, with themes of reality, artifice and duplication: The novelistnarrator’s Bard-loving father is an inveterate fabulist and professional forger; his twin sister (!) is an actress, and so on. There’s also a pointed, albeit thoughtful, skewering of the literary establishment (the “Shakespeare-industrial complex”), some predictably heavyhanded psychologizing (serious daddy issues) wrapped up in the continued on page 10
By Lee Stabert “WHY IS THERE a glop of
macaroni salad next to the Japanese chicken in my lunch plate?” asks Sarah Vowell as an entrée to her latest, UNFAMILIAR FISHES, an examination of the colonial history of Hawaii and how it led to the archipelago’s complex and occasionally incongruous melting pot of cultures. A frequent contributor to This American Life and Public Radio International, Vowell is more of an essayist than a straight historian. With this book, you could even say she’s a tour guide — a great one, armed with an engaging personality, razor wit and hordes of carefully considered research. People who like their nonfiction more fact-focused and less colorful won’t find much to love in this meandering narrative (haters of ribbing Protestant prudishness need not apply). But for those who appreciate a little levity with their accounts of crushing cultural hegemony and destruction, Vowell’s voice sings. It helps to have such well-chosen subject matter. Vowell reminds us (more than once) that we now have a Hawaiian-born president — a fact that becomes more and more impressive as she details the transition of the island chain from trade station to missionary outpost to imperial object of desire. Along the way, traditional Hawaiian culture rubs up against the cultural ideals (and various diseases) of waves of sea-worthy Americans and Europeans. Some things survive the contact; others not so much. The history itself is engrossing, replete with misbegotten monarchies, shocking political maneuvers, premature deaths and a whole lot of incest (in traditional Hawaiian culture, the highest kings were the result of couplings between siblings). There remains something astounding about the changes global trade and imperialism brought to societies that had remained relatively stable for hundreds or even thousands of years. The impacts of war and disease were staggering. Consider this: By 1890, there were only 40,000 pure-blood Hawaiian natives left, compared to a minimum of 300,000 upon the arrival of Captain Cook in 1778. Vowell isn’t shy about integrating the story of her own sojourn on the islands into the narrative: treacherous hikes, illuminating interviews, her young nephew’s amusing observations, that delicious and curious lunch plate. She also delves a bit into her personal history (she is part Cherokee), connecting the parallel — some might even say universal — plight of native people under the duress of missionary zeal and manifest destiny. (editorial@citypaper.net) ✚ Riverhead, 256 pp., $25.95, March 22.
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and six previously published short stories, acclaimed novelist E.L. Doctorow (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate) resolutely strands his characters in unfriendly physical landscapes that illustrate even more dissonant realities. A minimalist master, the author wastes no words drawing worlds spanning from the pre-industrial Bronx to the lonely plains of the rural Midwest. A traditional narrative draws the reader in with leadoff tale “Wakefield,” about a family man who impulsively bails out of humdrum responsibility to live in his attic garage, obsessively watching his family’s life progress without him. Subsequent stories mine personal relationships for inherent tension: a husband and wife
upended by a nomad who claims he used to live in their home, a dishwasher who marries his boss’s immigrant cousin for money. Though each rotates on a fixed point, Doctorow challenges the reader with perplexing endings, as in “Heist,” the 1968 story that grew into his 2000 novel City of God. Though separated by decades, distance and even genre, these protagonists are distinctly alone, left to exercise their agency on the world: either divorced from consequence (“A House on the Plains”) or battered by terrifying retribution disproportionate to their actions (“Jolene: A Life”). Chillingly realistic, the impact of the collection is foreshadowed by Wakefield, arriving home to a power outage: “There’s a kind of Doppler effect in the mind, and you think that these disconnects are the trajectory of a collapsing civilization.” Random House, 304 pp., $26, March 22.
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Queer (In)Justice By Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock
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black nurse’s assistant with no criminal record, was arrested after a verbal altercation with his landlord. He was anally raped by a Chicago police officer with a club covered in detergent. Jeremy Burke, a white transgendered man, was beaten and stripsearched after being arrested by several female officers in San Francisco. He was jailed in the nude, then forced to wear a dress and expose his genitalia to the cops. These are just two cases spotlighted in Queer (In)Justice:
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States, which re-evaluates the penal system through a lavender lens. While sobering and academic, the book sheds light on serious flaws in the legal system, as well as homophobia and bigotry among many in law enforcement. It also delves into the impact of queer archetypes that have come to shape these misinformed perceptions. In the case of Bernina Mata, a Latina lesbian accused of murdering a white heterosexual man, the authors say race and sexuality played a significant role in her trial when the state’s attorney suggested that the motive to commit the crime stemmed from Mata being a “hard-core lesbian.” Her sexuality, the prosecution claimed, caused her to kill. Despite any evidence, she was found guilty and is now serving a life sentence. So the lingering question is this: If LGBT individuals can’t even be guaranteed a fair trial, is true equality possible? Beacon, 216 pp., $27.95, Feb. 15. —NATALIE HOPE MCDONALD
Started Early, Took My Dog By Kate Atkinson MISSING CHILDREN, LOST souls,
repressed trespasses and empty lives are the markers of a Kate Atkinson novel. Started Early, Took My Dog fits tidily into her collection of engaging, addictive
crime novels. Returning Atkinson hero Jackson Brodie, sporting a new appreciation for poetry and England’s pastoral splendor, is on the hunt for an adopted woman’s missing mother; lonely retired copper Tracy Waterhouse finds herself on the run from her first case and her empty life with a stolen child in tow; and septuagenarian actress Tilly shuttles between the present and the past, battling the rapid onset of dementia and struggling to maintain her morphing identity. Their stories weave in and out of each others’ orbits, with Brodie crashing into Waterhouse as she dashes from the past into an unexpected future, and with Tilly’s memories teasing at the past, losing touch with the now, and witnessing what’s to come. While the characters are busy running to and from what was and what will be, stories of missing, murdered and abused women peek through, connecting Atkinson’s primary characters to a host of other players. It’s no surprise that, in a novel this sprawling, a stitch or two gets dropped — while one woman’s murder and one child’s abduction are solved, another murder and abduction are left unresolved. This uncertainty, though, brings the story satisfyingly full-circle, tying up certain threads while leaving new ones to dangle. Reagan Arthur, 384 pp., $24.99, March 21. —CHAR VANDERMEER continued on page 12
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Light Fantastic By Justin Bauer KEVIN BROCKMEIER’S got a talent for a sucker punch, working quickly and carefully with a well-sketched character or a chance encounter before opening up and drawing blood. That ability to deliver an emotional wallop gets shown off throughout THE ILLUMINATION, with the understated clarity of Brockmeier’s images and diction allowing just enough daylight for the full force of their damaged need and loss to connect firmly. “Shortly after midnight, he reached out to press his hand against his wife’s back, feeling, as he always did, for the shallow rain-draw of her spinal crease,” Brockmeier narrates. “Then he remembered what had happened.” What had happened was an auto accident that seriously injured the devoted husband, and killed his wife. This particular story, about coming to terms with loss, is beautifully sad, with an artful turn to the plot and a raw conclusion. But this story is also just the second of six, each with its own isolated central character, each delivering their stories in succession. All of these central characters possess distinct voices, and all show a distinct variation on the pain and isolation of this young injured husband. They range from a bullied autistic-spectrum child (whose chapter is rendered compulsively in 10-word sentences) to a writer on a book tour, unable to speak through ulcerated lips. All of these characters live in a world altered by “the Illumination” — an unexplained, maybe inexplicable phenomenon that causes pain to register visibly, as shining light — which Brockmeier resists defining. Instead, he satisfies himself with describing its effects — “skin-cancer pocks like small clusters of stars, sprained knees like forks of lightning, dislocated shoulders like the torchlit rooms of ancient houses.” These characters are also united — or, more properly, strung together like a chain — by the journal the dead wife kept of her husband’s declarations of love, passed from one chapter to the next through a series of circumstances and small thefts. These devices, the conceit of the Illumination and the MacGuffin of the journal, don’t always work smoothly, and by the end of the novel Brockmeier clearly strains to include them, as if he was reluctant to leave his six jewel-box stories without a scaffold. But when the focus is on the characters, their injuries and insecurities and lacerations shine, covering them in a halo of their own beautiful suffering. (j_bauer@citypaper.net) ✚ Pantheon, 272 pp., $24.95, Feb. 1.
