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Feedback Twist of Fate Regarding Tara Murtha’s cover about the story behind Zoe Strauss’ “Mattress Flip” photo: I have lived on this block of McClellan St. since 1997. I remember the summer of those mattresses, how they drew the local children, how we watched in awe at the deftness of their moves and insecurity that one of those children might land badly and be hurt terribly.

It went on for at least a week or maybe more before they were removed, gratefully before anyone got hurt. Years later, I wandered into Ms. Strauss’ exhibit and saw the photo and bought one. What a memory to be preserved so beautifully! I am sorry to hear about Boo. He represents so many that I watched grow here, some coming to a tragic end. The moment caught in the photo is, having experienced it myself, true and pure, the surge of joy in youth, testing the limits of its body, a real life celebrating its own force. What a gift.

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Seeing the picture and then reading Boo’s story left an ache in my heart. It is as if nothing could be done to prevent the outcome but this isn’t true. Why was this the outcome and why were we so helpless to prevent a young man’s death. Thank you Zoe Strauss for capturing that moment. We need to learn from this.

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Occupy Philly struggles to regroup.

Is this the beginning of a new soda-tax fight?

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Coke zero: At least 100 corner stores in low-income, high-obesity areas of the city are displaying government-sponsored posters that warn you about buying sugary drinks like soda, iced tea and juice.

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mgoldberg@philadelphiaweekly.com Like many of her Occupy Philly compadres, Julia Alford-Fowler took a big step back from the movement in the weeks following the Nov. 30 eviction from Dilworth Plaza.

“I was really burnt out,” says the 33-yearold Port Richmond resident and Dilworth mainstay. She started smoking again to deal with the stress, and rarely saw her husband over those two months. “It was so intense all the time and I just needed a break,” she says, “but I still have a lot of passion for this so I’m slowly getting back into it.”

The same can be said for Occupy Philly as a whole, which is still trying to regroup from the eviction. Though some Occupiers have rationalized that without the camp there are fewer distractions from the message, or that people who were turned off by the camp are more likely to join the cause now, getting booted from Dilworth undoubtedly dealt a severe blow to the movement. While Occupy succeeded in launching a widespread dialogue about wealth disparity and corporate greed, without the steady spectacle of tents, banners, marches and cast of colorful counterculture characters smack in the middle of Center City, many Philadelphians already regard Occupy Philly as a thing of the past, unable to continue that dialogue.

Media coverage has dwindled; so has the number of active Occupy participants. According to Alford-Fowler and others in the movement, there’s currently a core of about 50 diehards who attend the thrice-weekly general assemblies at the Friends Center and at the Arch Street United Methodist Church (where it all began in late September), and maybe another 50 who don’t show up as regularly but still participate in the various working groups.

Sans encampment, Occupier Dustin Slaughter says, “I think we realized we needed to figure out another way to do the work we started.”

For Occupy Philly to stay alive and relevant, demonstrators understand they have to channel their energy into community outreach. “We’re trying to engage with marginalized people and communities,” says Laura Wesolowski, a 29-year-old Occupier from South Philly.

In recent weeks, Occupiers have cleaned up vacant lots in impoverished areas around the city, including stretches of Susquehanna Avenue and East Willard Street in North Philly, with an eye on planting gardens in the spring. They’ve >> continued on page 4

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Now that that program, launched in 2010, is in full effect, beverage advocates seem to be running scared, putting together their own harsh ad campaign that’s either late to the federal health-reform party or early to the fight that Nutter and other local leaders may have in store later this year. And with the city budget still hurting, some believe the Nutter Administration may give the soda tax another stab.

If that happens, the American Beverage Association will be ready. It has more cash and clout—spending almost $19 million on lobbying in 2009 alone, according to the independent nonprofit OpenSecrets.org— than the smaller, local associations that took on Nutter’s soda tax the last two times. Now, the ABA has a digital ad campaign called Smart Taxpayers Exposing Waste (STEW), whose Philly focus is on the anti-sugary drink ads that have popped up around the city outside 100 to 150 corner stores in low-income, high-obesity areas; on SEPTA buses; and on the radio.

The city’s campaign, which targets childhood obesity with an anti-sugary drink message, was created through funding from the $787 billion stimulus package. “[The media campaign] is specifically targeting caregivers of young children,” says Giridhar Mallya, director of Policy and Planning for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. “It’s trying to increase [their] awareness about the health effects of sugary drinks, particularly how over-consumption can lead to weight gain and diabetes.”

And here’s how Philly’s paying for it: Of the aforementioned $787 billion federal bill, $650 million was earmarked for a pro-

gram called Communities Putting Prevention to Work. It propped up citywide health initiatives throughout the country, and was put together through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The program doled out about $244 million to cities and states for anti-obesity and anti-tobacco funds. And Philly was on one of the highest receiving ends of any U.S. metropolis—qualifying on both the obesity and smoking fronts—receiving $25.4 million to create Get Healthy Philly. Of that, the city spent $2.4 million on its anti-soda advertising blitz.

According to Mallya, results on the ad campaign and projects—farmers markets in low-income areas, new bike paths and other initiatives—are still coming in.

STEW isn’t exactly holding its breath. A Facebook graphic notes the $2.4 million spent on anti-soda ads could have created the following jobs: 52 police officers, 54 firefighters, 57 paramedics, 58 teachers or 88 EMTs. (For one year.)

“Except that [the money from the federal government] wasn’t designed for that,” says Mark McDonald, Nutter’s press secretary. “Other than factually being an error, they’re welcome to their comment.”

Regardless, ABA Communications Director Chris Gindlesperger says the city should have spent the cash repairing bike paths, keeping pools open, establishing rec centers and “those types of things.

And they would probably accomplish the goal of improving health and put people back to work and create jobs at the same time. It’s a tough economy and cities like Philadelphia are spending money on ad campaigns and it’s not creating jobs.”

For their part, the city isn’t saying whether it’ll bring back the soda tax.

“Nothing is out of the possible, but there are no specific plans at this time [to introduce a soda tax],” says McDonald.

But if they do, the ABA is ready. “We’ll continue to oppose, in Philadelphia and elsewhere else, discriminatory taxes on our products,” says Gindlesperger.

“I think the soda tax, Mayor Nutter’s proposal failed for a couple of reasons, not the least of which is people just don’t want it. Philadelphians can’t, and we all can’t afford to pay a penny more for our groceries and there’s a line that people just wont accept. Which is they can make the choice that’s right for them without government help.” n

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Two tries, two fails. Mayor Nutter was never able to enact a tax on sugary drinks, a fee he claimed was needed to curb childhood obesity in Philadelphia and to provide necessary funding during the city’s economic slump. The first time around, in spring of 2010, a frothy mix of consumer outrage, corporate lobbyists, anti-tax advocates and soda-factory workers shut the mayor down. The city instead imposed a 9.9 percent tax hike.

During the second try this past summer, the Nutter Administration made a halfassed attempt to frame the debate as a way to help fund city schools. The Philadelphia School District was facing a $629 million budget gap, and Nutter claimed either a 2-cent per-ounce soda tax, or another 10 percent property tax hike, was needed. In the end, due to more lobbying—especially

by Pennsauken-based Canada Dry Bottling Co., which donated the previous year to the campaigns of councilmembers Bill Greenlee, Bill Green, Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, Darrell Clarke, Jannie Blackwell, and to Nutter—Council enacted a temporary 3.85 percent property-tax increase, providing the school district with $53 million in aid.

But the new cash didn’t stop school closings and layoffs. Also, Nutter never really admitted defeat: “The sugar-sweetened beverage did not actually come up for a vote, so technically, it was not defeated,” he said less than a week after enacting the city’s second property tax hike in two years. Plus, he had the next best thing: A federally funded health program providing a ton of the legwork in the fight against sugary drinks and, by extension, childhood obesity.

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followed by a march around Independence Mall. It was the inaugural event for the group. Rev. Micah Sims, assistant pastor at the Mount Tabor A.M.E. Church and a local Occupy the Dream organizer, says there will be more such alliances with Occupy Philly this year.

Occupy Philly’s themes of economic and social injustice, particularly as it affects minority communities, resonated deeply with Sims and his flock. “A lot of us thought what they were doing was admirable and noble,� he says. Yet he admits he grew a bit skeptical of the movement after watching the first couple of weeks at Dilworth unfold. “I saw that they didn’t have an agenda and it seemed to lack focus.�

Accordingly, Occupy the Dream brought specific demands to the table on Monday.

Among them: a national moratorium on The Rev. Micah Sims speaks at Monday’s home foreclosures; a reversal of the recent Occupy the Dream rally. cuts to Pell Grants for college students; tax breaks for companies that hire veterans; and a rollback of the Bush-era tax cuts for the established “Free University� in various public spaces, where they teach math, writ- wealthy. “I think we view this as we’re picking up the mantle of where [Occupy Philly] ing and test prep skills to youth underleft off,� says Sims. “I hope our partnership served by Philly public schools and provide courses on economics, history and journal- with Occupy will help them gain momentum ism for adults. A handful of Occupiers have again and get some things done.�

Occupy Philly might also get some retaken part in Occupy 440—the modestly newed attention from the masses on April attended weekly protests in front of school 26—that’s when the trial of 30 Occupiers district headquarters organized by school who were arrested the night of the evicnurses falling victim to budget cuts. And tion gets under way. Occupiers are already a few weeks ago, they joined hundreds of gearing up for a large support presence Aramark union workers at a rally outside both inside the courtroom and outside the the Winter Classic hockey game at Citizens Criminal Justice Center. “The trial will help Bank Park to call for better wages and put [Occupy Philly] back into the public eye,� health-care benefits.

There’s also been talk of following the lead says Jody Dodd, a member of the Occupy of Occupations in other cities that are taking Philly legal collective. “We’ll be talking about why were people in the streets? What was it over foreclosed homes and making them about, what’s this movement about?� habitable for homeless individuals or lowCharged with conspiracy, obstructing a income families—although it’s a questionhighway and failure to disperse—all misable tactic some have likened to “glorified demeanor offenses—each Occupier faces squatting.� a maximum of five years in prison and a “We’re looking into the legalities of that, although I think it’s something we should be $12,500 fine. Dodd is confident the Occupiers will be acquitted. But, as she says she’s doing,� Slaughter says.

But as that work continues, some Occupiers told her clients, “If you’re found guilty and bemoan the movement’s low visibility, admit- they send you to jail for five years, I will do your five years for you. That is not going to ting it hampers efforts to bring new people into the fold. “It’s definitely challenging,� says happen. There’s not anybody who’s gone into Wesolowski, adding that when she was stand- the Philadelphia [court] system on a firsting by the Clothespin statue across from City time arrest for a misdemeanor that’s been maxed like that.�

Hall handing out fliers for a recent Occupy “I am 90 percent certain that I’m not going event, many people were shocked to see that to do any jail time for this,� Slaughter, one of the group still exists. “Some people smiled the 30 defendants, laughs nervously. “I’m just and were excited,� she says. “Some people looking forward to [getting] everything about sneered and crumpled it up. The usual.�

Occupy on the record for everyone to hear.�

There are a couple developments that Whatever the outcome of the trial, Alfordmay give some juice to the movement in the Fowler insists it’s the current nuts-and-bolts months ahead. The first is the emergence work of Occupy Philly 2.0 that will get the of Occupy the Dream—a national coalition movement back in the public consciousness of African-American churchgoers, led by and establish its long-term viability. “Press civil-rights stalwart Benjamin Chavis. On only carries you so far,� she says. “The only Monday, more than 100 members of Philathing that makes an impact, that will keep delphia’s Occupy the Dream chapter joined this thing going, is getting into communities up with about 20 Occupy Philly members and showing them you’re there to actually do for a spirited MLK Day rally at the Federal something instead of just carrying around Reserve Bank at Sixth and Arch streets, signs and talking about it.� n Michael alan goldberg

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Who’s hot in Philly hip-hop right now? That’s the perilous question we asked ourselves at the beginning of a long journey. It’s impossible to answer. Or, more to the point, impossible to answer succinctly. The list is lonnnnnng. So we’ve broken it down. We profile an old head on his way back to the spotlight, Cee-Knowledge, in “The Comeback.”

We profile two white-hot brothers, Jahlil and Tone Beats, who are making beats for the biggest names in the game in “The Producers.” We introduce you to a man who sells the mixtapes that get the streets talking in “The Distributors.”

Ground Up, a diverse, more-popular-by-the-day trio who met at Temple, show you how to do it yourself in a piece called “The Family.” We get our Feminism on in our Gun$ Garcia profile, “The Lady.” And finally, we sit down with longtime Philly mainstay Young Chris in “The Next to Pop Off.” Enjoy.

Craig Irvin didn’t grab the mic until his freshman year of college at Howard University. There, he met a Philly kid named DJ Trouble Trev and they started a group called the O.S.A.G.E. (Out for Sex And Gettin’ Exotic) Crew, named after the West Philly street where the MOVE house was bombed in 1985.

After graduation, Irving returned home to Philly—where, as a teen in the ’80s, he’d tape Lady B’s rap radio shows—and met a like-minded MC named Ishmael Butler who was living with his grandmother near West Oak Lane and working at Reading Terminal. “We sat around my grandmother’s house [in Germantown] listening to music for hours,” says Irving, then a member of the Dread Poet’s Society.

