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The Philadelphia Parking Authority threatens to shut down Uber’s less expensive service, UberX, saying the drivers are dangerous and unlicensed. “But, you know, it’s really just the license part we give a shit about.”

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Ex-Philly mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino is sent back to prison for four months for violating the terms of his probation in Florida. “No jail can hold me because I’m so skinny!” he says. “But seriously I’ve been mistaken for a shoelace. I was a worm for Halloween a couple years back. Once, my own grandma thought I was a noodle and twirled me on a fork. But super seriously: Prison is scary.” 22

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The Malvern-based creators of EmergenSee — an app that notifies loved ones and emergency responders if the user is in danger — fail to woo the Sharks on ABC’s Shark Tank. Sadly, the Sharks were kidnapped later that evening and had no way to contact their loved ones, except for the normal ways you can do that when you have a phone.

1] S tate Police use a camera on a tethered Mylar balloon to search for suspected cop-killer Eric Frein. “Congratulations? Why that’s certainly a nice thing to say, Mister Balloon. I’m not sure how it applies to me, but I think it’s swell and so I will not shoot you out of the sky.”

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asked gunmen steal $16,000 from a M Chickie’s & Pete’s in Drexel Hill. “I know, I know,” says a waitress, coughing up a cloud of Old Bay. “The money’s coming out of our tips.”

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S upreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, suspended for his alleged involvement in a porn email scandal, announces his retirement. From: FamousSeamus@pacourts.us. Subject: Goodbye. Attachment: disrobing.mov.

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COLDCOCKED: Correction Officer Tyrone Glover throws a punch at inmate John Steckley in this screen shot from a prison video.

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caught on tape Though a city prison video shows a guard slugging a prisoner, it was the inmate who was charged. By Daniel Denvir

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risoner John Steckley looks like he might have been mouthing off as he walked out of the visitors’ room at Philadelphia’s curran-Fromhold correctional Facility, but he appeared to be posing no physical threat to the guard standing at the door. even so, the correction officer coldcocked Steckley in the face and then, along with another guard, proceeded to beat him. A prison security camera video obtained by City Paper shows Steckley’s hands were at his side when correction officer tyrone Glover slammed his fist into the left side of the inmate’s face. then, after Steckley hit the ground, Glover and another officer struck him multiple times, including several blows to his torso. Steckley tried to defend himself, including attempting to throw at least one punch of his own, in the Jan. 9 incident. the video does not include audio, so it is impossible to know what words Steckley and Glover exchanged before the first punch. Steckley isn’t the first inmate that Glover appears to have beaten this year. Last month, City Paper reported that multiple visitors from city social service agencies say they watched in horror as

a guard severely beat inmate marcellus temple in the curranFromhold gym on Sept. 25. Last week, Philadelphia Prison System spokesperson Shawn Hawes confirmed that Glover was the guard involved in both incidents at the city-run facility on State road. She says the prison had investigated both incidents, but declined to provide any information about the findings, or say whether Glover was subject to any discipline. “both investigations are complete,” Hawes wrote in an email. “I have nothing additional to add regarding the officer’s history.” the Defender Association of Philadelphia says that outside oversight is necessary, given what it sees as the Prison System’s ongoing failure to discipline guards, and is calling for the creation of an independent commission. “An independent integrity commission should be established to help prevent, investigate and impose sanctions for misconduct committed by [correction] officers,” according to a statement from Kristin Quinn, chief of the northeast Division at the Defender Association. “too often, we hear statements and review video evidence that not only contradict allegations made by a correction officer, but demonstrate that the correction officer — not the inmate — was the wrongdoer.” Yet, these employees “maintain their jobs without any

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real consequence. this is just wrong and needs to change.” the president of the guards’ union, however, says there is sufficient management oversight in the hierarchy of supervisors in prison, and no outside commission is needed. “When you say ‘oversight,’ we have sergeants, lieutenants and captains, and other supervisors in the jails,” says Lorenzo north, president of AFScme Local 159. “the supervisors there do their job well and there’s no need for no outside oversight.” mayoral spokesperson mark mcDonald says that michael nutter was not interested in viewing the Steckley video. “the administration believes the procedures in place to review allegations or incidents are equal to the task,” mcDonald emailed. “And therefore, the unspecified mechanism [for independent monitoring] to which you make reference is not needed.” city council President Darrell clarke, and councilman and Public Safety committee chair curtis Jones Jr., did not return requests for comment. Despite video evidence that Glover struck first, Steckley has been criminally charged with assaulting Glover. the Prison System has said that temple, the prisoner in the September incident, will likely be charged as well. “mr. Steckley denies ever assaulting correctional officer Glover and that any reaction to being assaulted by Glover was done in self defense,” emails his lawyer, Kevin mincey. “our investigation shows that the allegations made by correctional officer Glover have no merit and I have shared that with the District Attorney’s office.” but it’s unclear whether the District Attorney’s office is listening. “It is not uncommon for a correction officer to allege an assault by an inmate in an effort to cover-up the correction officer’s own assault against the inmate,” according to Quinn. When asked, DA spokesperson tasha Jamerson declined to say why Glover had not been charged. “this office works in conjunction with the county prisons, and we even have a liaison in our Special Investigations Unit who works with the Prison System when cases are referred to this office,” Jamerson wrote in an email. “over the past two years alone, almost a dozen prison guards have been charged by this office for crimes committed on the job.” Jamerson did not respond to a request to explain what those guards were charged with (there have been reports of corruption and contraband smuggling within city prisons), but Quinn was not aware of a single recent case in which a guard was prosecuted for using excessive force against an inmate.

temple incident: Steckley, he alleged, refused to leave, threatened him and then threw a punch. “I told him the visit was up,” Glover testified. “He continued to sit in the chair. … He became unruly, saying he’ll leave when he’s ‘fucking ready.’ I said, ‘no, you’re going to leave now.’ So he took his time. Wouldn’t get up.” Glover said that Steckley then threatened “he would ‘see me on the street’” and that he would “'whoop my ass.’ … I told him he’s not going to do shit to me. “When he got up on me, he attempted to swing,” Glover continued. “We got into a physical altercation. And he got on the ground. once I got him on the ground, that was it.” but the video shows Steckley only attempted to throw a punch after Glover had already struck him hard in the face. Glover then punched Steckley repeatedly, even after he was on the ground. At that point, Glover was joined by another correctional officer, who entered from an adjoining room and began beating the inmate. Steckley says that his jaw was fractured, according to mincey. Glover testified that he suffered a swollen thumb and a sore back. correctional officers’ union president north says he has not seen the video, but that he is confident that Glover did nothing wrong. “only thing I can tell you about mr. tyrone Glover is that he’s a good officer,” says north. “Any force he used, I think it was force in defense of himself. He don’t go around hitting on inmates.”

➤ Three wiTnesses from ouTside agencies, who were in the prison gym, gave City Paper consistent accounts of Glover’s beating of temple, which they described as vicious. “I saw this officer punch this inmate,” said one witness, “punch this young man in his face. He fell to the floor. You hear his head hit the concrete. And the officer then got on top of him and pummeled this man six or seven times.” Glover, according to one witness, explained his actions by saying that temple had refused to leave the room when ordered to do so. “twice I asked him to leave the room and he didn’t want to, so I beat the motherfucker down,” Glover allegedly said. Hawes, the Prison System spokesperson, told City Paper that she believed that temple had hit, or attempted to hit, officer Glover. Witnesses told City Paper that this was untrue. A man who identified himself as Glover, reached by phone, declined to comment. but in his testimony at Steckley’s preliminary hearing in march, Glover gave an account that echoed the official prison account of the

➤ The philadelphia prison sysTem refuses to release almost any information on officer discipline. In fact, lawsuits are typically the only way the public can find out anything about alleged guard misconduct at city-run prisons. melissa melewsky, media law counsel at the Pennsylvania newsmedia Association, says information about guard misconduct, aside from data on use of force, can be, but is not required to be, withheld under the state’s right to Know law. this is partly because of the way the law is written, she says, and partly because the commonwealth court ruled in favor of a narrow reading of the law that bars access to public employee disciplinary records, even in cases when an employee has been demoted or discharged. because the city Prison System clings to such secrecy, the public has no way to know for sure if there is a substantive disciplinary system in place, or if guards can use excessive force against prisoners with impunity. (daniel.denvir@citypaper.net) (@DanielDenvir)

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nce you’ve successfully rappelled down 31 stories, something disconcerting happens. You become smug. You live a unique life, and everyone needs to know. You’re like the guy who doesn’t own a tv, or crossFit-ers. or vegans. that’s thanks to the Philadelphia Outward Bound School ’s 2014 building Adventure. For three years, PobS has partnered with the over the edge organization to coordinate the event — to rappel, participants must raise $2,000, which funds PobS’ expeditions and scholarships. this year brought in nearly $260,000 and counting, says Katie newsom Pastuszek, PobS’ executive director. the goal is to coordinate a fundraiser, she says, that mimics PobS’ work with students. Like when PobS sends students on expedition courses: they navigate, and if they go astray for a mile or two, the instructors don’t step in at first. “they let them realize they’re going the wrong way,â€? Pastuszek says. “that empowers the students. ‌ You are relying on yourself.â€? on oct. 23 and 24, 130 people rappelled 418 feet down one Logan Square. I was among them. The biggest challenges: ➤ Waiting for your turn. (I spent the time dream-

ing up how my rope would snap. Perhaps a rogue falcon would soar by and bite it in half?) ➤ Settling into a harness while hanging off a roof. Sounds so easy. ➤ Squeezing a lever for 31 stories. Peculiar muscles get sore. The best moments: ➤ When I asked if my GoPro was on, a volunteer said yes, “it’s going ‌ pro,â€? and then subtly cringed at his own lame joke. Lame jokes are my Xanax. ➤ the first 10 feet down — the sheer thrill of what you’re doing sets in. this is also the smugness event horizon. ➤ Getting close enough to the bottom to hear the DJ. because nothing says “You did it, and you are a bad bitch of the highest orderâ€? like beyoncĂŠ. (@notjameson) ✚ For more, visit citypaper.net/blogs.