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Famer Roy Campanella has been told before in the inspirational memoir It’s Good to Be Alive. West Chester’s Neil Lanctot adopts a more nuanced approach in his new biography of the Nicetown native, whose catching career with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended after being paralyzed in a 1958 car accident. Lanctot describes Campanella’s anomalous childhood as the son of an Italian-American father and African-American mother in 1930s Philadelphia: “In the eyes of American society, it was [his mother’s] heritage that determined Roy’s racial identity.” And
during Campanella’s early career, Lanctot notes that sportswriters ignorantly spelled his last name “Confenello,” “Campanello” and “Cantenella.” A 15-year-old Campanella entered the Negro Leagues in 1937, expecting his interracial heritage might help him break the color barrier. Lanctot does not shy away from the less palatable aspects of Campanella’s life, including two early, unhappy marriages (divorcing wife number two shortly after the car crash) and a rocky relationship with Dodger teammate Jackie Robinson. But Lanctot does illustrate how Campanella came to grips with his disability and how, in his final years, counseled another Italian-American catcher from Philly who starred for the Dodgers — Mike Piazza. Simon & Schuster, 560 pp., $28, March 8. —ANDREW MILNER
in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible,” Alexander Theroux quotes his longtime friend Edward Gorey as explaining, “because that’s what the world is like.” Morbidly droll, bleakly comic, as overwrought as an absinthe swoon and as tart as a poisoned madeleine, Gorey’s acid little tomes are responsible for turning many a child’s scheming mind to the shadows by their resemblance to kiddie books in all but content. Inside those gorgeously illustrated pages were all manner of murder, evil and catastrophe, all told with elusive hints and Edwardian flourishes. Such a purveyor of the ominous suggestion and the mysterious glance would be ill-served by conventional biography, which Theroux has no intention of providing in this slim volume, albeit expanded to more than double the size of his original essay, published shortly after Gorey’s death in 2000. While a few facts do crop up — we learn when the elaborately bearded author/illustrator was born, when he died, a bit about his early life — this is more a memoir of Theroux’s friendship with Gorey than a life of its subject. Theroux works to
characterize and contextualize, cataloging Gorey’s often surprising loves (the skull collection makes sense, but the love of soap operas? OK, maybe that makes a kind of sense, as well …) and indulging in gossip and speculation, seemingly a return visit to a fondly missed, archly individual acquaintance. Fantagraphics, 168 pp., $19.99, Feb. 14. —SHAUN BRADY
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age of muscle-dense young men who like to fight. It’s not often that anyone considers that maybe they need to fight. That need gnawed at Andre Dubus III for most of his life, which he describes in vivid, poignant, profoundly selfreflective language in his memoir, Townie. Growing up disdainfully labeled as the titular stereotype in a derelict Massachusetts town, Dubus used iron, a punching bag and discipline to transform himself from scrawny prey into hulking family guardian. He wanted to physically smash through the “membrane” — the invisible barrier that separated every human from one another. He graphically describes fighting, the exercise that made him feel most like himself — that is, until the day he discovered that writing could produce the same effect. This brutally honest account of going
Seventy-seven-year-old Marylou moves to Tallahassee to kill the doctor who, in 1953, fed her a radioactive cocktail in a secret government study which caused her daughter’s fatal cancer. The physician in question, a now-ailing Dr. Spriggs, lives with his daughter Caroline’s dysfunctional family: hurricane-watcher Vic, horny tween Suzi, and her two older siblings, Ava and Otis, who both have Asberger’s. As Marylou ingratiates herself into their lives, she may intend malice but ends up forcing introspection instead. Elizabeth Stuckey-French doesn’t tiptoe around Ava and Otis’ conditions, calling them on their tendencies to “get Asbergery” with humor and sensitivity. Likewise, her insights into Caroline and Vic’s midlife crises, Spriggs’ Alzheimer’s and Marylou’s agerelated eccentricities (she calls continued on page 14
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novel goes, Sweden’s Henning Mankell has quite the way with it — at least when it comes to his recurring protagonist, Kurt Wallander. Deeply forensic and disturbed in every sense, Wallander is a sort of moralist who wishes the planet ill while solving its most horrendous murders. Yet now Wallander must contend with a few ills of his own — guilt after having killed the wrong man, the onset of Alzheimer’s, disillusionment with the world and his work within it. The Dogs of Riga, The Man Who Smiled and One Step Behind are but a few of Mankell’s Wallander works in which the complications of emotional and physical deterioration never let up. The Troubled Man is no different, save for the fact that his emotions run harder and higher. In the end, the whole tangle leads back to the Cold War and a tizzy of old-world intrigue, a rarity in Mankell’s lean, modern writing and a perfect finale (perhaps) to the series. Knopf, 384 pp., $26.95, March 29. —A.D. AMOROSI
You Think That’s Bad By Jim Shepard “I’M REALLY INTERESTED in how
complicated our self-presentation can be: the way it can knit together self-indictment and self-exoneration so weirdly and completely,” novelist and short-story master Jim Shepard told the online lit-
erary magazine Memorious in 2008. No surprise, then, that of the 11 stories that comprise his 10th book of fiction, You Think That’s Bad, nine are first-person narratives. Set in locales ranging from a grotesquely homicidal manor in 15th-century France to the sound stage of the original Godzilla film (Shepard is an obsessive study, often spending months researching a single tale), these stories take self-indictment and self-exoneration to harrowing new levels. His characters pursue extremes — avalanche research in the Swiss Alps, a World War II military campaign in the rotting heat of New Guinea, water management in a warmer, nearfuture Netherlands — the details of which Shepard renders with awe-inspiring precision. Disaster looms for these people, and in the meantime, their personal relationships are no more workable, beset as they are with passivity, desire and other congenital human weaknesses. By layering narratives this way, Shepard explores the limits of what humans can do in the world — scientifically, institutionally, emotionally — as well as the often-tragic consequences of our failure to acknowledge those limits. “We’ve learned more than any who’ve come before us what to expect,” the avalanche researcher laments, “and it will do us no more good than if we’d learned nothing at all.” Knopf, 268 pp., $24.95, March 25. —KATHERINE HILL
Nat Tate: An American Artist By William Boyd BACK IN 1998, if you’d ordered a
copy of Nat Tate, you’d have been in for a big surprise. This portrait of an artist from the 1950s — a contemporary of Frank O’Hara and Willem DeKooning — threw readers for a loop. A slim biographical monograph of an artist no one’d ever heard of? It was like Ann Beattie’s book about Alex Katz. Turns out, the whole continued on page 15
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ing enough to prove his bravado? “We’ve reached the limit, Ebba,” he says. “Shall we go beyond it?” Helmut’s words dangle marvelously in this carefully restrained narrative; so calculated, they raise the hairs on the arm. Ebba is simply too hot to handle. Beyond it is a place that Helmut, a bare insouciant who likes to discuss genealogy and local history, can’t really imagine. Beyond it is something Helmut couldn’t have fathomed: the 20th century. The good folks at New York Review Books — so accustomed they are to finding and polishing the treasures of modern literature — have brought us that, too, in Bohumil Hrabal’s marvelous one-sentence DANCING LESSONS FOR THE ADVANCED IN AGE (May 3). Before Milan
In Derek Cianfrance’s recent film Blue Valentine, the short marriage of Dean and Cindy is coming undone. Dean is content with his life as a house painter; it’s the kind of job, he says, that allows a guy to have a beer in the morning. What’s more, he just wants his wife to be happy. His lack of professional ambition enables Cindy to focus on her career. But Cindy, who had wished to become a physician, is stunted in her role as a nurse, a frustration that Dean probably doesn’t understand. Dean’s contentment becomes a foil for Cindy’s disappointment. Why won’t he live up to his potential? Why can’t he be more serious? Such are the very pleas of the equally strong-willed Christine in regard to her foolish, fun-loving husband, Helmut, in Theodor Fontane’s modern masterwork, IRRETRIEVABLE (Feb. 15), rereleased in Douglas Parmée’s translation of the original German by New York Review Books. Fontane, who was nearly 60 when he started writing novels in 1878, constructed wonderfully precise and carefully observed narratives in the mode of the Portuguese Eça de Queiroz and the Brazilian Machado de Assis. Like Blue Valentine, Irretrievable is a study of a marriage drifting apart. Always careful to examine all sides and explore every complexity, Fontane tracks Christine and Helmut’s decline, from differences in personality — “In spite of all their love, his easy-going temperament was no longer in harmony with her melancholy” — to silence, belligerence and then resentment. Helmut is left cold by Christine’s dogmatism. “A woman,” he says, “must have some warmth, some temperament, life, sensuality. What can one do with an iceberg?” Soon enough, for Fontane was obsessed with the specter of adultery, Helmut is forced to answer his own question. He is skating on Lake Arre with Ebba, a young, vivacious countess, and they find themselves at the edge of an ice floe heading out to the North Sea. Is he dar-
Kundera, Hrabal, who died in 1997, was the master of Czech literature. Where Fontane is coolly observant, Hrabal’s narrator, a 70-year-old shoemaker entertaining some girls in a bar, is spasmagoric. The prose, in the translation by Michael Henry Heim, combines the sheer antiromantic heft of Norman Mailer and the bewitching absurdity of Isaac Babel. Gone for good are Helmut’s days. “Marriage,” says Hrabal, “is like dragging a cowhide along a sheet of thin ice, there are days when a wife says to her husband, You know what you need, Papa? you need a good smack in the kisser and he says to her, Mama, you dirty bitch, if you get plastered once more I’ll tear your mouth open with a camp iron, and then young ladies, ideals start to crumble, even Goethe had his troubles, to say nothing of Mozart. … ” Just ask Cindy and Dean of Blue Valentine, whose unraveling marriage finally erupts in violence and hatred: Gone for good are Helmut’s days. (editorial@citypaper.net)
but at least Banksy would appreciate it. Bloomsbury, 72 pp., $22, April 26. –GARY M. KRAMER
The Information By James Gleick WITH HIS 1987 debut, Chaos,
James Gleick proved he could make technical ideas accessible to a wide audience. The book was a surprise best-seller and, more memorably, introduced the term “butterfly effect” into the pop-culture lexicon. Though his focus has shifted from science to information technology, Gleick hasn’t lost his touch. The Information opens with a description of African talking drums, which colonizing Europeans couldn’t wrap their heads around. But, as Gleick lays out, there’s a crucial structural linguistic difference between African and European languages, which explains how the drums
work, why the drummers’ language was so rife with bizarrely ornate syntax and, perhaps most importantly, how that syntax is the key to minimizing transmission errors. Gleick’s book is a worthy complement to Charles Seife’s terrific Decoding the Universe, a more analytical account of information technology. Gleick’s latest is more historical, but nevertheless engaging and thought-provoking throughout. Pantheon, 544 pp., $28.95, March 1. James Gleick reads at the Free Library’s Central Branch on March 1. —MATTHEW HOTZ
When the Killing’s Done By T.C. Boyle ECOSYSTEMS HAVE GONE awry
in the Channel Islands: Rats, feral pigs and sheep, all invasive populations, threaten the
archipelago’s unique biodiversity. But when you get down to the genetic makeup of T.C. Boyle’s environmental drama, the “problem species” is undoubtedly the homo sapien. Boyle’s novel stems from a divisive eco-conflict over the preservation of this California habitat. On the side of the National Park Service, tightly wound biologist Alma Boyd Takesue pursues the government project to kill off non-native species, while David LaJoy, a dreadlocked activist with anger-management issues, angles to thwart her efforts. Easy stereotypes fall away, though, when these characters’ back stories emerge from the troubled surf. Boyle’s serpentine plot, which offs quite a few characters without being gimmicky, disturbs the moral balance and leaves the reader to discern when, or if, the killing’s done. Viking, 384 pp., $26.95, Feb. 22.