Soon after, Irving became Doodlebug. Ishmael became Butterfly. Mary Ann Vieira, an MC who was Irving’s girlfriend at the time, became Ladybug. Digable Planets was born.

The standard Planets narrative glosses over Irving’s Philly connection. But the trio’s jazz and soulpowered debut, 1993’s Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), carries the torch of the city’s frequently under-appreciated black music history. Burning throughout it are the sounds of Philly jazz cats Lee Morgan and John Coltrane, the intergalactic Afrotopia of Sun Ra Arkestra, Kenneth Gamble’s and Leon Huff’s soul, and Philly’s thriving 1980s hip-hop spirit. Planets settled in New York City, and their tongue-twisting verses frequently referenced Brooklyn, but Doodlebug ensured that Philly blood flowed through the Insect Tribe’s veins.

Beating out Snoop Doggy Dogg & Dr. Dre, Arrested Development, Naughty By Nature and Cypress Hill, Planets won the 1993 Grammy for Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group for the hit song “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat).” If you’re alive right now, you know the hook.

Planets dropped Blowout Comb the next year. It was as smooth as Reachin’, more funky than jazzy, but significantly gloomier and overtly militant—it marked the death of slick and the rebirth of Huey Newton.

It didn’t take off like Reachin’. Perhaps it was too politically radical at a time when gangster-rap was all the rage, or maybe it was the lack of a promotional push from Pendulum/Elektra, whose partnership deteriorated leading up to the release date. Citing “creative differences,” Planets split in 1995.

“We went our separate ways,” says Irving. “I didn’t know what to do. I stopped making music, cut my dreads and considered getting a real job ... But then I started gettin’ that music feeling again.”

Now calling himself Cee-Knowledge (he’d done so at least as early as Blowout), Irving reappeared in Philly in the early 2000s. In 2001, he visited the Sun Ra house in Germantown for the first time, and collaborated with Marshall Allen and other Arkestra members on a 12-inch called Space Is The Place.

Picking up where Blowout left off, the tracks kicked ethereal vibes and live jazz-funk instrumentation over which Cee dropped knowledge about “space hustles” and saving planet Earth.

A surprise phone call in 2005 led to Planets’ first reunion, and dates in Europe and the U.S. followed, including sets at the Coachella and Lollapalooza music festivals. “I was shocked people remembered us,” Irving says. “Everyone normally jumps onto the next trend quick, but people were still hungry for our sound.” The demand was there, but Planets once again imploded after a backstage blowout at Red Bull’s Big Tune producer competition in 2008.

Back in his hometown of Seattle, Butterfly/Butler began making music as Shabazz Palaces. He signed with Sub Pop, and released Black Up last year. A heady, Afro-futurist collage, it was far-out and psychedelic—an experimental hip-hop album praised by both indie and hip-hop critics. A few months later, Cee-Knowledge also released his strongest post-Planets album yet, Futuristic Sci-Fi, which combined spaced-out experimentation and Golden Age swagger. Both albums had Planets written all over them.

Critics overlooked the way-underground Futuristic, but Black Up got Planets buzzing again in the press. The Internet exploded at the close of 2011 with rumors that Planets were uniting for a new studio album. While talks are underway, nothing’s confirmed. “I’m down, no doubt,” says Irving about another reunion. “Planets was the best time of my life, but a gift and a curse. As a musician, I wanna spread my wings and not always be stuck as ‘that Digable Planets dude.’ I wanna try new things and experiment.”

It’s uncertain whether a Planets tour and new album will transpire, but Irving’s definitely back, and his live hip-hop group, the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, is almost finished recording their debut album.

“I’m trying to get my foothold back on the Philly scene again,” he says. “The 215 makes me who I am. I’ve lived in a few places, but no matter where I was, Philly was always in me. I took Philly everywhere I went. My music’s always been rooted here.” n

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“Jahlil Beats. Holla at me!”

If you didn’t hear those words kick off a song last year, you didn’t listen to rap music.

There was no escaping it—the club, the car, the street—especially in Philadelphia.

We heard it right before Philly’s biggest young rapper, Meek Mill, charged into the beat—“Look, I be ridin’ through my old hood, but I’m in my new whip/ Same old attitude, but I’m on that new shit”—on “Ima Boss,” his breakthrough hit with Maybach Music boss Rick Ross.

It’s the catchphrase of the song’s producer, who places it at the beginning of his tracks. Recorded six years ago, the voice belongs to Jahlil Beats’ niece, who was 3-years-old at the time. Jahlil Beats (born Orlando Tucker) is the 23-year-old from Chester, Pa., who produced “Ima Boss.” On Oct. 16, 2011, Orlando Tweeted a picture of himself standing next to Jay-Z at the New York headquarters of Jay’s entertainment company, Roc Nation. He had just been signed.

Soon after, another banger from Meek’s Dreamchasers, “House Party,” began booming—the club, the car, the street. But while “Ima Boss” was menacing and hard—built for rappers to boast about bossing a city—“House Party” was playful and irresistibly danceable—designed for rappers to cut loose after a grueling week of street work. It was produced by the Beat Bully, aka Tone Beats. Born Anthony Tucker, he’s Orlando’s 20-year-old brother. Among other offers, he’s currently considering a deal with Maybach.

“Our pop made beats, so it was only right we got into music,” says Anthony. “He gave our cousin this program called FL Studio, so then Jahlil and I picked up on it. I started messing with it when I was 13.”

Their father’s production career never launched, but the music environment they grew up in rubbed off. “He helped my career every step of the way,” Orlando says on the phone from Los Angeles, where he’s working on Meek’s official debut album. “Pop started me out and I made my first beat when I was 11.”

As Chester High School students, the Tucker brothers gave beats to friends to rhyme over (Orlando also MCs). Orlando’s first big production was “I’m So Fly” on Meek’s Flamerz 2 (2009) mixtape. “That put me on the map,” he says. “Then, I originally made “Ima Boss” for Young Jeezy. I played it for Meek first, and the rest is history.”

He made it in under 30 minutes.

His sound’s often compared to 20-year-old Virginia producer Lex Luger, whose work with Waka Flocka Flame, Jay-Z and Ross earned him the spotlight this year.

“Luger makes hardcore street music, and that’s what me and Meek did,” Orlando says about the comparison. “But he’s a trap producer, and I have more diverse styles. He has a lot of orchestra sounds, I use a lot of synths, and his 808s is different than mine.”

Now you can hear “Jahlil Beats. Holla at me!” open songs by Soulja Boy, Fabolous, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Lil Kim and, most recently, 50 Cent’s “Put Your Hands Up.” “It’s been a dream come true,” Orlando says about his recent success. “I’m humbled, and motivated to work harder and go to higher levels. I’m working right now.”

“People don’t believe me,” says Anthony, “but I’ve only produced like three or four songs.” In addition to a few records on Dreamchasers—he made “House Party” in four minutes—he’s worked for Bow Wow and 76er Louis Williams.

He recently produced “Stay Schemin,” a collab between Ross, Drake and French Montana for Ross’ Rich Forever mixtape. Early last week, Common rapped over it as part of his ongoing beef with Drake. “No comment,” says Anthony. A few days later, Gucci Mane spit over “House Party,” but Anthony hadn’t heard it yet.

Like his big brother, Anthony composes his own beats rather than use samples. “It takes away royalties,” he says, “and if I wanna make a hit record, I’m not gonna sample.

I’d rather play the sample melody myself, and then switch it up, add my own twist.”

“I’m determined,” Anthony says about a career in the music industry. “Last year I wasn’t taking music seriously, but now my shit’s blowing up. Some dudes’ sounds get old fast, but I’m gonna keep making these beats and stay consistent. Soon I wanna move to L.A. or Miami, get a nice house and have a million in the bank for my son.” n

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Books are mostly how he makes his living, but the heart of Bookman’s street vendor operation, located just outside 52nd Street Station at 52nd and Market, is hip-hop. Most days, he’s bumpin’ beats from his tabletop rig—a CD player and speakers powered by a car battery.

And those in the know know Bookman’s the man when it comes to getting your hands on the latest, greatest mixtape to hit the streets. Albums are nice, but underground mixtapes (they’re CDs, but the classic nomenclature sticks) have been the life-blood of hip-hop for ages.

With mixtapes, established rappers who use them as promotional tools—like Lil Wayne, who seems to put out about 97 of them every year—cannot only stay hot and relevant between “of “official” releases, but they can get as real, experimental or controversial as they wanna be, and collaborate with whomever they want, all free from the shackles of record companies. More often than not, their mixtapes are way better, and more popular, than their albums.

Meanwhile, for local up-and-comers, mixtapes are like a hip-hop farm system in which rappers can show off their skills in hopes of building street buzz and eventually making it to the big leagues. Like Philly’s Meek Mill, who blew up and got signed by hip-hop heavyweight Rick Ross largely on the strength of his underground smash Flamerz mixtape series.

But they all need to tap into the mixtape distribution network—guys on the street like Bookman, who grew up in New York City but has lived in West Philly for a decade—because moving product out of the trunk of your car is a relic of hip-hop’s past. Bookman’s only too happy to take on that crucial role: Books are his primary business but music is his life. In his spare time he produces tracks under the name We Make Original Beats, and from his corner at 52nd and Market, where he’s considered a tastemaker, he’s helped build the careers of Meek Mill, Young Chris and others (and make a side profit for himself) by playing and selling their mixtapes for a few bucks.

“People walking up and down the strip, people gettin’ off the train, we’re the first thing you see and hear,” says Bookman. “We’re kind of like the pacesetters. People stop their cars and yell out sometimes ’cause they heard something we was playing.”

Rappers and DJs hit up Bookman all the time with their mixtapes, sometimes cutting consignment deals or just giving him a stack of discs to move, because they know the impact it can have.

“You can get real successful in Philly as an underground mixtape artist if you’re good,” says Bookman. “People in Philly love Philly. They about their teams, they about their music, they really about that underground hip-hop. If your mixtape gets big here, it’s a real thing. It’s not no commercial propaganda behind it. You can’t convince people out here to like something if they don’t like it. If they like it, it’s on. They make who’s good big.”

What’s hot on the streets right now? Bookman says it’s North Philly DJ Choc’s We Winning series, and rappers Joey Jihad, AR AB and Santos. Bookman says trap beats—the mid-tempo Dirty South style with the crisp snares and thick orchestral synths—are still popular, though he doesn’t like it, or play it, much. “Not that soulful,” Bookman says.

Bookman’s also dealing with a different kind of heat right now. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been snooping around, and with the help of the PPD they’ve been shutting down, sometimes arresting, other mixtape vendors around the city. The record industry doesn’t get a cut from the mixtape industry, but mixtapes—which often outsell proper albums—frequently contain partial or full cuts from mainstream albums alongside original productions. And a lot of rappers illegally grab beats from popular songs (Jay-Z & Kanye’s “Ni**as in Paris” is big at the moment) to freestyle over on their mixtapes; one hot Santos track uses Lil Wayne’s “Banned on TV” beat.

“That’s just the hip-hop version of the cover song,” says Bookman.

The artists manage to get away with it because they typically give the mixtapes away for free as “promotional only” items. And often, since a rapper’s mixtapes can still generate interest in their major label releases, the RIAA usually doesn’t go after the artists themselves.

The street vendors who do the actual distributing that the industry needs, for a small profit?

That’s a different story.

Bookman keeps his discs off the red tablecloths and in nearby plastic bins, and you gotta know what’s up to get your hands on what you want. “I’m legit—I’m not trying to hide it, and I’m cool with talking to you about it,” says Bookman, “but if I have a whole bunch of CDs on the table that’s just bait, whether it’s independent or not. They arrest you first and ask questions later, and I don’t wanna sit in jail for no amount of time.”

Still, Bookman’s been out here doing his thing for five years. He has a business license, a vendor’s license and pays taxes. He says the cops themselves—“the blue shirts and the white shirts”—have been buying mixtapes from him for years. He doesn’t think he’s going anywhere, “but you never know,” he says.

“Philly hip-hop needs someone like me, the people need someone like me to help them hear this music,” he says. “Music has a lot to do with the spirit of the people. People are not going to the record stores but they always want new music, so if I’m gone, then some type of emptiness is gonna be in us all.” n

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(Azar is the only one still at Temple, grinding out one or two classes a semester at a tortoise pace that will see him graduate in roughly 2065.)

Ground Up’s sound is all over the spectrum, from the in-your-face, horn-stab bombast of “No Thanks” to the bluesy, soulful bliss of “Got Damn,” but it can generally be described as laid back— best enjoyed with bud. As MCs, McDowell and Azar are the perfect complement to one another vocally. McDowell’s smooth, Drake-ish timbre is the yin to Azar’s gravelly, hard-edged yang. Their two very different voices—Azar’s sandpaper, McDowell’s silk—recall groups like A Tribe Called Quest, where Q-Tips buttery tone was a perfect anchor to Phife’s hyperactive high-pitch, or the three distinct voices of Beastie Boys. It’s worked in hip-hop for years. It works for Ground Up. On March 6, Ground Up will release their ninth mixtape, The Get Up, which will feature Jahlil Beats (See: “The Producers”), Young Chris (See: “The Next To Pop Off”) and Philly institution Freeway, with whom they’ve worked previously on a stellar track called “Wonderful Day.” Later in the month, they’ll headline the TLA for the first time.