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What’s the matter With Pennsylvania? How a changing economy in southwestern Pennsylvania has helped Republicans keep control of the state.

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STARK CONTRAST: In two parts of Westmoreland County, the economic disparity is evident. Top, huge McMansions and tidy lawns dot the hillside in North Huntingdon Township, while below, a commercial street in the ravaged steel city of Monessen. photos by John Colombo

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he flier accusing Westmoreland County state Sen. Allen Kukovich of having ‘campaigned in gay bars in Philadelphia’ with Ed Rendell was a low point, even for Pennsylvania. But it clearly signaled the changing political landscape throughout the southwestern part of the state, and the Republicans’ eagerness to exploit it.

Kukovich, a good-government progressive, always knew that he was to the left of his constituents on social issues like abortion. But in southwestern Pennsylvania, battered by steel mill closures, it didn’t matter much, he says. “Whatever you could do to fight for any kind of economic programs or infrastructure investments,” Kukovich says, “was a priority.” But he lost that 2004 election and today, even though Democrats retain a large advantage in registered voters, the conservative right dominates much of the nine-county region stretching from Butler County, through Pittsburgh, and south to the West Virginia border. A onetime Democratic stronghold, the southwest has undergone a wrenching transformation that has fueled population growth in the Pittsburgh exurbs, dotted with ranch houses and McMansions, while hollowing out depressed steel towns. “In the 1980s, we lost 100,000 jobs in the region,” says Moe Coleman, director emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics. “You traded that [industrial economy] off for a service sector, where people were being paid 8, 9 dollars per hour. It makes a whole different attitude toward life.” Residents of Philadelphia, where 85 percent of voters backed Obama in 2012, tend to blame the persistence of Republican power in the state on “Pennsyltucky,” the derisive portmanteau encompassing the conservative T-shaped region of the state’s vast rural middle. But staunch Republicanism in Pennsylvania’s midsection dates to the Civil War. In reality, the big change lies in southwestern counties like Westmoreland that have moved to the right. In years to come, the growing number of Democratic votes in the populous Philadelphia suburbs, once solidly Republican, will likely break the GOP grip on the state. But for now, formerly Democratic counties in the southwest will ensure that conservative Republicans continue to make their impact felt. Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, who faces a tough re-election match next week against Democrat Tom Wolf, has slashed funding for public schools, restricted women’s access to abortion and failed to do much to regulate or tax the state’s booming naturalgas industry. But the legislature, whose influential members include homophobic demagogue state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (who is from the Pittsburgh suburbs), will likely remain under Republican control. The key to Republican power is here in the southwest, among the suburbanite transplants who hew to the free-market principles that prevail in SUV-driving America, and in the towns where deindustrialization has shattered organized labor’s power, supplanting economic populism with social conservatism and alienation. What, exactly, is the matter with Pennsylvania? It is a complicated question to answer. Chris, 39, who only gave his first name, does graphic design work at a marketing firm in

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the Westmoreland County borough of Irwin on Pittsburgh’s far exurban fringe. Chris grew up as a Democrat. Though he is not conservative on social issues, he switched to Republican after becoming “close to the business.” His co-worker, Rita, 62, says it’s a matter of backing the party that rewards hard work. “We don’t like all the handout type of stuff that the Democrats do, that we’re paying for,” she says. “There are people out there who don’t work that are doing better than we are.” Westmoreland County, where Republicans ended decades of Democratic control of countywide offices in 2011, is a “split,” says Republican political consultant Mark Harris, that is “largely unionized labor versus suburbanized transplants.” Ted Kopas, the sole Democratic County Commissioner left on the three-member board, remembers growing up in North Huntingdon 30 years ago and Republicans were scarce. “I didn’t know a Republican when I was a kid, or they were ashamed to admit it,” he says, sitting in front of a bookshelf adorned with a hunting cap and union hard hat. Today, Kopas says that he could walk down the street outside the Greensburg county office and find 10 registered Democrats who no longer back the party. He blames outside campaign money and a powerful local newspaper empire created by the late rightwing industrial and banking heir Richard Mellon Scaife. But he also says that the Democratic Party had grown complacent and “missed a lot of signs. As household names started retiring, we started losing every open seat. And by that time the wake-up call was hitting us right in the face.” Another Democratic mistake, he says, is that the party has allowed Republicans to make local races about hot-button national social issues —issues that have nothing to do with the work-a-day matters facing local government. “For someone running for town council to say they’re against abortion rights, they’re just pandering,” he says. “It was always under the guise of ‘he doesn’t share our values.’ Whatever that means.” In Kopas’ hometown, the countryside has been converted into $300,000 homes. While the mill communities were bound together by union and industry, exurbanite commuters are not. And they make a ripe target for the Republican message. “I think when you’re not connected to a community in a broader sense, you might vote more conservatively,” says Kukovich. “Whenever you feel that you’ve made it, you might feel more satisfied.”

And “the satisfied” might see government as more of a problem than a solution. The resulting ideol­ ogy is something “more of an anti­politics. There’s a lot of people who don’t participate and, if they do, they vote against” candidates who back public spending, he says. But who cares what southwestern Pennsylvanians, who have shrunk as a share of the state’s population, think? Democrats should, because American democ­ racy does not guarantee majority rule — as shown clearly in Pennsylvania’s 2012 election results. Though 51 percent of state voters cast ballots for Democrats in U.S. House races, Democrats won just five of the state’s 18 seats. Republicans, likewise, won majorities in both the state House and Senate in the face of a Democratic­leaning electorate. One factor is cynical: Republicans controlled the state House after the completion of the 2010 Census, and used that power to redraw legislative districts in their own nakedly partisan interest. The other factors aren’t cynical, but have to do with the unrepresentative nature of American democracy. One is that Democratic voters turn out at lower rates in mid­term elections, when there is no presidential race at the top of the ticket. Another is that while Democratic­leaning voters are increasing in number, they are also clustered around major urban population centers. Even the most fair effort will result in Democrats concentrated in fewer districts, and Republicans more evenly spread out across the state’s wide expanses. In the increasingly Democratic Philadelphia sub­ urbs, three U.S. House districts were redrawn to maxi­ mize the advantage of Republican incumbents. In western Pennsylvania, one seat was eliminated because of population loss, forcing two conserva­ tive Democrats, Jason Altmire and Mark Critz, to run against each other in a district redrawn to favor Republicans. Critz defeated Altmire, and went on to lose to Republican Keith Rofthus in the general election. U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, whose district is based in still­liberal Pittsburgh, is now the sole Democrat in the House from west of Harrisburg. Pennsylvania is a microcosm of how Republicans manage to hold onto power overall in an increasingly Democratic United States. A majority of Americans voted for Democratic House candidates in 2012, yet Republican Rep. John Boehner remained speaker. coNservatives ofteN claim that white, working­class voters didn’t change, but rather that

they were abandoned by a Democratic Party that shift­ ed left and became associated with urban elites. “Traditional Democrats, blue­collar Democrats, the party sort of shifted away from the values and traditions of the old Democratic Party,” says Salena Zito, a columnist for the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. But Republicans in the region have also crafted a conservative economic populism that seeks to shift worker anger away from the boss and toward government. In his campaign, Democrat Critz depicted Rothfus as a “millionaire Wall Street lawyer” who wanted to gut Medicare. But in a commercial, Rothfus was depicted as a “regular guy” and father of six who “shares our values,” pledging to “fight for small busi­ nesses and against big government” and to “protect Medicare by repealing Obamacare.” In another, racially loaded commercial, featuring a Chinese food box and fortune cookies, Rothfus attacked labor­backed Critz for outsourcing jobs

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and “sending our tax dollars to China.” There are also indications that local Democrats are uncomfortable with a national party run by a black president. “There’s no question Western Pennsylvania is a racist area,” legendary Democratic Rep. John Murtha told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2008, explaining why Obama would have trouble getting votes in the area. “The older population is more hesitant.” The comments outraged many, as did Obama’s remarks that in some “small towns in Pennsylvania” people “get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti­ immigrant sentiment or anti­trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” In southwest Pennsylvania, Obama was so disliked that in 2012 a huge number of Democrats who cast ballots in the area declined to vote for the president in the primary. Like much of the area’s politics, the move echoed nearby West Virginia, a onetime Democratic bastion where Obama faced a surprisingly tough primary challenge from a no­name man serving a federal sentence for extortion in Texas. These events prompt a lot of media speculation and, in response, resentment from those under the microscope. “Our guns are not a solace,” Dennis Roddy, a south­ west native and, at the time, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter, wrote in 2008 in a Slate essay. He is now a top aide to Corbett. “They are a testimony to our distrust of the ruling classes. We just wish someone would read us correctly at some point and not do it in the voice of an adult reading a children’s story.” That the Democrats moved to the left nationally, at least on social issues, is conventional wisdom. But is it true? Scholars have found that while the Republican Par­ ty has moved sharply to the right, Democrats have not moved much to the left. Arguably, Democrats have actually moved to the right on the economic issues that hold the most appeal to blue­collar workers. As industry collapsed across the Rust Belt, national Democrats did little to help. Instead, they often backed free trade agreements like NAFTA, support­ ing the creation of a global economic architecture that keeps workers in the economic basement. Bill Clinton won big in Westmoreland in 1992, but barely squeaked by in 1996, two years after imple­ mentation of NAFTA. Al Gore lost in 2000, Kerry got crushed in 2004, and Obama was blown out in both of the following elections. The same has held true for Democratic gubernato­ rial candidates, who won southwestern Pennsylvania’s nine counties every time except once from 1950 to 1994. In 2002, Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell swept Philadelphia suburbs but barely won the southwest, and he lost Westmoreland County. In 2010, Corbett crushed Democrat Dan Onorato in most of the region. Democrats think they can win Rothfus’ seat back someday (it’s not likely next week), but there is a debate over how. Some believe that only a conserva­ tive Democrat can win, while others contend that

