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10 40th Anniversary Light the candles and break out the champagne; PW celebrates its 40th anniversary this week. No midlife crisis here—we’ve got remembrances from writers past and present and the staffers who made the paper great, from the Welcomat to Philadelphia Weekly to PW. ARTs & CulTuRe 41 Calendar PW ’s picks for the week. food 47 Extreme Eating Philly’s adventurous eaters get their fill.

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Journalism Liz Spikol breaks it down.

14 The Man in Charge Speaks 15 Q&A With Dan Rottenberg Former editor recalls his days at the Welcomat.

17 Coming of Age The everchanging face of PW.

18 Paper Tales Steve Volk looks back at the paper he loved.

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13 40 Years of Renegade

An interview with Anthony Clifton.

ART 50 First Friday Art-party picks for May. sCReen 47 Cutoff and Run Three families FOUR UNFORGETTABLE DAYS OF DELECTABLE FLAVORS, WORLD CLASS WINES & YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL CHEFS: MICHAEL GREEN, DIVYA GUGNANI AND LUKE PALLADINO

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30 Musical Heirs Former Music Editor Neil Ferguson and current Music Editor Brian McManus talk shop.

36-37 Intern-al Affairs Former staffer Jeff Barg recalls his favorite characters and polls former interns on what it was like to work for free.

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Anniversary content curated by Liz Spikol

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Regarding Chip Alfred's story about transgender activist Jayden Sampson: Thanks for this story featuring this beautiful transgendered man’s life. I strive to survive as an FTM that is older and may not be perceived of as male yet. At this point in my transition it’s essential to me and scary to keep trying to be myself with my male and female self. Being super-short, old, fat and worried about losing a job doesn’t help, but still I move on and it’s nice to keep the momentum by feeling some courage from a good news story like this.

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I'm happy to see PW highlighting the experiences of transgender people. So often, media coverage of trans issues only reinforces existing stereotypes about trans people, and at first glance it was refreshing to see a piece simply profiling a Philadelphian who is trans and active in trans activism about his life and work.

However, the piece was not without flaws. I think the paragraphs explicitly describing some of the surgical options for trans people were an unnecessary part of the piece, and including information on whether the subject, Jayden Sampson, had chosen to have them, was inappropriate. Cis-gender (non-trans) people never have information about their genitals included in public profiles on their lives and work, and trans people deserve the same respect and privacy.

I was also confused by Chip Alfred’s use of both “she” and “he” to refer to Sampson, as it is clear that Sampson identifies as male.

Most trans people see themselves as having been their posttransition gender their whole lives, but until transition were being misidentified by society because of their bodies. In other words, trans men are not women who one day became men, they have been men their entire lives but the people around them (and, for portions of their lives, trans people themselves) did not realize it because their bodies were labeled as female when they were born. Using language such as “he said goodbye to the woman he once was” and using “she” to refer to Sampson can lead to the misunderstanding that trans people formerly identified with the genders they were assigned at birth.

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Chip Alfred responds: As a writer of LGBT profiles, I start every interview with the same question. “Is there anything you don’t want to talk about?” In Sampson’s case, there wasn’t. In a social environment, I concur that it’s an invasion of a transgender person’s privacy to ask what’s below the belt. But as a journalist, it’s a different story—because Sampson wanted to talk about it. We both agreed there was an opportunity to educate people about hormones and surgical options—to make the public aware of what trans people endure and to help anyone considering transitioning to understand the options.

As for your confusion about the proper pronoun to use, my originally submitted story referred to Sampson as “she” and “her” until age 35, when she decided to transition. This was confirmed by Sampson as correct. On the issue of perpetuating stereotypes, you write “trans men are not women who one day became men, they have been men their entire lives.” For Sampson that wasn’t really true. “I wanted to bring together my male and female energies,” he explains when asked about his decision to transition. “Each trans person has their own story and their own way of describing how they felt before and after transitioning.”

Correction In last week’s issue, an editing error stated that Jayden Sampson transitioned from male to female. Sampson has transitioned from female to male. We also wrote that Sampson said he stressed the importance of not being defined by sexual orientation. He stressed the importance of not being defined by gender representation. We regret the errors.

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and what we now call citizen journalists were also nurtured by the Welcomat.

In 1995, new ownership began the process of transforming the Welcomat into an alternative weekly along the lines of The Village Voice. The transition between the two identities was a rocky one.

New publisher Michael Cohen wanted to change every aspect of the publication, and indeed, the transformation he implemented made the paper extremely profitable. The paper that had been folded and thrown onto Philly’s stoops was now printed flat, Daily News-style and placed that way into honor boxes across the city.

Tim Whitaker and Sara Kelly took over as the pub’s top editors, and began to develop the point of view that characterized it in the years to come: speaking truth to power; telling the stories that wouldn’t otherwise be told; revealing the city’s singularity; voraciously covering arts and music; and honing a left-of-center point of view regarding politics and business as usual.

In the process, the paper became an essential translator of the city’s text, with opinionated columns, news briefs, cover stories, arts reviews and listings.

If a visitor wanted to understand what Philadelphia was all about— really—they could pick up an issue of Philadelphia Weekly and get the idea. Writers were encouraged to do long-form journalism and burrow into an important, overlooked issue until change took place. People who could write, not just report, were nurtured. There was infinite flexibility when the paper was large; as an editor, the space was a gift. Seem like a weird idea to have moneyed Republican WASP City Councilman Thacher Longstreth—he of the bow tie and argyle socks—give advice in an alt weekly? Then let’s do it!

PW made space for just about anything readers might enjoy, no matter how outlandish.

The paper won award after award for writing, photography, design, even headlines. Candidates longed for a PW endorsement; restaurants and theaters cringed at bad reviews. Communities that had been ignored for years by local government were attended to quickly after a story in PW’s pages; and individuals got their day in court far more quickly than they’d anticipated. PW got people out of jail. PW put people into jail. PW advocated and won. PW advocated and lost. At the end of the day, PW was an essential square of fabric in the city’s vast quilt-in-progress.

The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, which is the governing body of North America’s alt weeklies, describes the mission this way: “What ties [AAN member papers] together are a strong focus on local news, culture and the arts; an informal and sometimes profane style; an emphasis on point-of-view reporting and narrative journalism; a tolerance for individual freedoms and social differences; and an eagerness to report on issues and communities that many mainstream media outlets ignore.”

This is precisely what Philadelphia Weekly has been devoted to since 1995.

On the following pages of our anniversary issue, you’ll hear from some of the staffers and freelancers who determined the paper’s direction over the years. Literally hundreds of people have been employed by PW (and its parent company, Review Publishing). We reached out to an eclectic group, but admittedly missed the great majority.

In 2011, PW remains an independently owned alternative newsweekly. It’s been a remarkable journey. Happy anniversary! n

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work to expose corruption in government.

The Welcomat started humbly, as a far-too-bland community paper that seemed disconnected from all the energy new journalism embodied. Within a few years, though, it found its voice: scrappy, irritable, unafraid. No one could ever say the Welcomat resisted pissing people off; no subjects were off limits. Susan Seiderman, who inherited the paper from her father, respected the independence of “her” editors, even if she disagreed with them. She loved it when the paper made noise; she was a noisy, fiery person herself.

And she was rewarded.

Center City residents were deeply attuned to the Welcomat’s content, in part because they helped create it. Very few article submissions were turned down: If a resident of the city had something they burned to say, they could say it. At the same time, individual voices were cultivated in a way that would become an alt-weekly staple. Jim Knipfel’s searingly revealing first-person column “Slackjaw” covered his experiences with mental illness and related misery, and served as inspiration for later self-flagellating personal-disclosure columnists (like yours truly).

In keeping with the times, the Welcomat featured frequent ruminations on gender, race and class issues, including Thom Nickels’ regular column on gay issues—one of the first of its kind in the country. The late writer John Guinther tenaciously pursued injustice in the pages of the Welcomat, getting three innocent men off of death row. Many other columnists, reporters

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The paper you now hold in your hands, PW, has been around for 40 years—more or less. Like most media stories, it’s a bit more complicated than that. A newspaper called the Welcomat was founded in 1971.

According to the Library of Congress, that publication ceased to exist in 1995, when it was transformed by new ownership into Philadelphia Weekly. Years later, marketing gurus suggested the name Philadelphia Weekly was too cumbersome, thus spurring an exquisitely painful rebranding campaign that ended in the name PW. No matter the changes, though, there is a through line in the paper’s history: a renegade spirit and a determination to give voices to the voiceless.

That was an appropriate mission at the time of the Welcomat’s founding. The ’60s had been characterized by massive cultural change, a devastating war and the tragedy of multiple assassinations. Poet Robert Lowell’s “tranquilized fifties” were long gone, and women and minorities found themselves newly emancipated. Journalists, too, found a new voice— rejecting “objective” newspaper accounts in favor of personalized narratives with strong points of view.

Writers like Gay Talese, Jimmy Breslin and Hunter S. Thompson pioneered this new approach, while establishment reporters like Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein employed investigative tactics and detective

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By Liz Spikol feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com What were your impressions of Philadelphia journalism before you got involved with it?

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Let me first focus my response on PW and its predecessor, the Welcomat (which became Philadelphia Weekly in 1995). I came to Philadelphia in 1982. Candidly, when I got the Welcomat free on my doorstep, it would invariably go straight into the trash. This was because the covers nearly always failed to grab my attention and so, for me personally, all the hard work and good writing—and it was usually quite good—that went into putting each edition together was a waste. In 1981, Dan Rottenberg became the paper’s first editor since its launch in 1971. Over time, Dan developed a following of local readers until he chose to move on in 1993.

He focused quite a lot of editorial content on the “little guys” around town whose diverse range of activities, accomplishments, views and personas were of local interest (but did not much interest the two local dailies) and, he felt, needed a voice. While this was good for a certain limited circle of readers, it did not serve as a base on which to build a wider audience and to garner the support needed from local, regional and national advertisers that would make the growing paper self-sustaining.

On my watch, we chose to focus much more on trying to create a seductive cover each week as the ‘key to the door’ for readers to open … to each edition chock full of interest. At first, this notion did not sit well with some editorial folks who

focused almost exclusively on writing text but ignored the critical importance to the reader of artful artwork that would draw them into a story. This remains a challenge at times, as successive generations of art directors put their individual artistic hallmarks on the covers and inside each edition.

We also deliberately increased the size of the news hole space and reduced the amount of advertising pages in order to attract more readership. The format changed to more of what it is today—a free weekly paper focused on younger urban adults, where they want to live, what they want to do and where they want to go. It so happens that this readership focus also resonates with advertisers desiring to reach those who are still young and independent enough to be making their consumer brand choices for life. In turn, this has helped nourish the paper’s growth over time.

Journalism ‘proper’ was still largely the preserve of the dailies and then-[Inquirer] Editor Eugene Roberts. Under his leadership, the dailies won a series of Pulitzer Prizes. The dailies were then local ‘supermarkets’ or ‘department stores’ of some local, and much regional, national and international news but whose readership tended toward an aging readership of 55 plus. By contrast, our focus was ‘local, local, local’ with emphasis on younger folk in their 20s to 40s and interested in local arts, entertainment and local topics that would rarely see the light of day in the two dailies.

How have you seen PW change over the years?

In addition to changes mentioned above, PW has long since converted many tedious manual processes to automation— all the way from typing copy on a typewriter and typesetting it to pasting it up with wax, to its business systems. This is because I’ve always firmly believed in consigning repetitive and relatively mindless tasks to reliable robots (aka computer systems) and freeing up smart people to do smart things that computer systems can’t do. Taking advantage of technology has been key to our survival and success. It has helped us free up the creative talent that resides in the majority of people on our PW team.

This is an inexorable and critical process as technology gets better and cheaper. At the same time, you can have the best computer system in the world, but if you have weak people performing, then there’s nowhere to go. So we try very hard to find and hire the best talent we can and to show respect to the people on our team, because they are the ultimate ambassadors of the paper on whom we depend to link it to both its readers and its advertisers.

What is the most important thing you want to commemorate for this anniversary?

The people who make our paper and create our website and other digital products are first and foremost those I want to recognize on this significant anniversary. As to commemoration proper, I’d like to salute all those who have struggled through a succession of tough recessions and real-estate and financial system meltdowns that have, at times, greatly challenged our business. At the end of the day, our business is a people business where creative and gifted individuals work together to help to create something bigger than themselves alone and to share the fruit of their efforts with a really large and growing audience.

How do you feel about the future of print media?

In two words, very excited. I refuse to buy the argument that ‘newspapers are dead’. That is a complete red herring. The newspaper is simply one type of vehicle for conveying what readers really want, which is accurate and timely information.

The Internet and tablets and mobile phones are clearly here to stay, so neither we nor our readers need ever feel imprisoned by the ‘four walls’ of the newspaper whose capacities and physical size is limited and finite. Readers can potentially get the accurate information they need right now. So there are only two things to limit our ability going forward—our creative imagination and our resources to realize it. ■

Memory Lane Solomon Jones, staff writer When then-Editor Tim Whitaker interviewed me for my first job with PW, the paper’s offices were across the street from the Latham Hotel. Tim had his back to the window. He was asking me a series of questions and things were going well. Then, about mid-interview, I just stopped looking at him and gazed over his shoulder.

“I’m not ignoring you,” I said, “but there’s a naked lady in the window across the street.”

Tim turned around, and sure enough, there was a woman in a hotel room with the shades completely raised, applying makeup in the buff.

She was daring us to look. We obliged. Tim and I have been friends ever since.

There was some pretty good journalism, too. When I wrote “The Soul of Africa,” a story for which I traveled to Ghana to trace the history of the transatlantic slave trade, it was a moving experience, not only for me, but for readers across the region. When I wrote “Sole Survivor,” a column about my wife buying bobos, it was the beginning of a new era for me. That column let me know that I could write humor, and write it well.

Rick Fellinger, staff writer No doubt, the story I wrote that drew the harshest reaction was “The Mafia Is a Bunch of Pussies.” It grew out of a 1997 trial for the Louis Turra drug gang, which had been plotting to kill mob boss Skinny Joey Merlino over a typical gangland money spat. The quote was just one of many that Turra and his father Anthony uttered on tape in the presence of a federal informant.

Louis Turra hung himself in jail, and his father was gunned down outside of his South Philly home shortly after their highly disrespectful comments about Merlino became public record. No story of mine created more buzz in City Hall than “Meet the City’s Dumbest Politician,” a 1997 piece that highlighted the fumblings of former City Councilman Rick Mariano. Not too surprisingly, Mariano later went to jail on corruption charges, but curiously, so has the pol we named in the same story as the city’s smartest—Vince Fumo.

Memory Lane Charyn Pfeuffer, personals; advice columnist

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Former Editor Dan Rottenberg remembers his days at the Welcomat.

By Liz Spikol feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com Tell me about the beginning of the Welcomat, and its late guiding light, Susan Seiderman.

Leon Levin, who owned the South Philadelphia Review, started what was called the Center City Welcomat in 1971, primarily as a way of protecting his Northern flank. He didn’t want someone else to start publishing a paper. And for the first, I guess, eight years or so, it was really the South Philadelphia Review with a different front page.

Susan was the youngest of his three daughters, and she got involved fairly early. She kept telling him it was the wrong kind of paper for Center City. You know, you need something like The Village Voice, and he kept saying no. He died in ’79 and she took it over and she had this vision.

How did you get involved?

Do you think people were responding to the communal aspect of it?

The Welcomat faced some legal challenges, right?

Susan was tremendously courageous and loved to fight.

We got sued for libel three times including once by Frank Rizzo, and, boy, she rose to the occasion each time. We won that suit, we won another suit, we were sued by the head of the local blue collar workers union, represented by Dick Sprague, and beat them also. She just had tremendous backbone.

Susan sold the paper to Ralph Roberts of Comcast in 1987 and had a five-year contract to stay on. At the end of five years, she decided to leave. Shortly after she left, I left.

What did you think of the name change?

The Welcomat was always a ridiculous name. People were always saying to us, “Why didn’t you change it?” and I always said, “Well, the publication transcends its name after a while.” You think of Playboy, you don’t think of a guy walking around with chorus girls on his arm. You think of the publication. When they did change the name, it became a sort of generic alternative weekly at that point.

When I was there, I was the editor, I had an assistant editor, we had somebody who did listings, and then we had Derek Davis, who edited the back section, After Dark. But everything else was pretty much freelance. And we didn’t have long assigned reportorial stories or anything like that.

It was a unique publication. To me, it was an alternative paper in the best sense of the word.

George Miller, freelance writer I wrote the story about violence against Asian students at South Philly High in Sept. 2009. That received more reaction than any other story I’ve done for PW, I think.

To me, this was a story so much larger than Asian vs. African-American students. It was a story about changing neighborhoods, poverty in the city, selfempowerment on behalf of the Asian students, and an administration that either didn’t care or just couldn’t do anything.

The commenters reacted along race lines, which was rather depressing.

People didn’t discuss solutions, as were offered in examples in the story. Instead, anonymous posters made ugly comments.

No other media outlets followed up on the story to put further pressure on the school district, and that was depressing, too.

Three months later, a daylong series of attacks at South Philly High finally gained attention from the rest of the media, and the district was forced to address the situation.

The students in my story became leading activists, appearing in front of commissions and speaking on camera to the media.

They led protests and demanded reforms. I was impressed by their spirit and resolve.

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When we initially emailed you, you said you felt like the Welcomat was one of the most important things you’ve done in your career.