“It’s a dream come true,” says McDowell of the gig they’ve just booked. “We’ve been working hard, and we’re beginning to see it pay off.”

Of the three, McDowell, 21, is the most vocal. Azar, 21, is quiet and unfailingly polite. Multiinstrumentalist Houshmadinajad, 22, is bashful. (For the sake of Philly music trivia, it’s worth noting that Houshmadinajad’s brother, Farzad, played in Drink Up Buttercup, and is now in White Birds. He also sings the hook on Ground Up’s “Fast Enough.”) All three members of the group have a singular goal in mind, unchanged since they formed: Build a strong fan base, naturally, from the—you’ll pardon the pun—ground up. They do this through meticulous and thoughtful use of social media. “All the social media we do is so important. It’s key,” says Houshmadinajad. “We want to stay connected to our fans. It’s why we release new material constantly. We want them to feel like a part of our family.”

This is in full evidence at Ground Up shows, where the line between fans and friends is blurry. Because all their fans are friends, even if they’ve never met them face to face. Many of McDowell their actual friends log time promoting the group, whether it be behind the lens of a Ground Up Sounds-issued SLR or passing out fliers. “We’ve had friends helping out since day one,” says Santella.

This tight knit family structure is important to Ground Up’s ability to remain independent.

They’re solely responsible for their base, their marketing, their brand. They wouldn’t have it any other way. “The biggest lesson we’ve learned from working with people like Freeway and Young Chris and Reef the Lost Cauze is: You can do this on your own. You don’t need a label. You don’t need a consultant telling you what you can and can’t do,” says McDowell.

“You’d see their name—Ground Up—everywhere,” says Mike Jerz, a producer, engineer and studio owner who’s worked with everyone from Beanie Siegel to the Eagles’ DeSean Jackson.

Azar “They were all over the Internet, and you’d see their name on fliers at every show. I’d heard a lot about them before I’d heard them. And then, when I did, I just thought, ‘I would love to work with these guys.’”

Now he does, for a minimum of six booked hours every Sunday at his Northern Liberties studio. “It’s one of my favorite days of the week,” says Jerz. “I love Ground Up.” This last Sunday, the New York Giants are handing the Green Bay Packers their asses in a playoff game on a flat screen in Mike Jerz’s control room, but no one pays it much attention.

Houshmadinajad Azar and McDowell concentrate on a looped sample playing through the studio’s speakers and write rhymes. Houshmadinajad barely understands football, something he’s gently teased about by the 10 or so people hanging out during this week’s session. Young Chris is to stop by Guitar bands. Buncha slackers. Cuz motherfuck this album every couple of years later, along with Vanessa Winters of the Lawsuits, a local indie rock outfit. She will be lending business. In hip-hop, many of today’s rappers are putting out three or four or 40 her vocals to a track. The ability to work with a wide range of artists is important to Ground releases a year. They’re shooting and editing their own videos. They’re their own Up. “We don’t want to be easily pegged,” says McDowell after nonchalantly punching in a publicity firm. They’re booking their own shows. They’re working smarter and verse about a girl so bougie she only eats caviar and sushi. harder than ever before, and doing it independently.

“That’s hot,” Jerz laughs through his microphone. One thing he loves about Ground Up is And perhaps no Philly hip-hop act exemplifies this DIY spirit more than young that they haven’t let what success they’ve found change them, and he doesn’t see it happening upstarts Ground Up. They’re their own insulated, independent music universe. as they inevitably find more. “Some guys find a taste of success and become assholes,” he The group’s two MCs, Alexander Azar and Malcolm McDowell, met during says, declining the opportunity to name names. “It won’t happen with Ground Up.” freshman orientation at Temple in the summer of ’08. By fall, a shared love of hipPart of the reason it won’t happen: Ground Up refuses to let others define success for hop, weed and spoken word brought the two together, and they began recording them. “I look at a guy like Reef,” says McDowell. “He’s never had a mainstream radio hit, demos in their dorm room. Azar brought in producer Bijan Houshmadinajad, a but he travels the world and does what he loves for a living, and has for a long time. That’s friend since middle school, to make beats. Ground Up was born. success to me. If we do that, we’re good.”

In the years since, they’ve moved into a North Philly house together, along with With that, it’s back into the booth to work. Always to work. n one of their managers, Frank Santella, with whom they’ve formed Ground Up Sounds LLC. At the house, Houshmadinajad makes beats on the top floor. Merch Follow Ground Up on Twitter @TheRealGroundUp st r a n d by rya n

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One of the first rap songs ever recorded by a female MC was legendary Philadelphia DJ Lady B’s “To The Beat, Y’all” in 1979. Philly ladies have since made many significant contributions to rap. For starters, see Bahamadia’s Kollage (1996), Eve’s Let There Be Eve ... Ruff Ryder’s First Lady (1999), Ms. Jade’s Million Dollar Baby (2007), and Ethel Cee’s Dirty Samples (2010). There are also several young female MCs currently grinding on the underground scene, like Dope Dizzle, Zay Bucks and Lean Bean.

But there’s no denying rap remains a man’s world. It’s rare that a woman rises up the patriarchal—and, oftentimes, downright misogynistic—ranks. Scour posts about female artists on popular rap websites and you’ll inevitably stumble upon sexist rants as disgusting as the bile spewed by Philly.com commenters. It’s the norm, and it’s ugly.

Perhaps change will come this year, as several female rappers are gaining momentum.

Harlemite Azealia Banks’ “212” displays the 20-year old’s impressive range and skill, and White Girl Mob leader Kreayshawn definitely has more than the “Gucci Gucci” meme hidden up the sleeve of her baggy Fred Flintstone jacket. Will these ladies threaten Nicki Minaj’s queen-status in 2012? Maybe. The only thing that could hold ’em back are the dick-centric rap fans and critics who guard the gates.

Here’s how many women appeared on the year-end best hip-hop album and mixtape lists made in 2011 by popular rap publications and websites: ZERO. It was dudes-only for XXL , The Source, Complex, HipHopDX, BET and Vibe. There was one exception, though, made for a lady DJ who dropped a mixtape called Bad Bitches Bomb First. It featured 31 tracks by female MCs—Banks, Kreayshawn, 19-year-old Floridian Dominique Young Unique, and 21-year-old Aussie Iggy Azalea were included—and the tape snagged the No. 34 spot on Spin’s 40 Best Rap Albums list. Guess what? Bad Bitches was made by Philadelphian Gun$ Garcia.

“I’ve always idolized women who are badasses—they tell the truth all the time and don’t sugarcoat anything,” says 30-year-old Regina Garcia, aka Gun$ Garcia. “And badass women rappers make songs about fighting, getting money and taking other girls’ men. This is why I listen to hip-hop—it makes me feel like I can do anything I want—and there are plenty of women doing it. I want to expose people to these women rappers because they aren’t being repped elsewhere.”

While growing up in Washington, D.C., Garcia spent nights at local hip-hop clubs like the Ritz and DC Live. She always dug mainstream rap—DMX, Jay-Z—but she went especially nuts after hearing a woman spit for the first time. It was Eve, and then came Lil Kim and Foxy Brown.

Soon after moving to Philly in the early 2000s to attend the all-women’s Moore College of Art & Design, Garcia connected with Philly Street Bass bosses Starkey and Dev-79 and started making silkscreen T-shirts and posters to help promote Seclusiasis’ dubstep/grime nights. In 2007, Garcia was the head stylist on the Mad Decent-produced “Shake It To The Ground” video for Baltimore’s DJ Blaqstarr and girl-spitter Rye Rye, and also on Dipset member 40 Cal.’s “The Big Boys” video. She was deep into music, but it wasn’t until 2009 that Garcia aspired to be the first woman to win a local monthly DJ night called Fight Club.

“I started DJing because there weren’t enough girls doing it,” says Garcia, who won three battles and eventually joined the Brick Bandits DJ crew. She’s been perfecting her skills ever since, straddling the line between rap and club music. “I stay on top of whatever’s new and exciting rather than affiliate myself with any single genre of music.”

In June 2009, Garcia and DJ Prowl launched Double Dutch, an all-female DJ/live performance night at the Barbary that happens about four times each year. The first one showcased then 17-year-old Bronx-via-Dominican Republic artist Maluca, and the second featured the Philadelphia debut of 2012’s Great Lady Hope, Azealia Banks.

“I want to represent the women,” Garcia says about Double Dutch and Bad Bitches. “It’s not a gimmick; it’s a mission. One day I wanna host this women-of-hip-hop Lilith Fair kinda thing. There’s just so many totally inspiring women rappers, and I want to bring them all together.

“When I was reading all this feminist stuff in college, I didn’t know how I would translate it all creatively,” she remembers. “If someone had said I’d be a DJ, I wouldn’t have believed them. But now, of course, I’m supposed to be a DJ and represent all these girls.” n

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State Property suffered when Roc-A-Fella fell apart. They stepped directly off the block and into private jets overnight—tours, albums, videos, a clothing line, films, big pay backs. Then, when Jay and partner Damon Dash went separate ways in the mid-2000s, it all disappeared.

“When you chop the head, the body falls,” Chris says about the break. “The bosses stopped talking, and there was nothing we could do. We just the workers, so we stayed workin’.”

In many ways, State Property illuminates the big changes hip-hop underwent in the last decade.

In Empire State Of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office, Forbes writer Zach Greenburg argues that Jay’s ascendance demanded he abandon his thug image—State Property’s frequent jail trips were bad for business. Kanye West became Jay’s new sidekick, because being mean to Taylor Swift is more marketable than Beanie’s felonies and misdemeanors.

Hip-hop had to, as the song on Jay’s The Black Album states, “Change Clothes.”

There was also an increased skepticism toward the major label system. Artists like Chris were promised the world, but then fucked over by label execs who only cared about making millions.

Many rappers went to indies, and others initiated the mixtape revival when the Internet provided a space for unsigned artists to build buzz by freely distributing their music. While Jay the businessman (uh, the “business, man”) gave rap a corporate makeover, unsigned rappers like Chris started doing it themselves in the underground.

After the fallout, State Property members scattered like rap Ronin—masterless warriors with no major label support, but many enemies. There was bad blood with Jay. Beanie and Peedi kicked off a beef with their old boss that still gets heads fired up, but Chris sought a more reasonable middle course. In 2007, he released a mixtape called The Newprint (named after Jay’s The Blueprint), where he spits over productions made famous by Jay. “I was paying homage to a living legend,” Chris says. But Newprint’s definitely a critical homage. On “Big Brother,” Chris celebrates his “mentor” and offers forgiveness, but having followed Jay’s advice and continuously hustled, he seems to be asking, “You promised me a shot, now where the fuck is it?”

Newprint also exacerbated an ongoing debate about whether Chris jacks Jay’s mic flow, or if Jay stole Chris’. They do have a similar approach, but determining who invented it is a question best left to metaphysicians. More obvious is the difference between them: Jay lacks Chris’ hunger. While Jay’s biggest concern nowadays is where to hang his Picassos, Chris maintains his street swagger and rugged determination—rapping’s the only solution for his growling belly.

Newprint’s only one of about a dozen mixtapes Chris has independently released over the last eight years. The Revival (2011) was a powerful album showing Chris successfully merging the corner-grit of Killadelphia and the good-time bliss of L.I.F.E. (Ladies In Free Everywhere).

He also spit a verse on Meek Mill’s chart-climbing “House Party,” another tune that let his compelling street-radio synthesis shine bright.

“Labels don’t give a shit about you unless you’re generating money,” Chris says, reflecting on the lessons he’s learned after more than a decade in the game. “If I’m not a priority, I don’t wanna be there. I’ve been grinding the past eight years alone. No label.

“I do this shit everyday,” he continues. “It’s not a job, it’s my life. The minute you lose the love, and do it just for the check, that’s when shit get tough. You gotta love it. Even if I never made another penny off it, I’d still rap. I can’t stop.”

Chris has recently connected with Rico Love’s Division 1 imprint, which is planning an official release in 2012. There’s also talk of a proper State Property reunion. Beanie, Freeway and Young Gunz hit the stage together at 2011’s Roots Picnic, and they collectively flexed on a track from Freeway’s recent The Intermission mixtape, but they haven’t converged for a full studio album since 2003.

“State Property got records in the trunk, deals on the table,” says Chris. “Some big shit’s about to happen—a record, a movie, State Property everything.”

“We definitely comin’ to take our spot back,” says Beanie Sigel, snatching the phone from Chris. “We took a little break and shit, now it’s time for us to get back in the dojo. The rap game missin’ us right now. They need us. There’s a void and we gonna fill it. We gonna come “People always ask why I ain’t got a girlfriend,” says Young Chris during a break independent and we gonna come hard.” from working in a Northern Liberties studio. “I tell ’em, ‘Yo, rap’s my girlfriend.’”

Despite all the industry shakeups and false starts, Chris remains confident, and his raps The North Philly-born rapper’s been devoted to the game since the early 2000s, ruthless. Like a Machiavellian prince, his eyes are always searching for an opportunity to when his Young Gunz duo with MC Neef Buck was signed by Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella attack.