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tenhouse — always have been. There’re sleek spots like G and après-heurs venues Whisper and the incoming Rumor. And there’re the nicen-nasty unofficial spots like the late Bar Noir (now the Franklin) and Pen & Pencil,a gold standard for the black-hearted and boozed-up to mingle happily. (Tangent: The Mansion was a dirtball hellhole and I don’t mean that with an ironic, cool kind of detached awesomeness. ’Twas a stink pit and all those who sailed her should be glad she died an unceremonious death.) Recently, there’s been an up-n-comer in the ranks, on the third floor of the other P&P (Plays & Players): Quig’s Pub, a musty must-be for the late-night drinker. You don’t have to quote Eugene O’Neill to get in, and they pour strong. With that, the dusty journalists-only haven Pen & Pencil around the corner has lost some of its shine. But now that the Philadelphia Tribune’s Bobbi Booker got added to the board of guvnahs, the party’s restarting. Booker turned the Pencil out during the wake for her late beau, Freddie Sutton,in true New Orleans fashion. She’ll put lead in the Pencil. Maybe they’ll start pouring heavier, too. ³Speaking of Bar Noir, that’s where George Manney held Clutch Cargo electro-jams back in the day. DJ Bobby Startup,Manney and BN ownerDavid Carrollare hosting one of my old-clubthemed reunion nights at National Mechanics Feb. 28 to show off new Clutch Cargo tracks. ³ Jolly for Jolly Weldon.He’s bringing Jolly’s Dueling Piano Bar to one of my fave old now-vacant spaces, the Academy House on Locust. No definitive word on what he’ll do with the battling 88s at Jolly’s on 20th and Chestnut. ³ Doylestown’s Justin Guarini may be sad his Broadway debut, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, was closed down, but he got another gig already in the Green Day spectacular American Idiot,starting March 1. ³What evil do these two got brewing? Emilio Mignucci at Di Bruno has new cheese, a collab with Steve Grasse’s Art in the Age and its Root liqueur. Di Bruno’s Root-brushed Winnimere cheese, made by Vermont’s Jasper Hill Farm, will be sold starting March 1. Watch for spring sampling events at Di B’s Italian Market home base (March 5), Rit-Row and its new Ardmore Farmers Market locale. ³ Fave comment on Wednesday’s closure of UPenn’s La Terrassecomes from an anonymous (to you) source: “It’ll rise again with new ownership. The Ivy League manifesto requires at least one French bistro on campus at all times.” ³ WHYY ain’t just for fund drives. Last seen at last week’s Franzschubert reunion, earnest Andrew Lipke debuts his epic The Plague at their studios with Azrael Quartet Feb. 24. Give till it hurts. ³ Ice till it hurts at citypaper. net/criticalmass. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)
WEAPON X: “We’ve spent the last few weeks firing guns, blowing up things and mixing up vats of blood,” says Theatre Exile artistic director Joe Canuso of new performance space Studio X. NEAL SANTOS
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he last 12 months have been challenging for Theatre Exile. There was the controversy surrounding its decision to stage That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play, and the tragedy of having lost Melissa Lynch, the Philadelphia actress set to star in the company’s current production, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, in a car accident before New Year’s Eve. “Melissa’s death hit the theater community hard,” says Exile’s artistic director, Joe Canuso. “Melissa’s presence is still deeply felt by the cast. I think they use that as inspiration to do the most kickass show in her honor.” There have been happier challenges, too. Under director Matt Pfeiffer, Lieutenant is Exile’s biggest production in terms of budget, design and technical needs; the show is laden with pulp fictional special effects. “We’ve spent the last few weeks firing guns, blowing up things and mixing up vats of blood,” says Canuso. But it’s the location where effects wizards Waldo Warsaw and Aaron Cromie are stirring blood and making body parts that represents the company’s largest off-stage undertaking: Studio X. Before 2010’s Live Arts fest, Exile signed a long-term lease on the glass-block corner of 13th and Reed, with 1232 square feet of rehearsal/theatrical/what-have-you space and nearly the same foot-
age for offices. Exile had grown tremendously in the last five years, and outgrew its digs at Fourth and South. Canuso’s wife, Trish, a real estate agent, found the space, and Exile made the move immediately. Studio X has its limits; zoned for only 50 seats, it’s a place for smaller shows and workshops. Its first full production, Iron by Rona Munro, came during the last Fringe Festival. “That was a huge success,” Canuso says. “We plan to do that again next Fringe while running main-stage productions at bigger venues like Christ Church Neighborhood House.” And residing off the beaten path is apropos for Exile. “There’s not as much congestion and Passyunk Square has become the hipster area,” says Canuso. “There are probably more artists living in a 10-block radius of Studio X than anywhere in Philly.” As someone who lives nearby and walks his greyhound daily, I joke with Canuso about seeing thespians picking up candy wrappers. “You know actors subsist on healthy things like apples and cigarettes. Must be those kids from the charter school. Besides, the neighbors seem to like us. We had a sidewalk flea market to raise money when we moved in and met most people in the neighborhood. They’ve been very supportive.” The support goes both ways. The space is home to the Studio X-hibition New Play development program, a series and its readings of new works by local playwrights. They plan to expand it with Writer’s Asylum, a support system event where Canuso and co. can provide space and resources for writers to share unfinished work. Studio X has also been rented out to smaller companies in the area
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It’s been 28 years since Francine Pascal published Double Love, the first entry in the Sweet Valley High series, and about a decade since the last of the 600-plus books that followed goodie-goodie Elizabeth Wakefield and her bad-girl twin, Jessica, from elementary school until college. Pascal’s Sweet Valley Confidential (St. Martin’s, March 29) checks in on the sisters at 27. Has Liz grown a spine? Is Jess still a bitch? You know your inner tween is dying to know. —M.J. Fine
While the Book Quarterly sets its sights on the now and the soon, let’s use this space to gaze into our middle-distant literary future. The book I’m most looking forward to this spring is The Pale King (Little Brown, April 15), the reportedly mind-blowing novel left unfinished by David Foster Wallace when he committed suicide in 2008. A mere 560 pages, TPK is narrated by David Foster Wallace, the new —Patrick Rapa trainee at an IRS office in Peoria.
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³ missed opportunity ³ douchebaggery 101 Chris Illuminati (his “real fucking name,” according to a welcoming notice on his website) is an expert on jerkdom. He’s the guy behind A**holeology: The Science Behind Getting Your Way — and Getting Away With It; he’ll read from his Cliff’s Notes-y follow-up, A**holeology: The Cheat Sheet (Adams, Jan. 14), at the UPenn bookstore next week (March 3, upenn.bkstore.com). Drop in to get advice on problems any asshole might need to conquer, like kicking a woman out but keeping her “on the hook.” Be sure to bring your girlfriend, assholes. —Kala Jamison
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Philly’s (OK, Upper Darby’s) prodigal daughter, Tina Fey, is coming home this spring for an appearance at the Philadelphia Book Festival (April 12, freelibrary. org). Interviewed by Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane, Fey will gab about her first book, Bossypants (Reagan Arthur, April 5), a collection of funny essays on the modern woman. Sad for us, the event’s already sold out. But don’t get your bossy pants in a twist — she probably doesn’t care that you once knew her brother’s teacher’s third cousin Frank, anyway. —Josh Middleton
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Succumbing to the spell requires getting shivers at the sight of dirty laundry.
³ THE SECOND FABRIC WORKSHOP and Museum show to spotlight recent residencies,“New American Voices II” easily justifies its name. It does not, however, point to new American directions. The four featured artists — Jim Drain, Jiha Moon, Robert Pruitt and Bill Smith — are intellectually and visually engaging and original within the spectrum of current art-world explorations. But it’s not a revolution. Rather, these artists represent a contemporary quartet that builds squarely on the past. Moon has lived in South Korea, Iowa and now Atlanta, Ga. She layers and embeds visual cultural clichés — both popular and traditional — in delicious wall-mounted work. Commercial embroidery appliqués, anime, fabric from Moon’s mother’s wedding dress, brush painting and hand embroidery are elements of these autobiographical and historical narratives. Moon’s layered surfaces (as in Botan Garden, pictured) make an experiential statement about shifting perspectives and the accretion of a visual vocabulary throughout a person’s life. Like Moon, each “new voice” mines a personal vein of identifiable imagery. Drain suggests mid20th-century domestic interiors with suspended clusters of upside-down glass and metal table lamps, looking a little like Jorge Pardo’s lighting for FWM’s old location. Perhaps influenced by Yinka Shonibare, Pruitt utilizes American display conventions of family photographs as an index to his sculptural masks and clothing, augmented with startling firearms covered in gold or African-inspired beading. The recognition that science is fashion-driven fascinates many artists today. Smith’s “Magnetically stabilized, air-driven, computer interfaced, chaotic emu egg pendulum” pieces merge modern electronics with ornate Frankensteinian science. His computers and floating emu eggs — “Ouija-ish,” as FWM employee Joe Lacina describes them — select images in a random and arcane process. (r_rice@citypaper.net)
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FREEZE FRAME: John Leguizamo takes a hapless turn as one of a group of survivors in the lackluster horror movie Vanishing on 7th Street.
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[ C- ] HORROR MOVIES ARE only as good as the ideas behind them, and the one behind Brad Anderson’s Vanishing on 7th Street simply isn’t very good. Imagine for a moment that you’re afraid of the dark. Now imagine that what you’re afraid of isn’t what lurks in the shadows but the shadows themselves, which will sneak up on you when the lights aren’t on and vanish you away, leaving only a pile of clothes. The fact that succumbing to the movie’s spell requires getting the shivers at the sight of a pile of dirty laundry is only the most acute of Vanishing on 7th Street’s problems. Casting the colorless Hayden Christensen as one of a group of survivors holed up in a dimly lit bar surely doesn’t help. Nor does giving Thandie Newton a hysterical, and essentially racist, caricature to play, a recovering drug addict whose baby is now just an empty pair of PJs. But the biggest problem is that Anthony Jaswinski’s script consigns a bunch of thinly written caricatures to an enclosed space and proceeds to have them blather on at length, obliterating whatever shreds of suspense the film has managed to gin up by that point. John Leguizamo fumbles his way through an underwritten role haplessly, but he wisely manages to excuse himself from some of the more egregious scenes. Anderson is capable of more inspired work: Although it doesn’t deserve its cult reputation, his Session 9 is a solid, if occasionally pretentious, thriller. But Vanishing is pure hack work, without a genuine performance or an intriguing idea to be found anywhere. You might think something’s hidden in the shadows, but turn up the lights and there’s nothing there. —Sam Adams
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✚ DON JUAN Quintessence Theatre Group is creating a home at the old Sedgwick Theater, smack in the middle of a revived Germantown Avenue bustling with restaurants and shops. Their Don Juan — Molière’s dark comedy, smartly translated by Neil Bartlett — fits the building’s crumbling luster well, and makes the titular character (Anthony DeSando) appropriately sleazy, given his practice of becoming engaged to a new woman every month. Despite hapless servant Sganarelle’s (John Williams) philosophical musings and predictions of impending justice, Don Juan turns lying, seducing, dueling and blaspheming into a lifestyle. Plus, Jessica DalCanton’s noble turn as spurned Dona Elvira leaves us asking that eternal question, “Why do lovely women always fall for jerks?” —Mark Cofta
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VANISHING ON 7TH STREET|CRead Sam Adams’ review on p. 17. (Ritz at the Bourse)
✚ CONTINUING 127 HOURS|B+ Outdoorsman/loner Aron Ralston (James Franco) finds the sticky end of solitude when he’s trapped at the bottom of a ravine, his right arm pinned by a boulder. Like a steroidal Into the Wild, the movie follows Aron to the logical end of his lone-wolf lifestyle, leaving him with nothing but his wits and the contents of his backpack. It may take a while to recover from the stomach-turning climax, but that’s only because Danny Boyle succeeds so thoroughly in getting under your skin. —Sam Adams (Ritz at the Bourse)
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A haiku: Dear Martin Lawrence, Uh. You know you can say no once in a while, right? (Not reviewed) (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