the party can only prevail by drawing a clear contrast with Republicans. Critz’s seat, long held by Murtha, a powerful member of Congress famous for directing enormous investments to his constituents, suggests another possibility: Voters recognize results. A close reading of Obama’s infamous quote, often cut short, shows that he too recognized this fact. People, he said, can’t be “persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives” in places where “jobs have been gone now for 25 years” and continued to decline “through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate, and they have not.” What Obama failed to understand is that skepti­ cism toward trade agreements like NAFTA is not the same as the jingoism of anti­immigrant sentiment. Instead, the anger is a frank assessment that both parties have become wedded to a global economic elite that has failed them. Both left­ and right­wing sympathies have been present in Westmoreland County for decades. In the 1972 Democratic presidential primary, Hubert Humphrey, a moderate, labor­backed liberal, won 35 percent of the county’s vote, segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace won 29 percent and anti­war progressive George McGovern won 17 percent. As social and economic forces shift, winning the Democratic vote has long been a muddied calculus. Next week’s electioN will be a test as to whether southwestern Pennsylvanian voters’ com­ mitments on guns, coal and abortion will give way to anger over the fact that Corbett’s small­government conservatism has gutted public education. “For the first time, I’m hearing from these folks that they are now making a connection” between Harrisburg’s anti­tax philosophy, the quality of schools and rising local property taxes, says Kukovich. “I’m seeing a little bit of a backlash.” If Wolf turns Corbett into a one­term governor, the victory will reflect a Pennsylvania electorate that has turned unquestionably leftward. The state is routinely described as swinging — or, to paraphrase Democratic political strategist James Carville, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between. But Democrats maintain a huge edge over Republicans in voter registration, and no Republican presidential candidate has won Pennsylvania since 1988. Polls show there is majority support statewide for increased education funding, abortion rights

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FRESH START: Top, ArcelorMittal recently reopened this long-dormant coke plant along the Monongahela River, which will provide an estimated 200 jobs while producing a product vital to the steel industry. Below, Ted Kopas is the lone Democrat left on the Westmoreland County Commission. top photo by John colombo

and gay marriage. State Sen. Daylin Leach, a progressive who represents the formerly solidly Republican Montgomery County suburbs, is emblematic of the partisan shift overtaking the region — and that might one day help deliver Democrats a lasting majority in state politics. Leach, who backs marijuana legalization, didn’t even face serious criticism after he admitted to smoking weed on a recent fact-finding trip to Colorado. For now, though, Pennsylvania’s liberals cannot afford to ignore the plight of the southwest part of the state. This is especially true as long as Democrats, especially in Philadelphia, continue to turn out in such low numbers for mid-term elections. Corbett — politically inept and more conservative than expected — made easy work of turning off moderate voters. But for Democrats, finding ways to re-engage people pushed to the economic margins is a more difficult task. On the tattered main street of Monessen, a broken steel city, it is difficult to find

anyone who actually plans to vote. “Our age group don’t really seem to vote much,” says Kiera, 28, shopping at the Dollar General with her brother. People don’t have any “interest, or they feel their vote” won’t change anything. The business district of this fallen Mon Valley steel giant has dried up alongside industry jobs, and people have left for elsewhere. For young people, there is not much to do except get into trouble, including a lot of heroin, says Kiera. Both siblings commute about

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20 miles each way to a job cleaning a UPS warehouse for a non-unionized subcontractor. “We both work 8.50-dollar-an-hour jobs, and we still have a hard time making ends meet,” she says. For Kiera, lofty promises aren’t enough. “What would actually catch the attention is the action of it being done,” she says. Tina Fischer, 57, shopping in a nearby aisle, agrees. “Oh honey, I don’t follow no politics,” she says. “They help maybe the rich, never the poor.” Fischer’s husband works a unionized job at All-Clad making pots and pans. But she is on Social Security disability after working at Walmart and Giant Eagle grocery. Politicians, she says, make promises to get votes but never follow through. Behind Dollar General, an incubator of Republican political-economic might is humming. ArcelorMittal recently reopened the long-dormant coke plant along the Monongahela River, which will provide an estimated 200 jobs while producing a product vital to the steel industry. And across the southwest, the natural-gas boom has been a boon, securing royalties for landowners and creating demand for locally made steel. It won’t turn the economic tide here. But for Republicans like U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, who cited Monessen’s refurbished plant in condemning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for proposing “dozens of new rules that would make steelmaking more expensive and difficult in the United States,” it is a political opportunity. Natural-resource extraction plays a critical economic role in the region, and Republican-aligned energy companies profitably accuse Democrats of waging a “war on coal.” The message is ubiquitous on area billboards. And when Wolf marched in the Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh this fall, the gubernatorial candidate was heckled by members of Boilermakers Local 154, who shouted, “Stop the war on coal! Stop the war on coal!” That union, along with the Laborers’ District Council of Western Pennsylvania, has broken with labor to endorse Corbett. Proposed federal power-plant regulations could very well lead to a reduction in mining jobs. If the plan isn’t accompanied by intensive economic development, the fact that fighting global warming is a moral imperative will be cold comfort to the jobless. “Even Democratic voters that may not be in the coal or shale industry … have a family tradition of that being part of who they are, and they see [climatechange regulation] as an impediment to economic success in the area,” says Zito, the Pittsburgh TribuneReview columnist. That’s a mind-set that the Tribune-Review, a staunch opponent of environmental regulation, has worked hard to mold. Indeed, many Westmoreland County Democrats blame the Tribune-Review papers for the region’s turn right, and Kukovich even suspects that the 2004 campaign against him was basically run out of their office.

The Greensburg Tribune-Review was taken over by right-wing libertarian heir Richard Mellon Scaife in 1969, and he started the Pittsburgh-based edition in 1992. Today, the company owns daily and weekly papers throughout Westmoreland County and in Fayette, Indiana, Armstrong, Butler and Allegheny counties. While much of the reporting may be neutral, the editorial page is scathingly conservative. And for years, it was closely overseen by Scaife, who was known to use the papers to advance his political agendas. For all the papers’ influence, Zito doubts it was decisive. “I don’t know that we should take full credit for that,” she says. “Our paper has always been about being fiscally responsible” but is often progressive on the social issues that have driven so much enthusiasm on the right. What the papers did exploit, however, was the collapse of a symbiosis that once existed between organized labor and the Democratic Party in steel and coal towns. Unions provided workers with a tangible middle-class quality-of-life, and Democratic politicians advancing pro-labor policies were credited for helping to deliver it. “The decline in manufacturing has removed that significant tie which united unions and Democrats with their constituents,” says John Kennedy, a professor of political science at West Chester University and author of the book Pennsylvania Elections. Many people now feel untethered. But for older blue-collar workers, being a Democrat often remains a core feature of their identity. “I’m a Democrat,” says Les DiVitto, 85, the owner Lucchesi’s Italian restaurant in downtown Monessen. “I’ve been a Democrat all my life.” The retired union mill worker didn’t say how he planned to vote. But his wife, Pauline DiVitto, 84, says she’ll be casting her vote for Corbett. People don’t have money to spend at the restaurant anymore, she says. Democrats still win in Monessen, though not as big as they once did. An elderly retired steelworker outside Lucchesi’s, who didn’t give his name, is inclined to vote for Wolf. But he knows that not all Democrats would do the same. “Just like Reagan. If he didn’t have help from the Democrats, he wouldn’t have won.” Not that he backed Reagan. “Hell, no. I vote straight Democrat my whole life.” (daniel.denver@citypaper.net) (@DanielDenvir)

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epublican Gov. Tom Corbett faces a long-shot re-election match against Democrat Tom Wolf in Tuesday’s general election. Voters, it seems, like small-government conservatism more in theory than in practice, and no one dislikes Corbett more than Philadelphians harmed by budget cuts to public education and programs serving the poor. When it comes to Corbett (and, in most of the following cases, the Republican legislature), the city finds a lot to hate. Here are five good reasons to oust Corbett.

eviscerating public education Philly’s underfunded public schools went into free fall after Corbett cut about $860 million from K-12 education in his first budget (the exact figure depends on which line items you count). Corbett points to rising pension costs and expired federal stimulus dollars to make the claim that no cuts were made. But what he allowed to happen is an unambiguous disaster: thousands of positions — teachers, nurses, counselors and administrators — have been eliminated, 30 schools were closed and students have been denied classes in arts and music. School libraries have been left dark. Corbett refuses to acknowledge how wrenching the state of permanent crisis has become. Indeed, he has never made a single documented visit to a Philly public school. What’s worse, he has exploited the disaster to attack the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) and cut their health benefits — an effective salary cut for educators who already dig deep into their own pockets to buy classroom supplies and are often paid less than suburban counterparts. “You have a battered staff teaching some of the poorest and neediest kids in the country with desperately inadequate human and material resources,” says Amy Roat, a teacher and PFT building representative at Feltonville School of Arts and Science, and a steering committee member of the union’s militant Caucus of Working Educators. “This new normal is Dickensian.” Public colleges and universities across the state also have been subjected to deep funding cuts. Temple University, according to a July story in the Inquirer, has had to cut $113 million from its operating budget over five years. “Student debt has increased because tuition has had to rise,” emails Art Hochner, president of the Temple Association of University Professionals and a professor of human resources management at Fox School of Business. “Employees’ wages have not kept pace 10 | P h i l a d e l P h i a C i t y Pa P e r |

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even with low inflation because the university budget has been squeezed. … Class sizes have increased as Temple’s administration has sought to cut the costs of instruction [and] many administrative positions have been cut or not filled because of the need to cut millions from the budget.”