Records, and their first single, “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop,” was nominated for a “I still ain’t got my one shot, but I’m gonna work until I get it,” says Chris. “I never stop. I Grammy in 2003. Along with Freeway, Peedi Crakk, Oschino and Omillo Sparks, think I’m right there, but then there’s another obstacle. I was built for this shit, so that shit Chris was in Beanie Sigel’s State Property collective—the East Coast’s answer to gonna come. It’s around the corner. Right down the street. I can see it.” n gangster-rap squad NWA and, hyperbole aside, one of the best rap groups to ever pick up microphones.

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Of Mythic Proportions Winner of the 2010 Barrymore Award for Educational Excellence and Community Service, Proportions is part of B. Someday Productions’ ongoing internship and mentoring project with students from the local community. This year, the production will present the culmination of a semester’s work by the students of Mariana Bracetti Academy High School. The show is made up of the students’ personal stories about growing up in Kensington and how violence has become a part of their lives. Following the show, you’ll have a chance to meet the young talent while engaging in a short discussion about the topics raised in their performances, and enjoy refreshments courtesy of Whole Foods. Nicole FiNkbiNer 4pm and 6pm. Free. Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave. 215.427.9255. bsomeday.org

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The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP) presents a screening of its documentary, Stolen Dreams, tonight at the South Philadelphia vegan coffee shop Grindcore House.

The 26-minute film illustrates the impact of trying and locking up young people as adults in the legal system, and allowing members of YASP who have been incarcerated in such a manner to share their experiences. In addition to their stories, a judge, a social worker and a teacher who work with youth charged as adults share their perspectives. Throughout the piece, focus is placed on explaining Act 33 of 1996. This amendment to Pennsylvania law allows prosecutors to try minors at the age of 15 as adults in court and send them directly to jail for serious, violent charges. After the viewing, representatives from YASP will answer questions about the film and the organization.

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7pm. Free. Grindcore House, 1515 S. Fourth St. 215.839.3333. grindcorehouse.com

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Good eats, good drinks, good people and great chefs: Foobooz presents its first in a series of “Neighborhood Pop-Ups” on East Passyunk, celebrating the newness and vibrancy of the neighborhood and its thriving dining scene.

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Enjoy a first-class meal concocted and prepared by the some of best chefs this city has to offer. Who’s behind the menu? George Sabatino (Stateside), Lee Styer (Fond) and Joe Cicala (Le Virtu): three chefs bringing exciting flavors to the South Philly street. Jessie Prawlucki of Belle Cakery will be handling the fantastic dessert. Get your grub on and celebrate your neighborhood. DArreN White

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7pm. $115. Stateside, 1536 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.551.2500. foobooz.com

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In the Footprint Fringe-y N.Y.C.-based theater company The Civilians debuts its innovative docu-musical In the Footprint: The Battle over Atlantic Yards for Philly this week at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. A perfect example of the Civilians’ signature brand of investigative theater, Footprint chronicles the largest development in Brooklyn history and its impact on the surrounding area.

Artistic director Steve Cosson’s script is constructed verbatim from interviews with politicians and ambitious developers as well as residents who would be displaced by the project. Informally staged with music and lyrics by hot composer Michael Friedman (creator of surprise hit Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), this unique musical about race, culture and greed offers a provocative look at ordinary citizens battling power brokers carrying the banner of progress. J. cooper robb

7:30pm. $20. Through Jan. 29 Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. 215.898.3900. annenbergcenter.org

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Idle Warship In the world of supergroups there are, alas, more Chickenfoots than Wild Flags. You’d think that such intersections of talent would yield a higher percentage of killer tunes, but there’s a lot to be said for chemistry. Fortunately, Idle Warship—one of the superest of supergroups, in our humble opinion—has talent and chemistry to burn. It’s the meeting of the musical minds of potent Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli and sultry Philly soul songstress Res, longtime friends and collaborators who’ve taken their connection to the next level with the excellent and kinda experimental (but still butt-shakin’) electro/ hip-hop/soul-rock hybrid Habits of the Heart. We fully expect this show to blaze, especially with Philly’s torchy, chamberpoppy Lady—also pretty damn super—on the bill. M.A.G. 8pm. $25-$48. With Lady, Boy Wonder + Bianca Raquel. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

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DJ Deejay DJ Deejay has been spinning local love in Philly since 2000, and has garnered an impressive following with pop-focused parties that channel a playful sense of abandon. His signature party, “Beyonce, Britney, Gaga” vs.

“Katy, Ke$ha, Rihanna” returns to kick off 2012 right. After a series of widely attended Moshulu parties, the cold is no deterrent for Deejay, who’s bringing the action indoors to Sisters nightclub. Burn up the dancefloor with your best “Single Ladies” routine, but be ready for Mario of Fame Lust to photograph your wildest dance moves. kyle bellA 10pm. Sisters, 1320 Chancellor St. 215.735.0735 sistersnightclub.com

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Liquor Store When they first busted out of North Jersey, Liquor Store sported almost a dozen guitar players, a few bass players, and one hard-working drummer. They looked and sounded like an open tryout for Eddie Van Halen’s successor.

By comparison, last year’s Yeah Buddy (Almost Ready Records), a double-album featuring just three lead guitarists, is downright lean and restrained. In this formation, the band pumps out lobotomized hard-rock anthems with provocative titles such as “Pumpin’ With Red Rock” (a song about throwing iron), “Oilin’ Up My Boy” (self-explanatory), and “Proud to be an American Man” (ditto). With the snotty, decadent concerns of the Jabbers or the Gizmos weighted down by the heft (and balls) of all those top-tier Arena Rock acts whose Tshirt designs never go out of style, Liquor Store stand poised to be the next great party band.

For a good time, take a peek at their music video for “Banned From the Block” and see just how high rock ’n’ roll can get’cha. richie chArles 8pm. $7. With Purling Hiss, Home Blitz + Foul Swoops. PiLam, 3914 Spruce St. yarga.net

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Philadelphia is definitely deep enough to consistently come back on a monthly basis and deliver a quality late-night experience,” he says. “As long as people laugh at dumb fart and dick jokes, everything will be fine and we’ll have a good time.” Indie rocker and War on Drugs’ guitarist/keyboardist Robbie Bennett will also be performing a special set. N.F. 6pm. Free. The Grape Room, 105 Grape St. 215.930.0321. graperoommusic.com

Comedian, nurse and queer health advocate Kelli Dunham thinks health care can be funny. Dunham hopes to show, with help from the irreverent humor of R. Eric Thomas, Dan Horrigan and a few animated shorts, that LGBT people can talk about their well-being without the seriousness and shame the discussion is often marked by. With free health screenings and a sliding donation scale, she also wants to ensure that nobody in the LGBT community is turned away. So don’t be shy, bring a friend and be prepared to laugh about your body. K.B. 8-11pm. William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. waygay.org

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What started out as a standard podcast, featuring long-form interviews with talented folks from Chicago, You, Me, Them, Everybody has since blossomed into a weekly late-night-style talk show taped in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and N.Y.C. Now, for the first time, creator, producer and host Brandon Wetherbee is coming to Philly to sit down and chat with two funny locals—stand-up comics Doogie Horner and Carolyn Busa. While Wetherbee doesn’t like sticking to a particular format with his guests, he’s confident their exchanges will amuse. “The talent pool in

8pm. $10-$12. With Ava Luna. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684 johnnybrendas.com

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ohn Kander and Fred Ebb don’t enjoy quite the same status accorded Rodgers and Hammerstein, but if you favor daring musicals that look at the darker side of life check out Kander’s and Ebb’s The Scottsboro Boys at Philadelphia Theatre Company. From the composers of the hit musicals Chicago and Cabaret, the story about a group of African-American teens falsely accused of rape provoked national outrage and sowed the first seeds of the civil rights movement. Directed and choreographed by the innovative Susan Stroman (who likewise pulled double-duty on the smash musical The Producers) the production is conceived as a minstrel show, a concept that caused both controversy and considerable acclaim on Broadway. PTC’s production includes much of the original cast, including the sensational Philadelphia actor Forrest McClendon, who returns home to reprise his Tony-nominated performance as Tambo. J.C.R.

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Inzinzac It’s not easy to categorize the raw, cerebral music of this trio, but “highbrow garage” is a start. The band name alone offers a kind of onomatopoeic clue. But what, really, is “Inzinzac”? Philly guitarist and composer Alban Bailly, originally from France’s Brittany region, named the trio after a small town where his brother lives. He and his partners, soprano/tenor saxophonist Dan Scofield and drummer Eli Litwin, cite progressive rock, free jazz and Balkan music among their myriad influences. If that doesn’t explain it, their 2011 High Two debut Inzinzac will. It’s raging stuff, with links to the music of Many Arms, Normal Love and others in Philly’s experimental underground. DaviD R. aDleR

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Founded in 1911 as an exclusive social club, Plays & Players Theater is now in its 100th year of providing audiences quality entertainment as well as a platform for established and emerging local artists to develop their craft. To celebrate, the theater is recreating its very first season through a series of staged readings by local and guest celebrities. For the second installment, Jennifer Childs, artistic director and co-founder of 1812 Productions, will be directing The Learned Ladies, the popular five-act satire by French playwright and actor Molière. Considering that Childs is one of the finest comedic minds in the city and Molière is considered one of the best comedy writers in history, it seems safe to say you’re in for a pretty hilarious night of theater. N.F. 7pm. $25-$50. Plays & Players Theater, 1714 Delancey Pl. 215.735.0630. playsandplayers.org

have attended throughout the year. Learn bits from popular classes like “King of Pop HipHop,” “Gleekercise,” “Just Dance: Lady Gaga Hip-Hop” and the ever popular Frisky Friday series. You’ll also be able to sample more traditional dance styles like ballet, jazz and the trendy Zumba workouts to round out the two-hour session. If you made a resolution to get that beach body back early, start out strong and dance your way into that string bikini. D.W. 2pm. $15-20. The Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine St. 215.645.2717. phillydancefitness.com

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Twin Sister Not so long ago, Twin Sister’s Andrea Estrella was working the dream-pop angle, ethereally diffuse, moon-eyed, bobbing back and forth distractedly in a raccoon hat. Her band’s live set was an exercise in hard-to-pin-down good feelings, swirling with Cocteau Twins-style indefinition and pulsing with Stereolab-ish groove and drone. Lately, Twin Sister has acquired a harder, dance-funk edge, with last year’s In Heaven turning up the sexual heat and adding disco and even Blondie-style rap.

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Returning the Flavor

Lamb Stew at Zahav

Chef Joseph Scarpone is back. This time with the impressive Ulivo.

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feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com Lamb Stew at Zahav, you are quite the hearty dish!

I’m great for a pick-me-up during the cold winter months. And even if you’re not Lebanese—or Middle Eastern at all—I think I could become a new comfort food for you.

So, you’re from Lebanon?

Tell me more about your recipe.

I’m a traditional Lebanese-style stew made with spices like cumin and coriander that offset the sweetness of my caramelized onions, baby turnips and carrots.

How does Sous Chef Yehuda Sichel prepare the soup?

My lamb is braised and then picked from the bone. Chef Sichel makes a base from the braising liquid and then adds more caramelized onions before poaching the baby turnips and carrots in the broth. Finally, Sichel adds Lebanese couscous.

Couscous! The food so nice they named it twice.

Yes, and Lebanese couscous is simply heartier and handmade.

Pork role: The grilled Berkshire pork chop is sustainably raised.

Are there any finishing touches?

Of course! I’m finished with fresh mint and onions dressed with a bit of dried sumac and white wine vinegar. This freshens up my spicy, hearty flavor.

What kind of wine compliments such a bold flavor?

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Not many. But our Spanish Grenache— a medium-bodied wine with low acidity— handles my richness nicely.

As a comfort food, do you prefer to stand on your own? Or do you get along well with anyone else on the menu?

You said it yourself, I am quite the dish. But Persimmon Salad is a refreshing start or finish. Fried Cauliflower, another favorite at Zahav, gets along with everyone.

Was that a jab at Fried Cauli?

Well, don’t put words in my spoon: I’m no alphabet soup. I think we all know that Cauliflower will always be a side dish—no matter how tasty. He’s lucky to have flavor like me to back him up. n

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or four bites, but grew too monotonally sweet afterward. A dusting of ricotta salata helped, but some sort of spice, something to spark it up a bit, would have made a world of difference. Still, the pasta—made in-house—was fabulous.

Tagliatelle was also masterfully crafted, each silky ribbon just rough-sided enough to hold onto a perfect amount of accompanying rosemary-scented pork-leg ragu, all succulent and dense-flavored. This sort of hearty, ingredient-driven simplicity is what Ulivo does best. A grilled Berkshire pork chop, its char-edged bone arcing out from the wedge of flesh like some kind of paleolithic tool-handle, embodied everything that’s so good about meat from well-loved animals. (Scarpone focuses on sustainably raised meat and fish.) This particular chop was to the flavorless “other white meat” most of us grew up on as Andy Reid is to Vince Lombardi. It needed no more than a 10-minute brine, quick trip over the grill, some wilted and deliriously savory escarole, and glazed cippolini to make its statement, and brilliantly so.