BIUTIFUL|BAlejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu is still looking for a replacement for Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, Babel), and judging from Biutiful, the team of Armando Bo and Nicolás Giacobone isn’t it. The film is saddled with such an undigested pile of bad ideas that nothing short of a miracle could have redeemed it. Javier Bardem plays an impoverished father of two who deals drugs and works as a spirit medium to make ends meet — it’s a MadLibs collision of miserabilist tropes that never congeals into a sensible story. The movie is so well assembled it almost fools you into thinking there’s something profound beneath its surface, but there’s no way to get under without going through. —S.A. (Ritz Five)
BLUE VALENTINE|B+ Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play an unhappily married couple attempting to reignite the flame in Derek Cianfrance’s bombshell feature. The movie’s approach
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the sprawling story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a hack TV producer who’s a romantic on the side. Spanning several decades, the movie is pushed forward by his revolving-door marriages, first to a suicidal poet, then a high-maintenance socialite. Not until he meets wife No. 3 (Rosamund Pike) does Barney get his first taste of bona fide love. Barney’s Version isn’t a film so much as a series of episodes, but watching Giamatti and Pike chart their relationship is a worthwhile pursuit. —S.A. (Ritz Five)
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is uniformly glum, but the actors’ bloodied performances find tragedy in the mundane process of falling out of love. Cianfrance prizes verisimilitude over insight, which means the movie gives you a lot to feel but not much to think about. See it with someone you love, but only if you’re prepared for an uncomfortable discussion afterward. —S.A. (Ritz Five)
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As aw-shucks insurance salesman Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) learns to fly his freak flag at a convention, Cedar Rapids produces more smiles than laughs. He endures a naked hug with the conference president, crashes a gay wedding, is forced to sing publicly and eventually smokes crack with a prostitute — but few of these awkward moments are actually funny. Alas, director Miguel Arteta, whose Chuck and Buck was a bracingly funny comedy about an innocent man-child, can’t seem to make Helms’ innocentman-child antics anywhere near as awesome. —Gary M. Kramer (Ritz East)
THE EAGLE|C Shot in the wilds of Hungary and Scotland, The Eagle follows young Roman military hero Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) as he seeks to clear the name of his father, a commander who lost his entire legion in the law-
less lands north of Hadrian’s Wall. He enlists the help of Esca (Jamie Bell), a Roman slave and erstwhile Celtic noble, their unstable trust serving as the crux of the storytelling. But after the first 10 glower-offs between our alpha and beta bros, the flatness of each character becomes a dulling liability. —Drew Lazor (UA Riverview)
THE HOUSEMAID|BJeon Do-yeon plays a timid woman who hires on to a wealthy young couple as a caretaker, quickly becoming a piece of property in their cavernous Xanadu. The buff, shallow husband (Lee Jungjae) starts looking farther afield, and his eyes fall on the nearest thing at hand. The Housemaid looks like several million bucks, but here’s something sleazy about its determined superficiality. —S.A. (Ritz at the Bourse) I AM NUMBER FOUR|C+ On his pretty surface, John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is as generic as his name. But he has a secret, revealed almost immediately: He’s an alien from another planet, with a pack of baddies trying to kill him. John’s supposed to keep a low profile among humans, though this is difficult when his legs and arms begin to glow without warning. The story is surely familiar (see: Superman), but he’s helped in this movie version by the fact that his mentor is played by Timothy Oly-
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phant, who brings welcome wit and sarcasm. —Cindy Fuchs (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
THE ILLUSIONIST|D Rewritten from an unfilmed script by the late master, Sylvain Chomet’s animated movie follows a bumbling conjurer named Tatischeff (Jacques Tati’s real surname), an artiste whose skills are rapidly becoming obsolete. The pet themes that run through great Tati films like M. Hulot’s Holiday, Mon Oncle and Play Time are stated plainly enough, but Chomet’s clumsy fumbling is no substitute for Tati’s bittersweet deftness. Tati’s fond mourning for the past is balanced by his fascination with the artifacts of modernity, but Chomet is merely nostalgic. —S.A. (Ritz at the Bourse) OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS (ANIMATED)|AThis year’s selection of Oscar-nominated animated shorts range from the typically witty Pixar entry, Day & Night, to Geefwee Boedoe’s environmentalist Let’s Pollute. Where the former looks back to a Looney Tunes style, with the titular characters coming to appreciate each other’s seemingly separate spheres of influence, the latter offers a comic look at our “legacy” of pollution, with an old-style announcer celebrating planned obsolescence and corporations’ production of “crap you want to buy” as well as “tons and tons of toxic waste.” —C.F. (Ritz at the Bourse)
OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS (LIVE ACTION)|B+ In The Confession, 9-year-old Sam worries that he doesn’t have any sins to reveal for his first confession. When he and his best friend conjure a scheme to provide one, it goes spectacularly wrong. Like 2011’s other Oscarnominated live-action shorts, Tanel Toom’s film demonstrates the effectiveness of narrative economy. Sam’s dilemma is rendered in close-ups of his freckled face and the confessional door creaking in his nightmares, as well as mournful long shots of empty roads stretching over rural horizons. —C.F. (Ritz at the Bourse)
THE ROOMMATE|FOn paper, The Roommate should fit into that “god this movie is bad, but at least there are multiple hot babes in it” subcategory that’s allowed stuff like Coyote Ugly and The Sweetest Thing to achieve life eternal on basic cable. It is
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THE LOWDOWN: The Low Anthem plays the First Unitarian Sanctuary on Friday.
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✚ THE UGLY ONE German playwright Marius von Mayenburg’s “ripped from the headlines” comedy The Ugly One, hailed as a plastic surgery absurdist nightmare, couldn’t have been set anywhere more appropriate than Southern
California. Leading man Ben Dibble plays Lette, a normal guy whose life crumbles when his boss calls him “unspeakably ugly.” When wife Fanny (the fabulous Sarah Gliko) confirms this view, Lette buys a new face — but instant beauty costs more than he bargained for. —Mark Cofta Through March 13, $30, Walnut Street Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St., 215-574-3550, walnutstreettheatre.org.
BUST editor in chief Debbie Stoller has wholeheartedly sought to reclaim, it’s knitting. The yarn Stoller spins in Stitch ’n Bitch Superstar Knitting: Go Beyond the Basics, from which she’ll read tonight at the Free Library, is rooted in tradition yet fiercely modern, complemented by her sassy humor and unabashed DIY flair. —Julia Askenase Thu., Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.
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✚ STITCH ’N BITCH Since the 1990s, BUST magazine has maintained an independent voice for smart, passionate women known to let their freak flags fly. Refreshingly, its content caters to a multitude of interests, from politics and sexual freedom to independent music and film. But that’s not to say decorating, cooking and crafting get left in the progressive dust: If there’s one ultra-feminine activity
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its first few albums (with handmade artwork), touring steadily, solidifying its audience on the festival circuit. By now they can be said to have arrived, insofar as that’s possible for a modern outfit with such a patently old-school aesthetic. The newly minted Smart Flesh (Nonesuch) makes no concessions to their increasing level of visibility, sticking with the sparse, intrinsically subdued (if instrumentally adventurous) rootsy folk they’ve made their name on, with time out for few genially bashin’ stompers like the Ronald Reagan-baiting “Hey, All You Hippies!” —K. Ross Hoffman Fri., Feb. 25, 8 p.m., $15, with Bobby, Daniel Lefkowitz, First Unitarian Sanctuary, 2125 Chestnut St., 877435-9849, r5productions.com.
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✚ THE LOW ANTHEM This Rhode Island band built itself up the old-fashioned way — or at least the modern equivalent thereof — self-releasing
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✚ TOMAS MOURNIAN The queer youth in Tomas Mournian’s dazzling new novel, Hidden (Kensington,
Feb. 1), can’t wait for “it gets better” — they need help right now. Mournian’s urgent story about runaway teens living in a safe house stemmed from his article on the subject for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. “I wanted to talk about issues of queer youth today,” Mournian says of Hidden’s LGBTQ teens, who grapple with everything from rejection by their parents and bullying to addiction and prostitution. “We as a community aren’t putting enough attention toward these issues,” Mournian says. “Queer kids need [peer] role models. They need to be able to date in junior high. Then we would have a different gay community coming-of-age. They would be empowered.” Hidden’s teens work things out on their own, and that — along with Mournian’s precise, crisp writing — is what makes this bold book shine. —Gary M. Kramer Fri., Feb. 25, 5:30 p.m., free, Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St., 215-923-2960, giovannisroom.com.
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✚ RAT PACK LIVE Sporting vintage duds while belting ’50s-era Vegas tunes? Sounds like a job for the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus. The 18-member troupe, one of the largest all-male choirs in the region, takes us back to a more suave and stylish time for its musical tribute to legendary Rat Pack crooners like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. “For this concert,” says longtime member Sandy Smith, “[PGMC] not only learned the song styles of the Rat Pack, they channeled the attitude!” Which means the fabulosity levels should be through the roof. —Kala Jamison Sat., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $20, Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut St., 215-731-9230, pgmc.org.
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sexual equality and human rights,” she says. “This is a human rights issue, and one that is happening right on our own soil.” —Emily Apisa
to prove it. Historian Cynthia Little presents a dozen items ranging from 18th-century shackles to the freedom papers free blacks had to carry “like a passport,” she notes. Among the highlights are an 1833 antislavery declaration written on a piece of silk and a rare child’s dress that was a product of the free labor movement. Each piece has its own history, and together, according to Little, they “tell the story of the creation of an anti-slavery culture in Philadelphia.”
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While this Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival-sponsored evening will celebrate Jennifer Fox’s three-decade career as a documentarian, many of the Philly native’s films themselves encompass significant segments of that time span. Fox rarely takes on small proj-
Philadelphia played a key role in the long road to abolishing slavery, and the Philadelphia History Museum has the goods
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show excerpts from her expansive yet intimate oeuvre. —Shaun Brady Sat., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $12, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, pjff.org.
✚ ACTIVIST TRAINING “There are small ways to make a difference,” says Peace Advocacy Network’s Ed Coffin, and it’s OK if you’re not sure where to start. PAN’s activist training session includes tips on how to develop
Sat., Feb. 26, 1 and 3 p.m., free, Philadelphia History Museum, 15 S. Seventh St., 215-685-4827, philadelphiahistory.org/quest.
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ects; instead, her work examines the evolution of a life, the implications of a complex idea, or the repercussions of a major event. An American Love Story is an intimate portrait of an interracial couple; Beirut: Last Home Movie recounts the struggles of a wealthy family during the Lebanese Civil War; and her most recent film,
My Reincarnation (Learning to Swim), traces the relationship of a Tibetan master and his son over a 20-year period. She has even become her own subject, stepping in front of the camera as one of the women profiled in Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, her 2006 exploration of women in a variety of cultural contexts. This Saturday at the Gershman Y, Fox will discuss her work and
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KENNETT WORK? This neighborhood restaurant is capable of doing everything — and doing it well. By Adam Erace
KENNETT | 848 S. Second St., 267-687-1426, kennettrestaurant.com. Dinner Tue.-Fri., 4-11 p.m.; brunch and dinner Sat.-Sun., 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; late-night menu till 1 a.m., bar till 2 a.m.; closed Mon. Appetizers, $6$9; sandwiches and pizza, $10-$16; entrées, $15-$21; desserts, $6-$8.