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I think it was an important development in the evolution of alternative media. The Welcomat was really a genuine experiment in finding new ways to get at the truth. There used to be this idea that journalism is some kind of high priesthood and there are these high priests who are passing knowledge onto the multitudes. And I was trying to get away from that. I was saying, This isn’t the only way to run a publication. Let’s try something different. There are other ways to get at the truth. And let’s listen to ordinary people. And of course that has now evolved to the Internet and blogs and things like that. ■

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We had a unique community in Center City. You had a very articulate audience, highly educated, very affluent and they all lived and worked in the same neighborhood.

There was almost nothing like that anywhere in the United States. I had almost no freelance budget at all, but I kind of thought if you give people an outlet where they can express themselves and talk to their neighbors, they’ll come out of the woodwork. There were a lot of fascinating pieces that we got that I could never have assigned in a million years. I never would have thought of them. And, of course, it was a precursor to what blogs are today.

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I had been with Philadelphia magazine from ’72 to ’75 and then I was freelancing. I also had a vision of something like The Village Voice in Philadelphia, and I bounced it off a number of publishers and they all said, “It’s a crazy idea.

It’ll never work.” Then I ran into Susan Seiderman around early 1981 and we found that we had a very similar vision.

She couldn’t really afford to hire me and I couldn’t really afford to go to work with her, but I said, “Let’s stay in touch and I want to do whatever I can to encourage you.”

About six months later, she called me and said, “I need an editor,” and I said, “I’ll help you find one.” The more I started thinking about it, the more I said to myself, “If I don’t take this opportunity, I’m gonna kick myself in 10 years.” We worked out an arrangement.

At that point, we completely revamped the format of the paper, which had been a very pedestrian neighborhood kind of paper. From day one when I was editor, it became like the op-ed page of a newspaper. It was entirely unsolicited manuscripts submitted by readers, and page after page of letters. It became a tremendous success almost from the get-go. It really took off both in terms of pages and revenues.

From 1997 to 1999, I ran the Personals and Promotions Department for PW and wrote the oh-so-sassy and opinionated advice column “Ask Me Anything”—pre-Carrie Bradshaw.

Dishing on everything from where to go for first dates and sex on the Internet to penis size and my corded orgasmic delight, the Hitachi Magic Wand, I also managed more than 500 singles ads each week and hosted countless singles events (does anyone remember my “Slide Into a New Relationship” lube promo at Shampoo?). My position was one part Chuck Woolery, one part social butterfly—and I loved it.

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City centered: The first issue of

the Welcomat hits the streets of Philadelphia in 1971. Editor Dan Rottenberg calls it "a genuine experiment in finding new ways to tell the truth."

Playa, playa: Seeking a wider audience, the paper sheds its tabloid look in May 1995. The provocative cover and accompanying narrative signals the Welcomat’s transition from a community oriented pub to a formidable player in the alternative weekly arena.

This is how we roll:

The logo changed, but the mission remains the same. PW continues to deliver compelling, independent journalism.

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Name of the game: One week after the Welcomat’s facelift, the paper rolls out a new name. The first issue of Philadelphia Weekly rolls off the presses.

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What steps did you take to turn it into an alt weekly?

The whole thing was that we would go from the Welcomat, which paid $10, $20, maybe $40 for a story, to paying $300 to $500 for a cover story, so you could demand good writing and reporting. There was no reporting at the Welcomat to speak of.

So we needed to hire staff writers and build a whole team.

Was there a time when the paper was at its best, or do you think it just sort of fluctuated?

Editorial Inflection Former Editor Tim Whitaker waxes nostalgic.

By Liz Spikol feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com Tell me about what you were doing before PW, and how you got involved with the paper.

It’s probably a little fuzzy, but I was in Naples, Fla., at a magazine called Gulfshore Life for two years. The first year I really liked it and the second year I didn’t like it at all, and then I put migrant workers on the cover for the Christmas issue and they basically wanted me out of there.

Then I decided we had to get back to Philly. I started doing some freelance work at Cigna of all places, hourly work there, and then I got a call from Michael Cohen, who got my name from somebody about doing a Main Line version of the Welcomat. I hired Sara [Kelly], and then Sara and I were brought in for the Center City Welcomat.

What was the Welcomat like when you came in?

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So whose idea was it to make it an alt-weekly proper?

That was publisher Michael Cohen.

He was brought in to change it from the Welcomat into an alternative newspaper. And he was ruthless.

It was just you and Sara at the beginning.

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I put an ad in the paper and got a ton of responses, but Sara’s jumped right out at me because it was really honest about her state of life and how she had no money and was moving to Upper Darby on a wing and a prayer.

Her ambition and her writing ability shone through, so I hired her. And then [staff writer] Karen Abbott was pretty close behind that.

Brian Hickey, staff writer

Many stumbles. Many, many, many, many, many stumbles.

What was the first incarnation called? Brainsoap? It was really forward-looking, I’ll give it that. I think Anthony [Clifton] was very game to explore it in the most cutting-edge ways, but in the end, nothing worked. I’m not sure that any other alternative newspaper did a whole lot better, though. There was so much confusion about resources; there’s still confusion. To this day, the print product makes more money.

Philadelphia Weekly was the place that pulled me away from a life of chasing crime stories around Atlantic City during the day and Jagering my way around Sea Isle and Avalon at nights. The stories that stand out in my memory aren’t because of the quality, but because I don’t think I’d have been able to write them at other publications.

Like naming Allen Iverson as Philadelphia’s Man of the Year. Or the muchlater anniversary story with Gary Heidnik survivor Josefina Rivera.

I think the story I’m most proudest of is the last one I wrote. It was a story about the man who everybody thinks killed four A.C. prostitutes that I was working on before I got interrupted by a coma. Once I woke up from the coma, [Editor-in-Chief] Adamma Ince was more than willing to let me finish it up.

I’m both proud and grateful for that.

In the heyday of alt weeklies, what were their strengths?

Hobart Rowland, A&E editor

I think it fluctuated. I think there were two periods when it was really good—one was when we had Rick Fellinger, Karen Abbott and Solomon Jones. I’m so hesitant to name these people because I’m so afraid I’m going to leave somebody out. Then at the end, the year before I left, the paper won the most awards in its history. Remember it was second to L.A. Weekly? And that was a time when the business side was not happy, so it’s weird.

What changes in the industry did you see over time that impacted what you were doing?

It was all about online and trying to cope with that, and watching the advertising move away and then the papers getting smaller and smaller and squeezed and squeezed so that any sense of art design went away for long periods of time.

Everything was just bunched in there. It had been a nice paper to look at, design-wise, when there were big papers and money was robust. If you look back at those old issues, they were swimming in white space. It’s hard to believe the papers were so big.

How do you feel about those early ventures into online territory?

I think it varied from city to city and from style to style. I think there was sort of the New Times style, which was real hardhitting investigative reporting, take-no-prisoners kind of thing.

And then there was the L.A. Weekly model, which was the one I favored. I think it had more emphasis on writing and crafting. I’m not saying one was better than the other. I think in the heyday they both worked. It was just different.

Do you think that alternative weeklies are still relevant?

Still relevant. You know, I think they still serve a purpose and they’re still places where writers can launch their careers.

They’re still part of the noise of the city.

But I think it’s much more challenging to have a significant impact on a consistent basis. There are so many alternatives, so many places to get information.

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The Welcomat did a really nice job as a community newspaper, as a Center City community newspaper that had a small number of writers who were paid very little to express themselves about whatever they felt like. And I think that worked for a really long time, did really well, and then I think it sort of got tired. I think from a commercial point of view there was a chance to make a lot more money, get a much wider readership. All it required was looking at the template that worked at The Village Voice and places like that and just sort of mimic that kind of energy and that kind of writing and build a staff and it would do much better, and it did.

Memory Lane

Any other thoughts about PW? There are two things. One is, working at a weekly is probably one of the hardest jobs in journalism in terms of sheer hours put in. Much harder than a daily; even now with cutbacks and stuff, you just don’t work 50- and 60-hour weeks. To work at an alternative, you had to really put in mammoth hours. That’s one thing. The other is just the sheer number of people who passed through, you know? And considering how many that was, I think the number of people who went away unhappy were relatively few. ■

A few things I recall: weekend upon weekend of proofing and editing; moving between floors of the old office building (though I can’t recall why); bike-tire marks decorating the walls; trying desperately to keep that ornery rebel Joey Sweeney in line; and talking early Bowie and chainsmoking with Marah’s Dave Bielanko at a Superdrag concert.

Collin Keefe, writer, web editor Lauren McCutcheon and I came up with Lush Life. One of the first ones I penned was about the “Cop Shop,” the corner market and go-to spot for delicious and refreshing 40s of malt liquor at 13th and Lombard.

It was nothing. Just a stupid couple of sentences about buying beer. Honestly I probably spent about 10 minutes on it.

Years later, when my wife Holly and I first started dating, she lived practically across the street from the Cop Shop. I still smoked cigarettes then, so I once again found myself a regular customer. One night I stopped in ... to pick up some beer and a pack of smokes and was completely shocked to see my little 150-word sidebar framed and hanging on the wall. It remained on the wall there until the place changed hands a couple years ago.

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By Liz Spikol feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com How did you get started at PW? It was 1994. Six months before I arrived, Review Publishing founded the Main Line Welcomat. Tim Whitaker was hired as part-time editor of that paper but was still working full-time at Cigna. He was in there a couple days a week after work. He put an ad in the paper for writers. I was in graduate school at Penn’s School of Education. I’d just left an MFA program in Rhode Island. I was desperately poor. I came into the office one day to meet Tim and he put me to work editing stories. I was there for 12 hours, too afraid to use the bathroom the whole time. And I didn’t go back to school for 12 years.

So you just fell in love with the paper?

Well, I don’t know about that. It was like it pulled me in and there was really no option because Tim was only there part-time and the paper needed to get out. There was really no copy editing going on or anything so I remember [publisher] Michael Cohen saying he’d pay me $100 a week. First I was doing listings and it expanded from there. There was no going back. I worked there for 14 years.

What was the transition between Center City Welcomat and Philadelphia Weekly like?

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There was an editor, Bill Warner, who was like the charismatic leader. The staff was very dedicated to him. They were putting a paper together that was in the old style of the Welcomat. Michael Cohen wanted to bring an alternative weekly format. The staff didn’t like it. They resisted. Cohen negotiated with Tim to become the editor of the Welcomat and put together a first issue that would be ready to go on the day the Welcomat staffers were fired—right after deadline. But as the paper was going out the door to the printer, somebody from the Inquirer called Suzanne Ross, who was the managing editor at the time, and asked her how she felt about having lost her job. She didn’t

realize she’d lost her job. Then there was a parade down to Michael Cohen’s office, and that’s when people were told they had lost their jobs. A couple of staffers stayed. There were maybe three staffers there the first week.

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How did you and Tim conceive the paper’s point of view?

Liz Spikol, writer, editor

It’s probably the same at a lot of places that have a relaxed editorial environment. The thing I learned from Tim as a manager, and that he always said and still rings true to me, is that if you surround yourself with talented people, whatever the product is will be good. The particulars don’t matter as much as the people. He has always been a very good judge of talent and he’s always been very successful at attracting talent to anything he’s been involved in.

I think the paper naturally evolved through the voices of the talented people he brought on.

As the two top editors, you and Tim had very different styles.

I think the contrast worked well. We weren’t stepping on each other’s toes. Tim, being who he is, he’s a great bigpicture guy, a cheerleader, a visionary, and he really set the tone for the paper and attracted people then got the best work out of them. I remember walking by his office all the time and seeing somebody sitting in his office, crying, having a total breakdown. He was very patient and very capable of counseling people through things.

That wasn’t exactly my strong suit. My role was to get things done. I probably could have been a little nicer and more supportive, but it really worked out well.

You were the person who kept everyone in line by reminding us we were at a workplace.

I was the killjoy. Jeff Barg and I. We created a culture of martyrdom. We made people feel guilty for taking time off because we felt we couldn’t take time off. But how much of that was our own faults? I’m not really sure.

Any instances of clashing with writers? No names necessary.

I remember that I couldn’t speak with one of our writers.

If I came up to him to ask him about something or talk to him about a story, we just couldn’t connect in person.

Eventually we realized that. At one point he said, “Well, why don’t I email you.” So I would go back to my office and he would email and it would be fine and perfectly clear and pleasant. But it didn’t work in person.

As a writer, you specialized on death-row subjects, wrote the column “Kelly’s World” and did a lot of City Hall reporting. What was the piece that got the most feedback?

Philebrity’s Joey Sweeney uses the pigeon story [Kelly’s cover story about Philly’s pigeons] as an extreme example of the worst of Philadelphia Weekly, which is funny. He constantly makes fun of it as a low point for the paper. As far as other stories, the one thing I keep thinking about now, in light of the nuclear disaster, is having put my hand in the water of one of the cooling towers at Three Mile Island in 1999. Maybe that wasn’t such a good idea. It was a great story. You know how it is—sometimes it’s better to have the story than be safe or smart.

Sometimes it’s worth it to risk your life to get a good story. ■

I wrote a column [“The Trouble with Spikol”] for 10 years about personal issues—addiction, mental illness, fun stuff like that. I got a lot of mail in response. But nothing got a response like when I wrote about the Jewish community. One time I wrote an article expressing some sympathy for Palestinians. It got picked up by media outlets all over the Arab world, and was published on anti-Semitic websites.

Someone even phoned my parents to say I should die.

Years later, I decided I wanted to have a Jewish-related cover for our holiday guide.

The overall theme of the issue was pets. I volunteered my adorable hamster Tinsel (R.I.P.) for the cover shot, but we had to make him Jewish if I wanted to pay tribute to Hanukkah. Art Director Sara Green brilliantly conceived a costume for him with a yarmulke and side curls. I felt I was doing the Jewish community—my community— a good thing by bucking the Christmas trend. Within hours of the papers’ arrival in the boxes, we got angry phone calls suggesting that putting a “rat” on the cover was deliberately invoking the legacy of portraying Jews as rodents. I got a call from a reporter at the Jewish Exponent who asked about my authenticity as a practicing Jew. I started at PW in 1998 as a part-time copy editor, and over the years, the culture of the pub changed drastically. Those of us who were editors fought bitterly with “the business side.” I remember two arguments that serve as bookends to my PW career.

One of them was about a special issue— maybe a summer guide. We were allotted 176 pages total, and that seemed stingy to us. As the publisher walked by my office on the way to Tim’s office, I yelled out: “Two hundred pages! We won’t accept any less!”

And we got it. About seven years later, we were asked to make drastic cuts to the editorial department. We worked for days on a plan that would keep as many jobs as possible, twisting the functioning of the edit department like a soft pretzel. We went into the meeting feeling optimistic; we had tried our very best and saved a great deal.

We were quickly told the twisting and cuts weren’t enough. That’s when I understood it would never be enough. The industry had changed.

Former Staff Writer Steve Volk looks back.

By Steve Volk feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com

Emily Brochin, intern

PW wanted to run a cover story called “Die Hipster, Die” and needed some models to lambast and I was volunteered for the job. The editor and photographer showed up at my house with a pile of accoutrements and raided my closet, and they proceeded to assemble an epically puke-tastic 2004 hipster uniform. I ended up wearing legwarmers over high heels, a bullet belt of some sort, giant headphones, sunglasses, and holding a can of PBR. The cherry on the sundae was the pair of knitting needles poking out of my handbag. For one brief and shining moment, I was the Citizen Kane of petulant 20-somethings across Philadelphia.

Sean Burns, film critic Five years after it was released, I received this letter about my review of Memento: “Dear Sir: I have just had the severe misfortune of reading your review of Memento for Philadelphia Weekly. Though I am well aware that my criticism of your critique is somewhat belated, I nevertheless feel compelled to question your intelligence, social standing and lineage to the nth degree.

I remain, sir, your obedient servant, JS de Lange Windhoek, Namibia”

Lauren McCutcheon, food critic A long time ago, someone told me that it was much easier to write snarky critiques than positive reviews of anything. So when I became the restaurant critic for PW, I did my best to avoid trashing independently owned, mom-and-pop-type places. If the restaurant was little, and it was bad, I just wouldn’t write about it. Bigger, popular places with lots of money behind them, however, were fair game. After three of the worst meals of my life at the one-time institution that was Bookbinders in Old City, I wrote a review that began, “Bookbinders is bad.” To which the current GM (and former owner) responded by emailing me: “I guess a blowjob is out of the question.” To which I responded by forwarding his email to our gossip columnist.

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At my first alt-weekly job, a colleague on the business side of the operation took me out for a beer and told me what he considered to be a secret. “Owning one of these papers,” he said, “is like owning a license to print money.”

He was exaggerating. And I never did feel the weight of that statement in my pocketbook. But I felt it in my hands.

Picking up PW used to take some want to—an intention to hoist a fat sheaf of dead tree out of an honor box and lug it, to a coffee shop, bar stool or all the way home. At our best, our fat paper acted as a mirror for the city to see itself—or at least our demographic—reflected in more than 200 pages of event listings, news stories and lots and lots of ads.

Hard to believe now, but there was a time when every selfrespecting bar, brew pub and restaurant in this city had to toss some money inside our doors. That unseemly bit of commerce, however, translated directly into paying jobs.

I wrote my first cover story for PW in 1996, and after a long gig writing at the Pittsburgh Weekly landed a full-time job in 2002. The first time I walked into a staff meeting at the Weekly, we sat at a long conference table with maybe 20 people present—from full-time staffers to contract writers.