Even chicken breast was impressive, the skin crisped up between the flat sides of two pans, the accompanying fregola echoing its nuttier notes. I just wish the salmon had been shown more blood-orange-vinaigrette love. That beautifully balanced citrus note exploded against the lentils, hearty with nobs of pancetta, but the salmon could have used some of that acid to wake it up. Against the palette of those lentils, it was nearly relegated to a bit player. Frustrating, because it was cooked perfectly and very well-conceived.

Desserts showed a similar sense of thoughtfulness.

Carnaroli rice pudding took full advantage of that risotto staple, and each forkful was a perfectly creamy, toothsome vehicle not just for the bloomed cherries, raisins and toasted almonds, but for the excellent rice itself. Rosemary cake with a lemon-zipped ricotta marching across the plate justified bringing a bottle of good Moscato d’Asti to pop alongside.

With just a few minor tweaks, Scarpone will likely have exactly what he aims for once again: a friendly, successful BYOB that neighbors can call their own, and that’s worth the drive (and the fight for parking) to visit.

It’s good to have him back in the city. n Felicia Perretti

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When Joseph Scarpone opened Sovalo back in 2005, it quickly became a must-visit destination in the then-fledgling Northern Liberties restaurant scene, and a standout Italian-influenced spot in a city with no shortage of them. With Ulivo, Scarpone’s new project in the old Trattoria Alla Costiera space in Bella Vista, he doesn’t so much return to his Sovalo roots as he does to ours, as a collective dining city. This is a kitchen that finds its inspiration in Italian and Mediterranean classics, and then proceeds to tweak or chef-ify them into something more modern, more comforting, without losing what’s always made them so beloved in the first place.

When this works, the food is exactly what you’d want to tuck into at a neighborhood restaurant. Fried polenta was perfect for a blustery winter’s night, each fluffy-centered cornmeal and semolina baton encased in a perfectly golden crust and complicated by both fontina and parmigiano reggiano, as well as an anchovyspiked salsa rosa. It looked like a perfect plate of sliced French toast, and was every bit as comforting. Grilled octopus showed off Scarpone’s acumen with a difficult ingredient: meaty cuts, braised and then marinated prior to hitting the open flame, then tossed with slivers of sopressata, had the texture of tender steak and were beautifully accompanied by olive oil-braised Yukon gold potatoes singing with the brightness of a whole citrus vinaigrette.

There were occasional misses, too, but these were almost always the result of too much caution. Scarpone is often at his best on the lustier end of the spectrum, and a few dishes at Ulivo left me satisfied, but not excited.

Generous slices of speck weren’t quite enough to make a salad of pickled fennel with almonds and Meyer lemon more than a pleasantly refreshing diversion. Tonnarelli with butternut squash and hedgehog mushrooms was great for the first three

Ulivo 521 Catharine St. 215.351.1550. ulivophila.com Cuisine: Seasonal Italian-Mediterranean BYOB. Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 5-10pm; Fri.-Sat., 5-11pm.

Price range: $5-$23.

Atmosphere: Comfortable and understated.

Food: Very good flavors; few need a bit more pop.

Service: Well-informed and pleasant.

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Often compared with legendary Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Baker’s plays are not busy affairs full of action and emotional fireworks. What By the book: Phyllis (Grace Gonglewski, left) has a hard time getting through to her she excels at is partner Joyce’s (Mary Martello, center) son, Jared (Dustin Ingram), in Body Awareness. creating a very specific world for the play and then effortlessly drawing The Wilma Theater gets 2012 off to a terrific us into it. It is an ordinary, familiar place start with its engaging production of Annie filled with characters who are distinct Baker’s intelligent comedy, Body Awareness. yet recognizable. It is this familiarity that The first of Baker’s three plays (all of allows us to empathize with the characters which are set in the same small town in New even as they struggle to empathize with England and were recently published in the one another. Jared may have Aspergers, but must-read anthology The Vermont Plays), the story focuses on a small family in Shirley, Phyllis and Joyce also suffer from a lack of understanding. It isn’t that they are closeVt. The family is not your typical clan (if minded; the problem is that the women there is such a thing in modern America). mistake political-correctness for sympathy.

Joyce (Mary Martello) is a divorced woman They think with their heads, not hearts, and in her 50s who teaches cultural studies at it is telling that their diagnosis of Jared’s the local high school and is struggling to condition comes from a book rather than a maintain a relationship with her 21 year-old real sense of intimacy and understanding. son, Jared (Dustin Ingram). Completing the Jared is not particularly forthcoming with household is Joyce’s partner/girlfriend/lover, the women, either. Instead, he reveals Phyllis (Grace Gonglewski), a strong-willed himself only to Frank in a spectacularly professor in the Psychology Department at written scene in which the older man tutors Shirley State College. Both Joyce and Phyllis his young pupil in the art of seduction. suspect that Jared suffers from Aspergers Director Anne Kauffman immerses us syndrome, believing it explains what they in the lives of the four characters and the see as Jared’s inability to empathize with performances are compelling and assured.

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“Monique Showing Black Eye” (2006) In Zoe Strauss: Ten Years, Strauss’ Phillybred photography comes out from under the I-95 interstate (where from 2001 to 2010 she converted an empty lot under the overpass in South Philly into a temporary public-art gallery) but stays tied to the city grid. Employing massive shifts in scale and proximity, Strauss’ exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art features both mod-

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estly sized photographs in the gallery and an expansive installation of billboards that chart an epic voyage throughout the city.

Whether it’s “La Corona” presiding over Passyunk Avenue and Reed Street or “Fortune” blending into the streetscape at Lancaster Avenue and 52nd Street, you’ll most likely glimpse one of Strauss’ 54 billboards before you ever set foot in the PMA gallery.

And the billboards take you not just around Philadelphia, but also around the country.

With images from Venice, Calif., to Venice, La., Strauss deploys a mix of landscapes, seascapes, moonscapes and portraits carefully selected to activate the specific city blocks over which they float. At Grays Ferry Avenue and 34th Street, a billboard titled “Nila Holding Shirt” shows a widow holding up a piece of her husband’s clothing. A radiation and cancer victim who worked at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Production Facility in Colorado, Nila’s husband joins a billboard of Three Mile Island against the backdrop of our very own PECO Energy plant. The placement is chilling.

At the PMA, the height and breadth of the billboards is countered by a tightly packed gallery installation of photographs.

The effect is powerful, if slightly dulled by the formality of frames and the distance imposed by their glass. Much like the billboards, the photographs here are a mix of arresting portraits, architectural abstractions and peculiar signage.

Clustered together, however, a curious disjointedness emerges between verbal and nonverbal messages. The portraits are closely cropped and rarely share the frame with the written signs. This firm separation between mute people and vociferous language in Strauss’ photography can grate against assertions that she gives a voice to both the joy and desperation of America’s hardest-hit citizens. The signs usually refer to these absent subjects by way of pronouns (“We Love Centralia”), and proper names sullied by improper expletives (“Beth is a whore.”). The sign photographs make you wonder, “Where are the people?” Conversely—and more problematically—when faced with Strauss’ portraits of people, you might ask, “What would they say?”

In this universe, where people are denied access to language and inanimate objects do all the talking, Strauss structures her work carefully. Themes such as addiction, desire, American identity and subsistence—which structured her I-95 project— continue in the gallery. But while Strauss may give her subjects a voice, it's important to remember that that voice cannot be said to be their own.

A poignant photograph of a sign that reads, “Everything is Not $1” (2008), is a handy reminder. Not everything is equal; the brutalized prostitute in “Monique Showing Black Eye” likely did not enjoy equal privileges as the gallery visitor who contemplates her image. We don’t all live life with an amputated hand like the man in “Shark Bite” (2008), or with a crack addiction, like the woman smoking in “Camden Crack” (2004). Rather, these discrepancies are reminders that we need to reckon reality against aphorisms. We need to admit that Strauss’ work is not primarily redemptive just because that makes it easier to digest. Such awareness is a good thing.

And yet Strauss must be credited for her conscious efforts to empathize and equalize. A characteristic gesture was her response to someone at the press preview who wanted to purchase a print on the cheap. “Sure,” Strauss said—impressively unfazed by the awkwardness of a reporter attempting to bargain at a press preview— “An inkjet print is $5.” n

Six Pack Six Action Films Made by Non-Action Directors

By Matt Prigge mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Ashes of Time (1994): Robert Altman made a chamber drama; Martin Scorsese a children’s picture; David Lynch and David Mamet each a film rated G. Master filmmakers aren’t above working outside their comfort zones, but only a few have dirtied themselves with a more challenging film type: the action movie. Even Wong Kar-Wai’s attempt is only sporadically an actioner. His take on a wuxia epic—culled from Jin Yong’s beloved Condor novels—is roughly 85 percent typical WKW moody brooding, even if the ones agonizing are super-powered ass-kickers. Here’s hoping Wong keeps the same ratio for The Grandmasters, his forthcoming contribution to the towering pile of biopics on martial arts legend Ip Man.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): There are fewer directors more preternaturally incapable of “kinesis” than Ang Lee, the patient, unfailingly literate craftsman who went from Sense and Sensibility to The Ice Storm to Ride With the Devil to a movie where Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi fuck one another up. The result: A chick flick and a dude flick, slow and moony when it’s not thrilling.

Kill Bill (2003-04): For all his cribbing from exploitation obscurities, Quentin Tarantino is more a man of talk than action. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown are soberly filmed chatterboxes, making it all the more exciting when he finally staged his very first orgy of spraying blood and hacked-off limbs.

Hanna (2011): In which Joe Wright takes a break from cranked-up Jane Austen and Ian McEwan adaptations to make an action movie so weird that it only gets better if you watch it while sick and highas-a-kite on cough syrup.

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work on paper—but clangs even more disgustingly when real-life nightmare footage is grafted onto such a fanciful lark.

Foer’s annoying literary conceit is that 9/11 turned us all into a nation of lost children, and so it goes that we must follow 9-year-old Oskar (his name a hint as to the picture’s ultimate goal) who lands somewhere on the Aspergers spectrum and also lost his father on that miserable September morning. Or, as Oskar calls it: “The Worst Day.” Suffering from movie-cute aversions to public transportation and hyper-edited panic attacks, Oskar isn’t a character so much as he is an assemblage of quirks somebody mistook for adorable, a precocious proto-hipster who’ll presumably be writing for McSweeney’s before his 13th birthday.

I don’t think it’s young actor Thomas Horn’s fault that this is one of the most gratingly obnoxious movie characters I have ever been trapped in a dark room with. I just assume he was directed that way.

Boy blunder: Thomas Horne's Oskar is one of the most obnoxious movie As it turns out, a stray key is discovered amidst characters of all time. his dead father’s belongings, stuck in an envelope with the word “Black” scribbled on the front. A How soon is “too soon?” year after the attacks, our still grief-stricken Oskar sets out Is 10 years long enough to wait around for the inevitable, to find all 472 people named “Black” in the New York City “prestigious” exploitation of Sept. 11, 2001? After all, we’ve telephone book, with a mysteriously mute lodger played by recently witnessed Edward from Twilight being struck down Max Von Sydow tagging along for the adventure. in the prime of puppy love by a hijacked jet in 2010’s reportThe reasons for Von Sydow’s refusal to speak are deliberedly appalling teen romance Remember Me. (I heard about ately obscure—though there’s mention about the bombing the ending in advance so I stayed far away.) of Dresden, because one atrocity obviously just wasn’t Historical tragedies are used by filmmakers all the time— enough for a film like this. Credit the always-brilliant particularly during awards season.

Von Sydow for finding a way to give a Sometimes responsibly, but more often decent performance, even though he’s Extremely Loud and not. It’s nothing new. stuck waving around the words “YES” Incredibly Close Yet, I think what keeps 9/11 off-limits and “NO,” tattooed on the palms of his Grade: Dfor most of us is that the day was such a hands.

Director: Stephen Daldry visceral, visual experience. It was all on On what planet is this picture supTV, replayed incessantly from start to posed to take place, and how do I leave?

Starring: Thomas Horn, horrific finish, and so I feel like everyI don’t want to give anything away, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock body has their own deeply personal but Oskar’s journey appears intended to associations with those images. They’re teach us all about how—in the immortal sacred and private, at least for those of us who watched them words of REM—everybody hurts. Some of the Blacks he over and over again for that entire, awful day. meets are actually black, like Viola Davis, who, between So when I see Sandra Bullock, staring out a skyscraper this and The Help, has now cornered the market on sufferwindow at the smoldering towers, leaning into camera for an ing elegantly in films I personally find despicable. over-orchestrated, glycerine-tear-eyed closeup, I’m no longer Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is so ghastly at a thinking about the movie I’m supposed to be watching. I’m conceptual level, it’s almost easy to overlook the terrible wondering why that sanctimonious twat from The Blind Side direction by Stephen Daldry—an all-around wretched needs to intrude on my awful memories just to try and win filmmaker who receives Academy Award nominations on another Oscar. a semiannual basis for transforming dense, well-regarded Or when I see Tom Hanks plummeting from the World books like The Hours and The Reader into star-studded, Trade Center directly into the camera lens, I’m wondering if moribund features that nobody would ever dare sit the star of my beloved Bachelor Party has taken leave of his through a second time.