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f you were lucky enough to be invited to a barbecue at Brian Ricci’s house last summer, you probably ate a lot of burgers. “I had dozens of friends over all summer long,” Ricci remembers, one More on: of the more pleasurable phases of developing the menu for Kennett, the soigné saloon that replaced Lyons Den late last year. One keeper born of Ricci’s backyard bun-buster workshop: the lamb burger, set before me at Kennett’s mahogany bar. At first sight, you might guess the glistening half-pound patty (a LaFrieda blend) is beef, but there’s no mistaking the lamb in taste, accented with twinkles of cumin, coriander and smoked paprika. A swipe of localyogurt tzatziki for the challah bun. Red cabbage slaw for the crunch. Served with braised collards in earnest lieu of fries, it coulda been a contender — but while terrific, it’s hardly the best thing here. That honor belongs to the veg-focused fare at Kennett — things
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like a manly salad of sturdy Tuscan kale. Raw, these crinkly-edged winter greens ain’t exactly mesclun-mix material, but a swift chiffonade creates manageable mouthfuls, while a bright sherry vinaigrette relaxes the kale’s backbone like a master masseuse. Using an ingenious julienne of raw, candy-striped beets, the salad’s crunch is akin to biting into a cool apple, with sweet roasted butternut squash and salty feta bringing balance. Or take the Brussels sprouts, which are sourced from megawatt farmer Tom Culton and have more flavor in one little leaf than in an entire cranium of supermarket cabbage. All Ricci has to do is blanch and caramelize them with bacon, sherry and coriander. He pairs the halved heads with Jerusalem artichokes (aka sunchokes), which most chefs “cook till they’re dead, put in a Robot Coupe and say, ‘Here’s a fucking sunchoke purée.’” Ricci, a vet of Django, Supper and Pub & Kitchen, don’t MORE FOOD AND play that. Pan-roasted in brown butter, DRINK COVERAGE their nuttiness is coaxed like a cobra from AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / its charmer’s basket. M E A LT I C K E T. The addition of bacon in the Brussels disqualifies them for vegetarian status, but Ricci is happy (well, maybe not happy) to make them pork-free. In fact, about half of the choices at Kennett can be altered slightly to accommodate veg/vegan diets — a smart move by Johnny Della Polla, the South Philly native and “health nut” who owns Kennett with Starr veteran Ashley Bohan. His closely guarded recipe for the Second Street Mary, Kennett’s Bloody riff, includes vegan Worcestershire sauce and emulsified celery, for crying out loud, something I’m pretty sure only a health nut would dream up. >>> continued on page 34
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just conspire to fuck you and the struggle to stay up — to not sink down into the blackest, meanest hole — to stay psychologically up and committed to the fight, is the hardest, by far, part of the day.” That’s Gabrielle Hamilton, chef/owner of New York’s Prune, describing what will go wrong during a typical Sunday brunch service at her tiny East Village restaurant. But it also works as a poignant summation of Hamilton’s roundabout journey through the bowels of professional cooking, a trip outlined with wit, lyricism and candor in Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef (Random House, March 1). The memoir has received scads of advance praise from heavyweights like Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali, but there is no buddy-chef duplicity to suspect here — Hamilton, who’s got an MFA in fiction writing from Michigan (see Chapter 7’s uproarious ridicule of a classmate’s sodden, pretentious poetry), is absolutely the real deal. That much is clear early, in Hamilton’s recollections of growing up on the border of New Hope and Lambertville, the youngest daughter of a French ballet dancer and a flighty artist father. Hamilton’s descriptions surrounding her family’s lamb roasts — of walking barefoot into a cold stream to retrieve alcohol for guests, or of her dad basting the animals with a makeshift brush dipped into a paint can filled with olive oil — are glassy and gorgeous. But it’s Hamilton’s many false starts — waitressing in New York (she gets accused of grand larceny), taking on an undergrad degree, toiling in the catering trenches, alternately cooking and starving through Europe — that pull double duty, attributing meaning to the mania and coaxing along her nearly voyeuristic personal narrative. When she lands back in NYC, you can feel the “thin blue line of electricity” that shoots through her the first time she steps into the feculent space that will eventually become Prune. You are crestfallen when the food-addled love she cultivated with her husband in Italy doesn’t translate to the States. You are reminded of your own relationships with your siblings during every conversation with her sister, Melissa, and every lamentation that she’ll never be as close with the rest of her family. Self-referential without being self-important, difficult and challenging without being neurotic, Blood, Bones & Butter is a book for food lovers, but you needn’t know a persimmon from a paillard to realize it’s also a book about life. (drew.lazor@citypaper.net)
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[ i love you, i hate you ] A SMILE To the young man getting off the 2 at 17th and Christian Friday morning february 18 around 10:30: I rode by on my bike & watched you galiantly swoop in without hesitation to escort the blind man arm-in-arm across the crosswalk & onto the bus. you made me smile :)
BABYDOLL How could something so incredibly right go so disastrously wrong? You said that you don’t believe I ever loved you, but the truth is that I loved you so much that I could put up with anything, even sleeping out in the cold if I had you in my life. We were a team from the beginning but I dropped the ball one too many times so I don’t blame you for how you feel now. Just please, if ever I meant anything to you, remember me every time our beautiful son Jaden smiles and laughs, I’ll be there at those moments. Remember a killer in me is a killer in you... I send this smile over to you. Please try not to hate me, at least not more than you once loved me. Please believe that I loved you till the end and still do. You’re beautiful and sexy and I love you!
What you are doing is illegal. And I will have your head. (I almost said nuts; what a laugh.)
FUNKY LAUNDROMAT OMG! I live in the Overbrook section of the city and this laundromat has been around since 1991! It is cool in there you get to sit and talk to the lady in there she is relatively alright. The other day that I went in there to do laundry there was a guy that is on heavy drugs and he went into the bath room. He stayed in there for about 20 minutes or so. I was standing there talking to this lady and when he came out of the bathroom. The smell that
hate the fights. I hate our dull routine and the long work hours and the money, but I know you hate it too and that it fuels our fights. This week we had a big one. You’re out right now. I hope you’re cooling off, but I don’t know how it’s going to turn out this time. I’m not spineless and I’m not afraid. But you should know that you mean more to me than everything else does. You understand me better than anyone ever has. You’re the love of my life and I hope we can keep going. I hope that we don’t hurt each other the way we do, but if that’s not in the cards, then I would take the hurt. It’s worth it. For us.
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You ran into my car Saturday night and yelled at me. The intersection at 4th and Washington does NOT have a “no turn on right” sign. I have taken that street home after work for 8 years. I had my right turn signal on...sorry you didn’t notice. I made extra space for you and your bike while you were blowing through stop signs the entire way down 4th street. I am really sorry we collided at the signal...in all fairness you never even paused. I parked my car and wanted to make sure you were ok, but you swore at me some more. I hope your bike is alright because I was willing to pay for any damages. I ride my bike all the time, but I also pay attention to the rules of the road...please be more careful. Again, I’m sorry and I hope you and your bike are fine.
CUNT-FACE You spineless little douchebag. You little effing cunt. Your buildings are rat traps. You can sit behind your glass and pay men to blow you, but you can’t find the time to fix a roof that fell in within a month’s time? You are scared and you should be. Lawyers upon lawyers are coming for you and your mother and that’s not all. This is all you get to bother me. After this, I am going to blissful, knowing you are about to reap what you’ve sown, and all I had to do was ring up a lawyer who owes a favor.
JUST FED UP! As I was out enjoying the night air on 2/18/11 in this beautiful city, I was and still am appalled by the horrendous sites of some of the women that was out..... To my sistas over the years you have let yourselves decline into distinction. Where is the beauty that once was?? You were my nefertiti my queen but lately you only seem to become the fat cows that has become unattractive. You seem to think that rolling your hair up and not washing it and putting on a blond wig does the trick. You think that putting on jeans that is 3 sizes too small and the crack of your ass shows is a way to get attention. And last but not least you have this notion that balling your 11 1/2 foot up and putting it in a 7 size shoe works. WELL IT DOESN’T it’s not cute and then you have an attitude when someone says hello. Shhh you should be glad that someone is even making an effort to say hello instead of saying how much to ride the horse.... And please the tattoos on you hip areas with you gut hanging over the waist band is a no no! Stop being lazy and finding the easy way out take time to do your hair and if you put a wig on have the decentcy to make the color right not blond or rust!!!! All I’m saying is I still love my queens some where you got bamboozled make it right come back and claim your throne. Or if not I must got to the other side of the fence.
RE: DAMN BIKES To the guy from Bucks: I’m sorry that you have chosen to embrace the banality of suburbia and a sedentary lifestyle in your chocolate years—it’s sad, but let you get fat and wither. You say bikers feel invincible… Yes, we’re generally virile and full of vigor—you are sleepy and worried about gas process. I’m not sure how you can gauge my shower patterns based on the looks of my Cannondale, but your “E” sure thinks I smell OK. And guess what? It turns out that she loves bikes! We went for a ride last Friday—65, sunny, hint of spring in the air, and I finger blasted her on the Schuylkill trail. Ring ring, motherfucker. Stay the fuck out of our city and put your girl on the Regional Rail.
BITCH! You know what why do some women get on the train and look you up and down? Don’t you know that you can never compare to anyone? I hate the fact that you are just looking at everyone and your hair is all fucked up, your clothes look like you got them out of the dirty clothes bin or something. I just don’t understand why not just get on the train stand in you space and not look all in other people’s faces like you’re crazy or something. Then I saw this girl with grandmom eyes! I call them that because I am in my late 30s and she had fucking bags under her eyes that could pick groceries up! Why do you look so fucked up early in the morning? Some of the school kids actually look older than the real grown up people. WOW!
jargon around and we don’t understand it. In the knowledge that I had to deal with you, I had to get drunk at eight in the morning before entering your lair..... take that as a reflection on how bad you people are at your jobs!
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cam out of that bathroom was fucking horrible! I almost threw up in my own fucking mouth! I can’t believe that people are walking around smelling like that! If I didn’t have access to running water I surely enough would go somewhere and wash the hell up! I would not want anyone to smell me like that! I hope to GOD that I don’t smell that shit again or run into that guy again!
I LOVE YOU You’re the love of my life and you’ve made this life into something new. It’s better than I ever imagined, but it’s harder, too and sometimes it’s unfamiliar. I’ve never cared about anyone enough to get so riled up, to get so emotionally invested, to get so furious in a fight as with you. I hate that. I
I SAW YOU Saw you (and you saw me seeing you) at the Rim Cafe tonight (Saturday) and was hoping whoever that guy you were with wasn’t your BF or husband but just a date...I know you know who I am. I wish I knew who you are.