We had the bodies and the resources to get out into the city and embed ourselves in every strata of Philadelphia, from the nightclubs, to the dives, from politics to police, from rich to poor. Just listening to stories fellow staffers told, the ones they published and the ones they could never bring to print, felt like holding a skeleton key to the city. By the summer of 2007, we often had meetings with less than 10 people present, and some of those people weren’t paid staffers or contract writers.

They were interns. Our grip on the city, and our place in it, had diminished.

These changes did not occur overnight.

They evolved by slow, painful degrees.

And you suffered.

When I arrived at the Weekly, getting to write a cover story was an accomplishment. The editor had numerous options, so landing a story he’d grant you 4,000 words for took some doing. Co-workers were tough competitors for that space.

Five years later, seeing your name on the cover meant one thing: It was your turn.

Whatever the reader got, that was all we had to give.

The license to print money had been revoked.

I spent 10 years working for alt weeklies before I left PW. In the first years, I got used to the weight of those papers in my hands. I knew how much force I needed to exert to lift an oversized tabloid that regularly pushed up more than

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200 pages. And all those years later, my muscles retained that memory. There was an expectation carved into my synapses and still alive in my neural networks that equated those two words— “Philadelphia Weekly”—with a certain weight, and I’ll never forget accidentally flinging my first sub 100-page paper over my head and turning to Jeff Barg, our copy editor, in shock.

The paper I knew and loved and felt so optimistic about was gone—became unrecognizable. It is easy to say that the Internet wrecked us. But looking back, I think it’s more complicated than that—a combination of real-world economics and the damage done by wishful thinking.

In 2002, the Internet was like a toy we’d never figured out how to work correctly—and frankly, I’m not sure much has changed. We broke some news online. We had our very own blogger. But mostly, the online site served as a companion to the paper. It isn’t that we were blindsided by the Net. We saw it coming. But I think the truth is, as an institution, we just sort of hoped to be swept up by it and carried along.

In a karmic sense, this seemed just.

After all, alt weeklies were free decades before the Internet made free news seem like a right. We were free back when daily newspaper reporters, so proud of their 25- or 50- or 75cent price tags, used to dismiss alt weeklies with a chortled, “You get what you pay for!”

We understood that something free could hold value. Something free could be great, in part, because it was free.

I figured The Gods of the Internet would see to it that the progressive thinking of alt weeklies would somehow be recognized.

That we would be spared the pain falling on everyone else.

Right, oh Digital Faerie?

But it didn’t quite happen that way. Whatever place we held in the city, the Internet was bigger than all that. It literally changed our relationship to our readers and advertisers in ways we couldn’t account for.

I remember meetings in which Tim Whitaker would hustle interns into the room—I think, to flesh out the table, to hide our dwindling size.

I remember him saying, “We’re gonna make a big push on the Internet”—like, what, a hundred times?

I remember him saying we were “developing an Internet strategy.” And I remember that the paper and the staff … kept shrinking. I also remember finding out, for the first time, as our print circulation shrank, what kind of numbers we were pulling online.

Surely, I figured, they must be big. Our readership was just moving from print to the Internet, right? But it turned out that a “big online story” for us translated to 1,000 or so readers.

The Digital Faerie was like an absentee god, content to leave us to our fates.

This reads like an obituary for a patient that’s still breathing.

And the truth is, I’d bet that 10 years from now, every major city in America will still have an alt weekly.

But alt papers will need to recognize where they are.

Most advertising money still comes through the print product; and the print product is still forecasted to be the option this city’s less-moneyed residents are likely to choose. The urban poor are less likely to have computers and iPads. College students remain likely to grab us as they hustle from one place to another. That means two of our old bulwarks are still standing, and gives me reason to the think the future could keep alt weeklies in business.

We were always at our best trekking into this city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods and talking to their residents. We were always good at finding out who was on the verge of doing what. So youthful trendfollowers and progressives seem likely to keep reading.

What this all means to me is that the license to print money might be long gone, but the opportunity to be a part of the city—that remains.

For those of us who worked in editorial, that was always where the romance was.

The money went to someone else. But that conference table, and a place in Philadelphia, that was ours. ■

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Cover Me Rad The counter-cultural revolution.

Idol Chatter, 2002: The art on this cover was masterfully done. It looked great in the honor boxes, which is always important. And a lot of people didn't know Bowie had a Philly connection, so the article was well-liked.

A Shot in the Dark, 2000: Solomon Jones’

Fetal Position, 1993: This is a classic example of the Welcomat's strength: taking strong, controversial positions without fear.

“Young, White and Hooked” was a story about the young men and women who came to Philadelphia for its pure heroin and wound up begging on downtown streets. It was a landmark piece. Jessica Griffin’s photographs were raw, pure and haunting.

Village Voice, 1996: PW tapped into the amazing story of homeless activist Cheri Honkala very early on. She transformed the lives of the poor in Philadelphia. This was an example of the alt press covering a story that wasn't seen elsewhere.

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Crack Attack, 2001: Rowhouse Raid, 1985: MOVE

was the biggest nationally covered Philly story since the bicentennial in 1976. The Welcomat highlighted what it called the lack of "human decency" on the part of the mayor. A lot of people felt the MOVE folks deserved what came to them, on some level. The Welcomat didn't buy it.

Another Solomon Jones piece. At the time, this story—of a massacre in a crack house, Philly's worst mass murder—was all people could talk about, and Jones dug into the story in a narrative way no one else did.

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My favorite covers I did were the Green Issue cover with the stencil on newspaper from 2007; the “New Anxiety” cover with the cop illustration; the four letterpress covers from the mayoral election; the Spring Guide with a picture of Ben Franklin called “Screw Fatso”; and the title-less one with George Bush tied to a tree. One of my favorite photo shoots was the Sexy Food cover. Photographer Jeff Fusco and I locked ourselves in the conference room for about four hours with two cameras and 20 to 30 fruits and vegetables trying to find sexual innuendo (communicating HOAGIE DIP about it was slightly awkward).

THE I still like the idea that we made four ANGRY letterpress covers for the election because we didn’t know who wouldGRAMMARIAN win.

We actuBy Jeffrey Barg ally made them on a letterpress, which Word of the Dance Mid-May means prom season for high was neat, and a reference to old political schoolers around the city, but Philadelphia divided over whether they “go posters I remember gettingstudents lotsare of angry to prom” or “go to the prom.” Ask a roomful of people which was said at their high voice mails about the Screw Fatso schools, no mattercover, where they grew up, and you’ll get very differing and very strident where we had drawings onopinions.

Ben Franklin’s The word “prom,” of course, comes from the English “promenade,” which as you face. know is derived from the Old French “pour“awkward and humbling PWmeaning were A couple things I loved atmenade,” first sexual experience.” But dictionaries are silent on whether the word requires Fusco’s energy and the wayoddly his presence an article (a, an, the) in front of it.

“I think it’s mostly ‘prom’ around here,” took over the one day a week he’d come says Ilana Berman, a 17-year-old Central High senior and entertainment editor at the into the office. school’s Centralizer newspaper. “We mostly use our class number, so it’s ‘266 prom.’”

Central’s rivalry with Masterman, it turns The photo shoots were also great, out, extends even to language.

“It would be called the junior prom or the particularly the street games photos senior prom,” says David Meketon, Masterman’s dean of students, who scoffs at the and the holiday animals shoot where we idea of forgoing the “the.”

Though the Central way has spread far set up a mini-seamless to and wide, Masterman wins this round. It doesn’t make any more grammatical sense shoot Liz’s hamster ng to say, “I’m going stuffi to prom” than “I’m going to store.” corn pellets into cheeks Yon highhis schoolers: Been looking for a good way to ask that special someone to go with on the big night? Try out this while wearing a youyarmulke. debate as an icebreaker. I’d guess that if you’ve made it this farthe in a grammar column, Yeeeeeesss. That was you don’t have a date yet. ultimate. That cover actuSpelling Trouble He hasn’t yet reached high school, but you ally got a lot of angry can bet that so-calledphone “angry speller” Kunal Sah, a 13-year-old eighth-grader profiled in calls too, because Sunday’s Neweveryone York Times, will have his pick of prom dates when he does. champ from Green River, thought it was Theaspelling rat.

That’s Utah, is angry not about words, but about the fact his parents were sent back to India so insulting to Liz’s hamlast year. They’d been seeking political asylum in the United States. it. ster. I hope he got over Just wait until this angry speller grows up into a full-fledged angry grammarian, and And another thing that I he gets the whole pissed-off language community on his side. Citizenship and Immigrathink was generally great tion Services has fucked with the wrong grammarians. was Tim: about PW then Send comments, questions and corrigenda to jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com He was pretty phenomenal at cultivating young people, and really helped us all excel in ways I didn’t even realize till years after I’d left.

Jay Bevenour, illustrator, editorial cartoonist One of the great things about working for PW as an illustrator/cartoonist was the amount of freedom that I was given to do the kind of work that I wanted to do. Art Director Jeff Cox always trusted that I would

By Jay Bevenour jbevenour@philadelphiaweekly.com come up with good ideas for cover illustrations, and in turn, I trusted that any alterations that he suggested would improve the work as a whole.

I’d say the same was true with working with Liz Spikol and Sara Kelly, who were in charge of approving cartoon ideas.

I think that the most memorable responses that my work received were for the cartoons that appeared inside rather than my cover illustrations.

Over the years I heard from a few of the regular subjects of [my weekly editorial cartoon] Hoagie Dip, who were good sports about whatever critique had been delivered that particular week.

Probably the strongest reaction to my work was in response to a double-page spread commemorating the 20th anniversary of the MOVE bombing. I remember jumping at the chance to have so much space and freedom to work with, but soon after agreeing to take on the subject, I realized that there wasn’t a whole lot of hilarity involved in all the fire and bombing and people dying and losing their homes. Eventually, though, I think I found a way to create a commentary on the events of that day that was just about on the borderline between judicious and ridiculous, which is what I tried to do every week.

Alfred Jones, art director Most embarrassing moment? Spelling “Philadelphia” incorrectly on the front cover and having it end up on David Letterman. Must have been good PR for Dawn Staley, who was featured on that particular cover. Just look at her now.

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I loved doing the Top 5 of the Moment [column] every week.

As a self-proclaimed pop-culture junkie, it really kept me on my toes. Jeff Cox was my favorite art director to work with, for the Weekly or for any periodical. He had a great sense of direction for the illustrations, and at the same time allowed a lot of creative freedom. I got to work with many of the Weekly writers for Top 5, and each of them had such a variety of topics to pick from, giving me a lot of material to work with. It was a great experience as an illustrator. One of my favorite covers to do was the “Black Panther” cover (Sept. 6, 2000). I think it was my first cover for the Weekly. It was for Ta-Nehisi Coates’ story about his father being a Black Panther and how he, the writer, was apolitical. I had a few sketches for Jeff but the first sketch I did (a Black Panther throwing his giant fist up into the air) was the one we both liked. I can still picture that solid crimson red background on the cover in the bright yellow PW boxes on street corners all over the city. For me, that was when I felt like I had made it as an illustrator.

Another one of my favorite covers was the split Allen Iverson cover (Dec. 27, 2000). I did an illustration of him in his uniform on one half of his body and in rap gear holding a mic on the other half. Iverson was on the cover as PW’s “Man of the Year,” as he was a star on both the basketball court and in the rap world. The latter got him in trouble with some gay and lesbian groups due to the nature of his lyrics … but the Sixers were winning the NBA Eastern Conference, so Philadelphia had a love/hate relationship with Iverson.

I have several particularly good memories from my time at PW, like hanging out on drug corners with Steve Volk, spending a summer shooting street memorials with Kate Kilpatrick, and shooting portraits of people who made a difference with Kia Gregory. I spent seven straight nights out with Jonathon Valania covering the music scene, which was a blast. And just being around the late, great Steven Wells was always inspiring. But my favorite bodies of work, personally, was a 52-week photo column I did with Cassidy Hartmann, inspired by Tim Whitaker, called the “Out of Towner.” For that year in 2006, Cassidy and I would shoot portraits and interview any notable actors, musicians and artists she could rustle up that given week. Every week was an adventure, from hanging out with Jeff Daniels in his tour bus, talking politics with James Carville [bottom right], or eating pizza with Ice Cube [above] in the TLA dressing room. We fended off rabid Alice Cooper [bottom left] fans, and chatted with Sean Lennon [left] in the alley behind TLA. Cassidy would ask their thoughts on Philadelphia and I would take a portrait.

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Caesar salad crisp romaine,Our topped with toastyare seasoned gourmet dressings served on croutons, the side Our gourmet dressings are served tomatoes, parmesan cheese, served with a side of caesar dressing . . . . on . . the . . side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 .50 insalata fresCa fresh mozzarella, tomatoes & cucumbers over greens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50

fresCa fresh mozzarella, tomatoes & cucumbers over greens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 mandarin delight marinated chicken served with roasted red peppers, Caesarinsalata salad crisp romaine, topped with toasty seasoned croutons, Caesar salad crisp craisins, romaine, topped with toasty seasoned tomatoes,oranges, parmesansesame cheese, served with a side of caesar dressing . . . .croutons, . . . . . . mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 .50 mandarin seeds, candied walnuts on . .a . bed of . . spring . . . . . . .7 .50 tomatoes, parmesanmarinated cheese, served withserved a sidewith of caesar dressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 .50 mandarin delight chicken roasted red peppers,

the greek salad romaine lettuce, topped with mandarin oranges, sesamecrisp seeds, craisins, candied walnuts on atomatoes, bed springred mixpeppers, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 mandarin delight marinated chicken served withof roasted cucumber, fresh peppers, sliced red seeds, onions, feta cheese kalamata . .spring . . . . .mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 mandarin oranges, sesame craisins, candied walnuts on olives a bed of .7 .50 the greek salad crisp romaine lettuce, topped with&tomatoes, cucumber, fresh peppers, sliced red onions, feta cheese & kalamata olives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50

the greek salad crisp romaine lettuce, topped antipasto our garden salad topped with imported ham, with tomatoes,

antipasto our garden salad topped imported ham, cucumber, fresh peppers, sliced with red onions, feta cheese & kalamata olives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 capicola, kalamataolives olives a scoop of homemade our homemade tuna salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 capicola,salami, salami, provolone, provolone, kalamata & a&scoop our antipasto our garden salad topped withofimported ham, tuna salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 tossedcapicola, saladsalami, crisp fresh peppers, onionsonions & tuna carrots . . . .side tossed salad crispromaine, romaine,tomatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh peppers, &salad carrots . . . .side 5 .50 provolone, kalamatacucumbers, olives & a scoop of our homemade . . . . .3 .50 . . .Lg . . 3 .50 . .5 .50 . . . .Lg . . . .7 .50 grilled ChiCken salad our tossedtomatoes, salad topped with tossed salad crisp romaine, cucumbers, fresh peppers, onions & carrots . . . side 3 .50 Lg . 5 .50 grilled ChiCken salad our salad . tossed . .salad grilled chicken and our homemade pasta . . . . .topped . . . . . . .with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 grilled salad our tossed grilled chicken and ourChiCken homemade pasta salad . . . .salad . . . .topped . . . . . with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 Chipotle salad chipotle marinated chicken . .with tomatoes, grilled chicken and our homemade pasta salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 roasted peppers, onions and a touch of candied walnuts on a bed of spring mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 Chipotle salad salad chipotle chipotle marinated chickenchicken with tomatoes, Chipotle marinated with tomatoes, Chef salad ham, provolone cheese, turkey on top of our garden salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 roastedonions peppers, onions and aoftouch of candied walnuts on aof bed of spring .7 .50 roasted peppers, and a touch candied walnuts on a bed spring mixmix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 Chef salad ham, provolone cheese, turkey on top our garden .7 .50 salad toppings Chef salad ham, provolone cheese, turkey on top of ourofgarden saladsalad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .50 Grilled chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 Chicken tenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 Tuna salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 salad Shrimp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 .50 toppings MarinatedGrilled portobello mushrooms chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .salad . .2 .50 . . . . . . . .2 .50 Chicken tenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 toppings

Tuna .salad . . . . . .2 .50 Grilled chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 Marinated portobello mushrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 Tuna salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 Marinated portobello mushrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50

Shrimp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 .3 .50 Chicken tenders Shrimp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 .50

Pasta

Pasta

All dinners come with salad and breadstick

Cheese ravioli with marinara sauce . . . .7 .95 stuffed shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .95 dinners cometortellini with salad and breadstick spaghetti with meatball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All .7 .95 with blush sauce . . . . . . . . . . .8 .95 Baked Cheese ziti . . . .ravioli . . . . . . . . . .with . . . .marinara . . . . . . . sauce .7 .95 . . . .7 .95Baked stuffed ziti with meatBall shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 .95 . . . . . . . .7 .95 ChiCken parmigiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 .95 eggplant parmigiana . . sauce . . . . . . . . .11 .95 spaghetti with meatball . . . . . . . . .7 .95 tortellini with blush . . . . . . . . .8 .95 All dinners come with salad and breadstick shrimpBaked sCampi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 .95 fettuCini alfredo . . . . . . . . . . . .11 .95 ziti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .95 Baked ziti with . . meatBall . . . . . .8 .95 fettuCini alfredo with chicken . . . . . . . .stuffed . . . . . . . . . . . shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 .95 Cheese ravioli with marinara sauce .7 .95 ChiCken parmigiana .& . broccoli . . . . . . . . .7 .95 . . . . . . . .12 .95 eggplant parmigiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 .95 fettuCini alfredo with shrimp & broccoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 .95 shrimp sCampi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .95 . . . . .14 .95 tortellini fettuCini alfredo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 .95 spaghetti with meatball with blush sauce .8 .95 fettuCini alfredo with chicken & broccoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 .95 Baked ziti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .95 Baked ziti with meatBall . . . . . .8 .95 fettuCini alfredo with shrimp & broccoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 .95