Flutter-cutting his way through a labyrinthine flashback goddamn senses. structure, pointlessly prolonging the revelation of cruOf course, other filmmakers have attempted to tackle 9/11. cial information like he’s conducting a striptease, Daldry But Paul Greengrass’ United 93 and Oliver Stone’s World staggers through Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as Trade Center were at least shrewd enough to stick with spartan, just-the-facts recitations of narrowly focused true stories. if drunk on his own cleverness. There’s not a shot in the picture that isn’t fraught with some sort of cutesy camera What makes Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close, which or editing gimmick. The movie has no grounding in reality, was adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s widely lambasted and thus has no right to use these images. bestseller, so presumptuous and sickening is that it tries to It will always be too soon for shit like this. n transform 9/11 into a fable—which probably doesn’t even

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“ I write my own rhymes, produce my own shit/ Yeah boy, I ain’t the one to fuck with,” boasts Bronx, N.Y.-born MC/Producer Diamond D on “Best Kept Secret” from Diamond D & the Psychotic Neurotics’ Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop (1992). Featuring the first appearances by D.I.T.C. crew members Fat Joe and Big L (Rest in peace), it remains one of the best rap albums ever made. D.I.T.C equals Digging in the Crates. It’s the art (searching through crates of vinyl for lost gems) that happens before the art (sampling those records to produce banging hip-hop beats). Diamond D’s the king of it all— the master of the dig and sample. Like Indiana Jones, he dodges boulders and tricks Nazis in order to retrieve sonic jewels, polish them, and present them to the world. Tonight, as the living legend spins from his personal crate, ye shall bounce and ye shall be edified. (Elliott Sharp)

studio album is totally solid, with a great version of the title track, made famous by Pete Seeger, who backs her up.

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and egregious use of the N-word. Kreayshawn just signed to Columbia/Sony for a reported one million buxxx. She’s playing festivals around the country. She has half a million Twitter followers. V-Nasty is following suit, releasing countless videos and songs to a plethora of comments from haters whom she burns as fuel on her rocket ride into the stratosphere.

Now entering the Coliseum of Hate is Lana Del Rey. An Internet sensation after three mysterious videos and a few sexy photos, there’s already been an ocean of ink spilled over the so-called “gangsta Nancy Sinatra,” most casting aspersions on her authenticity or lack thereof. She performed on Saturday Night Live this weekend before she even recorded an album. And now, a new, bigger ocean.

Her label, Interscope, turned on the spotlight too brightly and too soon, exposing for bare all her flaws. She bombed. Career over.

Nope. It’s just beginning. Her two SNL performances (which were, by any measure, abysmal) generated talk. Lana Del Rey trended on Twitter all weekend (her name misspelled “Ray,” but still). She’s had more attention paid to her in the last three days than there’s been since she was created in the lab of a marketing firm somewhere months ago.

Those who say, “It’s the wrong kind of attention” are missing the point. There simply is no such thing anymore. The attention is its own vehicle. People don’t (or can’t) distinguish between bad and good attention. (See: Charlie Sheen.)

Del Rey’s album (out Jan. 31) will receive more attention than it otherwise would have, and life in the spotlight will go on. Maybe not for long—these hype bubbles tend to burst easily—but hell, cashing out after a couple years of sold-out shows and traveling the world isn’t too bad a deal. I’ve heard from concert promoters that the bids for her upcoming April tour are through the roof.

In the epic battle of Attention vs. Talent, in the Internet era, Attention wins, and will keep winning. It’s the Harlem Globetrotters to Talent’s Washington Wizards.

Get used to it. Start by singing the era’s fight song: “I love it when you hate me, it make my money grow!” n

SNL hell: Lana Del Rey may be fake, but her money ain’t.

It’s a theme song for our times, and it comes from a most unlikely source. It’s called “Hate Me Some More,” and it’s

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Gucci may be a grown-ass man with a tattoo of an ice cream cone on his face, but he understands the basic economics of the current entertainment climate. Love him or hate him, he gets paid either way. Because, in the Internet era, it’s not about talent or ability. It’s about attention paid and energy spent. It’s about video views, comments, dedicated blog posts, Twitter and Tumblr followers. Noise equals buzz, and buzz equals dollars, even if said noise is mostly made up of a cacophonous chorus of BOOOOOOOOOO YOU SUCK. (See: Kardashians, Real Housewives.)

Gucci’s Baytl co-conspirator, V-Nasty, wasn’t chosen by accident. She, along with “Gucci Gucci” rapper Kreayshawn, is a part of the mostly despised White Girl Mob of Oakland, Calif., a rap-clique of white girls (get it?) who can’t rap very well, and pepper their songs and promo videos with copious

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Letters from monogamous sufferers of YDIW will not make it into the column, however. If you can’t write about your monogamous relationship without disparaging those in nonmonogamous or monogamish relationships then, um, you’re doing it wrong. (I told you advice columnists were at heightened risk of YDIW.) Tell us why monogamy works for you, how you’ve made it work and what the upsides are. But please refrain from telling everyone who isn’t doing it the way you do it that they’re doing it wrong. That’s my job.

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“On behalf of advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth everywhere, let me be the first to say ‘thank you,’” says Eliza Byard, executive director of GLSEN (glsen.org), the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, which works to create safe school environments for LGBT—and straight—youth. “Simply by giving your son your love and support, you have already significantly increased his chances of living a happy and fulfilling life. The importance of an accepting home cannot be overstated.” (The damage that can be done by a hostile family also cannot be overstated: LGBT youth whose families are hostile are eight times likelier to commit suicide than their straight peers. Hostile parents can’t make their gay kids straight, but they can make them dead.)

“The bad news is that school can be a miserable place for LGBT youth,” says Byard. “GLSEN’s 2009 National School Climate Survey found that nearly nine out of 10 LGBT teens experienced harassment in school in the past year. The good news is that engaged parents can make a huge difference.”

So, DSS, while it’s admirable that you want your son to understand that you “don’t care about his sexuality,” you also have to make your son understand that you care about him and that you’re aware of the challenges he faces.

“Talk to your son and learn more about his school and his experiences there since coming out,” advises Byard. “What kind of response has he received? What supports are in place for him at school? Does the school have a Gay-Straight Alliance? Do students have access to LGBT-affirming resources in the library? Does the school have policies that address bullying? Are there adults in the school community whom he trusts and feels are supportive?”

Call your son’s school, DSS, and set up a meeting. Making sure his teachers and school administrators know that you’re on your son’s side—and they know you intend to hold them accountable—can go a long way toward creating a safe environment for your son at school.

“Send a GLSEN Safe Space Kit (safespacekit. com) to your son’s school to give educators the tools they need to provide support and create a safe space in their classroom for your son,” advises Byard. “Visible signs of support, such as a GLSEN Safe Space sticker on a door, can fundamentally alter the school experience of an LGBT youth by helping them identify those adults in the community who are supportive.”

As for dating and sex …

“Treat your son with the same awkwardness you would your other kids,” says Byard. “Make sure he has access to all the health and safety information he needs. (Sitting down to watch reruns of Will & Grace together won’t cut it.) Make yourself available to talk whenever he needs and welcome his boyfriends inside the house the same way you would if they were girlfriends.”

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AVAIL FEB! $885. MSRE, 215-925RENT(7368), www.MichaelSingerRealEstate.com BREWERY TOWN AREA TOWNHOUSE: 2BR, 1BA, ALL MODERN AMENITIES, WW, AC, WD/BLDG. Pet frndly w/ Restricts. $925 Tanya, 215-922-6088, tanya@ans-hrv.com

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$815 $1075

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23rd 1 & 2Bd's, hardwood, laundry New Mod Studio,Walnut HW&&floors Locust 21st Studios & 1Bd's, laundry, heat incl.

QUEEN VILLAGE

Pine & 21st 1Bd's, hardwood, heat incl., yard $770-995 Walnut & 23rd 1 & 2Bd's, hardwood, laundry Pine & 22nd 1 & 2Bd, hardwood, heat incl. $575-1000 Locust & 21st Studios & 1Bd's, laundry, heat incl.Lombard & 23rd 1 &2Bd, bi-level, A/C Pine & 21st 1Bd's, hardwood, heat incl., yard Chestnut$850-950 & 20th Ultra mod 1Bd's, C/A, great location $700-1000 Pine & 22nd 1 & 2Bd, hardwood, heat incl.

Lombard & 19th Newly renov, mod studio, 1 & 2Bd's $750-1100 Lombard & 23rd 1 &2Bd, bi-level, A/C Broad & Spruce Mod 1Bd's, W/D, C/A, heat incl. $875-1000 Chestnut & 20th Ultra mod 1Bd's, C/A, great location Lombard & 9th 1Bd & 2Bd, w/d, hardwood, laundry Lombard & 19th Newly renov, mod studio, 1 & 2Bd's Pine & $875-1700 9th 2Bd's, h/w floors, W/D $800-850 Broad & Spruce Mod 1Bd's, W/D, C/A, heat incl. Spruce & 12th 2Bd, 1-1/2 bath, bi-level, laundry $850-995 Lombard & 9th 1Bd & 2Bd, w/d, hardwood, laundry Spruce & 16th Old World, 1 & 2Bd's, hardwood $995-1100 Pine & 9th 2Bd's, h/w floors, W/D Art Area Ultra Mod 1 & 3Bd's, W/D, Deck, Parking Spruce & 12th 2Bd, 1-1/2 bath, bi-level, laundry Old City Fab$995 ultra mod 1 & 2Bd's, deck $995-1350 Spruce & 16th Old World, 1 & 2Bd's, hardwood University City 3Bd, 2 bath, totally renovated Art Area Ultra Mod 1 & 3Bd's, W/D, Deck, ParkingSpring $950-1750 Garden Collonade-Extremely Nice Studio $825-1375 Old City Fab ultra mod 1 & 2Bd's, deck Q.V. 3rd & Bambridge 1 & 2Bd's, W/W, C/A $1950 University City 3Bd, 2 bath, totally renovated Spring Garden & 19th Studio, hardwood, Heat incl.

Spring Garden Collonade-Extremely Nice Studio Fairmount &$700 18th Mod 1Bd, C/A, W/D $600-675 Q.V. 3rd & Bambridge 1 & 2Bd's, W/W, C/A Mt. Vernon & 21st Gret Studio, Yard, Laundry $375 Spring Garden & 19th Studio, hardwood, Heat incl.

Wallace & 20th 1Bd, parquet floors, yard $625 Fairmount & 18th Mod 1Bd, C/A, W/D Aspen & 26th 1Bd, W/W, laundry $600 Mt. Vernon & 21st Gret Studio, Yard, Laundry $700 Wallace & 20th 1Bd, parquet floors, yard $600 Aspen & 26th 1Bd, W/W, laundry

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2205 Fitzwater St 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, w&d, wood and w/w carpets, basement 134 Elfreths Alley Fabulous 3 Brs., 2 Baths, gourmet kitchen, marble baths, c/a,w&d, garden 834 Federal St 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, deck, hardwood floors, great kitchen, w&d, patio 1535 S. 16th St. 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, wood & wall to wall carpet available now 519 N. 19th St 5 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Hrd. Flrs, gas fireplace, finished basement

13TH & SPRUCE- Parker Hotel CC. Fully Furn’d Rms, no sec. deposit.

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artists stUdio space THE PAPERMILL- Community of Artist. 2825 Ormes St. Affordable Artist Studios staring at $100 for 130 sf. Four large floors of open or private studio space for Painters, Sculptors, Dance, Theatre, or Creative companies. A community of artist practicing their talents in custom sized studio workspaces.

Short term, inexpensive rental of theatre and gallery spaces. Join our group on Facebaook for updates on our events and gallery spaces.

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COMMeRCIAL 25th & Wharton Sts. G-2 warehouses, garages, offices, 800sq. ft to 16,000 sq. ft available $7-$9 sq.ft.

341 W. Girard Ave (NE Corner 4th & Girard) Retail store, C-2, 800 sq.ft.,bath, c/a, $900.00 $4,000.00 404 South St 1200 sq.ft, retail store, bath, c/a, high traffic great block NNN $6,400.00 135B South St 1800 Sq.ft. C-2, tri-level retail corner or office former bank NNN 413 S. Broad St across from Symphony Hse. Approx 2500 sq.ft. bi-level offices, c/a.1.5 bths $2,500.00 305 Brown St. (Northern Liberties) 1500 sq.ft office or studio space, great light, hrd.flrs $2,200.00

rooM for reNt 124 LOMBARD in the HEART OF SOCIETY HILL, HEAD HOUSE SQ. “TOKIO B&B” STUDIOS. TOURIST ALSO WELCOME. WALK to HISTORIC LOCATIONS! ($55-$100) DAILY rates. ($300-$500) WKLY rates.

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$1250 $2050 $1000-1050

920 Waverly St (trinity) 1 Br., Den, 1 Bth, wood flrs., a/c, w&d , small yard avail. 4-1-12 $975.00 $1000.00 205 Federal St Pennsport 2 Brs., 1 Bath., w8d, wood & w/w carpet avail now

the building as well as elevator service.