IF YOU HATE YOUR JOB QUIT You are hands down, the most miserable FUCKS I have encountered in my life, thus far. Can you please drop your attitudes or quit. Stop barking at people for not magically knowing your procedures. Guess what, if we all had law degrees, we wouldn’t have to deal with you cum dumpsters. Stop acting like we are incompetent when you throw legal
You’re right I am never going to stop. It has almost been two years but your recent visit proves everything that my undying promises, promise. I am sorry that I could not give you all of my emotions when we were together, but you hold them now. You went away to get over me, meet someone, and are still in love with me. WTF! Yes you are supposed to forgive me, and come home to the life that we planned together. We are meant for one another. People do change but love doesn’t! I will never stop loving you even from 7,028 miles away. Pig is cuter than puppy…
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Pit Bull Terrier 4big males left has papers wormed and 1st shots 9wks old call 610.633.3631 Poodle Pups: Standard, AKC, home rsd, champ, blk, blue, silver, 609-298-0089 Poodle Pups - Standard, AKC, very loving & affectionate, ready for good loving home, par. on prem, $750, 610-381-2955 Poodle (toy) M & F, blk, cute & playful, $500-$600, shots, wormed 215.880.1731 Schnauzer AKC Mini Schnauzer Pups salt/pepper, 1 left! $800. 215-257-5091 SHAR PEI - AKC, 10 wks, 3 M, 1 F, lilac, shots,ready to go,Eric,$600, 609.351.6671 Sheltie pups, AKC, 3M, 5F, vet checked, farm family raised, beautiful markings, ready 2/21, $500. (717)293-2715 SHIH TZU PUPPIES - M/F, AKC Pedigree, 1st shots, vet checked, Happy, healthy pups, 609-576-9014 Yorkie, ACA, Male, vet checked, 4 months, $400. Call 610.857.0108 YORKIE, Adorable puppies, AKC reg, $800 Call Kathi 856-305-7732 YORKIE Pups, AKC, Teacup, fam raised, s/w, very cute. $875. 717-823-1431 Yorkies & Yorkie Mixes: 2 year health guarantee, $375 & up, 610-913-0393
2 beautiful oriental short hair cats - 7 yrs old, owner died, free! Must be adopted together, needs vet refs, 267-738-6802
CHANDELIER Beautiful, Waterford, 24’’ high, 6 light, crystal, Mint, $550, pic’s avail, will deliver 610-698-0185 lv msg DINING ROOM SET, ALL MAHOGANY, hand carved, double pedestal table, 10 chairs, 2 piece China cabinet & sideboard, like new, will deliver, retail for $16,500, Sell for $5,995. Call 610-299-1804 NEW Mattress Sets $125, Twin Full or Queen, Delivery Available 215-307-1950 Sectional ’L’ shaped with matching ottomon. 6 color avl $599. 215-752-0911
Trains, Hummels, Sports Cards. Call the Local Higher Buyer, 7 Dys/Wk
Dr. Sonnheim, 856-981-3397
Diabetic Test Strips! $$ Cash Paid $$ Most types, Up to $10/box. Local pickup, Call Martin: 856-882-9015 Diabetic Test Strips Unused. I beat all competition’s prices.I pickup215.525.5022 $$$ Cash Paid Now $$$ JUNK CARS WANTED Up to $250 for Junk Cars 215-888-8662 Lionel/Am Flyer/Trains/Hot Whls $$$$ Aurora TJet/AFX Toy Cars 215-396-1903 SAXOPHONES & WWII Uniforms, swords & related items 609.581.8290
jobs
2/11/2011: Found necklace, King of Prussia Mall parking lot, 610-505-5756
Hot Tub Brand new 7’ Never hooked up! Fully loaded w/factory warr. & cover Cost $4000. Ask $1950. 610-952-0033
BUYING EAGLES SBL’s WANTED - CASH PD
CALL 215-669-1924K BUYING PHILLIES TICKETS
Seasons & Partial Plans 856-207-3932. tobiasscot@gmail.com Eagles SBL’s for Sale, lower level, 35+ yd line $25k/best offer 610.357.2500
Housekeeper & more NJ for professional man. Flex schedule, Call (609) 953-1630.
Exp’d Caregiver seeks position, FT/PT, Personal Asst., car, ref’s 484-250-9987 Gentleman w/Truck Desires Work Moving & Junk Removal. 215-878-7055 Heating & Plumbing person des pos. No job too big or small, John 215.232.9751
apartment marketplace
EAGLES Seat Lic. (2): Sec. 120, 50 yd line, Row 26, Best offer, 267-664-8095
PHILLIES Tix (4) - 20 game pkg, Hall of fame club seats, 1st row, 3rd base line, reserved parking, best offer. 610-254-2999 WANTED: EAGLES SBL’S true Eagles fan, Call 610-586-6981
33 & 45 Records Absolute Higher $
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15th Street 2 BR $995 ultra modern, marble bath, jacuzzi, C/A, W/D, hardwood flrs, patio, 215-463-7374 8th & Addison 2br bi-lvl $1025+ HT INC. yard, +utility room, after 1p 215.218.9174 Center City Lrg Efficiency $670 ht inc No pets. 610-642-2687 Front St / Northern Liberties (1) 2 BR, (2) 1 BR bi-level, oak kitchen, hdwd, w/d, $950 - $1150. Call (215)879-5300
Antique & Collectable Buyer, Coins, Gold, Costume Jewelry, Military, Toy Cars, Dolls, Trains, Barbie Cleanouts Will Travel
339 Christian St 1 BR+ den $900+ utils Avail immediately, 215-917-8835
Books -Trains -Magazines -Toys Dolls - Model Kits 610-689-8476
Queens Village 1 BR/1 BA $1050 util inc big LR & kitchen, 2 BR, $1100. no pets, credit check, Must See! 215-869-6359
Ronnie, 267.825.8525
apartment marketplace 22nd & SNYDER 1 BR $550+gas/elec 1st flr,refs req, 1st/last/sec 856.465.3464 9th & Snyder 2 BR $750+utils lrg liv rm, backyd space 610.608.6983 Joe Broad St. 1 BR/1 BA $600 newly decorated,kitch,deck, 215.465.5449
13xx S 58th St. 1 BR, 3rd flr $625 incl heat/wtr, 2mo move in dep 215-921-2769 20xx S 68th St 1BR $500 incl water,a lot of closet space, 610-534-4521 54xx Woodland 1 BR $600+ Newly Renovated. 610-717-2450 58th & Cobbs Creek 1 BR $520+ utils newly renovated, call 215-477-7662 58th & Springfield Efficiency $450+elec nwly renov, w/w, must see 215.552.5200
60xx Larchwood 1 BR $625 heat & hot wtr incl, hdwd flr,cpt 215.747.9429 70xx Greenway Ave 2 BR $725 water & heat included, 215-313-2084 70xx Woodland Ave. 2br $725+utils 1st fl, w/w cpt, appl’s, alarm 215.744.8338
17xx N 42nd 2 BR $475+ util newly renov,1mo rent & sec 267.235.2879 49th & Baltimore Ave 1br $500+utils Newly renovated. 215-472-2526 50th & Haverford 1 BR $550 & up Lg kitch & bath, sec+rent.215-747-4049 52nd & Parkside 2br+den $650+utils large, newly renov, w/w, 215.552.5200 58xx Girard Ave. Efficiency near public trans. Call 215-472-8558 60xx Washington Ave 1 BR $625+util modern,near trans,Sec 8 ok, 215.868.0481
628 Wynnewood 1st flr 1br $650+utils a/c, renov, $950 move in 215.747.5097 8xx N 45th St. 1 BR $550 newly renov,lg bkyd w/deck 267.271.6646 Cobbs Creek Vic. lg 1 BR $675+ util newly renov, close to public transportation, 1 mo. sec & 1 mo. rent, 215-880-0612 HaverfordAv 1br/1ba$600 215-253-0754 Apply on-line hpms.managebuilding.com Parkside Area 1br, 2br& 5br $700-$1700 newly renovated, hardwood floors, new appliances. Section 8 OK. 267-324-3197 WALNUT ST Effic, 1 Br, 2 Br $420- $750 renovated, 215-471-1365; 215-663-0128
50th & Osage Ave 1 BR $700+ utils privt entrance & hrdwd flrs, 215-747-3157
20xx N. 62nd lg 1 BR/1 BA $650+ elec 3rd flr,nice blk,1st,last & sec,215.878.5056
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Alaskan Malamute pups, AKC, Giant, $800+ icewindfarm.com (908)797.8200 American Bulldog/Pit Mix Pups - M&F’s, big boned & heads $150. 215-768-0926 American Pit Bull Xtra Lg Pups & Adults UKC, Champ bloodline, Call Mike 215-407-9458; www.blueprintbullies.com BEAGLE Pups, AKC, show champion line, f/lemons $500, m/tri $350 215-256-1575 BULL MASTIFF PUPPIES - Must go. Beautiful AKC. 5 mo, fawn, black mask, shots/wormed $400-$600 267.888.1796 CANE CORSOS: Blue Brindle, Blue eyed, big boned, Females, $400, 215-526-8146 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Puppies, Retired Adults & Rescues $600-$1800, 215-538-2179 Chesapeake Bay Retriever Pups, AKC, $500, champ, fam raised, (410)482-7376 Chihuahua pups, very adorable & affectionate, with papers, (215)739-0155 English Bulldog pups, AKC, healthy ready 2/20, shots, wormed, vet chkd, farm raised, cute, pics avail 717.556.2594 GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES - AKC, champ bloodlne,show & pet 610.547.3988
OLDE ENGLISH BULLDOGGE pups, 9wks, family raised, $1250. 484-266-8488 Pit Bull pups, 8 left,now taking deposits, Call after 4pm. 267-664-5609 Pit Bull Pups Blues, Razors Edge UKC reg 2 M, 2 F. $1000. Anthony 215-910-6935
BEDROOM Set - Real Hand Carved Mahogany, Sleigh Bed, 2 Night stands, dresser, mirror & chest Like new, will deliver. Retail $10,500, Sell for $3,250. 610-299-1804
Coins, Currency, Gold, Toys,
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pets/livestock
German Shepherd Puppies, white, reg., 3 mo., $400/ea., 717-687-6592 ext. 3 GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPY - 3 mo. old, black, farm raised, $300, 610-857-3972 German Shepherd Pups AKC, Champion Kimon Zeleznicna Policia SR, Czech working lines, 4F/4M, shots/wormed, H/H guarantee, parents avail., ready March 4, $900+. Call 241-447-7615 German Shepherd Pups AKC s/w vet chk fam raised blk tan silv 2/26 717-687-7218 GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, farm raised, shots & wormed, $325. 717-687-5236 GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups: Pure white, fam raised, www.guardianshepherds.com Call 484-942-6100 Goldendoodles Paper trained, home raised, great with kids, shots. Vet recommended. 610-799-0612 Golden Retriever Puppies for sale. $300 (215)768-5841 Golden Retriever Pups - AKC, 5M, 1F, $600/ea. ready now, 814-448-3792 HAVANESE PUPPIES 262-993-0460 www.noahslittleark.com Lab: Chocolate Female, 8 weeks, AKC, 1st shots, $500. (610)489-0398 Lab pups AKC,OFA,champ, 1 blk, 1 ylw M very smart, hlth guar,s/w, (717)989.1807 Lab Pups yellow AKC Beautiful Litter,vet chkd,s/w, hlth cert $500. 717-471-4261 L abrador Retriever Champion bloodlines, AKC,Family Raised $650 570-772-4029 Labrador Retriever QUALITY English Lab Ret Puppies 302-542-4109, $1000 MINIATURE PEKINGESE 2YR M. PUPS 8 wks M. All Shots. Trained. 267-351-1270 Mini Schnauzer AKC, 3 months old, Black, (610)485-4631