Pasta

pepperoni stromBoli Calzone ricotta & mini mozzarella cheese mini Cheesesteak stromBoli Bst Calzone broccoli, tomatoes,stromBoli ricotta & mozzarella $11.00 minispinach, vegetarian tomatoes, spinach, broccoli,Med. mozzarella cheese & sauce #9 2 LG. #7 ChiCken parmigiana . . . . #8 . . . . . .BUY . .12 .95 1 PIZZA eggplant parmigiana . . . .PIZZAS . . . . .11 .95 ham Calzone spinach or flour tortilla 4 CHEESESTEAKS Large $14.00 shrimp sCampi . . . . . . . . . . . Choice . . . . .of . .wheat, .14 .95 alfredo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 .95 GET 1fettuCini ANYLARGE philly steak Boli steak, american & mozzarella cheese sauce Caesar grilled chicken, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, caesar dressing & parmesan cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 .50 mini pepperoni stromBoli OR HOAGIES & Med. $11.00 fettuCini alfredo with chicken & broccoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . .LITER pepperoni & Cheese .12 .95 Buffalo ChiCken chicken tenders, hot sauce, bleu cheese, lettuce & tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 .50 STROMBOLI mini Cheesesteak stromBoli our buffalo sauce, fresh chicken & mozzarella cheese Buffalo ChiCken Choice of wheat, spinach or flour tortilla Large $14.00fettuCini spiCy ranChero grilled chicken, spicy ranch dressing, alfredo with shrimp & broccoli . . . . . .lettuce . . . . .& . .tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 .50 . . . . . .14 .95 steak Boli steak,peppers, americancheese mozzarella cheese sauce italianphilly ham, salami, capicola, roasted & sauce mini vegetarian stromBoli tomatoes, spinach,&broccoli, mozzarella cheese & sauce Caesar grilled chicken, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, caesar dressing & parmesan cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BaCon dijon crispy chicken tenders with bacon, honey EXTRA) dijon dressing, lettuce & tomatoes . . . . . . . . . .6 .50 . .6 .50 (TOPPINGS

Stromboli

Wraps

Stromboli

pepperoni Cheese ham, sauce, pepperoni, sausage & mozzarella cheese Chestnut street's&speCial Buffalo ChiCken our buffalo sauce, fresh chicken & mozzarella cheese italian ham, salami, capicola, roasted peppers, cheese & sauce Chestnut street's speCial ham, sauce, pepperoni, sausage & mozzarella cheese

Stromboli

Med. $11.00 Large $14.00

$12.95

Wraps

FREE

Wraps

215.922.0123

philly steak Boli steak, american & mozzarella cheese sauce pepperoni & Cheese Buffalo ChiCken our buffalo sauce, fresh chicken & mozzarella cheese italian ham, salami, capicola, roasted peppers, cheese & sauce Chestnut street's speCial ham, sauce, pepperoni, sausage & mozzarella cheese

$34.95

(TOPPINGS EXTRA) ChiCken tenders, hot sauce, bleupeppers, cheese, lettuce & tomatoes . . . . . mix . . . . . .6 .50 . . . . . . . .6 .50 diaBloBuffalo grilled chicken kicked withchicken our chipotle dressing, roasted fresh mozzarella & .spring veggiespiCy delight eggplant, roasted spinach, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes & spring ranChero grilled peppers, chicken, spicy ranch dressing, lettuce & tomatoes . . . . .mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 .50 . . . . . . . .6 .50 tuna homemade with lettuce & tomatoes . . .with . . . .bacon, . . . . . honey . . . . . dijon . . . . .dressing, . . . . . . . .lettuce . . . . . & . . tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . .6 .50 BaCon tuna dijon crispy chicken tenders . . . . . . . .6 .50

#4 BUY 3 CHEESESTEAKS OR HOAGIES, GET 4TH ONE

#5 SANDWICH COMBO 4 CHEESESTEAKS OR HOAGIES, 2 LG FF, 40 WINGS & 4(L) SODA

FREE!

$36.95

# 6 DINNER SPECIAL 1 CHICKEN PARM, 1 FETUCCINI ALFREDO (CHICKEN & BROCCOLI) 1 RAVIOLI W / MARINARA, SALAD FOR 3 & 2 LITER

$27.95

appetizers

Small

Large

Cheese frenCh fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .00 5 .95 frenCh fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .50 4 .50 Large mozzarella stiCks (5 pcs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Small . . . . . . Small . . . . . . . . 3 .50 (10 pcs) 5 .50 Large Cheese frenCh fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .00 5 .95 Cheese frenCh fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 .00 5 .95 ChiCken fingers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5 pcs) 5 .50 (10 pcs) 8 .50 frenCh fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .50 4 .50 frenCh friesBites . (5 . . pcs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .50 4 .50(24 pcs) 8 .50 mozzarella stiCks (10pcs) pcs)5 .50 5 .50 BroCColi (12 mozzarella . . . . . . 5 .50 . . . . . . . 3 .50 (10 pcs) 5 .50 ChiCken fingers . . .stiCks . . . . . . . .(5 . .pcs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5 (10 pcs) 8 .50 jalapeno poppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pcs) . . . . . . . . (5 . . . . . . . (5 pcs) 3 .50 (10 pcs) 5 .50 ChiCken (10 pcs) 8 .50 BroCColi Bites fingers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12 pcs) 5 .50pcs) 5 .50 (24 pcs) 8 .50 old BayBites fries . . . . . . 3 .50 . . . pcs) . . . .5 .50 . .(10 . . .pcs) . . 3 .00 5 .95 BroCColi . . . . .pcs) (12 (24 pcs) 8 .50 jalapeno poppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5 5 .50

appetizers appetizers

Wings Wings Served with bleu cheese and celery

old Bay fries . . . poppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .00 jalapeno . (5 pcs) 3 .50 old Bay fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .00

5 .95 (10 pcs) 5 .50

Wings Buffalo wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10 pcs) 5 .95

5 .95

Served with bleu cheese and celery

Buffalo wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10 pcs) 5 .95 (20 pcs) 9 .95 (20 pcs) 9 .95 Served with bleu cheese and celery wing dings . . . .wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10 pcs) 6 .95pcs) 5 .95 (20 pcs) 10 .95 Buffalo (20 pcs) 9 .95 wing dings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10 . . . . . . . (10 pcs) 6 .95 (20 pcs) 10 .95 whole wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3 pcs) 4 .50 7 .95 wing dings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10 pcs) 6 .95(6 pcs)(20 pcs) 10 .95 whole . . .pcs) . . . 4 .00 . . . . . . . . (3 (6 pcs) 7 .95 Boneless wingswings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(10 (20pcs) pcs)4 .50 7 .95 whole wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3 pcs) 4 .50 (6 pcs) 7 .95 Boneless wings . . . pcs) . . . .4 .00 (10 pcs) 4 .00 Boneless wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10 (20 pcs) 7 .95(20 pcs) 7 .95

Platters

Platters Platters

All platters comes with cole slaw & breadstick

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BMc: Speaking of being eternally grateful: You took me on as a freelancer as soon as I hit Philly in ’05. I’ve known you a long while, and you’re not exactly known for making great decisions. How were you able to make this exception?

NF: Our colleague in Houston, Craig Lindsey, recommended you to me. I checked your work out, liked what I read and, as I recall, arranged a meet at Oscar’s Tavern. Did you ever stop to think just what a vital role Oscar’s would come to play in your personal and professional life?

BMc: I didn’t then, but I certainly reflect on it quite a bit now, usually around 23-ounce Lager and shot of Jim Beam No. 4. It gets me a tad misty. But back to you: What do you miss the least about PW ? And don’t name names, because no one you’d list is here anymore anyway.

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NF: The best job in Philadelphia? Obviously the person who told you that was some eager-beaver intern desperate to impress you, and/or incredibly high, but yeah, all things considered, it’s certainly one of the more enjoyable ways I can think of to make a living.

BMc: Finally, let’s end this talking about a guy you and I both loved and admired, and could only hope to emulate— the late, great Steven Wells. You very famously are responsible for hiring the man. How did that come about?

NF: He’d contacted me to express his admiration for a particularly vitriolic piece I’d written about GW just before the 2004 presidential election.

He also asked if there were any writing gigs going at PW. I met with him at Dirty Frank’s, realized it was the same Steven Wells whom I’d read in the NME on a weekly basis back home in Britain, laughed my arse off, and practically ran back to PW where I begged, nagged and cajoled my editorial superiors that taking Swells on board would be a very good idea. They did. And it was.

A tip of the hat is in order to PW for hearing me out and taking him on.

He was a foul-mouthed borderline genius, with an uncanny ability to drive readers into pop-eyed fits of rage, and yet be hysterically funny whilst doing so. He took a blow torch to the fluffier, cozy NPR aspects that PW (and so many alt weeklies) had, was ridiculously productive, was an inspiration to myself and countless other writers, could be megalomaniacal and blushingly modest about his not inconsiderable achievements, wound up all the right people, had a political and moral compass which was faultless and, lest we forget, underneath all the ranting bluster, was a genuinely lovely bloke and

Former Music Editor Neil Ferguson and current Music Editor Brian McManus kick it.

By Neil Ferguson and Brian McManus bmcmanus@philadelphiaweekly.com In 2005, PW hired its first music editor. He was a young Scotsman named Neil Ferguson, who was drunk most days, and he could write his ass off. He spewed vitriol about the bands he thought were hyped beyond merit and penned gorgeous love letters to musicians he loved, most notably Keith Richards and Ed Hammell. Ferguson left PW to take a job at Harp magazine (RIP), and the powers that be punched Brian McManus’ number as Ferguson’s replacement. McManus, who is drunk most days, has been music editor ever since, much to the chagrin of Disco Biscuit fans.

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Brian McManus: Hi, Neil! What do you miss most about being music editor at PW?

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Neil Ferguson: I think it’s more a case of missing working at PW, period. It was a joy (most of the time) to be able to walk into a building filled with (for the most part), creative, talented, interesting and amusing people.

I was given free rein to write streams of nonsensical bollocks (albeit amusing, passionate, well-written nonsensical bollocks) about the music that moved me, and what’s not to love about that? I was even given a bi-weekly column in which I could spew forth my increasingly Anglo-centric prejudices upon all and sundry.

And what’s more, the powers that be saw fit to give me the Lush Life columns on alternate weeks, in which they gave me cash money to drink in various shady dives across the city (some of which, I hasten to add, I introduced you to, Mr. Philadelphia’s Best Dive Bars author) Cash money!

To write about getting pissed in dive bars! What in God’s name possessed them to indulge in such lunacy is, frankly, beyond me, but I remain eternally grateful.

with my take on how awful the Grateful Dead are. That one sticks out. But let’s stay positive. Someone once told me that, in their mind, being music editor of PW is the best job in the city. Were they incredibly delusional or on to something?

NF: Honestly? Nothing. There were occasional bouts of histrionics and prima donna antics from the odd writer He was a foul-mouthed or two, petty office politics occasionally loomed (although no more so than in any regular office environment), but borderline genius, with an otherwise I loved it. I was surprised, I must admit, by just uncanny ability to drive how thin-skinned certain segments of the readership could readers into pop-eyed fits of be, particularly, in no particular order, jam-band fans, young Republicans, people who knit in bars and stupid rage, and yet be hysterically fucking hipsters. All of whom I seemed to offend on a funny whilst doing so. regular basis, and all of whom could be depended upon to compose froth-mouthed, apoplectic, barely literate email attacks, which provided an endless source of amusement.

Any particularly creative/inventive/amusing insults and/or an absolute sweetheart. And—and this is very important—he threats to your person you care to share with us? proved that gratuitous swearing is both big and clever.

BMc: I once got an email from a guy who wrote he wished I’d been in the Twin Towers on 9/11 because he disagreed

BMc: That seems like a good place to end. Love ya, Neil.

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Joey Sweeney talks about being the most hated/most loved writer at the paper.

By Liz Spikol feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com When did you start at PW? March of 1997, I believe. As listings editor.

When did you start writing in the first person?

I think it was from the very outset? It seemed like a very natural thing for me, like, oh, this is the paper, people are out there reading this, I’m talking about music and books and other really subjective things, I might as well cut the shit and ... speak plainly. Part of the motivation, I’m sure, was this sort of cocky overconfidence, but more of it was the fact that at that point, I was so enamored of Lester Bangs that I just had this attitude which was like, Fuck this Philly-magstyle-writing-as-a-ladder-to-Esquire shit, I’m just gonna go for it right here. Especially since, at that point, I felt like alt weeklies in general had a more immediacy and relevance than the big magazine, where I was never gonna get an assignment anyway because I just didn’t have the pedigree.

When was the first time you realized there were total strangers in Philly who had strong opinions about you?

It would be tough to explain to someone who’s 21 and just moved to the city how dialed-in and well-read both City Paper and Philadelphia Weekly were back then. This is primarily because it was pre-Internet, and Philly was basically a two-horse town in this regard, but that bred a kind of competitiveness that brought out a lot of great work. Plus, I think at that point in time, there were a lot of talented people who were drawn to alt weeklies because, and I know this will sound

High on the Blog Our first and only full-time blogger recalls his career at PW.

By Dan McQuade feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com

People saw the Internet in the late ’90s, and they just went fucking nuts. There was so much open space that everyone thought they could be all things to all people. So we’d have these meetings where, like, every idea seemed, like, BRILLIANT! WE’VE NEVER SEEN THAT ON THE INTERNET BEFORE! And no one could really challenge it because you were almost always at least half right. Plus, you had publisher Jim McDonald, which is a whole other story that they’ll probably cut from this anyway. ■ At the time, I was attempting to leave Philadelphia and move to New York, and I thought it was a pretty cute and appropriate title.

We started the blog in August. It was just as Hurricane Katrina hit, so my first few weeks consisted of me finding my way and attempting to make light jokes about hurricanes without offending anyone. (Later, I’d drop this “not offending anyone” strategy.) The clear inspiration was my favorite blog at the time, Jessica Coen- and Jesse Oxfeld-era Gawker.

I wanted to make jokes, keep it light and maybe every once in a while make a point or two. I like to think it worked out. The paper got a lot of traffic. I got a lot of attention; in January of 2006 the Daily News named me one of its “21 to watch.” I don’t think I’ve really ever been worthy of watching, unless you like one-man karaoke versions of “Regulate.”

When I was in college, every alum came in and said we’d have more editorial freedom at our college newspaper than we’d ever have again in journalism. Bullshit. The best thing

The best thing about working for PW is that I had complete editorial freedom.

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about working for PW is that I had complete editorial freedom. Whitaker backed everything I wrote and warded off calls for my firing from a litany of suspects: Ron Paul fans, Barbaro fans, authority fetishists, state Sen. Mark B. Cohen.

Obviously, there was a downside: I wrote some stupid stuff.

But that’s OK; I think the blog was stronger because I had such freedom. I don’t think enough newspapers let their bloggers have free rein.

I wrote a very sympathetic profile of Charlie Manuel in 2005 when Phillies fans hated him. It is one of the few times in life a sports prediction of mine has been correct, so I’d like to gloat.

I’m 28. A lot of the stuff I wrote I now find embarrassing, or lazy, or both. But that’s going to happen after more than 10,000 posts over three-and-a-half years. I like to think I was both the best and worst reporter covering the 2007 mayoral election. I look back at some of the things that happened during that election—Milton Street singing a hymn draped over a casket; Dwight Evans doing a “Where’s the beef?” campaign event; the press conference by the guy in the shark costume who was following Tom Knox around— and I wonder if I was just on particularly strong drugs at the time. I hope I let people waste some time.

The best email I ever received while at PW ended like this: “Perhaps you should try a different career, like nursing.” ■

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It was the summer of 2004 and I had one class to take to graduate. I was staying in Philadelphia, and all my friends were moving to New York. I started my personal blog in May to keep up with my writing, but looking back at those early entries they’re mainly about how sad I was.

I got happier, I guess, and ended up using the blog for writing exercises, lame jokes and an extended imagining of what the CBS movie Spring Break Shark Attack, relentlessly aired during March Madness 2005, would be like. I also wrote a drinking game for Live 8, the concert that was coming up that summer. Eventually, that made its way around the Internet, and the Inquirer wrote about it.

I was working at a small newspaper startup as its arts and entertainment editor, and while waiting for stories to move across the wire at my job, I wrote an email to some friends about a recent weekend in Las Vegas. I stylized it as a gossip column, with bolded names, blind items, et cetera. I was just killing time at work, I thought.

A few weeks later, one of the people I went on the trip with—now a New York Times reporter—was writing a cover story for PW. Tim Whitaker asked the reporter if she knew of anybody who could do some comedy news writing. She forwarded him my email. It went from there.

PW hired me as a blogger when I was 22. You hear that, kids? My blog was acquired by a media company in twothousand-and-fucking-five, so don’t get too excited now that your blog is partnering with Fancy Blog Network No. 472.

We settled on keeping the name of my personal blog, Philadelphia Will Do, because the other names we came up with—Pavement, Sidewalker, Philarious—were stupid or unusable. The title Philadelphia Will Do comes from an old W.C. Fields movie, My Little Chickadee. (Mae West is in it!) Fields’ character is about to be hanged. The executioner asks him if he has any last requests. Fields says, “I’d like to see Paris before I die.” The executioner tightens the noose.