SOUTH PHILA . 23XX SOUTH BUCKNELL, 1.5baths, CLEAN HOUSE HRDWD/fl throughout $750+, 19XX S. 8TH NEWLY RENOVATED DUPLEX (Two) 2bdrm APTS avail. 215-852-9287.

$4,000

TWO BeDROOMS

404 to 6,152 square feet in the boutique PSFS bank building on the corner of 7th and

SOCIETY HILL: Beautiful 2BR, AC, GD, Cath ceiling. Fam atmosphere, Quiet area. Heat/Water incl. $1200/ mo+. 610-299-5920

1832 EARP - $1600/mo. Brand new 3BD/2.5BA, finished basement, roof deck. CALL MIKE MCCANN, PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215440-8345

50 S. 16th Fabulous Ind. Pl #2 High floor 1 Bedroom, 2 Baths, pool, health club, lots of amenities

ImmedIate occupancy

Walnut Streets. Views of Washington Square or the private courtyard. Secure access to

10TH & SNYDER 4BEDRM.,Apt. 2ND FLR., Lg.Tile BATH, CARPET, $1200/ MO.+. 610-304-0087.

One BeDROOM

office Space

OLD CITY (6 S.Front St.) 2BR or Office combo. Overlooks BF Bridge & Del River. High ceiling, WD, DW, GD, CA, Gas heat, Tiled bath & Kit. $1195/mo+. 215-627-4414

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TEMPLE UNV/ST JOS HOSPITAL AREA: NEWLY RENOVATED studio.

DW,GD, W/d in Bldg. $525/mo 215236-4937

20TH & WALNUT King Size Studios & 1BR in High rise/Doorman bldg, All utils incld, HW flrs, Laundry.

AVAIL JAN/FEB! $1275-$1445. MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.MichaelSingerRealEstate.com

20TH & WOLF VIC. 1 BDR Apt., Close to Transportation & CC. Brand New. A/C. Tile Kitchen & Bath. $800+ utilities. 215-514-6650

office space

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cEntER citY luXuRY conDominiums FoR REnt rittenhouse square THE CARLYLE 2031 LoCusT sTREET 1 bedroom, 1 bath, w/d, separate dining area, 270 degree city views, 826 sf $1,650 2 bedrooms plus den, 1 bath, brand new renovation, open floor plan, 958 sf $1,895 Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath, brand new kitchen, 270 degree city views, 1079 sf $2,190 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, western city views, wonderful updated kitchen, lots of natural light, 1164 sf $2,375

1 bedroom plus den, 2 bath, completely open floor plan with excellent living/entertaining space, like-new condition, 1,506 sf $4,250 THE doRCHEsTER 226 W. RiTTENHousE sQuARE Junior 1 bedroom, partial view of Rittenhouse Square, high floor, 570 sf $1,450 1 bedroom, balcony, lots of natural light, high floor, 623 sf $1,795

washington square HopkiNsoN HousE 604 s. WAsHiNGToN sQAuRE Studio with alcove, Washington Square view, dressing area, 600 sf $1,275 1 bedroom, high floor, lots of light, balcony, south views $1,560 Deluxe 1 bedroom, high floor, Washington Square view, balcony, 843 sf $1,595 Deluxe 1 bedroom, south view, very spacious, 1003 sf, $1,650

2226 LombARd sTREET Recently renovated 1 bedroom, open kitchen, private patio, lots of natural light, pristine condition $1,350

THE RiTTENHousE 210 W. RiTTENHousE sQuARE 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, renovated chef’s kitchen, marble baths, panoramic western city views, 1862 sf $6,500 2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 bathroom penthouse, new designer kitchen, marble baths, expansive balcony, 2122 sf $7,950

iNdEpENdENCE pLACE 233-241 souTH 6TH sTREET 1 bedroom, balcony, south facing views, walk-in closet in bedroom, laundry room, 928 sf $1,625

THE LANEsboRouGH 1601 LoCusT sTREET 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, brand new, high ceilings, hardwood floors throughout, chefs kitchen, magnificent entertaining space, luxurious master suite, 3467 sf $9,750

avenue of the arts ACAdEmY HousE 1420 LoCusT sTREET 1 bedroom, high floor, wood floors throughout, updated kitchen and bath, w/d, city views, 875 sf $1,625

THE bARCLAY 237 s. 18TH sTREET 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, large and light-filled rooms throughout, designer kitchen and baths, wood floors, custom built closets, 2527 sf $7,500

art museum THE pHiLAdELpHiAN 2401 pENNsYLvANiA AvENuE Studio w/balcony, Fairmount view, open kitchen, 570 sf $975 1 bedroom, renovated kitchen, wood floors in living room, Fairmount view, lots of light, w/d, 1258 sf $1,595

waterfront piER 5 7 N. CoLumbus bouLEvARd Tri-level, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, generous living space, large balcony, parking space, 2229 sf $2,290 Tri-level, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, fireplace, excellent closet space, large balcony, parking space, 2229 sf $2,290

258 s. 18TH sTREET 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, custom home with beautifully appointed open kitchen, designer baths, lots of natural light $2,390 pARC RiTTENHousE 225 s. 18TH sTREET Studio, wood floors, sleeping alcove, marble bath, 546 sf $1,600 Studio, wood floors, marble bath, open kitchen, 516 sf $1,650 2 bedrooms. 2 baths, south views, open chef’s kitchen, marble baths, hardwood floors, 1106 sf $3,950

old City/soCiety hill soCiETY HiLL ToWERs 200-220 LoCusT sTREET units include all utilities Studio, floor-to-ceiling windows, sunrise view, 540 sf $1,275 1 bedroom, 1 bath, city views, 700 sf $1,485 1 bedroom, high floor, updated kitchen and bath, beautiful river views, 728 sf $1,600 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, intimate society hill views, 1200 sf $1,950

CommerCial sPaCe ACAdEmY HousE 1420 LoCusT sTREET Office space with newly painted walls and new carpet, 695sf $1,200 2031 Locust Street Professional Office Space in secure apartment building, 1058 sf $1,290 1830 Rittenhouse Square – Rittenhouse Square professional or personal office space in boutique, $1,590 doorman building, 754 sf 250 S. 18th Street – Prime ground floor corner retail/office space on Rittenhouse Square, $3,000 NNN 1857 sf 1601 Locust Street - 1st floor and lower level of prestigious Lanesborough condo, ideal for restaurant or offices, 4700 sf $10,000 NNN

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K L Y Januar y 18 - 24, 2012

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BELLA VISTA 718 S Mildred Street $450,000 Prudential Fox & Roach OLDE CITY 113 Bread St ##3B2 $449,900 Prudential Fox & Roach GRADUATE HOSPITAL 807 S 19th Street $449,000 Prudential Fox & Roach ART MUSEUM 1900 Hamilton Street #801 $429,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

12:00-3:00PM LOFT DISTRICT 428-40 N 13th St 3F $319,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred 1:00-2:15PM WASHINGTON SQUARE 720 Chestnut St D $399,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred

1:30-2:30PM Art Museum 876 N 25th St $419,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

SOCIETY HILL 540 Cypress St $374,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred R.E.

FITLER SQ 251 S 25th St $1,975,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

QUEEN VILLAGE 525 Fitzwater St $229-253,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred R.E.

GRADUATE HOSPITAL 1721 Webster St $264,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred

ART MUSEUM 747 N Uber St $525,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred R.E.

BELLA VISTA 744 ST Albans St $439,900 Plumer & Associates

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GRADUATE HOSPITAL 2107 Bainbridge $665,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

ART MUSEUM 1512 Melon ST $599,000 Plumer & Associates

SOCIETY HILL 422 S 7th Street $429,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE 608 S 16th Street $599,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 260 S 3rd Street $2,990,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

ART MUSEUM AREA 2027 Ogden $399,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRADUATE HOSPITAL 1837 Montrose Street $575,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

FITLER SQ 2504 Delancey Street $2,195,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

ART MUSEUM 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #126 $210,000 Prudential Fox & Roach ART MUSEUM 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #651 $129,000 Prudential Fox & Roach ART MUSEUM 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #605 $124,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

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ART MUSEUM/LOGAN SQUARE 631 N 21st St 2BR trinity with central air patio and 2 decks 2731 Cambridge St Reduced! Private Parking 3 Story 4BR/1.5 BA with original wood floors fireplace and rear yard 2312 Brown St. Multi-unit great for owner occupant or Investor! Both units feature modern kitchens & baths.

2301 Cherry St. #12A Corner spacious 2bd/2.5ba w/river & city views, secure garage pkng, private balcony 2123 Appletree St 3BR/1/5BA New HW Flrs, lots of light, Lg Bk yard Close to everything 876 N 25TH St Tastefully renovated Victorian

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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS 1027 Arch st #406 Superb 1BR/1BA with loft exposed beams high ceilings and updated kitch $314,900 23 S 23rd St #2N 1BR/1.5BA with Patio and Courtyard $399,900 440 S. Broad St. 1, 2, and 3br luxury condos, 7 yrs left on tax abatement, garage parking available, pool fitness & luxury amenities incl., in condo fees, 1 yr builders warranty Fr OPEN HOUSE $499,900 1207 S Broad Restored Brownstone 4BR/4.5BA LR,& DR Newer kitch &BA Multi parking, garden $695,000 251 S 25th Street Diamond Residence – Elegant Modern Home on the Park – All New Construction –215-582-7909 OPEN HOUSE $1,975,000 OLD CITY / LOFT DISTRICT / CHINATOWN 444 N 4th St Great Deal on amazing loft style condo with parking and tax abatement $239,900 309-13 Arch St #402 REDUCED! Fantastic 1br/1ba w/ 2 lofted spaces in popular Hoopskirt lofts. Low fees & abatement thru 2017. $274,900 319 Vine Street #109 1 BR Luxuary Condo @ York Square. Granite, SS Kitchen w/ Breakfast bar, Huge Walk-in Closet $299,000 428-40 N. 13th St. #3F NY-style open loft. Amazing custom ktchn, high ceilings, beautiful vintage hdwd flrs $319,000 Open house 1/22/12 12-3

813-817 n. 5th St #202 Amazing 1900sq ft 2 bedroom plus office loft condo with parking!

$284,000

1025 Mt Vernon St Huge, recently renovated 6-7 BR House with central air and HW floors, blocks away from Spring Arts

$295,000

2312 East Huntingdon St. Great Investment Opportunity – own a Triplex in the heart of Fishtown!

$325,000

935 N. Randolph St. 4bd/1ba impeccably maintained & well appointed home – a NoLibs must-see

$335,000

881 N. 5th St. No Libs single family house w/garage & outdoor space

$389,900

1241 Buttonwood St. Hot NoLibs area! Ready for development!

$425,000

336 Fairmount Ave Gorgeous nearly new construction 3 bed, 2.5 bath, deck, finished bsmt w/tax abatement and parking!

$474,900

UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA 6423 Dorel St. Short Sale

$60,000

5242 Cedar Ave. Income producing duplex available

$95,000

116 S. 51st St. 4bd/1ba Fixer-Upper for Investors or 1st Time Buyers Priced Out of Univ. City. Nice Orig. Details

$99,000

214 S. 56th St. Solid 3-unit bldg in a convenient location, 3rd flr is rent-ready, potential for cash flow!

$110,000

-546-2700 SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 1317-21 Rodman St 2A 1BR/1BA Quiet Quaint St Parking 540 Cypress St. Quaint, completely upgraded 2br/1.5ba hm on cobblestone st in heart of Society Hill 720 Chestnut St. Unit D 2Bd/2ba 1300sqft condo in boutique bldg. Hi ceilings, wd fl, granite & SS, priv outdoors, FP 929 Clinton St. #2R Beautifully upgraded 2 bedroom plus den, 2 bath condo on amazing block 409 S. Jessup St. 3br/2ba fully upgraded & private garden, nearby leased surface parking spot 241 S. 6th St. #2002 2br/2ba, Den, Beautifully renovated, move-in condition 1,788SF Call Mar Kline 267-246-7607 220 Locust St. 6B REDUCED! View by appointment 3B/3Ba 1111 Locust 9B 2210sqft, 3bd/3.5ba, 10ft ceilings, SE CORNER, 800sqft terraces, parking

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139 S 50th St Reduced Triplex Upgraded Freshly painted

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5132 Larchwood Ave. Amazingly Spacious Victorian Twin, updated interior galore 4bd/1ba

$225,000

4948 Hazel St. 5br/5ba Victorian twin needs repairs but has potential to be restore to grand showpiece

$230,000

811 S 51st St. 3bed/2.5bath twin top to bottom renovation where old & new blend seamlessly not a detail overlooked

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542 S. 48th St. #B 3br/2ba TH on lovely shared courtyard. Quiet rear unit w/private deck, FP, C/A, more

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237 S. 49th St 4 unit corner property w/detached garage and separate utilities. Fully leased—a solid investment

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4126 Chester Ave. Excellent Value Added Investment opportunity across the street from the University of the Sciences

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QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 2503 Manton St Huge Lot, Awesome Opportunity 2234 Cross St Fully renovated 3BR/1BA Open LR/DR, gourmet kitch, rear yard 2214 Clarion St. 3br townhome in South Phila. Boasts remodeled KIT & lrg rear patio 2519 S. Marshall St. 3bd/1.5ba TH recently renovated 2414 S Jessup St. Great house on a quaint street in Lower Moyamensing with a beautiful modern kitchen.