BED: Brand New Queen Pillowtop Mattress Set w/warr, In plastic. $175; Twin $140; 3 pc King $265; Full set $155. Memory foams avl. Del. avl 215-355-3878 Bedroom 6pc Queen Cherry or Oak $425. 5pc Sleigh $950. 215-752-0911 Bedroom Set brand new queen 5 pc esp. brown $489. Del Avail 215-355-3878
Cameras, Clocks, Toys, Radios, Dolls, Porcelain, Magazines, Military I Buy Anything Old..Except People! Call Al 215-698-0787
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apartment marketplace 6234 W Jefferson St. 3 BR/1 BA $800 Furnished room on Chew Ave., $750/mo 215-490-4701 62XX W JEFFERSON 2BR w/w crpt, newly renov, (215)375-0132
Balwynne Pk 2 BR $795+ 2nd flr duplex, w/d, garage 610-649-3836
21xx W. Ontario 1 BR $625+ close to Temple, Call 267-625-0066 24xx N 33rd St 1BR Ready to move in $600+ $1800 move in. 267-596-0751 N. Phila 1 & 2 Br $500-$750+ sec dep Income verification. Lori (267)586-0973
1, 2, 3, 4 Bedroom FURNISHED APTS LAUNDRY - PARKING 215-223-7000
12xx Rockland St. 2BR $640+utils w/w carpet, (215)329-3013 45xx Old York Rd lg 2 BR, $590+elec 1st/last & sec,$1770 move in 215.791.2125 9th & Duncannon 2br/1.5ba $690/mo. gorgeous, modern apt, w/crpt, fresh paint, near trans, 1st, last & sec (267)401.6057
69xx Ardleigh 2 BR $950+ great loc, gar, w/d, d/w, (215) 514-3960 8347 Forrest Ave 1br $725+utils renov, huge 1st flr apt, jacuzzi, laundry on site, $725 move in special, 215-317-3785 APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1BR startg @ $550+; 2BR startg @ $725+ MAZER 215-242-3221
Mt. Airy Apts @ Great Prices
10 locations. Beautiful Studios, 1 & 2 BR. CALL FOR SPECIALS! 215-247-5614 Mt. Airy Ave. 1 BR $725+ utils beautiful apartment , call 215-572-5189 Washington Ln & Ardleigh 2 BR $800+ all utils, off st prkg, conv trans, beautiful park view, 215-849-4826
6801 N. 17th St. Small 1BR $575+ $800 Move in Special, 215-317-3785 68xx N. Broad 1 BR $675+ utils 1st floor, spacious, hardwood floors, new kitchen. Call 215-549-1454 Broad Oaks 1br & 2br lndry rm, Discount Special! 215.681.1723 E Oak Lane 2 BR $925+utils near transport. & schools, 215-668-0676
FRANKFORD 1 BR $475+elec newly renovated, Call (215)624-7100 14xx Olney Av New renov 1br $750+ $2250 move in Nr. transp 267-596-0751 221 E. Robat 1 Large br $600+utils 1st & 2nd flr, close to trans 215-456-0972 5851 N. Camac 1 BR $650+ utils new renov, 267.271.6601 or 215.416.2757 The Julien Apts- 5600 Ogontz Ave Studio, 1Br& 2Br-Bright & Spacious Apts. 1st Month Free to Qualified Applicants Students,Senior Citizens&Sec 8 Welcome! Call or Come In M-F 9-5pm 215.276.5600
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2213 W. Tioga 1 Br $600/ 3 mo adv Newly renov, 215.229.2433; 215.329.2863 36xx N 19th 1 br & 2br $545-$564+utils 1mo rent,1mo sec, nw renov 610.675.7586 37xx Sydenham St. 2br $650+utils newly renovated, sec 8 ok. 267-231-5288
172 W Manheim Studio $525+ Lrg 1br $650+. $800 move-in, 215-317-3785
1BR & 2BR Apts $690-$815 spacious, great loc., upgraded, heat incl, PHA vouchers accepted 215-966-9371 236 W WALNUT LN effic/1br fr $540 SPECIAL-$99 Sec Deposit! HISTORIC Apts. Close to transp 215-849-7260
30 W. Apsley St Studio $450+elec available immediately, newly renovated, nice area near trans, (215)680-2538 3xx W. Schoolhouse lg 1 BR $750+ 1st fl, priv yard, w/d hkup, 267-688-7397 5220 Wayne Ave. Studio & 1br newly renov 267.767.6959 Lic# 507568 6412 Germantown Ave. 2br $900+util large, renovated 215-844-6911 for appt. Germantown. Basement Efficency , W/D pvt ent. Please call (215) 736-8310.
DOMINO LN 1 & 2 BR $745-$875 Renov, prkng, DW, near shopping & dining, mve-in special, 1st mo free. 215.500.7808
66xx Blakemore St 1br $625+ w/w carpet, section 8 ok (215) 868-0481 67xx Blakemore St 1br $650+ modern, remodeled, no pets 215.477.8769
4645 Penn St. Effic. $550 newly renov. Gas and water inc. 215-781-8072 4840 Oxford Ave Studio, 1br & 2br apts Ldry,24/7 cam 267.767.6959 lic# 214340 Frankford Ave. Efficiency $650-$740 all utils incl., 1mo rent+ sec(215)535-6038
15xx Ruscomb St 3 BR/1 BA $850+utils porch, rear deck, Sec 8 OK 267-992-3233 1613 DYRE ST Efficiency $375+elec 1st flr,nr trans, mve in cond 267.322.1154 19xx Haworth St 3 BR Sec 8 ok newly remodeled duplex, (215)205-9910 51xx Whitaker Ave 1br $575/mo large 1st flr, 1st, last & sec 609.617.8639 6812 Ditman St. Large 1BR prkg, lndry fac. 267.767.6959 Lic# 212751 Blvd/Tyson Vic. 2br $700+utils 2nd floor duplex, wall/wall carpet, fridge, a/c, no pets. Please Call (215) 605-9736. Bustleton & Tomlinson 2BR $650-$750 +utils, W/D, pets ok. Call 267-338-6696 Fox Chase Chandler 2 BR $800+ 2nd flr w/d hkup,bsmt stor 215.785.0819
15 S Oak Ave
2BR/1BA $850 610-306-9696 Collingdale 2 BR $750 full bsmnt, w/d, a/c, ceiling fans, w/w, conv to trans & shops, 610-358-2438 Glenolden lg 1 BR $675 includes heat & cold water, 2nd floor, off St. parking, EIK, Must See! 610-636-4808
Springfield 1br $760+util 2br $930+util (2br has garage) no pets (610)544-9999 UPPER DARBY 1 BR $725 prvt entrance, w/w, AC, close to transp & shopping, all utils incl. 610-358-2438 Upper Darby Studio/Efficiency $600 Incl heat & water, exc loc. 516-526-8201
Wallingford Luxury 1br+den $849+utils Crum Creek Valley condo, a/c, w/d, pool, tennis, no pets, sec. sys. (267)253-6739 YEADON AREA Beautiful 1br & 2br Move In Special 215-681-1723
Lower Merion 2br $950+utils beautiful apt, garage, d/w, w/d, xtra storage, convenient commute 610-613-4359
homes for rent Cheltenham 1br $749 includes h/w, Beautiful apt, great schools & close to pub trans (215)395-6607 King of Prussia: Glenhardie Condos 1 BR $895 includes heat, 610-701-9315
Moorestown 1br $950 ht & hot wtr incl spacious w/ office, near shops. N/S, N/P, 856-273-8979, email: pietrac@aol.com
15th & Wharton: Clean, furnished room. $135 - $150/wk, security, 215-875-6803 18th & Erie Large, furnished, clean room. Close to transp & shopping. $110/wk 484-318-1359 18xx Ontario St., furn. rms for rent, SSI Welcome, $375-$400/mo, 215-868-4130 22nd & Hunting Park, renov, lrg rm, furn $85-$95 wk 2nd week free! 215.960.1600 28xx N 27th St.: Furnished room, utils included, $100/wk, SSI ok, 267-819-5683 33rd & Susquehana: shared kitch & bath $100-$110/wk, 302-507-8050 42xx Paul St. furn $120/wk. 1 wk rent + 2 wk sec. 609.617.8639, 856.464.0933 55th/Thompson furn rm $110 wk deluxe, priv ent. $200 sec. 215-572-8833 56th & Walnut: lg clean rooms, kitchen priveieges, $125/wk, 484-231-1509 5743 Cedar: LOOK nice rooms for rent, w/access to entire house 215-821-5646 58xx Chestnut St., furnished room, use of kitchen, $80/wk, 267-432-6651
60th & Race, 13th & York, 21st & McKean, 15th & Clearfield 267.506.4006
A1 Quality well maintained Rooms Univ City, N & W Phila $125/wk 610.667.0101 All Areas: Furnished Rooms $125/wk No Crdit Ck, move in today 267-499-6847 Broad & Olney deluxe furn rms priv ent. $110 & $145/wk Sec $200. 215-572-8833 Broad & Wyoming Area/West Phila, $110/week, fully furnished, private entrance, $200 sec., 267-784-9284 Frankford room for rent $100/wk, $400 move in. (215)221-4737
Germantown Area - Nice Cozy Rooms Private entry, no drugs. (215)548-6083
Germantown: furn rooms, renovated share kitch & BA, $125/wk. 215-514-3960 K & A, furnished room, $85 per week Please Call (610) 348-1691. LaSalle Univ area $125/week Renov furn rooms 215-843-4481 Near Broad & Allegheny Furn’d room, incl utils, $250 move-in. (267) 934-1643 NE, furnished rm & ba, $135/wk, 1 wk dep, kitch use & utils incl. 215-501-0771 NE Phila furnished, high speed internet, $85/wk. $300 deposit, (267)507-5668 N Phila: Rooms for rent. Furnished, w/d, $400-$500/mo+cable. (215)221-5538 Olney 5963 N Norwood renov, furn, cptd nr trans,kit,w/d, DISH $110 516.527.0186 PARKSIDE $115-125 Newly renov. $250 move in. 856-813-0992 Richmond-Rm use of kit nr transp $100 wk Retiree/SSI ok lv msg 215-634-1139 S.Phila-26th/Oakford $100/wk-Renov pvt ent, shared bath/kitcH 215.787.7995 SW: 25xx Lloyd St. $100/wk, 3 week deposit to move in. 215-729-4856 SW, N, W Move-in Special! $60-$115/wk room sharing avail, SSI ok (215)220-8877 Tioga Section: use of kitch/bath,Seniors welc, $500/mo utils inc, 215-833-5858 W. & N. Phila. nice rooms, well maint, kitchen privileges, utils incl 215-350-6626 W Phila & G-town: newly ren lg,lux rms/ apts, ALL utils incl, SSI ok 267.577.6665 W & SW Phila Newly renov rooms, share kitchen & bath, all utils incl. 215.768.7059
12xx S Newkirk 2 BR $790 newly renovated, SS appliances, Section 8 approved, 215-320-5527 1744 S Ringgold St. 3br $725+utils w/w carpet, section 8 ok, (610)202-9833 Point Breeze 2BR/1BA $650 Must fill out credit app and pay $30 processing fee. 856-382-0402.