Failing to downsize the prison machine Pennsylvania incarcerates more than 50,000 people, many from the very same places suffering most from school cuts: Philadelphia’s long-marginalized and impoverished black and Puerto Rican neighborhoods. The state prison population has exploded in recent decades, more than quintupling from just 8,582 in 1980. Blame for creating this mess lies with officials from both parties who played tough-on-crime political theater, exploiting voter fears for electoral gain. But Gov. Corbett took office signaling that he would reduce the prison population, and appointed John Wetzel, a professed reformer, to head the state’s Department of Corrections. It was part of a promising national movement of conservatives who, citing fiscal responsibility and Christian mercy, joined longtime critics of mass incarceration on the civil rights left to call for change. But despite the much-touted signing of legislation in 2012 ostensibly intended to reduce the state’s prison population, real reform has not materialized. Indeed, the Corbett administration has continued the construction of a new, $400 million

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prison outside of Philadelphia over loud protests. While the prison is touted as a replacement for the aging Graterford facility, skeptical activists believe that it will simply make room for expansion. “In spite of early efforts to portray himself as a prison reformer, Corbett’s administration has made no progress in decreasing the number of people in Pennsylvania’s prisons,” says Sarah Morris, a member of Decarcerate PA.

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CHALLENGER: Democrat Tom Wolf during a campaign visit to Philadelphia earlier this month. photo by hillary petrozziello

Corbett lacks Rick Santorum’s freaky, right-wing charisma. But like Santorum, a homophobic politician immortalized for millions as a euphemism for anal-sex-liquid by-product, he does excel at insulting women and gay people. Defending proposed legislation to require women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound, he

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suggested that anyone made uncomfortable should “just … close your eyes.” His obnoxious comments have been coupled with harmful policies. In 2011, he signed a law that requires abortion clinics to meet the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. Proponents said the move was about keeping women safe. But it was nakedly an effort to make abortion clinics spend a lot of money on medically unnecessary renovations — and thus make it more difficult for women to access abortion services. Corbett also barred health plans offered through the state’s Obamacare exchange from covering standard abortion procedures. Altogether, Corbett has made it harder than ever for women to access a safe, affordable abortion. Seventy-eight percent of Pennsylvania counties lack an abortion provider, according to Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates. And even where there are providers, as in Philadelphia, poor women often struggle to pay for an abortion and still don’t receive substantive comprehensive sex education in the city’s schools. But Corbett has cynically exploited the plight of poor women driven to seek the modern-day equivalent of back-alley abortions. One pro-Corbett advertisement pictures Wolf next to infamous and rogue West Philly abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, asking, “Will pro-abortion Tom Wolf take us back?” “Corbett has backed dangerous, out-of-touch policies on women’s health,” emailed Sari Stevens, executive director of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates and its PAC.

Comparing gay marriage to inCest Speaking in opposition to gay marriage, Corbett compared such unions to incest. In an interview with Harrisburg’s CBS affiliate, Corbett was asked about his legal team’s controversial assertion that gay marriage was akin to two 12-year-olds getting married. “It was an inappropriate analogy,” he responded. “I think a much better analogy would have been brother and sister, don’t you?” Corbett then smiled as though expecting a high five. The interviewer, clearly shocked, says, “I don’t know,” nervously laughs, and looks off to the side. “I’m gonna leave the comments to you and your team.” In fairness, he has made some progress on gay rights. Last year, he announced that he would support a bill banning discrimination against gay and transgender people in housing, employment and other matters. (Yes, outside of Philadelphia and some other municipalities, you can still bar someone from a job or housing because they are gay.) And he finally declined to appeal a federal judge’s ruling striking down Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage — not because he supports it,

but simply because he thought he wouldn’t prevail. No thanks to Corbett, gay marriage is now legal in Pennsylvania.

hurting the poor Corbett has made it a priority to cut programs that aid the commonwealth’s most vulnerable, including eliminating general assistance, a modest monthly payment to assist people with disabilities, recovering addicts and victims of domestic violence. He deeply cut county-run human services funding, ended adultBasic health coverage covering tends of thousands of Pennsylvanians and delayed implementing Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion until he could secure federal approval for a watered-down version. He kicked about 71,000 children off Medicaid because their paperwork was out-of-date, according to a Daily News report, and also reduced Medicaid services for beneficiaries, including mean-spirited measures like one that limits denture coverage to once in a lifetime. Corbett has imposed a new work-search requirement for those seeking Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), requiring applicants to apply for at least three jobs per week while their applications are under review. Unsurprisingly, the rate at which applicants have been rejected has skyrocketed. Corbett also imposed an “asset test” for those seeking food stamps, requiring them to prove that they don’t have a second car to sell or savings they could spend down. According to a 2013 Inquirer article, 4,000 households lost or were denied food stamps because they exceeded the asset limit in its first year. Another 111,000 households were denied benefits after they did not provide sufficient documentation to prove that they were poor enough. “Families are afraid to even have a bank account because the Department of Public Welfare workers helping people sign up for SNAP ask about it,” Mariana Chilton, a professor of health management and policy and director of the Center for HungerFree Communities at Drexel University, says in an email. “Its impact has caused many families to avoid banking and thus be isolated from the mainstream financial world, which affects their ability to save money so they can even have enough money to put money down on a safe, affordable place to rent for their families. So it has exacerbated their risk of homelessness.” (daniel.denvir@citypaper.net) (@DanielDenvir)

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« PRETTY CREEPY: Juli Burke, manager at Legendary Dobbs, becomes spooked when the lights

began flickering inexplicably and one of the light fixtures started swaying back and forth when this image was taken on Oct. 24. Hillary Petrozziello

The spiriTs, specTers and spooks of souTh sTreeT

By Jim Saksa

Nina Kelley-Rumpff had heard stories about “Henry” before she bought Legendary Dobbs on South Street this past winter. Henry is the cop who died in the apartment above — and now allegedly haunts the bar and music venue. At first, Kelley-Rumpff didn’t put much stock in the story, but then strange things started happening. Keys on an empty table inexplicably vanished, then reappeared. Cash

and checks mysteriously found their way into the trash. “Those were the sort of things you could go, ‘Maybe I just didn’t see it; maybe it fell,’” says Kelley-Rumpff. It was just late nights and stress beguiling her mind, not a Beetlejuice, she remembers thinking. That is, until the microwave incident. An old, commercial microwave sat on a second-floor table, firmly in place, no parts dangling over the edge, while Kelley-Rumpff and some friends busied themselves across the room. She can’t explain what happened next. “I saw a flash … and saw the microwave on the floor, a half foot away from the table,” she says. “Like it was pushed.” That incident led to the Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society spending a night at Dobbs, armed with “electronic voice phenomena” equipment — basically, sensitive microphones and software to strip out white noise, allowing the voices of the dead to be heard. One ghost hunter asked the spirits to “let us know if you are there.” Immediately, they heard a loud crash. On the tape, Kelley-Rumpff says

you can hear a voice say, “I can do shit,” just before the bang, which is exactly the sort of vulgarity one would expect from a ghost on South Street. A few blocks away, a different set of restless souls have overstayed their welcome at the Twisted Tail, a haunt for blues and soul fiends on Headhouse Square. The bar’s owner, George Reilly, recounted his first interaction with the phantom of the blues joint. One day, before the bar opened, his wife was listening to pop music on her iPhone while cleaning upstairs. The music kept cutting out, even though everything else on the phone was working. On a lark, she covered the phone with her hands and said, “Stop playing around with my music!” “And it kept playing,” said Reilly. “But as soon as she took her hand away, the music stopped.” When Reilly joined his wife upstairs, she recounted the tale, and he jokingly said, “Well, if it’s a ghost [and] it doesn’t like blues, we’re screwed!” “So she put blues on and it played the whole way through,” said Reilly. “She put on classical and it played the whole way through.

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up next week » FISHTOWN/NO lIbS

« TOP: Tales of cowboy hats mysteriously flying through the air are

commonplace at Twisted Tail. This one, though, was thrown by an employee.

« BOTTOM: Matt Deutsch, beverage manager at the Twisted Tail, in a storage

space above the restaurant where workers have witnessed an apparition of a woman from the 1800s. Photos by Hillary Petrozziello

She went back to her music — a different song, but the same kind of [pop] music — and it cut out again.” Since then, cowboy hats hanging as décor upstairs have been sighted flying across the room, footsteps have echoed eerily in empty rooms, and Reilly’s heard more and more stories of a pale woman in a nightgown ascending the stairs to the currently boarded-up fourth floor. The bar needs extra storage space, so Reilly plans to tear down the barriers, hoping that stripping the physical threshold won’t also pierce a spiritual one. “I envision getting a crowbar and getting that

drift of wind that goes past my ear and going, ‘Uh oh,’” said Reilly. If they do “unleash a poltergeist” as Reilly fears might happen, the Twisted Tail has a plan. “It might be one of those things where we have to leave a glass of whiskey at the end of the bar, unless it gets mad. We’ll toast to the ghost.” Those aren’t the only supposedly spooky spots near South Street. Electricity-wasting apparitions are said to turn on lights at the Physick House in Society Hill. The dead apparently rise from the graves at St. Peter’s Cemetery, but no one there was willing to talk about it on the record. Over at Powel House on South Third Street, it’s said that there have been sightings of the ghost of Peggy Shippen, the sad wife of Benedict Arnold, who lived there before their damnable betrayal of America. And at Pennsylvania Hospital, numerous visitors have reported seeing the statue of William Penn walking the grounds at night. Thankfully, none of those visions of visitants have come from doctors. Blame an oppressive level of respect for rationality or the inherent skepticism of a journalist, but I think stories about things that go bump in the night are bunk in the daylight. But if you are a habitué of haunted hollows, especially this weekend, then the hellscape of South Street should be your destination. (james.f.saksa@gmail.com) (@saksappeal)

Key Halloween and Dia De los Muertos events on soutH street Geek-o-ween: The heralded Tattooed Mom’s and the entrepreneurial folks behind Indy Hall and Geekadelphia present an emoji-themed celebration of wit, ingenuity and debauchery. Dress as your favorite emoji for the chance to win prizes, and even the affection of the cutest pile of poo in the room.

» Fri., Oct. 31-Sat., Nov. 1, 8 p.m.-2

a.m., Tattooed Mom, 530 South St., 215238-9880, tattooedmomphilly.com dia de los Muertos Celebration: Booze and pastiche not quite your thing? Bring your best skeleton costume to the Magic Gardens (1020 South St.) and join this Dia de los Muertos celebration featuring face painting, mariachi music and performances for the whole family.