310 Gladstone St. Wonderful 2br home w/extra lrg bath, new kit., rear yard, many extras, 2nd fl laundry.

1021 Mercy St Tastefully decorated, Many upgrades Reduced 2742 S. Hutchinson St. Spacious home on a desirable South Philly block.

2746 S 18th St Very well maintained 3BR/1BA Unbelievable Value 1020 Snyder Ave. DUPLEX two 1bed units very clean & maintained new 1 fl full bath 2251 League St 3BR/1BA Corner hm, HW FL, crown moldings, back yard Great Location 1721 Webster St 2BR/1BA CA, Newly renovated, this home has it!

917 S 18th St 3BR/2BA open LR/DR Deluxe kitch H/W FL rear garden 727 S 7thSt #2F Spacious 2BR/1BA Newly painted and upgraded, HW Fl, High Ceilings Lg deck 705 S. Mildred St. Beautiful 2br/2ba, move in condition! Tax abatement, EE wind & drs, C/A, HWflrs 2045 Federal St Complete renovation 3BR/2.5BA Lrg rear yard immense third fl 1230 S. 7th St Gorgeous total rehab, HW floors, custom cabinets, finished bsmt, tax abatement, 3 br/1.5ba 1612 West Oregon Ave Completely renovated Exceptional level of workmanship 1 year of free parking 1718 Rodman St. Lovely renovated trinity home (kitchen on 1st flr) 1.5ba, charming st., nice garden space 1916 Christian St. B Spacious 3bed walk to South St and Center City gorgeous master basement 5 yr tax abatement 1512 S 2nd St. fabulous 3bed new front, HW, kitchen, fireplace move right in 1825 S. 12th St. Newly renovated townhome in Passyunk features 4br, HW flooring, large rear patio 1817 Catharine St. Right-sized 3br/1.5ba TH w/updates, wd-brng fireplace, Juliette balcony 924 Catharine St. REDUCED! 1800sqft 3bd/1.5ba, exposed brk, new hdwds/carpet, lrg yrd, skyline view, must see 2053 Pemberton St. Roof-top deck 360 Center City Views! New Luxurious construction, 3br/2.5ba 629-31 S. 13TH St. Unit A Stunning 3 bed/3 bth new contruction. Luxurious finishes, Roof Deck, Parking + Tax Abatement

NEW CONSTRUCTION $10,000 $75,000 $125,000 $130,000 $139,900 $147,900 $159,000 $169,900 $169,900 $179,000 $239,900 OPEN HOUSE $264,900 $275,000 OPEN HOUSE $289,900 $299,990 $300,000 $307,500 $315,000 $329,000 OPEN HOUSE $350,000 $354,000 $360,000 $389,900 $399,999 $540,000 $649,900

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P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K L Y Januar y 18 - 24, 2012

2447 Coral St Corner Lot Prime for development Located close to public transportation Now is the time to build!

2203 Dreer St. 1sty/1car garage, well kept & currently used for storage space.

645 N 53rd Street Duplex, Each unit has 1BR and 1BA Great Investment opportunity 757 Jericho Rd. Complete rehab! Bay window, French doors, gleaming hdwd flrs, fin bsmnt, patio & deck 1915 N. 23rd St. Row home – multifamily capabilities, rear yard = parking capabilities, original details, separate utilities.

2352 E Harold St. 2bd/1ba eco-friendly gem on great Fishtown block. Rehabbed top-to-bottom—a must see.

2652 Memphis St. Recenty renovated 3bd hm in Fishtown w/full bsmnt, storage & orig details intact 2639 Salmon St. Total rehab with up to 3-car parking!

2344 E Letterly St. This 2 bdrm Fishtown home is completely renovated and features fabulous upgrades & large rear patio 1137 E. Palmer St. REDUCED! Renov corner offers 3B/2b, HW Flrs, updated ktchn, 3rd fl main suite, large lot.

2714 Almond St. NEW Listing! 20ft wide, 3bd/1bath, 1660sq ft home w/hdwds, enclosed porch & lg yd, newer kitchen…

2628 E. Somerset St. REDUCED! Two homes for the price of one. Wonderful opportunity to own a home deeded as Building A & B 1301 N Front St 2BR/2BA + Den, End unit with parking

$42,500 $59,900 $89,000 $125,000 $125,000 $127,500 $175,000 $189,000 $189,900 $199,900 $200,000 $219,900 $239,000

525 Fitzwater St. #11 REDUCED TO SELL! AbbottsCourt.com, 2 bd/1.5ba, gated crtyrd, grmt kitchens, & H/W Flrs

OPEN HOUSE $229-253k

650 N 8thSt 2BR/2.5BA modern kitchen 2 car parking in gated lot

$269,900

1515 Carpenter #B 10 Yr Tax Abatement Luxurious bi-level condo with private enclosed yard 3BR/3BA

$275,000

838-40 N 20th St 4BR/3.5BA, roof top deck, 1 Car Parking, ss appl, quartz countersm spect views

OPEN HOUSE $450,000

1743 Christian St High Quality with roof top CC Views, Luxuary finishes 3BR/3BA 10 yr tax abatement approved

OPEN HOUSE $450,000

1930 Kimball St. New Construction 3bed twnhome w/roof-top deck, basement, attached garage 10 yr tax abatement

OPEN HOUSE $469,000

440 S. Broad St. #2403 Spacious 1bd/1ba w/balcony at the Symphony House 747 N Uber St. Gorgeous New Cons w/CC skyline views, 3bd/3.5ba, tiger wd flrs, gourmet kitch,

$499,900 OPEN HOUSE $525,000

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT 6734 Dorel St. Investor special, short sale, potential for solid rental property

$30,000

2438 S. 3rd St. Investor Opportunity-store front (deli/grocery) & 1bd Apt (leased), well maintained bldg!

$249,900

203 S. 20th St. Commercial/Office/Retail Space in Premiere “Rittenhouse Hotel”, Approx 800+/-sqft

$459,900

103 Callowhill St. Intimate 50 seat theater, exp brick, velvet curtains, vintage scones. Upr Lvl Res/Off

$599,900

SURROUNDING AREAS East Mt Airy – 32 E Slocum Investor Special, needs total rehab

$55,000

Grays Ferry – 1356 S Stanley St Recently renovated home at a great price

$59,900

Mayfair – 4723 Vista St. Inviting façade w/front patio & rear deck. 3 Bd hm w/garage encl as addl bdrm

$64,900

Kingsessing - 5634 Hazel Ave 3BR/1BA

$65,000

Kingsessing – 5253 Pine St 4BR/1BA

$65,000

Kingsessing – 6127 Pine St 3BR/1BA

$65,000

Kingsessing – 5855 Christian St 3BR/1 BA

$65,000

Torresdale-5017 S. Convent Ln. #D Very Lrg 1br/1.5ba plus den in gated community. $5,000 seller assist

$95,000

Old Kensington – 2BR/1.5 BA

$99,000

Upper Darby – 72 Gilpin Rd. 3bedroom rowhome in Upper Darby with attached garage for sale

$97,500

Bridesburg – 4731 Edmund St Move-in ready for first time home buyer or investor

$165,000

Temple Univ – 1901 Diamond St. Fantastic 3-unit Bldg located just blocks frm Temple Univ Campus & boasts rear patio

$399,900

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$599,900

the philadelphian

3BR, 2.5Ba, wood floors, beautifully renovated designer kitchen, large balcony, river views 2,028 sf open sunday 1/22 • 1 - 1:30pM 1BR, balcony, wood floors, updated kitchen and bath, custom walk-in closet in bedroom

$399,900

the philadelphian

$210,000

the philadelphian

1,397 sf open sunday 1/22 • 12:30 - 1pM 1BR, beautifully renovated kitchen with wood cabinetry and breakfast bar, panoramic sunrise views to the east overlooking the Fairmount neighborhood, wood floors throughout, pristine condition open sunday 1/22 • 12:30 - 1pM 1166 sf

$185,000

AvEnUE of ThE ARTS acadeMy house

3 BR, 2.5 Ba, lots of natural light, high floor, generous entertaining/living space 1524 sf

centeR city one

2BR, 2 Ba, wood floors, recently renovated designer kitchen and baths, balcony, skyline views 1,209 sf

acadeMy house centeR city one

$399,900

2 BR, 2 Ba, split plan on a high floor, excellent living and closet spaces, eat-in kitchen, master BR 1314 sf

$359,900

1BR, 1Ba with a balcony on a high floor, excellent closet space

873sf

$275,000

BaRclay

3 BR + den, 3.5Ba, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone

lanesBoRough

3BR, 3.5Ba, brand new, very high ceilings, his and hers master bath, custom kitchen, exquisite detail throughout

3,467 sf

$2,900,000 $2,395,000

Bi-level penthouse with dramatic sunset views of the city, lavish entire flat master suite, great entertaining space 4,455 sf

2228 spRuce stReet

3,682 sf

$389,900

paRc Rittenhouse

1BR, large kitchen, marble bathroom, wood floors

637 sf

$359,900

paRc Rittenhouse

1BR, large galley kitchen, open living and dining room, excellent closet space 661 sf

$349,900

the Rittenhouse

studio, wood floors, large marble bath, panoramic sunset view

583 sf

$344,900

wanaMakeR house

1 BR, wood floors throughout, bay windows in all rooms, excellent condition 704 sf

$300,000

SociETy hill Raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence Mall 3,068 sf

services available from adjoining oMni hotel Bank Building

2,025 sf

society hill toweRs

$1,100,000

opportunity to create a custom home in a luxury, boutique condominium building on independence Mall 2017 sf

society hill toweRs

$1,150,000

Brand new 2 BR + den, 2.5 Ba home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designer Ba,

$549,900

2 BR, 1 Ba, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows

1BR, high floor, river view, investment opportunity

wAShingTon SqUARE

2,644 sf

$1,695,000

independence place

2,306 sf

1,200 sf

$399,000

700 sf

$269,900

Bi-level penthouse, 2BR. 2.5Ba, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views 4,500 sf

$1,450,000

the lippincott

3BR + den, 3.5Ba, open floor plan, chef’s kitchen, marble bath, north and south city views independence place

$585,000

2BR, 2Ba, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on Rittenhouse square 1,075 sf

1 bedroom, open kitchen, balcony, great entertaining space, 1397 sf

$210,000 Condo Fees: $943 Taxes: $240

$1,075,000

2BR, 2Ba, beautifully renovated throughout with open kitchen and designer bath, wood floors, balcony 1,387 sf

$699,900

928 sf

$299,900

independence place

1BR, 1Ba, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition

independence place

1BR, 1Ba, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen and Ba, custom closets, balcony 928 sf

$539,000

$269,900

acadeMy house 1420 locust stReet

independence place 241 south 6th st

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, split floor plan on high floor, eat-in kitchen, spacious living/dining room, 1314 sf

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, completely renovated with custom finishes throughout, balcony, 1387sf

$359,900

$699,000

Condo Fees: $958

Condo Fees: $693

Taxes: $311

Taxes: $500

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $2590

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $3230

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $1937

Allan Domb Real Estate 215.545.1500 • www.allandomb.com “wE COOpERATE wITh ALL REALTORS®”

Mortgage Financing available

Melissa Tagye 610-639-0984

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P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K L Y Januar y 18 - 24, 2012

the philadelphian 2401 pennsylvania ave

1,775 sf

$775,000

2BR, 2Ba, open floor plan, luxurious master suite, marble Ba, wood floors, lots of light

$2,295,000

custom 2BR, 2Ba home with high ceiling, lots of light, open chefs kitchen, luxurious master suite, direct view of washington square

$1,195,000

2BR, 2Ba, terrace on pool club deck, open custom kitchen, marble bath, wood floors

1,199 sf BaRclay

765 sf

$1,750,000

1,272 sf the waRwick

1BR, 1Ba, balcony, open kitchen, hardwood floors, marble bath

4,338 sf

2421 sf paRc Rittenhouse

paRc Rittenhouse

2BR + den coop overlooking Rittenhouse square, custom chef’s kitchen, lavish master suite, formal entertaining space

the waRwick

$1,975,000

3BR, 2.5Ba, magnificent Rittenhouse square & sunset views, pristine condition, great entertaining space, marble baths

Rittenhouse plaza

$399,900

townhome with 5BR plus den, 3.5Ba, private garden, lots of natural light, beautifully restored, original details with modern updates

the Rittenhouse

712 sf

$2,295,000

220 w. Rittenhouse sq. Magnificent custom home with 3BR’s, 2.5Ba, balcony over Rittenhouse square, chef’s kit., wonderful enter. space, lavish master suite

$479,900

1BR, 1Ba, hardwood floors, marble Ba, custom kitchen

Bank Building

3,293 sf

1,085 sf the waRwick

Bank Building

with ensuite Ba & walk-in closet

floors, 3 gas fireplaces

1BR, 1Ba, Juliet balcony, upgraded kitchen and Ba, lots of light, separate dining room, hardwood floors

$479,900

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE

the Rittenhouse

1900 Rittenhouse

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