13xx S. 51st St 4 BR $950 newly renov, w/w cpt, new kit/ba, across from school, avl immed., 215-715-4157 Elmwood Area SW 3BR $700 incl water Mod, new cpt/kit. Sec 8 ok (215)726-8817 Southwest 2 & 3 BR Section 8 ok Newly renovated, call 267-467-0140 SW 3br $850 sec.8, voucher, Call 610-325-0528
14xx N. Felton St 3br/1ba newly painted, sec 8 ok 610-497-2700 41xx Poplar St. 5-6BR/2BA mod. kitchen, Sec 8 OK. 215-432-3040 4xx Simpson 5 BR $1000 1st/last & 1 month security,215-729-4856 5314 Master St. 4br/1ba $1400 hdwd flrs, high ceilings, frplc, spacious kitch, deck, yard, near transp, Avl now! Open 2/26, 11am. Sec 8 ok 215-545-0741 58xx Norflok 3br/1ba $880+ utils w/w crpt, security sys., walk in closets, nwly renov, $1760 move in 267.210.3899
20xx W. York St 3br/1.5ba $700+utils c/a, bsmt, sec 8 ok, yrd (267)934-8474
Broad & Hunting Park 4br/1ba $595+ handyman special rent/own 215.701.7076
Gypsy Lane lux 1BR condo $899+ utils, pool/tennis, avl immed.215.681.8661
12xx E. Chelten Ave 5 BR Newly renovated. 215-424-2785 58XX Blk N. 20th St. 2BR/1BA $700 Newly Remodeled. Everything New. Must see. 267-349-4599
21xx E. Cambria 2BR/1BA $625+utils no dogs, Call (215)820-2998
6xx E Wensley 2 BR $600+ utils porch, w/w carpet. 215-836-1960 Frankford & Allegheny 2BR/1BA $550. 2sty, side yard, sec 8 ok 215-888-8662
41XX K St., Beau 2BR/1BA $875+Util Serene blk. Fully renovated AC/HT Washer /Dryer Incl HWD Flr John 443-271-6466
20xx Larue 3 BR $900 garage, front yd,new carpet, 856.371.3335 63XX Ditman Street 3BR 1BA $880/MO Beautiful house on a quiet block. New w/ w & hardwood floors, upgraded bathroom & kitchen. Large semi-finished basement w/ laundry hookups. Private parking. Close to schools and transportation. Available immediately. Call Alex 215-947-6446 8xx Scattergood 4 BR Section 8 approved. 267-939-6965 Oxford Circle 3 BR $825 garage, w/d, 1st/last & sec, 267.886.2441 Holmesburg 3br/1ba $1100/mo just renov, beautiful house. 267-337-3923
Brookhaven 2BR/1.5 BA $1300 Cambridge Square Twnhse. 215-353-1919 Chester 2BR House $550 Upper Darby 2BR Apt $750 Sec. 8 welcome Call Bola 610-772-3220 Darby 3 BR/1.5 BA fin bsmnt, w/w, Sec. 8 ok, 610-864-6033 Darby near Main St. 3br/1ba $950+util 1st/last & sec, Sec 8 ok, (610)394-0768 Media/Rose Tree 2Br/2Ba $1,350 close to town, off st prkg. 610-891-6611 Upper Darby 3 BR/1.5 BA finished basement, nice loc, 610-517-1273 Upper Darby 3br/1ba $1175+utils finished basemnt, garage (610)642-5655 Upper Darby nr 69th term. 3br $800+ close to trans/shopping (215)872-6395
Collingswood 2 BR $1250/mo + util A short commute & you are in CC. Beautiful TH, h/w flrs, C/A, W/D, small yd & frt prch, conv to shops, restaurants, & high speed line,no pets/smoking, 215.598.8765
resorts/rent OCEAN CITY 3 BR Half or Full Season Near beach, ocean view, furnished, 2nd floor, A/C, w/d, d/w, tv, 215.317.6379
Atlantic City Condo 1BR/1.5BA $12,500 Summer Rental On Brdwk, Pool 1200 sq.ft. Memorial Day-Lab Day 914-522-6943 Brigantine beautiful 2nd flr, 1blk to bch, c/a, w/d, yard, prking, clean, 5.29 to 8.28, $15,500. www.BrigB.com 856-217-0025 Longport, NJ Oceanfront 1BR/1BA, Summer Rental totally remodeled. Bld has pool, cafe, parking. 15k for season. Call 215-620-5649 for appt. to view on Sunday, 2/20/11. N. Wildwood Condo 3br Seasonal rental pool, a/c, 2ba, deck, (856)905-2512 Ocean City : Bright spacious duplex, a/c, parking, 2 units, 1 BR: Season - $7950, 1/2 season - $4250. 1 BR w/ loft: Season $9000; 1/2 season -$4650, 609.398.1348 Stone Harbor Beach Block 8BR/5BA Sleeps 24, all ammens, avail. wkly, 215805-3119 pebblesguesthouse@gmail.com Wildwood, NJ brand new 3br/2ba $16,500 July thru Sept, back bay area, off street parking & more 610-764-9634
Wilwood, NJ Crest border, 2br & 3br cottage, steps to beach, boardwalk & convention center, off street parking, central air, full kitchen, cable, internet, monthly or season. 732-548-0031
BMW 530i 2005 $12,999/obo 70k, auto, reconstruct. title 856.979.4815
Magnum 2007 $12,500/obo excellent condition, Call 302-345-0176
Gr. Cherokee Laredo 4x4 2001 $6200bo 113k, insp, x-clean, must see 215.301.6187
MKX 2007 $23,500/best offer ONLY 18k , white, hardly driven, garage kept, IMPECCABLE cond 609-425-0159 TownCar Presidential ’04 deluxe special edition Luxury 4 door, looks as if never driven, positively impacable, quick private sale, BEST OFFER, 215-928-9632
Marauder 2003 $8,500 silver, black int, 116k mi. 215-500-8570
Nissan Maxima 2008 $17,000 Silver 39000 mi. 908-489-9206
Camry Solara V6 Luxury convertible ’03 $6975 fire engine red, fully equip’d, special car for particular buyer, favorably priced, quick priv. sale. 215-922-2165 SIENA 2007 $15,000 24k mi, 7 seater, maroon, 215-888-3703 Sienna LE 2006 $12,900 only 19k miles, 6 CD changer, super clean, must see, rarely driven, (215)416-3296
ALPHA CONVERTER Inc. Sell Them Direct, Buyers of Scrap Cata lytic Converters - Batteries - Aluminum Rims - Auto Rads. Call 856-357-3972 $ CASH FOR JUNK CARS $ $100-$400. CALL 267-241-3041 Top Dollar Paid 4 Junk Cars/ Heavy Duty Trucks, Lost Title Ok/ Mark 215-370-5419
Chrysler Town Country 2006 $9750 insp,fully loaded, 70K miles 215.400.1568
1525 Asbury Ave 3BR/2.5BA $2,100wk. Open House 2/19, 20, 21 10a-5pm. Book now! 609-560-6315
A1 PRICES FOR JUNK CARS FREE TOW ING , Call (215) 726-9053
low cost cars & trucks Buick Riviera 2 dr coupe ’95 $2695 Classic, superb cond, regularly serviced, meticulous owner,quick private sale (unusual opportunity. 215-468-2900 12-4pm Chevy Malibu 2000 $2,699 clean in/out, runs gd, insp 215-852-8394 Chrysler Sebring 2004 $3600 70k miles, loaded, sunroof 215-850-5702 Dodge Dakota P/U 1989 $2,250 6 cylinder, auto, 4x4, cap, new insp., only 85K, clean. Call 215-601-6665
Ford Explorer XLT 4x4 1996 $2475 insp, extra clean, 140k, nice 215.626.8226 FORD F-150 Pick Up 1992 $1,550 auto, long bed, runs strong 215-620-9383 Honda Accord LXi 1993 $1,750 4 dr, auto, all pwrs, run exc 215.620.9383
South of New Hope 2 BR $1600 Historic, finished attic, w/d, plowing/lawn included, 5 miles to I-95, 215-862-9568
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Lincoln Continental 1993 $2,000 53K, mint con. no dents. 610-642-8346
NISSAN Altima 1994 $900 OBO auto,146K,needs TLC,rns gd 267.825.2315 Olds Cutlass Supreme 1993 $1,250 auto, all powers, runs exc., 215-620-9383 PONT Grand Prix 2002 $3500 runs good,cln in/out,PW,a/c 215.852.8394 Pontiac Montana 2001 $3,499 1 owner, 3rd row, tv, clean 215-852-8394 Recession Specials!!! OLDS Aurora 1998 insp, lthr, CD $2000 Ford Taurus 2000, 109k,runs gd $2222 Chevy Impala 2001 insp, all pwr $2500 Crown Vic ’03 Police Inter., tint $3333 Buick Rendevous ’04 FLAWLESS $5000 All below KBB, wont last (215)520-7890
Volvo S70 1999 $2600/obo insp, runs great, loaded (267)441-4612 VW Jetta GL 2001 $3900 103k, 5spd, cruise, mnroof, a/c, p/w, tilt wheel, new tires & brakes 609.492.5199
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North Third Spirited Beer Pairing Featuring a ROOT & SNAP tasting menu & beer cocktails
Call for more details and to make your reservation! 215-413-3666
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½ PRICED DRAFTS WEEKDAYS 5-7PM
17 Rotating Drafts Close to 200 Bottles
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happy hour 5-7pm nightly [ Items priced from $2 – $6 ea. ]
220 S. 17th Street (215) 790-1799 tavern17restaurant.com
$2 - CHEESEBURGER SLIDERS $3 - DRAFTS $4 - COCKTAIL $5 - WINE $6 - SNOW CRABS (8 to 10 oz)
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