» Sun., Nov. 2, 2-7 p.m., 400 block of South Street, southstreet.com —Sameer Rao

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a good beer list in addition to cheap booze, so: Flying Fish Abbey Dubbel. Smoking: No. Food: Full bar menu with vegan options.

Dive Bar review

Scene: Walk into your eclectic artist great-aunt’s living room and grab a drink, friend, while the music shifts from Nazareth to the Yardbirds to Cults (and it works). Self-caricatures of starving artists dot the bar’s landscape. To my left sits the platonic ideal of the hipster couple: sleeved, pierced and bespectacled, staring silently into their iPhones as they sip $3 Narragansetts (Narragansett: What we were into back when you were into PBR). Upstairs is the apotheosis of punk rock dive decor, but it’s closed on Mondays.

By Jim Saksa

Dive: Tattooed Mom, 530 South St. Time of visit: Monday, 10:11 p.m. Crowd: A handful of couples sit around the room. Apparently Monday night is de facto couple’s night for the 20s crowd. There’s a hilarious and friendly bar staff. Fake hipster dive or real dive? Fake hipster dive, although the regulars that have been coming here for 18plus years might disagree.

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➤ Like a Lot of rock critics, I assume, I feel a bit handcuffed when I’m writing about instrumental bands. Maybe it’s the English major in me: I feel safer with to lyrics to guide me. Lately, however, Philadelphia has produced some instrumental acts that demand my attention (and can’t be handed off to our experts in jazz or the city’s many classical cover bands). One, of course, is the duo of Mary Lattimore and Jeff Zeigler — two rock ’n’ roll side players who make daring, harp-centric compositions together. We liked their Slant of Light album so much we put them on the cover of the Music Issue last month. Chris Forsyth is a different animal. A rock guitarist with serious chops, he makes music that fits fairly comfortably on a playlist with other familiar Philly bands: War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Purling Hiss. The aforementioned Zeigler produced or engineered records for all of those guys, by the way. He also produced Intensity Ghost, the debut full-length by Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band (pictured), just released on No Quarter Records. In the past, Forsyth’s agile guitar style has been called hypnotic, but that makes it sound like you’re supposed to zone out: These songs are fast-paced, with lots of dazzling, hooky melodies to pay attention to. Some parts are bluesy or proggy, but the prevailing mood is thoughtful exhilaration. With no lyrics to tell me otherwise, I’m envisioning car chases, raging storms and time-lapse footage of calving glaciers. It’s best played loud. I asked Forsyth what he imagined people would do while listening to Intensity Ghost. “Drive very fast, wash dishes, write poetry, make love,” he replied. So I was sort of right about the car chase thing. (@mission2denmark) ✚ Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band, Wed., Nov. 5,

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ith mushroom cloud hair and dapper dress sense, Stephen buono is one of Philly’s most recognizable music figures. When he doesn’t have a guitar in his hands, buono is usually wearing his publicist’s hat — for Ars nova Workshop’s events and the avant-jazz arm of Fully Altered media. right now, it’s his new ensemble, Split/red, that’s making waves for buono, co-guitarist travis Woodson, bassist matt engle, drummer ricardo Lagomasino and singer nebadon Adams. on Serious Heft (new Atlantis), Split/ red’s debut full-length, they do some mean hardcore: crisp, vintage minutemen/Fugazi riffs, wonky solos, political lyrics and a punkfunk/free jazz edge. Rolling Stone named them a 2014 new Artist You need to Know, just in time for Serious Heft’s release gig, and, sadly, buono’s going-away party, as he’s moving to chicago for two years. “my sweetheart is getting her master’s there.” City Paper: What does it mean to make and publicize music? Steve Buono: I’m not comfortable replying to publicist ques-

tions. the two have nothing to do with each other. When I’m writing music, my day job does not inform it at all. regarding publicity,

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it’s a struggle 75 percent of the time. there are great new musicians and records, but so few outlets, and it’s rare that a journalist will cover an unknown, or someone who is high profile, a legend or a young lion. Ya dig? CP: I’ve heard you do jazz, blues and skronk in local bands. How’d

you arrive at Fugazi/minutemen-like hardcore for Split/red? SB: the “type” of music we do is a mistake. I didn’t set out to do music that sounded punk. I wasn’t someone that listened to much rock or “white” music. Growing up, I was obsessed with Public enemy, militant rap and whatever was on Yo! MTV Raps. I discovered bob marley which totally flipped me out. neither were heavy on the guitar thing. In college I tripped out on Delta blues, jazz, some Indian music. I started messing with guitar after college, but I didn’t take it too serious until my late 20s. I wanted to play music like Ayler, coltrane or Grant Green, but when I tried, I failed. nor had I played with a drummer. I met Jim coughlin, and we played as a duo, and just raged with me trying to sound like Grant Green. What I did sounded horrible, but I committed to it. then someone said I should check out the minutemen. I could not get into it at all, but later checked it again and paid attention to the lyrics. my mind was blown. their text was political, hilarious, beyond me, and with a bassist sound-

The “type” of music we do is a mistake.

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➤ all your friend’s friends | B this comp really should not be this good. the concept — myriad Pacific northwest rappers spitting over repurposed K records samples — sounds almost as precious as Gym class Heroes name-dropping emo bands (yeah, they did that). but producer Smoke M2d6 of the oldominion collective creates lush tapestries that ground agile verses from scene vets (like the chicharones) and olympia-based newcomers. evocative snippets compel repeat listens on this respectable compilation.

finest effort yet, a brooding opus in which familiar post-rock soundscapes take on new life in this band’s nimble hands. A heretofore unheard sonic sophistication permeates the subtler parts of standout “mother opiate” and closer “God’s teeth.” there’s plenty here to stir up something like existential disquiet, and you’ll feel it yourself when tWDY plays the church on Saturday. —Sameer rao

➤ pianos become the teeth | B Known for his tattered screams, vocalist Kyle Durfey keeps things relatively restrained on the new Keep You (epitaph). this may be polarizing for fans of the band’s prior work, but it really lets these songs breathe and burn slow. Plus, it turns out Durfey has a lovely singing voice. For a band that has in the past relied on post-hardcore’s crashing peaks and simmering valleys, Keep You’s decidedly gentler approach and closer attention to instrumental space feels like a wise new step.

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Citizenfour [ A- ] The scariesT Thing you’ll see this Halloween is edward Snowden swear-

ing in disbelief at the end of Laura Poitras’ gripping, disturbing documentary. Citizenfour, whose core is the now-(in)famous meeting between Snowden, Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald in a Hong Kong hotel room, offers, through Snowden, a kind of limited catharsis. Sure, he’s exiled from his own country and branded a traitor by many opposed to his disclosure of information on U.S. surveillance programs, but he’s done what he set out to do. In the last scene, though, Greenwald tells him of another whistle-blower who claims the U.S. has more than a million people on various watch lists, to which Snowden can only respond, “that is fucking ridiculous.” It’s an unforgettable moment. no matter how jaded we are, there is always something that can shock us — and that shock is a powerful motivator. Poitras, who shared Pulitzers with Greenwald and barton Gellman for reporting the Snowden story in the Guardian and the Washington Post, knows that last year’s scandal is this year’s fait accompli. So instead of rehashing the information that’s already been disclosed, she gives us moments that drive home what happens when what was paranoid becomes a rational response to the facts. When a fire alarm sounds in the Hong Kong hotel, we might dismiss Snowden’s fear that it might be a trap, but when it sounds again and again, it’s harder to brush off. It’s easy to assume that the government’s ability to collect effectively infinite amounts of information will only harm bad people, but when it’s controlled by the same institution that determines what’s bad, the potential for misuse is equally boundless. We should be afraid, and Poitras’ essential film reminds us why. —Sam Adams (Ritz East)

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AMERICAN HORROR STORY: The scariest movie to watch this Halloween weekend? Laura Poitras’ Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour.

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the World is a beautiful Place & I am no Longer Afraid to Die’s new Between Bodies (broken World media) — a collaboration with spoken word poet chris Zizzamia — is better understood as a one-off experiment and not a serious entry in the collective’s discography. Zizzamia waxing metaphysical nonsense over bloated post-rock? —Marc Snitzer It’s exactly as pretentious as you expect.

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starts with a classic: Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. While I applaud artistic director Lane Savadove’s creative, energetic approach to revered works, his approach here has mixed results. Most successful are the muscular performances. Ed Swidey’s Willy Loman is a dynamic mess, selfdestructing in flames. Mary Lee Bednarak infuses wife Linda with ferocity. Double casting smaller roles energizes key scenes with instant transformations that mirror Willy’s encroaching madness, making Russ Widdall and Anna Zaida Szapiro’s fine performances particularly special. Dirk Durossette’s towering abstract set frames the action. Matt Sharp’s lighting and Robert Carlton’s rumbling sound design complement the set’s expressionist approach. As his program notes explain, Savadove presents Willy’s downfall as Linda’s flashback, beginning the play with his funeral, which raises questions about what Linda knew: Was she aware of Willy’s infidelities and his refusal of neighbor Charley’s job offer? The idea contradicts son Biff’s (Sean Lally) fierce protection of his mother and other key information. Moreover, Savadove makes the Lomans Jewish, adding nothing to our understanding while inserting distracting details. Casting Charley and son Bernard with black actors feels progressive — and Steven Wright and Derrick L. Millard II are very good — but hints that Willy’s jealousy is fueled by racism. Despite these decisions, this Death of a Salesman radically exceeds typical productions, and asserts EgoPo’s inspiring resistance to treating classics like museum pieces. (m_cofta@citypaper.net) ✚ Through Nov. 9, $25, EgoPo at the Latvian Society, 531

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I don’t think about music that deeply. I just do it. ing like a punk Jamaaladeen tacuma. cp: there’s heavy riffology on Serious Heft. SB: I have favorite guitarists — bob Quine, curtis

mayfield, D boon, mississippi John Hurt, ribot, Frisell, nels — but they are mostly virtuosi, and I don’t have the chops to replicate their brilliance. our guitarist, travis Woodson, is a beast, not to mention being a brilliant conceptualist. cp: Was it hard finding a vocalist and lyricist? Was

there a set of messages that you hoped to convey? SB: We’ve had four singers. Finding the one has been hard. I love Aretha, carla bozulich and victor Jara, but that doesn’t mean it will work with music I write. ‌ In terms of the lyrical message, I rarely give tips. I write the songs, and name it according to something I am reading, or thinking. “road to Aguilaresâ€? was a rare case where I asked [nebadon Adams] to check this documentary on rutilio Grande, which he did, and the lyrics reflect that. neb reads and pays attention to the news, and is a deeper thinker than me, so I let him take care of it.

cp: What’s Split/red’s credo? SB: that’s an intense question. We’re all pretty intense about music, but when we get together, we are pretty lighthearted. travis is hilarious, and I could listen to his imitations and commentary for hours. Personally, I don’t think about music that deeply. I just do it. I get way inside my head about things in my life, or the pain of others, but I’m not super-deep about my concepts. I am a fanboy, and spend time thinking about how amazing the music of others is, not my own stuff. I think [about] violeta Para, charlie Haden and eyvind Kang a lot. maybe I should be reflecting more on my own output. (@ADAmorosi)

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“A STAGGERING MASTERPIECE!” “A VISIONARY TOUR-DE-FORCE!” - RogerEbert.com

“STUNNING! SUBLIME!” “EXTRAORDINARY!