“Philadelphia will do,” Fields quips.

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I think it was more of a gradual realization, but you have to understand, it was also tied up in the fact that I was a musician, often writing about other musicians, and without prejudice, even when it probably would have behooved me to do so. For some reason—and I don’t think this would even be the case as much today—the idea that here was a guy in bands who was writing about other bands, a lot of people found that really offensive. Never mind that, in the world of books and other creative endeavors, there’s a long history of artist as critic/critic as artist. Back then, sometimes I would try to explain this to people, but eventually, I just gave up on the dialogue and was like, “OK, I get it, you think I’m an asshole.”

But the other thing that was going on with me was that I felt like I was on this crusade to take the training wheels off of the way people wrote about arts and music in the local papers. For as far back as I could remember, you would never, ever see a bad review of a local band in a paper. It just wasn’t done. And in my view, especially having suffered through the indie rock scene in Philly through the 1990s, I thought it was just creating an environment for more sucky music because the bar was so low. I have a very distinct memory of thinking for the first time, “It’s never gonna get any better if

What was good about being at an alt weekly in those years?

ridiculous, it was a kind of sexy/cool thing, even though the pay sucked—as well as being a good ladder to other work. All of that is gone now. It’s a dying medium. I can’t imagine anyone being stoked to work for one of these papers today.

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we keep acting like these suck-ass local bands all get treated the same as the good ones.” And, you know, I had really strong opinions about what I thought was good, and what I thought was just jerkoff scene hype. So I wound up regarding whatever static I’d get from people as both an occupational hazard and a kind of badge of honor.

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Charles the Child Pornographer To this day, Charles’ resume remains one of the most impressive I’ve ever seen. (Note: Some names have been changed to protect the unpaid.) He started working in the early 2000s, shortly after I took the reins of the internship program over from Pressler, who had hired me as an intern. Charles was the best fact-checker we had—at the time, and for years after. A little awkward and quiet, but a real whiz on the Internet.

He was “on leave” for a semester from a local school; I never bothered to ask why. Could have, but it didn’t come up. It was great for us—meant he had more time to factcheck.

About six weeks into his internship, he got his first byline. Two days before the paper came out, he told me he couldn’t come to work because he had to go to court; I never bothered to ask why. Could have, but I assumed it was a traffic ticket.

The day after the paper came out, we got a call from a reporter at Philadelphia magazine, who had seen Charles’ byline. This reporter was an alum of the same school from which Charles was on leave, and he was curious to know if our intern Charles was the same individual who, at this school, had been arrested, charged with and admitted to hundreds of counts of child pornography.

We’ll have to check and call you back, we told Philly mag.

We Googled Charles for the first time, and yes, it was the same dude.

He’d been arrested the previous spring after trying to arrange a meeting with a cop posing as an underage kid.

When the police seized his hard drive, they found pictures of both pre- and postpubescent kids. Evidence of both downloading and uploading.

Alina the Overenthusiastic Russian

The first email I got from Alina arrived in my inbox, like, six times; she must have kept hitting send. (Some names have been changed to protect me from the mafia.) The cover letter was littered with exclamation points, and it repeatedly emphasized how she was just! so! excited! to learn about Philadelphia Weekly ’s internship program. She was a Russian exchange student at a local school for the year, and really wanted to learn all about American journalism so she could take the knowledge back home to Moscow.

Really, really wanted to. With lots of exclamation points.

Typically, cover-letter exclamation points would result in an immediate “delete.” But something about her earnestness made me want to at least bring her in for an interview.

“Oh, Mr. Barg, I’m so excited to hear from you!” she cooed in a thick Russian accent when I called to arrange an interview. “I cannot wait to come in and interview for your internship program!”

Alina arrived with green streaks in her hair, multicolor earrings and nose rings, and a jacket and tie.

The interview was one of the most intense I’ve conducted. The whole time, she was leaning forward, maintaining remarkable eye contact, being very deliberate and very enthusiastic and very Russian in her responses. At one point she took out some writing samples to show me, but they were all in Russian, so I had to take her word for it that the byline at the top actually said “Alina.”

After I had gone through the spiel about what the PW internship program entails (this was in the pre-horse-video days), I asked her if she had any questions for me.

She leaned forward, looked me in the eye and said, “What can I do to prove to you that I should be your intern?”

Pause.

For so many who have passed through the hallowed halls “Um,” I replied, “there’s a fact-checkof PW’s legendary intern program, it started—as it ing test I’m going to give you in a few should—with a horse. minutes. Doing well on that will help.”

We received hundreds of internship applications Not the answer she was looking for. every year—many good, a few exceptional, and a Nevertheless, she took the factdecent number that get hung up on the wall with checking test—didn’t do very well on it. the cringe-worthy bits circled in highlighter. Those But we still liked hiring the occasional who look like they might have the chops—or whose wild card—even if they weren’t cut out Facebook pages are unblocked and unembarrassing for detail-oriented work, they could surenough—get called in for an interview. prise us by being really talented writers.

And then, before they come through our doors, So we decided to give Alina a shot. we send them the horse video.

I called her: “We’d like to offer you an It started innocently enough. After hundreds internship in our listings department, of interviews with potential interns, I’d given the working with our listings editor.” same spiel about our internship program so much “Oh, I am so excited!” she nearly burst that it was identical every time—word for word. through the receiver. “I cannot wait to As soon as I would launch into it, then-Editor-instart my internship with Philadelphia Chief Tim Whitaker would start cracking up, and Weekly !” She went on like this for a few the poor interviewee would just sit there helpminutes before adding, “But you know, I lessly not knowing whether to laugh as well. So we have to tell you: I’m just a little bit disapthought: Let’s record this and send it out ahead of pointed that I won’t be working directly time. with you.”

Our first thought: Burn it to a CD and mail it out.

“Um,” I replied, “well, you know someBut no, too clunky and time consuming. times interns will jump around from one Then a new website popped up, and we realized it department to the other.” might be useful. The site was called YouTube.

“Oh,” she said, not missing a beat, But it’s boring to just film me sitting at a desk “I can assure you I will be jumping Horsing around: Former staffer Jeffrey Barg explains PW ’s internship program. talking about fact-checking. So we got a horse up in Since 2006, the YouTube video has received 1,444 hits. around.”

Fairmount Park’s Belmont Plateau, and filmed me sitting on a horse. Talking about fact-checking. It’s There were plenty of other intern A real whiz on the Internet. still on YouTube. interview highlights: like the time when the interviewee His court date on Monday? That had been his sentencMany of PW’s most recognizable bylines over the years came prepared with a bizarre two-page screed, which she ing. He’d showed contrition to the judge, so he was senstarted here as interns: Kia Gregory, Jessica Pressler, asked us to read aloud to her during the interview; the tenced to relatively light probation and time to be served at time when the interviewee threatened to sue us for asking Cassidy Hartmann, Mike Newall—the list goes on for days. a weekend facility.

But some of the most, um, memorable ones, you never how old she was; or the time when the interviewee spent I wasn’t sure then—and I’m still not sure now—if firing heard about. the entire half-hour interview staring directly at former him was the right move. But PW’s lawyer advised us that Till now.

A&E Editor Kate Kilpatrick’s chest (we actually hired the if he did it again, and from a work computer, we could Here, we give you the best and worst of PW ’s internship latter two). But it wouldn’t be fair for all of our internship be held liable, now that we knew about his history. So we program memories to come from those who did the hiring program over the years—from our faulty memories, as didn’t really have a choice. (and occasional firing). So we asked a few past interns for well as the recollections of some all-star fact-checkers of After that, we started Googling all intern applicants. some of their best and worst memories of interning at PW. ■ years’ past.

Will Work for Free

Many of PW’s most memorable characters are interns you’ve never heard about.

Until now.

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Intern-al Affairs

A handful of past PW interns recall the highlights and lowlights of working for free.

By Jeffrey Barg feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com

Tim Whitaker: I couldn’t dream up a more genuine or caring person.

To have someone like that running the show was the best.

Any fact-checking horror stories?

Jill Russell: You gave me a story to fact-check about

What’s your fondest memory of being a PW intern?

Sammy Mack: I loved fact-checking. Seriously. I loved

the hunt. I loved the confirmation. I loved that in the process of doing it, I learned Philadelphia.

Sarah Watson: My time at PW also introduced me to the love that is newsroom conversation. I remember sometime in my first month having to verify which body parts were missing from a corpse in a story Brian Hickey wrote.

Then there was having to verify how many tons of pigeon shit actually had been removed from City Hall. People don’t think about these as facts, but if you get them wrong, that black cloud is over your head forever.

Pamela Takefman: Being able to talk about the use of the letter “zed” with Steven Wells. And just being but a cubicle wall away from him. Gosh, was he colourful (accept the “u” in memoriam).

John Steele: Talking with Steven Wells and Brian McManus about the Smiths, R. Kelly, religion, British accents, hair metal, Joey Sweeney, Tom Knox’s butler, drunk spelling, sumo wrestlers, etc.

Kaitlin Menza: This is going to be narcissistic but … It

was my first byline. The first thing I ever wrote for PW was like 100 words discussing the virgin/whore dichotomy as exemplified by Carrie Underwood’s popular single of 2007, “Before He Cheats.” I remember taking about 50 copies of PW from various yellow boxes around Philadelphia and the Main Line.

The late, great Steven Wells was a caustic, passionate orator of modern times ... He taught me to go for the throat with words. draft of a story to check, it was already annotated and had an appendix of contact numbers. And his sources always expected my calls. Which meant two things: Steve was good at building sources, and he was really transparent with them about the whole process. Going through stories like that was sort of like learning to build a house by cataloguing every brick that was already laid. Later, Jeff Fusco took me under his wing. He and I did a bunch of man-onthe-street columns together. The general formula was this: Jeff would take pictures of fabulous people and I would ask them what they were wearing and where they were going.

Jeff worked really hard at it. I’d watch him take, like, 100 pictures of one hipster couple for a black-and-white fashion box that was maybe 10 square inches on a page. Jeff made opportunities for me, too. He cooked up a bunch of photo features that needed a writer to tag along. It’s a gift to be 19 years old and have a working relationship like that.

Kaitlin Menza: I was amazed by Kia Gregory’s work, and meeting her felt like meeting a celebrity. But of course, you can’t ask a question like that and not think of Steven Wells. Steven scared the living shit out of me, but I shared a cubicle wall with him and enjoyed his steady stream of vulgarities. I couldn’t imagine a cooler life than that of a rock critic, and I spent a summer in complete awe of him.

When he passed away, I cried all day, amazed by the possibility that such a force of nature could cease to exist.

Caralyn Green: Swells, of course. Words just flowed out of him in a way the rest of us can only hope to imitate, and poorly at that. ■

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actually inspired a character in a screenplay I was writing at the time (look for it in theaters in the summer 2017!).

Jill Russell: Tim Whitaker. He was so kind and warm and smart—I couldn’t dream up a more genuine or caring person. To have someone like that running the show was the best. To see that he actually took an interest in the team, even getting to know the interns, was sort of inspiring. Usually you think someone in his role would be too busy for that, but Tim wasn’t. He kind of seemed to have everyone’s back and it felt like a family. Steve Volk, who was my first mentor, was always badass. He wrote the cool crime stories, the offbeat stories and he was always willing to give you advice and listen to you. He was never acted too busy, though I had a suspicion he was always too busy.

Sarah Watson: Steve Volk. The man’s facts were solid.

He was easy to deal with and had some hilarious war stories. He told me I had great reporting instincts. I also really liked working with Gwen Shaffer—her facts were ironclad as well and she let me tag along a few times on some stories she worked on.

John Steele: The late, great Steven Wells was a caustic, passionate orator of modern times. He understood how to evoke emotion with just a few sentences. He taught me to go for the throat with words, to find the most exciting, exceptional detail and put it right to the front of the story.

Sammy Mack: Fact-checking Steve Volk’s stories was an exercise in how to be a reporter. When Steve handed me a

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What’s the worst thing you were ever asked to do as a PW intern?

Tom Acox: Jim Newell and I were sent to Jessica

Which staffer did you most look up to and why?

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Steve Volk ... was always badass.

He wrote the cool crime stories, the quirky offbeat stories and he was always willing to give you advice.

two brothers who’d been molested by an area priest when they were young. I remember looking at you after reading it and saying, “Soooo, I actually have to call them to verify that he actually did [this] and [that] to them on [this date] at [this place]?” And then I remember you just sort of giving me that unimpressed Jeff look, like, “This story isn’t gonna fact-check itself.”

Amara Rockar: An editor who shall remain nameless mixed up the contact info for the Editor’s Pick section, so I called the organizer of the Womyn’s Music Festival and proceeded to ask her questions about Delilah’s Entertainer of the Year contest. In the beginning, I was surprised that she didn’t sound like what I was expecting and she was annoyed that we got the date and time for her event wrong. After I listed the various stripper contest categories and prizes in detail, she very quietly and angrily asked me if this was a joke.

Pamela Takefman: I had to fact-check a story about drifters, crust punks, gutter-gentlemen. How do you factcheck a story about people who are inherently transient?

Well, in Philadelphia, you call the anarchist headquarters on Baltimore Avenue. Feeling so disheartened about my difficult task, I tried them with much hope and got, “Hello Anarchists, please hold.” What great bureaucracy and customer service from the anarchists! The U.S. government sure could learn a thing or two.

Jason Sheridan: Somehow, it always fell to me to fact-check the horoscopes. PW used to run horoscopes that would say what the week held for someone, and then a piece of tabloid gossip that was tangentially related. One day there was an item about Sandra Bullock and Jesse James getting married in secret. I couldn’t find any sources. I call Bullock’s agent and find out she recently moved to another agency. I call the new agency, get the agent’s assistant, then get the agent on the line.

I tell her I’m from the Philadelphia Weekly in Philadelphia, Pa., and she says, “I know where Philadelphia is!” I quickly explain to her my question and she starts berating me for bothering her with tabloid nonsense. Eventually, I just tell her, “Look I’m just an intern and trying to get this figured out.” She sighed really loudly and then just said no, they are not married.

I was amazed by Kia Gregory’s work, and meeting her felt like meeting a celebrity.

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move. They gave us beer and pizza, which was awesome. I emailed Jessica a lead for a story years later that started, “Hey, you might remember me, I helped carry Doree’s couch.”

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Like what you drink? The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will be operating an on-site store so you can leave with a bottle or case (because really, you won’t be able to choose just one). Tickets are pricey ($125 for general admission), but the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will be benefiting from the money you spend. Go home with great wines and the ability to impress your friends at the next dinner party. BrenDa hilleGas

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Meg Baird + Kath Bloom Philadelphian Meg Baird headlines as two generations of folk musicians converge tonight. A founding member of neo-Trees Community outfit Espers, Baird’s worked with Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Sharon Van Etten.

Her captivating voice and crisp fingerpicking recently appeared on compilations where, as if to reconfigure the canon, she covered tunes by marginal folk legends like Robbie Basho and Kath Bloom. Bloom, a Connecticut-based singer-songwriter who’s also playing tonight, began her career in the mid-70s and is celebrated for her work with outsider guitarist Loren MezzaCane Connors. After many years of silence in the late-80s/early-90s, she’s recently returned with several stunning records, including 2010’s Thin Thin Line. ellioTT sharP 7:30pm. $8. With Ember Schrag. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St. 215.291.4919. kungfunecktie.com

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Through the Skin Koresh Dance Company is known for their emotional choreography and engaging performances. Born and raised in Israel, Roni Koresh

trained in the Yemenite dance tradition and enlisted in the Israeli army before moving to the U.S., and draws from this culture and his life experiences in the creation of his choreography. The company’s latest performance, Through the Skin, hopes to inspire understanding of what Koresh has described as “critical experiences that escape the mind’s ability to intellectually comprehend because they enter us directly through our skin.” Bone up on your dance knowledge by watching seven online episodes of the work that goes into preparing a dance piece, available on the company’s website. TrishUla PaTel 8pm. $25. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. 215.751.0990. koreshdance.org

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Theotis Joe Philly rapper Theotis Joe maintains solid flow and clever wordplay throughout all the tracks on his debut After Hours, but his strengths lie in his lyrically gifted ability to tell stories. His late night tales conjure up images in the listeners’ minds; possibly of the West Philly hip-hop artist leaving a Philly club, smug with the satisfaction that the woman next to him will be in his bed in a few short hours. The first single off his well received debut is “Weekend Thing,” but the album’s standout track is his remix of “Streets of Philadelphia,” aptly named “Streets of Philly.” Bouncy, celestial synths combined with a driving rhythm section produce a soulful album and an enthralling live show you won’t want to miss. Ben rosenaU 8pm. $10. Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 N. Front St. 215.291.4919. kungfunecktie.com

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While perhaps more distinguishable than the other sub-genres of alternative music, there’s a lot more to geek-rock than a bunch of pimplyfaced Dungeons & Dragons enthusiasts singing underdog anthems. This new, Philly-based band is comprised of three core members, each of whom are trained woodwind musicians and possess an unwavering love for all things nerdy. For this performance, they’ll be rocking out as a seven-piece ensemble, including five wind instruments, drums and keyboards. Their sound is a hybrid of rock and contemporary classical music, either set to or incorporating classic video game soundtracks and TV show theme songs. Just imagine if Beethoven were to recreate the musical score of a Ms. Pacman game-play video. Admission comes with a free mystery gift and a dollar off a sonic screwdriver (which, for all you uncool people out there, is a reference to a fictional tool from the BBC sci-fi show, Doctor Who, as well as to an actual cocktail). niCole FinkBiner

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Young Widows Louisville, Ky., trio Young Widows began life as noisy, jagged-edged rockers with a penchant for rhythmic brutality reminiscent of the Jesus Lizard and Big Black. Five years in, their third album In and Out of Youth and Lightness retains the bottom-end churn while continuing to evolve away from slashing post-punk guitar toward menacing slow-burn grooves, attempting with atmosphere what they previously accomplished with aggression and volume.