As beautiful and imaginative as anything Studio Ghibli has yet created!” - The Telegraph © 2013 Hatake Jimusho - GNDHDDTK

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Philly’s got a ton freaky traditions ’round this time of year, but this one’s usually the party to beat. Henri David’s Halloween the ball has been going strong for 45 years and awards prizes for costumes in categories like most beautiful Female Impersonator, most believable Female Impersonator, most Unbelievably Spectacular and (new this year) most Sensual Fantasy. the main attraction is likely the host himself, whose frequent costume changes keep you guessing. this party is probably not for everybody, but everybody should go at least once, just to be sure. —Patrick Rapa ✚ $25 (or $60 without a costume) | Fri., Oct. 31, 9 p.m., Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, 201 N. 17th St., 215-732-7711.

➤ Making TiMe / Pure Halloween For those who have had enough of being tricked and treated and terrorized behind the walls, the making time people are offering a distinctly not-scary Halloween rager (but costumes are still encouraged). Dave P., Sammy Slice and the rest of the merry mt crew will be teaming up with the evercool and ever-bratty Dum Dum Girls for a night of good vibes. We’re sure that the dark pop chicks will be wearing some witchy and bitchy threads: Will you be able to keep up? —Indira Jiminez ✚ $15 | Fri., Oct. 31, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., with the Dum Dum Girls and DJs Dave P. and Sammy Slide, Mike Z, Dave Pak, Rocktits, Broadzilla and Greg D, Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., makingtimeisrad.com.

➤ Dracula’s Ball Hosted by the dark souls at Dancing Ferret, the allages Dracula’s ball is the go-to get-down for vampires and vampire allies. this year it features performances by Interface and Spider Lilies, and promises lots of Goth/industrial/synth type stuff to dance to. costumes not required, but c’mon. —P.R. ✚ $18.50 | Fri., Oct. 31, 9 p.m., Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., draculasball.com.

➤ Halloqweens Ball this two-floor LGbtQ Halloween extravaganza

features over a dozen DJs and mcs. Headliners include raunchy rapper cakes da Killa, ballroom/house DJ mikeQ and Philadelphia’s Factory Girls party crew. Hauntings, bewitchings, possessions and sacrifices are advertised — and given the kinetic ensemble, not entirely unlikely. —Sam Fox ✚ $10 | Fri., Oct. 31, 9 p.m., The Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave., 215-6347400, thebarbary.org.

➤ nigHT of THe PHilly DeaD: Brews anD Brains nothing says Halloween like zombies and zymurgy, right? International House is hosting a party that’s all about getting undead and unsober. DJ Skeme richards is on the decks till 2 a.m., and the bar is going to be pouring all sorts of creepy concoctions like Dock Street Walker (brewed with roasted goat brains — seriously) and two punches in gross-out Halloween flavors like blood & Guts and White Zombie. Snacks are coming by way of chef barbie marshall, who will tell you scary stories from her tenure on tv’s Hell’s Kitchen if you’re lucky. —Caroline Russock ✚ $50-$65 | Fri., Oct. 31, 9 p.m., with DJ Skeme, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., ihphilly.org/phillydead.

➤ TJ kong’s Halloween cosTuMe Ball/rock ’n’ roll MurDersHow tJ Kong’s annual bloodbath is going big for its fifth year, with eight bands on two stages in Philly’s rockingest basement. We asked mr. Kong himself, Dan bruskewicz, what people should expect. He did not mince words: “the gold standard in upheaval. bigger and better and more murder.”—P.R. ✚ $15 | Fri., Oct. 31, 8 p.m., with TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, Northern Arms, Mumblr, Tutlie, Mo Lowda & The Humble, Lantern, The Bernhardt Family Band and Divine Hand Ensemble, Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St., undergroundarts.org.

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: new Art And CrAft | B mark Landis, a wisp of a man now in his early 60s, is an art forger. He creates beautiful and skilled copies and “gifts” them to duped museums — 46 in 20 states, including the Philadelphia museum of Art. that’s not illegal, as no money’s involved. He calls it “philanthropy.” the New York Times compared him to truman capote (voice) and Norman bates (creepy “mother” anecdotes). He drinks sneaky booze out of a milk of magnesia bottle. He reads a list of his mental-health diagnoses — schizophrenia, psychosis — and argues for or against each charge. He eats a lot of tv dinners. He’s got enemies — matthew Leininger, a former museum registrar, pursues his cons in a Catch Me if You Can-style chase, but that’s a snoozy subplot. the real interest is Landis — a man who manages to be venerable, pitiable, reviled and awkwardly charming all at once. How artful. And how crafty. —Mikala Jamison (Ritz at the Bourse)

Citizenfour See Sam Adams’ review on p. 21.

the Guest | BShot in lurid colors and drizzled with a squelchy synthesizer score, Adam Wingard’s bloody thriller is so enamored of John carpenter it might as well be passing him mash notes in social studies. Like his dopey siege movie You’re Next, The Guest doesn’t wear its influences on its sleeve so much as tote them around in a plastic pail, slathering every available surface with genre fetishism, and just

enough self-consciousness to pass off redundancy as homage. Downtown Abbey’s Dan Stevens is plenty menacing (and equally dreamy looking) as a military veteran who inveigles himself into the home of a deceased comrade and starts kicking up dust in a small town, teaching the family’s weak little brother to kick ass and drawing lustful glances from passing girls. but Wingard lacks the wit to invert the sexist stereotypes he draws upon, and final girl maika monroe isn’t given a character so much as a grab-bag of half-sharp lines and reaction shots. It’s like eating in a favorite restaurant after the kitchen staff has changed: Everything looks right, but the taste is off, and no matter how much you eat, it never satisfies. —Sam Adams (Ritz at the Bourse)

niGhtCrAwler | ADon’t look now, but Jake Gyllenhaal is mcconaugheying. After a weird string of roles that failed to even crack the lid on the irreverent leading man’s toolbox (Prince of Persia?!), he seems to have course-corrected, banging out edgier fare (see: Enemy) that gives him, and us, a little something to work with. Dan Gilroy’s shadow-cloaked debut might just contain Gyllenhaal’s meatiest and most marketable role in years, a performance so eye-opening you’ll find yourself making excuses for some of the film’s flimsier devices. A hard-driving but directionless petty criminal operating in the non-glam circles of Los Angeles, Louis bloom is relentless without having anything to be relentless about, his unblinking discipline pushing him toward a goal he hasn’t yet set. (A possible place along the autism spectrum is hinted at.) His ambition finds its outlet in “nightcrawling” — risky freelance camera work that c i t y pa p e r . n e t | O c t O b E r 3 0 - N O v E m b E r 5 , 2 0 1 4 | p h i l a d e l p h i a c i t y pa p e r |

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places him, and later his stammering street-kid partner (riz Ahmed), in violent and compromising situations. bloom’s footage soon becomes invaluable to struggling tv producer Nina (rene russo), leading to a complex professional and personal relationship shaped by their shared appetite for control. Unpredictable, unscrupulous and often straight-up spooky, Gyllenhaal’s character is one you find yourself rooting for, even if the right thing to do is to root for him to be arrested. Gilroy is so aware of what he’s got that he unrealistically structures his world to bloom’s benefit, but Gyllenhaal is too good for it to matter. —Drew Lazor (Wide release)

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White Bird in a Blizzard | CA master of disillusion, Gregg Araki had always identified with the struggle for identity, his queer-focused films unfolding with little regard for the standards of the normies who operate outside the conversation. but in adapting Laura Kasischke’s White Bird in a Blizzard, Araki seems beholden to his source material, producing a stilted coming-of-age tale that has his voice but none of the usual energy. On paper it seems like a match: Kasischke’s Kat (Shailene Woodley), growing into her teenage body fast in the late ’80s, begins exploring her sexuality just as her long-miserable mother (Eva Green) vanishes one day. It’s not intended to be a whodunit, but speculation about the disappearance ends up being more compelling than any of the directions Araki attempts to aim the conversation — that in-

cludes her interactions with her meek father (christopher meloni), relationship with the boy next door (Shiloh Fernandez) and dalliances with the detective (thomas Jane) handling her mom’s case. too deliberate to be a murder mystery and too surface to stand alone as a character-driven drama, it’s some of Araki’s flattest work — a shame, since Woodley is more than capable of being his type of heroine. —DL (Ritz at the Bourse)

✚ repertory film international hoUSe 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org. Zaytoun (2012, Israel, 110 min.) Thu., Oct. 30, 7 p.m., free. BjĂśrk: Biophilia Live (2014, U.K., 97 min.) Sat., Nov. 1, 8 and 10:15 p.m., $9.