Singer/guitarist Evan Patterson contributes a dispassionate speak-sing as grim and steely as their sound. While not as bracing and intense as their initial efforts, the moody undulations should appeal to post-metal fans and anyone who appreciates arty well-manicured malevolence. Chris Parker 9pm. $10. With My Disco + Gods and Queens.

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Amon Amarth Let us now mourn a dismal fact: Amon Amarth did not score the Thor movie. When you consider what the Swedish five-piece and Marvel’s Asgardian hero have in common, the snub moves from “So what?” territory into grave injustice. Amon are champions of “Viking metal,” a sub-genre rooted in epic lyrical tributes to Norse mythology. Albums carry bombastic names like Fate of Norns and With Oden on Our Side, while their hyper-masculine music relies on burly melodic death metal and vocalist Johan Hegg scowling and growling. This is the quintessential band/film combo (just picture the fight scenes), and it’s been squandered. On the upside, Thor 2 is inevitable. reyan ali 9pm. $20. Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. livenation.com

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inaugural catch and release tournament are simple: Catch a striped bass then take a photo or video of it next to the special measuring tape provided when you register. The migratory fish only spend two months in our rivers each spring and, apparently, there are certain hot spots along the coastline where they’re most prevalent. The derby was organized by three local fishing enthusiasts in hopes of bringing together diverse members of the community while raising awareness about the importance of keeping our urban waters clean. More than $1,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, including trophies for the top three spots. Should you snag a large catfish or blue crab, you may also be eligible for a prize. n.F.

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(“Expressway to Your Heart”) to the Orlons (“South Street”). See how the sound of the room changes when there are actually butts in the seats. JEFFREY BARG 7:30pm. $41-$81. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad and Spruce sts.

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Jerry Blavat Blame it on the board, on the players, on the administration or on the music, but you can’t blame the Philadelphia Orchestra’s woes on the venue. Because even if classical audiences have been anemic in years past, the Geator with the Heator’s still packing ’em in at the Kimmel. This Mother’s Day show looks to be just as popular, with one of his strongest, most Philly-centric lineups yet: from Frankie Avalon (amazingly, in his first of Jerry Blavat’s rock ’n’ roll revues) to the Soul Survivors

Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) is from São Paulo, Brazil. Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells met when guitarist Derek Miller waited on singer Alexis Krauss’ table at a Brazilian restaurant in Williamsburg. Thus endeth any similarities between the co-headliners on this curious bill.

Sleigh Bells make brutally loud noise-pop. CSS makes spirited, kinda kooky electro/discopop. Right now, Sleigh Bells are hotter than habañero diarrhea. CSS was hot five years ago; for the past three years they’ve been virtually M.I.A. (not that M.I.A.). Tonight, CSS hopes to groove its way back into your hearts. Sleigh Bells, meanwhile, will try to keep the momentum rolling by assaulting every one of your senses. MichAEl AlAn GoldBERG 8pm. Sold out. With Mr. Dream + Wet Witch.

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If any Twilight fans mistakenly stumble into the Twilight Singers’ show at the Troc, it’s a good bet they’ll be well on terrified. Tweener lit might tackle vampire angst and shirtless high school boys, but those kids have never seen darkness and demons like the ones peddled by Greg Dulli and co. His latest, Dynamite Steps, wallows in the same grime and drudge as his finest work, sounding like a darkly glorious Cajun funeral (minus the second-line). They’re paired here with brilliant Midwesterners Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, who’ve found some darkness of their own lately in Buzzard, their hardest-rocking album yet. J.B. 7pm. $17. Trocodero, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com

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TooManyGames, formerly known as the EastCoast Gaming Expo, is hosting its annual convention in an 80,000-square-foot arena of gaming glory. The event promises to be one of the largest gaming events in the state. Attendees can not only enjoy one of the largest marketplaces in convention history, but James Rolfe (better known as the Angry Video Game Nerd) will present fans with several of his favorite Angry Video Game Nerd episodes. One of the most unique features this gaming extravaganza will offer is the 24/7 bring your own computer LAN party center.

This is where gamers can engage in all-night-long gaming sessions and tournaments outside of their parents’ basements. Since video games would be nothing without their classic soundtracks, several artists will be in the house reflecting on their inner-nerd through their chords. Whether you’re longing for the Sega days of Sonic the Hedgehog or can’t wait to shoot ’em up in Halo Reach, TMG will have something for all levels of nerdom.

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Cauliflower Tempura at Fathom, you’re quite the dish. How do you feel about your wildly popular transformation from plain, old veggie to fried side perfection?

Can I be honest with you? I was feeling a little past my prime when Fathom Chef Mike Stollenwerk (of Little Fish and Fish) decided to revive me before I hit the compost heap. All it took was a quick batter dip and deep fry to serve me as a snack to his hungry troops. The next thing I knew, I was a regular feature on their happy hour menu.

Extraordinary. What’s particularly special about your tempura batter?

Well, for starters, we’re completely vegan and gluten-free. Stollenwerk’s precise ratio of rice flour, egg and club soda gives me an airy breading. It’s the carbonation that keeps me light and crispy! I mean can you believe it? Me, a vitamin-packed veggie, rolling around with soda pop!

But seriously, I’m delish.

Speaking of rolling around, we’re told you’re also seeing someone new these days? Is there truth to the rumor?

As Fathom’s top selling side, what would you pair yourself with?

Fathom’s raw bar is a great, fresh start to any meal and I’d get along nicely with the Blue Bay Mussels with coconut, panang curry and lemongrass or the more traditional Peekytoe Crab Cake Sandwich with sweet pepper relish and shredded lettuce.

On second thought, order a pint off Fathom’s extensive beer list and have me as your main. Ask Chile Mayo, I’m that good. n Fathom Seafood House, 200 E. Girard Ave. 267.761.9343. fathomphilly.com

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The first surprise of the evening was just how appealing the whole pig’s head looked. It arrived on a wooden platter, the skin roasted in the wood-fired oven to a crispy brown, the snout pointing out toward the dining room in an expression that could only have been read as some sort of piggy pride: It had not died in vain. It hadn’t been butchered in some industrial nightmare of an abattoir, its chops cut out, shrink-wrapped, and shipped to a flood-lit and anonymous supermarket in Peoria, Ill., or Dresher, Pa., the rest of its bits and pieces ground into a nitrite-injected hot dog sweating it out in a dirty-water street cart.

No, this one had been well-loved by Chef Jeff Michaud and his team at Osteria (640 N. Broad St.), its body spit-roasted and treated with the reverence it deserves. And now, in what more and more Philadelphians are seeing as a show of respect to the animal, its head had been braised and then roasted with a beerspiked agrodolce, plated with quince paste and toasted Italian bread slick with olive oil, and served to a table of very grateful omnivores.

The cheek meat was among the sweetest. But other parts of the head were just as delicious in different ways: The nooks and crannies hidden behind bones and beneath cartilage, single heady bites of meat poking through; the eyeballs with their sexy combination of fatty textures and ever-so-delicately gamy flavors; the tongue, like the best, most dense and thick-cut corned beef (or pig) you’ve ever tasted.

“It’s like a hot commodity now,” Michaud says. He does seven a week, and people have been reserving them in advance to ensure they have a chance to try it. Why? “I just think that people are becoming more food-savvy, more adventurous eaters,” he explains. “The Food Network’s opening people up, and ... everybody kind of wants to see what the new hot chef is doing, and what they’ve got going on in their kitchen.”

He adds, “They’re getting more knowledge about food, they’re traveling more, trying new things.”

And they’re bringing that knowledge and openness back. As a result, parts of the animal that haven’t been traditional facets of the American diet for generations are seeing a comeback, at least among a certain type of eater. Locally, chef David Ansill has made quite a name for himself serving up offal, both at his gone-but-not-forgotten Queen Village spot Ansill and at Ladder 15, where he mans the stoves today. There’s bone marrow on his burger. There’s bone marrow and anchovy mayo on chef Brian Ricci’s burger at Kennett. Chef Konstantinos Pitsillides

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put roasted baby lamb head on the menu on the run-up to Easter at Kanella (1001 Spruce St.), and it sold out. Chef Michael Solomonov has, at any give time, many adventurous dishes on his menu at Zahav (237 Saint James Place) like grilled rabbit, duck heart, grilled lamb tongue and raw lamb.

Nationally, Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods, on the Travel Channel, has seen huge success since it first aired. Gabrielle Hamilton, of New York City’s Prune, recently wrote a bestselling book called Blood, Bones, & Butter, and has gotten an abundance of press for some of her more colorful descriptions of whole-roasted lamb parties, trips to the butcher as a kid, where she’d see “carcasses hanging upside down with their tongues flopping out the sides of their bloody mouths and their eyes filmed-over, milky, and bulging, along with disembodied parts: legs, heads, haunches, sides, ribs, looking like something in a Jack London story,” and a particularly painful story of her killing and butchering her own chicken.

Why this sudden fascination with the whole animal, and with the less-overtly-appealing parts that so many of us haven’t had the chance to taste before?

“I think [guests] see you, and you’ve become a respected person [as a chef],” says Matt Levin, chef and owner of Adsum (700 S. Fifth St.), whose pig tails (currently on the menu) and reputation for experimentation are a major draw. “And they see you as somebody that’s notable or whatever, and they begin to trust you, That’s a big part of it, because essentially, if they don’t trust you, it’s [not] something they’re going to put into their body. They have to believe in you enough that it’s going to be safe, that you’re not going to hurt somebody, whether it was handled [properly]. I think that’s a big part of it: And they trust and believe that you have their best interests in mind.”

Another chef Philadelphians are looking up to in this regard is Pierre Calmels of Bibou (1009 S. Eighth St.), who cooks food thoroughly rooted in the hearty classics of his native France.

And while most of us probably didn’t grow up on, say, pig’s feet and tripe, he has managed to turn them into a staple at his enchanting BYOB, which he co-owns with his wife Charlotte.

Interestingly, Bibou, for all the occasionally unfamiliar dishes on its menu, doesn’t seem to have a hard time moving them. “I think that we’ve built our reputation on stuff like that,” Charlotte Calmels tells me. “People hear that, hey, if you want to go try pig’s feet, try the one at Bibou. People are becoming a little bit more adventurous, so they’re just giving it a shot.”

At Bibou, they’ve seen the progression of adventurous eating first hand. Charlotte notes that some first-time visitors stick with the classics—soup, steak, etc.—but typically don’t hem themselves in quite as much during subsequent dinners. “I think they come the first time, they check it out, see if they can get the basic foods done right, and then they see the other customers, the regulars, that are taking ‘weird’ stuff,” she continues. “So the second time around, they just give it a shot.”

If a guest tries something for the first time and just doesn’t like it, Charlotte and Pierre are happy to serve them something else. “It’s not all about selling the food here; it’s all about the experience. And if we can get somebody to taste new foods, and hopefully enjoy it, that’s great.”

There have always been venues for more adventurous eating around town. What’s different now is the range of restaurants offering these experiences. From the high-octane spices at Han Dynasty to the whole pig’s head at Osteria, Philadelphia has become a city whose menus are not just studded with delicious offerings, but, more and more often, challenging ones, too. And that benefits all of us, whether we order those foods or not. n

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VASST.info, Little Berlin’s inaugural exhibit at its new space in the upper reaches of Kensington, brings together 14 artists who have agreed to either take on a science project of their own (or with a lab partner) or talk about their art as part of a month-long lecture series. Here’s what we know: Dave Kim’s and James Weissinger’s project virtually enslaved Kim to Facebook for a month, trapping him in a world of likes, suggestions and event invitations that he followed up on in the real world. Presumably there will be charts and graphs and documentation about this. Derek Frech and Dan Wallace, when asked for a photograph of their piece, answered that it is “almost impossible to photograph.” Intriguing, to say the least. And then there’s Brandon Joyce, who will either hypnotize you or talk with you about hypnosis. Check vasst.info for more details. (Roberta Fallon) 6-10pm. Through May 28. Little Berlin, 2026 Hagert St. littleberlin.org

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The progeny of an artist and a chemistry teacher, Jennifer Schmitt seems destined to mastermind a project that weds art and science. The Massachusetts printmaker is one of seven artists whose work is on display in the Chemical Heritage Foundation exhibition titled “Elemental Matters: Artists Imagine Chemistry.” Curated

by Schmitt, the exhibit’s “Periodic Table Printmaking Project” consists of 118 prints by 97 artists arranged in the format of the periodic table of elements. Representing specific elements, each creation is crafted from printmaking techniques like linocut, monotype and lithograph, including Schmitt’s own vibrant woodcuts for elements Helium and Lanthanum. Pops of saturated colors draw the viewer’s eye, and juxtapositions of disparate images from each panel to the next spark curiosity. Annie Bissett’s Chlorine locks focus on toes poised at the edge of a clear pool. Others construct imaginary interpretations, such as Lisa Kirkpatrick’s Krypton, which depicts an accident involving a student’s attempt to gain superpowers. Viewers will be inspired to revisit the subject only grudgingly acknowledged during high school. (Micaela Hester) n 5-8pm, Free. Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut St. chemicalheritage.org

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Marketa Lazarova (1967): Generally

speaking, we like our depictions of history clean, orderly and approachable. The costumes should be immaculate, the dialogue heavy, the accents, no matter the location, English. But some don’t mind alienating most viewers with warts-and-all truth (especially warts). Frantisek Vlacil’s Czech saga—just like Andrei Tarkovksy’s Andrei Rublev, made concurrently—takes an extreme approach to the middle ages, unweaving a dreamlike narrative about warring clans amidst unforgiving landscapes, bitter cold and the constant threat of hungry wolves. As the opening of L.P. Hartley’s novel The Go-Between goes, “the past is a different country;” here’s one you wouldn’t want to visit for more than a couple hours.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971): In the premiere so-called “anti-western,” Robert Altman’s trains his wandering cameras on what a real wild west town was like: grimy, muddy, pissrainy, with an ornery populace, all of it filmed with a radical cinematographic process that makes the images look like murky oil paintings.

Winstanley (1975): How veraciously did

film historian-filmmaker Kevin Brownlow and company want to depict the 17th-century farming community founded by social reformer Gerrard Winstanley? They got the Tower of London to lend them armour from 1640.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): Townsfolk dispose of their plague-

Edvard Munch (1976): Peter Watkins (The

War Game) made serious fake documentaries, none niftier than when he showed what it would be like if cameras were around to observe the turn-of-the-century Symbolist painter. Exhaustive research, spread over 3.5 hours, makes it seem like they were.

Michelle Williams, who starred in Reichardt’s previous film, Wendy And Lucy, plays Emily Tetherow, a wife who resents Meek’s know-nothing bluster, but must quietly seethe and stay in her place with the rest of the women walking behind the wagons. The camera tends to hang back with the ladies (Zoe Kazan and Shirley Henderson round out the trio), while all life-anddeath decisions are made by the men, glimpsed from a distance and just

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barely out of earshot.

There’s a harshness and cruelty to the landscape here, which is depicted as more like an alien planet than your typical Western postcard vistas. Reichardt and ace cinematographer Chris Blauvelt shoot in the boxy, 1.33 aspect ratio, constricting the vast panoramas to a narrow window. It’s a sly visual strategy to force us to see the journey through the women’s perspective, as they’re all wearing bonnets that stretch

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Meek’s Cutoff (2010): 1845, somewhere in the Oregon desert. Excessive dust. The creaking of decaying wagons. Settlers traveling for days, likely on the wrong path. Little water.

Extreme thirst. No hope in sight. Glacial pacing that simulates the experience. All traditional westerns are bullshit.

There’s not a significant conversation heard during the first 20 minutes of Meek’s Cutoff, Director Kelly Reichardt’s austere, shattering tale from the Oregon Trail. All the exposition you need comes from forlorn Paul Dano carving a single word into a stray log: “Lost.”

Set in 1845 and loosely inspired by actual events, the film follows three families of settlers who broke off from a larger wagon train, taking the advice of a bearded blowhard named Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), who claimed to know a shortcut. Decked out in a Buffalo Bill-styled fringe jacket and constantly spinning tall tales of frontier horsepucky, Meek’s practically a parody of cowboy arrogance. Except you won’t find any laughs here.

Reichardt’s film is muted, severe and hardly an audience-friendly experience.

In the spirit of Gus Van Sant’s Gerry, it’s another one of those art movies that film critics like because nothing happens.

I was hypnotized from the opening sequence, in which the settlers ford a river—a grueling process depicted in minute detail. Meek’s Cutoff is about the day-to-day grind, mundane tasks and the sick, helpless feeling of not knowing where you’re going. As supplies run low, there’s a mounting sense of queasiness and dread that becomes almost overwhelming. When the movie was over, I had to go walk it off for a little while before I felt like talking to anybody.

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ridden dead. Peasants sit in the mud, arguing impotently for constitutional rights. Blood spews weakly from the armour of felled knights. The dominating colors are gray and dirt. And against this overwhelming misery—more accurate than nearly all films set during the period—lies one of the funniest films of all time. (Python did the same thing for 33 A.D. Judea with Life of Brian.)

The meek of heart: The wives stay silent as their husbands continue to lead them along the alternate path.

out for more than a foot, blocking off their peripheral vision.

Is Michelle Williams the most mesmerizing actress working right now?

She has such a serene presence and yet the emotions are so clearly roiling under the surface. I never feel like I’m catching her “acting,” but she makes simple behavior seem revelatory. Wendy And Lucy already proved that Williams was the perfect muse for Reichardt, who seems constitutionally averse to dramatic gestures, and prefers to let silences do the talking.

Some pundits have run with the allegorical implications of an inarticulate cowboy leading foolishly over-trusting folks into a quagmire in the desert.

There’s certainly a political slant to Jon Raymond’s screenplay, if that’s what you’re interested in. But personally, I feel like such a simple interpretation undervalues the effect of what Reichardt has done here.

I was far more taken with the subtle power struggle that emerges between Emily Tetherow and Meek, as the settlers’ situation grows increasingly desperate. In the second hour they capture a lone Indian from an undetermined tribe—though Meek has many theories, most of which contradict one another. He might be able to lead them to water, or into an ambush. Or maybe he’s just lost, too? Emily is the only one who treats their prisoner with anything resembling kindness, but even she has ulterior motives. (“I want him to owe me something,” Emily explains.)

Played by Rod Rondeaux, billed in the credits as “The Indian,” he bellows and chants in an unknown, un-subtitled language. There’s no irony lost that his rantings aren’t all that much less coherent than Meek’s mumble-mouthed talltales of frontier glory. Eventually, Meek’s Cutoff builds to a question of trusting the devil you know, or the devil you can’t even understand. As options grow narrower, the visual language of the film itself contracts even further, shooting the characters partially obscured by foreground obstacles, until release finally arrives in a final confrontation that’s exhilarating in its own peculiar, quiet way.

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Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I (Southern Lord) Guitarist Dylan Carlson—a former flatmate of Kurt Cobain’s—has led his band, Earth, through at least two evolutions. Their 1993 debut album, Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version, was a terrifying but meditative journey through minimal and extended guitar drones that pulsed, hovered and expanded. The album quickly became the battle cry for the drone-doom-metal genre, creating offspring bands like Sunn O))) and Japan’s Boris.

For the next three LPs, Earth remained mostly faithful to the doom aesthetic, but on 2005’s Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method, they made a significant sonic shift: While maintaining his ascetic instrumentation and ominous vision, Carlson’s new compositions showed AmericanaGospel tendencies and a strong resemblance to the classic Spaghetti Western scores of Ennio Morricone. On Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I, Earth continue to push deeper into uncharted lands with twangy telecaster licks and snail’s pace drums while adding sustained cello notes to their new Americana-doom sound. If you’ve spent your entire life looking for the perfect combination of Aaron Copland, Black Sabbath, Merle Haggard, and La Monte Young, the search is over. The Olympia, Wa.,-based quartet play Johnny Brenda’s on June 13.

Iceage New Brigade (Dais) Iceage is a teenage four-piece punk-rock band from Denmark. Their debut album, New Brigade, packs a seriously nasty punch, harnessing the up-against-the-wall-motherfucker fury and fight of the punk tradition and fusing it with Sonic Youth-style melodic-dissonance. On the title track video, shirtless, hooded hooligans wield torches, take bong hits, throw smoke bombs and apathetically thrash about during shows (probably at their friends’ parent’s homes). It’s all very enchanting, but a bit alarming. Their first U.S. tour makes a stop at The Barbary on June 19.

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After a brief stint writing tunes with Brandy, Justin Bieber and John Legend, and a never-released debut record with Island Def Jam, R&B singer Lonny Breaux hitched his wagon to L.A. hip-hop collective OFWKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All). The 23 year old now calls himself Frank Ocean. Tyler, the Creator and the rest of the Odd Future squad— who’ve owned the Internet the past several months and blew it up again last week

after supposedly creating their own record label and signing with Sony/RED Distribution—sparked a DIY fire within Ocean, who self-released his debut record, Nostalgia, Ultra, for free on his Tumblr blog in February.

Many of the tunes are remakes of songs, like the Eagles’ “Hotel California” and MGMT’s “Electric Feel,” but Ocean changes the lyrics and delicately croons about memories of relationships past. The most bizarre is his re-imagining of Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing,” where he sings about him and his lover fleeing to another planet via spaceship after Earth’s demise.

(Yes, you should keep scratching your head.) The closest comparison in the R&B world is with experimentalist and comedian R. Kelly, but while Ocean’s tunes will sometimes make you laugh, he seems dead serious. Given indie’s and the American underground’s recent nostalgic turn—with chill-wave/beach pop and hypnagogic pop, respectively—it’s tempting to think of Ocean filtering these “movements” back into R&B. But this argument overlooks how hip-hop and contemporary R&B, as well their dub precursor, have always loosened our grasp on time by taking samples of songs from the past and making them new again. With this album, Ocean’s thrown down the gauntlet to his R&B contemporaries, creating a compelling concept album with little to no help from the big labels. He may still be relatively unknown, but if his trip into the studio with Beyoncé in March and Nas last week is any sign, he’s moving up very quickly. He’ll likely join Odd Future when they play First Unitarian Church on May 20, BIASOSWGAFF (But It’s Already Sold Out So Who Gives A Flying Fuck)?

Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation)

As a hired gun, bass saxophonist Colin Stetson’s been a touring member of Arcade Fire and has collaborated in the studio with TV on the Radio, Tom Waits and LCD Soundsystem. His solo work, however, is unlike what you’ve likely (unknowingly) heard him play with any of those projects. On this sophomore album, he builds upon the avant-garde saxophone tradition of old-school innovators like Anthony Braxton and Evan Parker, and young lions like Christine Sehnaoui and Mats Gustafsson.

In other words, he doesn’t make his instrument do what you’d expect it to do. Instead, he creates swirling, repetitive patterns spliced with breathy interludes and, most interestingly, frequently slams his keypads for percussive effect. Though at times it sounds like there are many instruments playing at once, Stetson recorded with no overdubs. It’s an intoxicating, otherworldly listening experience.

Trap Them Darker Handcraft (Prosthetic Records)

Last year’s Filth Rations EP by this fist-pumping Salem, N.H.,-based metal outfit was delightfully murderous. But clocking in at under 15 minutes, it wasn’t long enough: once the frothy blood smacked the lips, it left you wanting more and more. Luckily, with this savage Prosthetic Records LP, they deliver the goods. Is it metal? Or is it grindcore? Hardcore? It doesn’t matter. What matters is that it slays. With song titles like “Drag The Wounds Eternal,” “Slumcult & Gather,” and “Manic in the Grips,” you can never go wrong. Along with Converge, whose guitarist Kurt Ballou produced Darker Handcraft, Trap Them play Broad Street Ministry on May 21. n

Blood Pressures (Domino) Sounds Like: Snarling and bluesy

garage punk duo from the American badass Allison Mosshart and a Brit guitarist, their fourth is a kickass collection of simple, smart tracks.

Free Association: A little concerned— when’s there gonna be a new Dead Weather record?

For Fans Of: White Stripes, drum machines, PJ Harvey, Kate Moss, angry lady rock.

The Steve Miller Band Let Your Hair Down (Roadrunner)

Sounds Like: So Miller’s 67 and fond of his Wisconsin roots, and in his old age has decided to make a couple blues records for other old people who love Chicago blues.

Free Association: Was hoping there’d be ten versions of “Wild Mountain Honey” on here.

For Fans Of: Spin Doctors, harmonica, covers of blues songs by an old white man.

O’Death Outside

(Ernest Jenning) Sounds Like: New York-based SUNY friends who’ve been getting deeper and darker into a creepy, Americana goth folk vibe that they really go for here on their third.

Free Association: This is some Ichabod Crane shit. These guys should meet Tim Burton.

For Fans Of: Neutral Milk + Neil Young/the Pogues, screaming winds, slamming doors.

Figurines Figurines

(Control Group) Sounds Like: Danish quintet’s fourth is full of delicate, detailed harmonies backed by Christian Hjelm’s highpitched, plaintive vocals plus much jangle and synths.

Free Association: Those Danes are weird, man, and so is this record—creepy goth folk.

For Fans Of: Echo & the Bunnymen, Built to Spill + Modest Mouse, darkness.

Kimberly Caldwell Without Regret

(Vanguard/Capitol) Sounds Like: An American Idol in 2002 and Star Search success, this is her “much”-anticipated collection of throaty, raspy power ballads and corny anthems.

Free Association: It’s like every song’s written by Randy Jackson and/or Kara DioGuardi.

For Fans Of: Kelly Clarkson + Melissa Etheridge, Ruben Studdard (he beat her).

TV on the Radio Nine Types of Light (Interscope)

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Sounds Like: The Brooklyn boys’ fifth LP is softer, less erratic; recorded in L.A., this one’s sunny and easily digestible, but still emotive, artfully catchy and smart.

Free Association: If Dear Science was the party, this is the hungover morning after.

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11XX WALNUT, C.C., NEW MODERN RENOVATIONS GREAT LOCATION. Avl MAY 1st. (215)651-6242 18TH & WALLACE 2BR bilevel w/ BA. All amens, Deck. $1325+. PMG, 215-545-7007 x303 1 9 1 5 W H A RTO N ST Beautiful 2 bedroom, newly renovated Avail Now $795/mo 215-917-8835 19TH WAVERLY: DECK, 2BATHS NEW EIK, SUNNY, HRDWD, WD. $1550 HT/HT WTR. INCL JULY 215-733-0480 www.CentraAssociates.com 2 BR/2Bth apartment in Packer Park area. New construction.

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723 Melon #F$1095/mo 2BD/1BA unit, wood flrs, bsmt laundry CALL MIKE MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-8345 9TH SPRING GARDEN BEAUTIFUL 2BEDR.,TILE BATH,HDWD FLRS., ALL APPLIANCES, A/C, SEC.SYSTEM. $1050/MO+. 610-304-0087 Art Museum/Brewerytown Large 2 bedroom, high ceilings, hardwood floors, new kitchen, lots of light, laundry onsite. 1175/month plus utilities. Available May 15. Respond to this email for details and pics: metronome465@aol.com

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two bedroom Center City, 12th and South Street Area - 2BR, Nice place, Heat Included!!! No Pets, Available Aug. 1st, See Video/Pics www. gasheart.com 769 S. 12th St. 215-485-1015 $1400/month FISHTOWN: 2STORY apt, 2BR, 2BA, JACUZZI tub FIREPLACE, W/W, $950/ mo+ Utils. 215-669-7965 ITALIAN MKT: 10th/Federal 2BR, CA, 1BA, WD. $1350+. 215-922-3910. mcolaizzo@comcast.net Northern Liberties, 2BR, 2 Bath, Great Area, Central Air, Garbage Disposal, W/D, Large Backyard, No Pets, Available June 1, See Video and Pics, www.gasheart.com 1136 N. 4th St. or 225 Green St., 215-485-1015, $1200/month NORTHERN LIBERTIES, 2BATHS, BI-LEVEL, ALL AMENITIES New carpet. No pets. PARKING! $1200+ 610-357-6875 PRICE BREAK DECREASING SCHEDULE-SO BROAD ST Apt. in Exchange for Basic Care of lady on 1st.flr.FURNISHED 3rd flr. apt 2 Bedrms large Kit large LR Bthrm. Prefer 2 female Healthcare persons. Utilities included.

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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE: Two Bedroom Apartment, Available Mid-Late June. Must See to Appreciate! Great Light, Hardwood Floors, High Ceilings, Plentiful Closet Space. $2,000.00 per month.

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Cen a/C, D/W/, G/D, W/W carpet, W/D on premises. Avail immed. Small pets possible. $1875 per mo., plus elec. email kjpel@verizon.net for further info and appt.

WASHINGTON SQ Spacious 2BR 2BA, HW flrs, CA, DW, GD, SS appls, Walk in closet. BBQ area. Avail i m m e d . $ 1 75 0/m o + . AS K A BO U T A FREE MONTH! S&S Properties, 267-402-8017

three + bedrooms 352 Jackson $1000/mo 3BD/1BA, hwf, finished basement, large yard CALL PAUL CHIN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2049 609 E Thompson $1200/mo 3BD/1BA, hwf, modern kit and bath, rear yard, exposed brick, fplc CALL JIM ONESTI PRU FOX & ROACH 215-6276005/215-440-2052 Art Museum/Temple University Area - Near 17th and Girard, 5BR House, Nice! All Renovated, Granite, Deck! Central Air! Oak F l o o rs Th ro u g h o u t ! F i n i s h e d Basement! No Pets. Available June 1st, See Video/Pics www. gasheart.com 1635 W. Stiles St. 215-485-1015 $2000/month PENNSPORT AREA 22XX McClellan.

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410-818-7271 Student Hou sin g !!! Available June 1, 2011 Large Homes Locations: 4036 Walnut (4-bd) 317 S.41st St.(5-bd) 4063 Sansom St.(5-bd) 213 S. 41st(6-bd) Campus Apartments Email - dtalanca@campusapts.com Call 215.243.7022

10TH & TASKER-2BDRMS.LOADED WITH EVERYTHING C/A, HDWD. F L R S. , $ 1 6 0 0/ M O. C A L L 2 1 5 651-9190.

12XX SO. 26TH ST(26th & FEDERAL) Newly renovated, lg. 3bedrms., G/Heat. $950/mo.+. Call 215-389-7944.

15th LOMBARD 4BDRMS, 2.5BA, WD, HWD, EIK. $2300+ June. 215-733-0480 www.CentraAssociates.com 22XX CANTRELL ST. BRAND NEW kit.,Appls. H/D Flrs.Carpet,2BDR, F i n . B S M T.C /A $ 825 + U t i l s. 2 1 5 334-9459 Art Museum/Temple University Area - Near 17th and Girard, 5BR House, Nice! All Renovated, Granite, Deck! Central Air! Oak F l o o rs Th ro u g h o u t ! F i n i s h e d Basement! No Pets. Available June 1st, See Video/Pics www. gasheart.com 1635 W. Stiles St. 215-485-1015 $2000/month ART MUSEUM AREA Beautiful 2-3BR home w/City views. 2.5BA (jacuzzi), Granite kit w/SS appls, HW floors t/o, Fin basmt w/powder rm, Laundry rm w/WD. Dual zone Air/Heat, $1800/ mo+. Joe, 609-685-1899 FISHTOWN Spacious 3BR 1BA, LR, DR, WD, on quiet street. $1000/mo+ Utils. 610-476-2718

FISHTOWN: Very private, parking, just renov. Roomy 3 Br w/garden & offstreet parking. Includes: W&D, CAC, garb. disp. dw, side by side fridge w/thru door ice. Super loc., walk to casino, 1 blk. to Girard Ave. and el., new trolley at door. $500/1st, last, 1 mo. sec. req. Call 443 406 0340 for info or app’t.

HARRISBURG, PA: Thinking of m ov i n g? 3BR, 2.5BA townhome available, corner property. Spacious MBR suite w/WIC, Jacuzzi tub.

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RITTENHOUSE SQ 1718 Rodman St. $329,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred WASH SQ 927 Spruce St. #2R $199,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred WASH SQ WEST 1109 Spruce St. #1F $225,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

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$600 Mt. Vernon & 21st Gret Studio, Yard, Laundry $600 Mt. Vernon & 21st Gret Studio, Yard, Laundry GREENWallace & 20TH & 20th1BD, H/W,parquet Laundryfloors, yard $700 $925 1Bd, $700 Wallace & 20th 1Bd, parquet floors, yard BROWN & 27TH Fab Mod 1BD’s, W/W, C/A, W/D $1000-1125 $600 Aspen & 26th 1Bd, W/W, laundry $600 Aspen & 26th 1Bd, W/W, laundry MANY MORE APARTMENTS AvAILABLE!

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838 South St. 600 sq.ft. retail store, block, bathroom, c/a, avail. now $1,500 $75 Lombard & 23rd 1hi-traffic &2Bd, bi-level, A/C 341 W. Girard Ave & (NE Corner & Girard) mod Retail store, C-2, 800 sq.ft.,bath, c/a, location $900 $87 Chestnut 20th4th Ultra 1Bd's, C/A, great $87 Lombard & 19th Newly renov, mod studio, 1 & 2Bd's CALL RENTAL AGENT $8 Broad & Spruce Mod 1Bd's, W/D, C/A, heat incl.