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philadelphia JeWiSh film feSt Various locations, 215-545-4400, pjff.org. Anywhere Else (2014, Germany, 87 min.) Gershman Y, Sat., Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., $15. The Sturgeon Queens (2014, U.S.A., 53 min.): A doc on the Lower East Side’s famed lox and bagel emporium russ and Daughters. Gershman Y, Sun., Nov. 2, 11:30 a.m., $12. Hanna’s Journey (2013, Germany/Israel, 100 min.) Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Sun., Nov. 2, 7 p.m., $12. Etgar Keret: What Animal Are You? (2013, Israel, 58 min.): Etgar Keret, the author we most want to make out with, will speak and read after a screening of this film about him. At least one pair of underwear to be thrown at the stage! Gershman Y, Mon., Nov. 3, 7 p.m., $12. What do We have in Our Pockets? And then a collection of short films based on Keret’s short stories. Gershman Y, Tue., Nov. 4, 7 p.m., $12. Regarding Susan Sontag (2014, U.S.A., 110 min.): National Museum of American Jewish History,

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philamoca 531 N. 12th St., 267-519-9651, philamoca.org. Nosferatu (1922, Germany, 81 min.): With a live score by Not-SoSilent cinema. Fri., Oct. 31, 7:30 and 10 p.m., $10.

ritz at the BoUrSe 400 Ranstead St., 215-440-1181, landmarktheatres.com. The Evil Dead (1981, U.S., 85 min.): “the only way to stop those possessed by the spirits of the book is through the act of ‌ bodily dismemberment.â€? Fri., Oct. 31, midnight, $10.

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[ now the ghosts don’t wait for you to sleep ]

SPIT IT OUT: Run the Jewels plays the TLA on Friday.

Events is our selective guide to what’s going on in the city this week. For comprehensive event listings, visit citypaper.net/events. iF yoU Want to be liSted: Submit information by email (listings@ citypaper.net) or enter it yourself at citypaper.net/submit-event with the following details: date, time, address of venue, telephone number and admission price. Incomplete submissions will not be considered, and listings information will not be accepted over the phone.

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Quills $15-$25 | Through Nov. 15, Luna Theater Company, 620 S. Eighth St., 215-704-0033, lunatheater.org. the marquis de Sade, as you might know, had a compulsion to write sexually violent tales. Quills, which seems at first a macabre look at his hobby, is actually a dark treatise about

artistic freedom and censorship. robb Hutter’s brave performance as the gleefully randy de Sade starts with flamboyant excess, but when he’s figuratively and literally stripped bare, his integrity and nobility endure real torture. mark Knight plays his nemesis, a doctor running a grotesque asylum who compels Alan Holmes’ tortured young priest to break the disruptive inmate. What happens isn’t pretty, but playwright Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, Grey Gardens), director Gregory Scott campbell and a capable supporting cast led by nell bang-Jensen deliver more than icky thrills. —Mark Cofta

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Great expectations $15-$48 | Through Dec. 14, Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St., 215-922-1122, ardentheatre.org. After a strong start to its

2014-15 season with La Bête, the Arden theater company is tackling charles Dickens’ complicated coming-of-age classic, Great Expectations. barrymore-winning Arden veteran matthew Decker directs Gale childs Daly’s adaptation of this tome, which ambitiously condenses more than 40 roles to just six actors. Josh carpenter stars as Pip, whose life is profoundly impacted by three encounters: first with an escaped convict, then with a cold and cynical peer and finally with the heartbroken and maniacal miss Havisham. based on the Arden’s previous success with classic literary adaptations, we have great expectations for this production. —Alyssa Mallgrave

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Henry V $20-$35 | Through Nov. 16, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom St., 215-496-8001,

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Aaron cromie’s 2010 classical Acting Academy production was so great that Philadelphia Shakespeare theatre artistic director carmen Khan wisely decided to remount it. the tale of a young king’s rise becomes a high school class’s final exam, in which teacher Sam Sherburne plays the chorus and a strong ensemble of eight uniformed students play all the roles, using hats and glasses to transform from French nobles to british soldiers. cromie’s interpretation adds a clever layer of meaning about discovering the joys of Shakespeare, while also making the bard’s sometimes dense history lesson clear through blackboard, laptop computer, overhead projector and exuberant performances. Akeem Davis wins the day as an apparently delinquent student who surprises teacher and himself by mastering the title role. —Mark Cofta

Hamlet

$15-$34 | Through Nov. 23, Hedgerow Theatre, 64 Rose Valley Rd., Rose Valley, Pa., 610-5654211, hedgerowtheatre.org. Director Dan Hodge and actor Jared reed fearlessly fiddle with Shakespeare at Hedgerow theatre. Last fall’s Macbeth was bloody good fun, and now they collaborate on a 120-minute version of Hamlet, featuring only 10 actors. reed plays the title role, and his Lady macbeth, Jennifer Summerfield, plays his bFF Horatio — one of many entertaining surprises they’re conjuring. —Mark Cofta

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$35 | Fri., Oct. 31, 9 p.m., featuring

Ratking and Despot, TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, tlaphilly.com. trap rappers, backpackers, crap rappers and Adult Swim fans rejoice: run the Jewels’s new album, RTJ2 (mass Appeal), just dropped, and it’s as trippy and virtuosic as you’d imagine. they launch their release tour on Halloween at tLA, which is fitting for an album with improbably aggressive song titles like “close Your eyes (and count to Fuck).” —Sameer Rao

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creedence clearwater reViVal $5-$10 | Fri., Oct. 31, 7 p.m., with Chumbawamba, Pantera, Crass Records and The Distillers, The Red Barn, will@utphilly.com. obviously, if that lineup were legit, this would be the most epic West Philly house show of all time. Still, as an evening of tribute acts — drawing

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players from well-known punk and indie entities — it should be off the hook. example: the eight-piece “chumbawamba” features members of Kill the man Who Questions, Policy of 3, r.A.m.b.o, ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Atom and his Package. (Hmm. You think that means Atom or the Package?) —Patrick Rapa 55

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A Bronx TAle $75-$150 | Fri.-Sat., Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St., 215-893-1999, princemusictheater.org. the Prince music theater will soon shut its doors, but its last hurrah includes the third visit of film actor (Bullets Over Broadway) and tv guest star (Modern Family) chazz Palminteri’s popular one-man show. Written in 1989 about a killing the actor witnessed when he was a 9-year-old in the bronx, it became a 1993 robert Deniro film starring Deniro and Palminteri, played broadway in 2007 and is now published. —Mark Cofta 22

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Burger records cArAvAn of sTArs $15 | Fri., Oct. 31, 8:30 p.m., with Together PANGEA, Cherry Glazerr, Mozes & The Firstborn, AJ Davila & Terror Amor and Wax Witches, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com. the name burger records doesn’t mean much around here, but in Fullerton, calif., it’s kind of a big deal. run by members of thee makeout Party, the label is on the (tiny)

❤ Loved: Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl ❤ Loved: Stephen King, The Stand ✖ didn’t: Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections ➤ Another month, another Franzen frowner. Guys, just because a book is successful doesn’t mean you have to read it. Trust your own tastes, every reader his book, every book his reader, etc. The Grumpy Librarian suggests more spooky mysteries, heavier on suspense than on really long realist investigations into the indignities of early middle age. Although it’s probably already too late, the GL requests you skip the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. Sure, blame the unconvincingly stilted series on the translation — plenty of people who don’t speak Swedish still straight-faced blame the translator. Or you could read a different, better crime series: How about Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie books? Her detective novel, Case Histories, will scratch that psychological thriller itch. It’s the first of four Brodie books, which should keep you safe from bad dates with best-sellers, at least for a few weeks. (grumpylibrarian@citypaper.net) Send the Grumpy Librarian two books you like and one you hate and she’ll tell you what to read.

out cherry Glazerr (pictured), a spunky garage pop band that’s two-thirds in high school, and together PAnGeA, makers of loud and dirty-mouthed post-punk. —Patrick Rapa

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BridgeT evereTT forefront of the (infinitesimal) cassette comeback, having released tapes by brian Jonestown massacre, ty Segall, ryan Adams and lots more. on this tour, make sure to check

$20-$25 | Sat., Nov. 1, Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St., 215893-1999, princemusictheater.org. Appearing in the Prince’s upstairs black box theater, everett returns for just one

performance of her outrageous one-woman music and comedy show. The Village Voice calls the Sex and the City and 2 Broke Girls actress “Wynona Judd meets melissa etheridge, via the local bar floozy, on a rocket ship out of Twin Peaks” — a fine mess of words for a “mature audiences only” performer with a passionate following. —Mark Cofta

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Björk: BiophiliA live $7-$9 | Sat., Nov. 1, 8 p.m., International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org. released in 2011 as the first “app c i t y pa p e r . n e t | o c t o b e r 3 0 - n o v e m b e r 5 , 2 0 1 4 | p h i l a d e l p h i a c i t y pa p e r |

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Aldine | After nearly a year of anticipation,Aldine, the first solo venture from chef George Sabatino and his wife, Jennifer, is open. Taking over the airy second floor corner of 19th and Chestnut, the Sabatinos have transformed a former bar space into a gorgeous dining room with fantastic Center City views, pressed tin ceilings and photographs by Neal Santos. For now, Aldine is offering an a la carte menu, but Sabatino has plans for vegetarian and omnivore tasting menus going live in the next few weeks. At the bar, Jennifer has created a short and sweet cocktail program, including a frothy vodka Campari cocktail and a gin drink featuring fennel, Concord grape and sparkling wine. Tue.-Thu., 4-10 p.m; Fri.-Sat., 4-11 p.m.; Sun., 4-9 p.m. 1901 Chestnut St., 215-454-6529, aldinerestaurant.com. Capital Teas | The first Philadelphia outpost of this Maryland-based mini chain of tea shops has roots deep in the tea biz: The founder’s great-great grandfather set up shop in Ceylon to get in on the tea trade. In addition to loose and brewed teas, Capital Teas is also selling lesser-known leaves like Argentine mate and Tea Lagers, sachets of tea meant to enhance your beer-drinking experience. Mon.-Thu., 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri., 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1804 Chestnut St., 267-928-2856, capitalteas.com. Hippot Shabu Shabu | Just in time for the colder months, Chinatown gets another tabletop-cooking option. In Hippot’s space-aged dining room, you can customize your herbal or spicy broth (half and half is available as well) with an array of noodles, vegetables and proteins, plus a rainbow of sauces and condiments. Adding to the futuristic vibes: iPad ordering. A liquor license is in the works. Sun.-Thu., 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m. 1002 Arch St., 215-928-8838, hippotpa.com. Got A Tip? Please send restaurant news to restaurants@ citypaper.net or call 215-735-8444, ext. 207.

BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: Eilon Gigi, general manager of the newly opened Abe Fisher restaurant, says he has fine service in his blood. neal SantOS

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Terms of service From the greeting to goodnight, a polished front-of-house service is the link that brings together the perfect meal. By Caroline Russock

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ilon Gigi, general manager of the recently opened Abe Fisher restaurant, was born into hospitality. “my parents are moroccan and hospitality was really a part of my childhood,” he says. Gigi’s dad was a bartender and a server on merchant marine and cruise ships, and he eventually became a chef. His mom is an amazing moroccan cook, he says. “Whenever people came to the house they were immediately offered campari, little mezze [small plates]. that’s what I grew up with. Whenever people come into any establishment that I’m in, I just want them relive to those times from my childhood when my parents were so good at hosting. It’s second nature to me,” Gigi says. Hospitality service should be second nature. think about it. When you’re describing a particularly positive restaurant meal, the first topic of conversation is the food. maybe you’ll also discuss striking decor, particularly distinctive restrooms or a bustling open kitchen, but service is rarely mentioned.

that’s not an accident. In restaurants with the best service, steps are taken to ensure that guests are well taken care of — that all their needs are met and all their questions answered, that water glasses are full and special requests are taken into consideration. being able to meet all points in an unobtrusive way, at a pace that keeps the evening moving seamlessly, is an intrinsic element of the experience. It’s also one that doesn’t come easily. ellen Yin, owner of Fork, High Street on market and a.kitchen and a.bar, breaks it down this way: “Number one, you have to be a pleaser, that has to be inherent in you.” Yin began her career in hospitality at an early age, working as a busgirl at Fromagerie, a storied French restaurant in monmouth county, N.J. Her mother was a great cook and her father had no qualms about inviting company over on weekends. For Yin, there was something natural about the progression from home entertaining to fine French dining. Yin says she loved working her way up from bussing to serving. With Fork in the prime of its adolescence and three newcomers under her belt, Yin has taken the “pleaser” mentality and transformed it into a mini empire of restaurants. As much as you might expect Yin to have secrets to cultivating the high level of hospitality that exists in her restaurants, she

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breaks it down to just a few points of service that are quite simple. “I always tell the staff — however you say it — don’t say, ‘no.’ We phrase things in a way that gives people options. If someone calls asking for a reservation at 7 o’clock, I don’t say, ‘No, sorry, I’m booked.’ I say, ‘Oh, 7 o’clock? could you do 7:30? Would 6:45 work?’ that’s how I try to think of service.� Little things, like taking the word “no� out of rotation, does wonders — as does recognition. With 17 years at Fork, Yin’s created quite a following and countless regulars that she greets nightly. For her, seeing her clientele grow is part of the satisfaction. She remembers chef Greg vernick coming into Fork when he was a teenager. but the growth doesn’t end with regulars. A handpicked staff and high a level of service can mean lots of room to grow. Yin has seen plenty of her staffers rise in the ranks, some even making their way from bussers to managers. “It’s bigger than just a service component,� she explains. “It’s the bigger picture. I love service. I love seeing people respond positively.� val Safran and her chef partner, marcie turney, singlehandedly transformed 13th Street into a dining destination with Lolita, barbuzzo, Jamonera and Little Nonna’s. (they are planning to open bud & marilyn’s in 2015.) With each of the restaurants seating between 50 and 75 people and with a constant influx of diners, the mood at their places is energetic. Space is tight, lights are low and tables refill minutes after seats are vacated. before getting into the hospitality game full-time, Safran was an eighth-grade Spanish teacher. “When you have employees, it’s almost like teaching in a classroom. they want structure. they want to know that they’re going into an environment that has order, that’s organized, that’s under control.� For Safran, the power is in hiring. She still does all of the hiring for all of her restaurants. “If they don’t have experience, that’s OK, I’m looking for someone who’s just a nice person,� she says. this might seem overly simple, but for Safran it’s a formula that works. She’s a big believer in making sure guests at each table know exactly who their server is, and to have that server taking care of them from soup to nuts. this creates a level of comfort that keeps things personal in restaurants that are pretty much always bustling. When it comes to service, Safran takes a refreshingly humble approach. She strives to be a role model for her managers so that they can, in turn, be role models to their staff. but there’s more to it than that. “You can’t be the best or the smartest. You have to find people who are better than you with whatever you do. It’s only going to make it better for everyone,� she says. Just around the corner at vetri, general manager bobby Domenick encounters a different sort of fast-paced service.

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“One thing that works to our advantage is the size, we have about 30 seats, [an] intimate setting that almost makes you feel like you’re in someone’s living room or dining room. We really like to get to know all of the guests that come here,� Domenick explains. And while the townhouse dining room might seem cozy and laid-back, vetri’s tasting-menu format means that 30-plus plates arrive at any given table over the course of the meal. “that’s a lot of hands running the food out of the kitchen, it’s ever-moving,� Domenick says. “but from the guest’s point of view, it comes across as very serene. Service is in the background.� the concept of service existing in the background is one that comes up over and over again. Lauren Shandelman is general manager of Fountain restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel. In a place with so much history and such loyal clientele, Shandelman finds that attention to detail and anticipating guests’ needs are the most important elements of service. “before I arrived, this place had quite the reputation,� she says. And maintaining a certain level of hospitality is a little easier when several staff members have more than 15 years of experience. back at Abe Fisher, Gigi is the first to admit that as much as he and his staff strive for impeccable service, sometimes mistakes happen. Quoting hospitality impresario Danny meyer, Gigi says, “the road to success is paved with mistakes well-handled.� Instead of dwelling on blips in service, Gigi prefers to use them as leverage to a good experience. “Have them leave thinking about how good of an experience it was, how we reacted rather than the mistake that happened. that’s what I look for all of the time. the food, all of those things are amazing, but they’re not as lasting as the memories that you have from how you were taken care of at a restaurant,� Gigi says. At the end of the day, for Gigi and other front-of-house pros, it’s all about intuition. “Hospitality is like being a psychologist, a hunter and a ninja, all at the same time. It’s the ability to read everything that happens, assess it, analyze it and act. And a lot of it is without any words,� he says. (caroline@citypaper.net)

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➤ “We have a virgin in the crowd,” Susana Mayer announces to big applause from the rapt group gathered at the Bohemian Absinthe Lounge on Sansom Street. The host isn’t referring to a sexual blank slate, but to a newbie reader at her monthly Erotic Literary Salon. The salon, held in an upstairs bar space above Time restaurant, embraces all sorts of writing in a no-judgment zone. Want to hear sexy stories? You’ve got them. Want poetry and real-life revelations? Check. Want to learn about bisexuality, porn or other sexual topics? A guided discussion starts off each evening and draws plenty of audience participation. Mayer, a sexologist who’s been running the salon for six years, calls the threeand-a-half hour event “edutainment.” Those who want to read sign up at a session for the following month or via email. The only requirement? Include a backstory, because Mayer knows those listening to the stories are thinking, “Is that a real story? Did they do that, or did they dream about that?” Here, the audience finds out. About 20 people read at October’s salon, standing at a mic set up in front of the crowd. They read short pieces on everything from prehistoric mating rituals to an Italian fling, Tantric sex to wedding-night remembrances. They were alternately tender, enlightening, hot and provocative. The vibe appears to be less about getting off than building community. Jackie, a cross-dresser who shared a humorous true tale of her double life, told me, “It used to be the cock-and-pussy show.” Now, she says, the writing is better and more varied, but still has “an erotic aspect of some sort.” This racially and age-diverse salon is for people who aren’t afraid of dirty words, and are looking to expand their minds. “There’s no shame in anything you want to talk about here,” one attendee said. Pretense and pompousness, along with a fearinducing stage, are missing. You don’t need to be the second coming of Anaïs Nin to be a hit. Many approached the mic holding cell phones or tablets to read from; some spoke timidly, while featured reader Lynn Hoffman, author of Radiation Days, used his voice to boom out his poetry about having orgasms after 40. It’s a room so open-minded that frequent reader Jennifer came out to the crowd as transgender before she told her own family. At the session last week, she offered a humorous take on lesbian sex,

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referencing “boob-level 69,” but got serious when she said, “My greatest challenge now is being seen as halfway between male and female.” Nobody can reveal every nuance of their lives in five minutes or less — the time limit to the readings — but you’d be surprised at how much a good storyteller can pack in. Mayer has a doctorate in human sexuality, and her educator hat showed during last week’s opening talk about masturbation and the history of hysteria. People volunteered what they’d been told growing up about solo pleasure. (My favorite? That they’d run out of sperm!) She doesn’t screen what people say, but she will offer her two cents. One night, when someone waxed rhapsodic about putting soap inside a woman’s private parts, Mayer was quick to warn that this could be dangerous. She admits her no-holdsbarred approach can “make people squirm,” but to her, that’s a good thing. Local comedian Rachel Fogletto did standup, mimicking getting come on her face, while others offered odes to anal play, threesomes and goddess-centered sex. It’s apparent there’s no right or wrong way to approach eroticism. The salons are open to the public, 21 and over, and Mayer charges $10 ($8 for students/ seniors). The next salon, Nov. 18, will feature erotica writer Emerald and a discussion on ageless sex (“Sex has no expiration date, or does it?”), Mayer’s forte and the subject of her forthcoming book. Be prepared to laugh, learn, gasp, talk to strangers and, yes, squirm. ✚ Rachel Kramer Bussel

(rachelkramerbussel.com) is the author of the essay collection Sex & Cupcakes and editor of over 50 erotica anthologies, most recently Hungry for More and The Big Book of Submission. She tweets @raquelita.

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