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783 S. 2nd Street 1bd den bilevel, skylight, d/w , fireplace exposed brick w/d c/a h/w $1000 928 E. Moyamensing 1BD/1bath bilevel h/w c/a laundry on premises $1250 928 E. Moyamensing 2bd’s/2bath new kit. gran., s/s appl. prkg, h/w c/a $1250-$1350

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Front/Market 1bd/1bath c/a rugs w/d full appl. pkg. shared roof top deck $1000 Front & Market Office, 1st flr, bi-lev, priv. entrance, C/A, 700 sq. ft $750 Front & Market 1bd/bilevel private yard, granite countertops, stainless appliances, c/a w/d h/w d/w and tile

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academy house

1420 locust street Studio, Separate sleeping area, excellent closet space, 622sf $1,300 1 bedroom, 1 bath, French balcony, spacious kitchen, 705 sf $1,540

center city one

2 bedrooms, 1 bath, excellent natural light, corner unit, 892sf $2,100

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

1326 spruce stree Studio, balcony, lots of light, large kitchen, 494sf

$1,250 1830 rittenhouse square 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, updated kitchen and art museum baths, high ceilings, beautiful millwork throughphiladelphian out, bay windows, Juliet balcony 1,136 sf 2401 pennsylvania avenue $2,990 1 bedroom, 1 bath, Fairmount views, excellent closet space, the warwicK 1166sf $1,650 1701 locust street rittenhouse square Studio, hardwood floors, WID, marble bath 381 sf $1,225 1909 fitzwater street Spacious Studio with city views, hardwood 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, wood floors, renovated kitchen floors, marble bath, high-end kitchen, walk-in and bath $1,500 closet, 423 sf $1,450 the barclay 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, marble bath, 237 s. 18th street sunset view, 697 sf $1,890 2 bedroom, 2 bath, open kitchen, hardwood 1 bedroom plus den, 3.5 baths, custom upfloors throughout, 180 degree city views, 1196 sf grades throughout, excellent natural light, 2421 sf $2,850 $5,500

the carlyle

2031 locust street 1 bedroom, 1 bath, city view, 567 sf $1,350 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, corner unit, 928 sf $1,975 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, sunset views, excellent closet space, spacious living areas, 1164sf $2,300 3 bedrooms, unobstructed city views, bonus den/study & nursery, generous living space, 2137 sf $3,750

parc rittenhouse

the dorchester 226 w. rittenhouse square Efficiency, high floor, sunset views $1,100 Studio, generous closet space, galley kitchen, overlooks landscaped courtyard, 573 sf $1,310

the rittenhouse 210 w, rittenhouse sq.

2 bedrooms plus den, new designer kit., 2.5 marble baths, huge balcony with city views, 2122 sf $6,950

225 s. 18th street Studio, Juliet balconies, wood floors, marble bath, open kitchen, 404 sf $1,390 129 s. 18th street 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, open upgraded 1 bedroom, 1 bath, hrdwd floors throughout, kitchen, two spacious walk-in closets, marble baths, upgr. kit. & bath, large bay win., 750 sf $1,450 1,080 sf $3,750 P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY May 4 - 10, 2011

wanamaKer house 2020 walnut street

units include pool & fitness center

258 s. 18th street 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors throughout, open modern kitchen, designer baths, $2,250 boutique walk-up building, 1425 sf

studio, open kitchen, generous closet space, large bay window, 548 sf $1,285 society hill 1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, open kitchen, society hill towers great closet space, 705 sf $1,680 200-220 locust street 2 bedrooms 2 baths, high floor, panoramic city units include all utilities views, 1200 sf $2,450 Studio, great closet space, city views, $1,240 floor-to-ceiling windows, 504 sf rittenhouse savoy floor-to-ceiling windows with 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 1810 s. rittenhouse square

magnificent river & city views, 700sf $1,575 Corner 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, unob$1,775 structed city views, 775 sf

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1 bedroom, 1 bath, plus den, hardwood floors throughout,newer kitchen with stainless steel

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abbott’s square

530 s 2nd street 1 bedroom, 1 bath, open kitchen, great closet space, bi-level 639 sf $1,250 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath, bi-level, deck, large living room, separate dining area, 989 sf $1,500

washington square stricKland row

1014 spruce street 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, bi-level, wood floors, open kitchen $1,550

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233-241 s 6th street 1 bedroom, 1 bath, private balcony, W/D, spacious walk-in closet, 928 sf $1,490

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227 s. 6th street 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors throughout, open chefs kitchen, designers baths, great closets, 1710 sf

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604-36 s. washinGton square Efficiency, Southern views, excellent natural light, ample closet space, 415 sf $1,000 Studio with alcove on a high floor overlooking Washington Square, balcony, 600 sf $1,375 1 bedroom, 1 bath, newer kitchen and bath, great closet space, balcony,778 sf $1,490 3 bedrooms, 2 baths on a high floor, $3,500 balcony, 1700 sf

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2031 Locust Street Professional Office Space in secure apartment building, 958 sf $1,300 1830 Rittenhouse - Prime Rittenhouse Square office space, 754 sf $2,100 250 S. 18th Street – Prime ground floor corner retail/office space on Rittenhouse Square, 1857 sf $7,500 NNN 133 S. 18th Street – Ground floor corner retail space, excellent visibility on 18th Street shopping corridor $9,000 NNN 1601 Locust Street - 1st floor and lower level of prestigious Lanesborough condo, ideal for restaurant or offices, 4700 sf $11,000 NNN

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225 S. 18th Street

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1080 sf

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Master BR w/gas FP, Office, walk-in dressing rm. & cust. 2 person shower w/nat. stone surround & custom glass block, curved wall enclosure. 2nd flr. Laundry & Jack-n-Jill bath for Bedrooms.3 & 4….Realistically priced at $724,900

HADDONFIELD Unique 4/5 BR, 3 bath, historic Carriage House, circa 1895, completely restored w/post & beam construction, Brazilian walnut HW flrs., high ceilings, elevator & converted original gas lamp lighting fixtures. 1st flr. Playroom can easily be used as an au pair or In-law Suite w/full bath & separate Office or sitting room. Great entertaining from the lg. deck w/pergola, flag stone surround in-ground pool or screened in porch.

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HW Flrs., Deck. $269,000 2605 MeMPhis street new PriCe 2006 Renov. 2BR. Great layout. Natural light. Patio. Convenient block. $129,900 rittenhouse square 416 s. Carlisle street Wide 4BR/2bth TH on delightful Ritt. block, sun-filled, Hi ceil, Orig HW Flrs. & Detail, 3 FPs Modern, EIK overlkng Patio. Greenfield. Avail PRKG w/in 1 block. $695,000 1709 rodMan street Lovely 2BR/2.5bth home. Quiet Ritt. block.

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soCiety hill 700 loCust street, #a1 Most desirable 2BR/2bth loft - Sustainable w/14’ ceil. & huge wndws, ovlkg Wash Sq. Spec. open kitch., dining & living area.

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GARAGE $265,000 5021 beauMont avenue new listing Renov 3BR/1.5bth home w/ backyard, deck, great light, & many sustainable features. Right near Dock St. Pizza. $189,000 northern liberties 315 w. george street 2,500 Sq. ft. 5yr old corner property w/ hi-end custom finishes & deck w/skyline vus. Tax Abte. $525,000 1015 n orianna street Pristine 4BR/2.5bth home w/3 exp in best NL loc. PRKG. S/S & Gran Kit. Fin Bsmt.

Huge Windows & light. Patio. Tax Abte. $499,900 721 Melon PlaCe, #d Renov. Light-filled 3BR condo, PRKG & Tax Abte. Pet Friendly. $199,000

1601-7 n lawrenCe street new listing Vacant Lot Package (total area is 51 x. 37.5). $114,900 art MuseuM area the PhiladelPhian, #4a4 (2401 Pennsylvania ave.)

Spacious 3BR/2.5bth light filled condo. Art Museum vus from lrge balcony. $499,000 1712 green street, #4 new PriCe Renov bi-level 2BR/2bth condo. Quality finishes, HW Flrs t/o, expsd brick. Open Gran & S/S Kitch. $354,000 graduate neighborhood 726 s. 20th street brand new listing 4BR/2.5bth TH w/Garage, fin. Low Level & lovely rear patio. Exc. loc., easy walk to Ritt.

Sq, plus exc. neigh. rest. Ideal layout. HW Flrs, FP. Great light. Gran - S/S Kitch. Tax Abte, thru 2013 $549,000 banCroft green 706-726 s. banCroft street 8 Homes sold. ONLY 3 LEFT. 11 Award Winning Sustainable 3BR/2.5bth Homes. ONLY 3 LEFT. Best of Philly Green Architect.

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OPEN HOUSE $354,000 1825-29 Pollock St. Investor Alert! Tones of Potential! Development Opportunity $429,900 th 722 S. 18 St. Exquisite finishes, new and only blocks to Rittenhouse, grt views fr home & deck $469,900 1 Queen St. #11 4br/2.5ba, beautiful townhouse with 2-car pkg! FP, HWflrs, granite counters $499,900 909 S. 16th St. 4br/3ba TH offers garage, deck, yard. Newer rehab, tax abatement, fab finishes $539,000 2011 Catharine St. Newly rehabbed! 2-car pkg., 3br/3.5ba, wood flrs, deluxe kit w/granite & SS OPEN HOUSE $499,000 th 629-31 S. 13 St. #A Stunning new 3br/3ba. Open Plan, luxurious finishes, roof deck, Tax Abatmnt OPEN HOUSE $649,900

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905 Corinthian Ave. Contemporary New Home 4br/3.5ba, Open Layout, 3400sqft, 2-car pkg, garage 137 N. 21st St. Great price wonderful 5br/3ba twin, new kitchen, C/A, garden, Fam Rm, 1 yr pkg incl 2131 Race St. Sun-filled, Logan Square Contemporary Beauty, Elevator, 2-car garage, 4200 sqft

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2344 E. Letterly St. 2br home is completely renovated, features fabulous upgrades, lrg rear patio 2375 E. Letterly St. Tastefully renovated features 3 spacious bedrooms, 1.5baths, fantastic features 2614 E. Dauphin St. 3br/1.5ba TOTAL REHAB on a great street with an EXTRA LARGE backyard 2348 E. Susquehanna Ave. Completely renovated 3br/1.5ba end unit row w/HWflrs, new KIT &bath 800 N. 2nd St. #4 Updated 2b4/1.5ba, bi-level condo with low condo fees in heart of No. Libs 2310 E. Susquehanna Ave. Totally rehabbed amazing home. Top of the line everything! 3br/1.5ba 954 N. Randolph St. Lrg 3br Townhome, many updates, new carpeting, window treatments 2308 Sergeant St. Gorgeous 2 year Old Townhouse w/Parking and Roof Deck!

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NEW CONSTRUCTION (10 YEAR TAX ABATEMENT) 2101 Kimball St. #1 Modern 2br/1ba condominium with small garden $225,000 2101 Kimball St. #2 Modern 2br/1ba condominium in Graduate Hospital $245,000 2237 Dickinson St. Brand NEW Construction in South Phila. 3br/2.5ba, amazing features! $250,000s 2101 Kimball St. #3 Modern 2br/1ba condominium in Graduate Hospital $265,000 2218 Manton St. 3br/3ba located in South Phila. Unvelievable features for an unbelievable price $279,000 1937 League St. Best Priced 3br/3ba, Custom Finishes, Gourmet KIT, Master Ste, Tax Abatement OPEN HOUSE $349,900 2155 Montrose St. Brand new, lrg 3br/2.5ba w/garden, deck, tax abatement, gourmet KIT, HWflrs OPEN HOUSE $425,000 1013 S. 21st St. Brand New Grad Hosp Townhome, Private Parking!! Finished Bsmt & Roof Deck ! $400,000 2108 Webster St. Stunning 3br/2.5ba, New Construction. Superb craftsmanship t/o, gourmet kit, roof deck, garage OPEN HOUSE $449,000 1912 Kimball St. Stunning 3br/3ba, gourmet kitchen, roofdeck, garage, tax abatement OPEN HOUSE $450,000 440 S. Broad St. Premium Condo Residences fr 1br to 3br. Concierge/Doorman, Luxury Amenities, Pool OPEN HOUSE Fr $550,000 2370 E. Norris St. Beautiful done, nice finishes, high ceilings, 1 commercial spae, 2 residential units $680,000

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411 S 3rd St Meticulous light-filled Federal restoration, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, garden, 1 yr parking ......................................................$1,335,000 1040 Irving St 4 bedroom, 3 bath, den with wet bar, cherry flrs, 3 balconies, roof deck, yard, elevator, 2 car garage, tax abatement ........$1,250,000 731 S 7th St Renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath, +/- 2700sf, h/w flrs, family/media room, yard, incredible roof deck, Meredith School District .... $699,900 749 E Passyunk Ave Fabulous architecturally significant townhouse, 3 bedrooms, den 2 full, 2 half baths, 2 car gated parking .................. $699,999 104 Christian St Stunning 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath custom finished home, 3 f/p, h/w flrs. 2 car parking w/garage ......................................... $672,000 900 Locust St Lovely 3 bedroom, 3 bath home, f/p, h/w flrs, patio, deck, deeded parking ........................................................................... $599,900 705 S Philip St Dramatic 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath contemporary, h/w flrs, f/p, roof deck w/ city vus, new chef designed kitchen, deeded gated parking, Meredith School district ............................................................................................................................................ $613,900 125 Bainbridge St Beautiful historic home with modern amenities, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, den, f/p, terrace, roof deck, yard ..................... $539,900 400-416 S 2nd St #402 Beautiful 2 bedroom,3 bath condo, patio, shared courtyard, 1 yr parking ............................................................ $559,000 732 Christian St Completely renovated 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, deck, lots of light, municipal parking across the street .......................... $529,000 217 B Fulton St 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, patio, +/-1500sf, f/p, large patio, Brazilian cherry flrs, garage parking..................................... $429,000 535 Queen St 3 story, 4 bedroom, 1.5 bath, large eat in kitchen, rear deck, patio .................................................................................... $399,000 Abbotts Sq, 530 S 2nd St #530 Spacious corner 1 br, 1.5b, +/- 1,000sf, balcony ............................................................................... $299,000 Abbotts Sq, 530 S 2nd St #710 Upgraded 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath, f/p, s/s appliances ............................................................................... $249,000 625-33 Christian St #3A Sunny corner 1BR with loft space, +/- 864sf, 1 car parking .............................................................................. $229,000 1008 Spruce St Quiet 1 bedroom in elegant brownstone, featuring hi ceilings, h/w flrs, wood burning f/p, eat-in-kitchen ....................... $159,000

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782 N 27th St Newly rebuilt designer home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths finished basement........................................................................... $395,000 763 N Taylor St 2 Story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, office, h/w flrs, yard ........................................................................................................ $320,000 2601 Pennsylvania Ave #709 2 bedroom, 1 bath, new kitchen, refinished floors, parking .................................................................. $289,000 2601 Pennsylvania Ave # 314 Bright 1 bedroom, 1 bath, updated kitchen & bath, north exposure ..................................................... $199,000

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320 Race St “E” Penthouse loft condo, 2bedrooms, 2baths, incredible views www.320racest.com ...................................................... $319,000 50-56 N Front St, #103 2 bedroom, 2 bath multi-level, modern condo with private street entrance & shared roof deck ........................ $349,900

CHINA TOWN

1100 Vine St, Grandview #704 Sunny 2 bedroom, 2 bath, +/-1333sf, split floor plan, open kitchen ................................................ $314,900

4507 Sansom St Rehabbed Victorian, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, den, roof deck, front porch, basement, 2 car parking ............................. $379,900

BELLA VISTA

726 S Marvine St 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, patio, roof deck, h/w flrs, finished basement ........................................................................ $529,000

NORTHERN LIBERTIES / FISHTOWN

1012 N American St New rehab, modern 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths, bamboo floors, glass railings, rear yard, roof deck ................................... $423,900 2314 E Huntingdon St New Construction, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, h/w flrs, deck, patio, tax abate ....................................................... $349,000 626 N Bodine St Loft style home, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, garden ............................................................................................................. $314,999 107 W Master St, Old Kensington Bright 3 bedroom, den, 1.5 bath, +/- 2300sf, yard ..................................................................... $210,000 353 Reno St 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, yard, great location ........................................................................................................................ $153,000 3427 Livingston St, Port Richmond Newly renovated 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths ................................................................................. $119,000

CENTER CITY SOUTH

617 Reed St 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath bi-level loft condo, amazing roof deck ................................................................................................ $529,900 1309 S Reese St, Jeffereson Sq Desirable 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, hi ceilings, eat-in kitchen, basement, large garden, garage, tax abate .... $319,900 277 Manton St 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, eat in kitchen, patio ................................................................................................................. $299,900 1524 S Iseminger St, Passyunk Sq Rehab, +/- 1200sf, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, h/w flrs ..................................................................... $195,000 825 Cross St, Passyunk Sq 2 story, 3 bedrooms, needs updating .................................................................................................... $195,000 326 Wilder St, Pennsport 2 story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, +/-1200sf, patio & garden ............................................................................. $195,000 143 Mercy St Pennsport Complete renovation, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, h/w flrs, f/p, c/a patio .................................................................. $195,000 2315 S 8th ST 3bedrooms, 1.5 baths ................................................................................................................................................ $156,000 2120 McClellan St Renovated 3 bedroom, 1 bath, yard .......................................................................................................................$85,000 2537 S. Carroll St Elmwood, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, front porch house, large rear yard ............................................................................$85,000

MAIN LINE

277 Cheswold Lane, Haverford Stunning 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath estate on 2 beautifully landscaped acres, +/- 5962sf, pool & poolhouse, 3 car garage, prime location ..................................................................................................................................................................... $2,875,000

COMMERCIAL & INVESTMENT

501 S 12th St Professional Office space, over 20,000 sq ft zoned for medical and /or legal offices. 16 deeded parking spaces .......... $4,999,900 1100-1118 E Passyunk Ave (at Washington Ave) +/-8500sf, 3 entrances, also 3 story house and 2 garage bays................................. $3,000,000 118 N 3rd St, Minima Loft Bldg., Full floor 1 & 2 bedroom condos & 3 level commercial space, 2 parking spaces .......................... $2,200,000 384 W Lancaster Ave, Wayne Well-known Main Line bar/restaurant with license & parking ............................................................. $2,600,000 380 W Lancaster Ave, Wayne Commercial Building ......................................................................................................................... $695,000 410-412 Monroe St Unique opportunity. Triplex with +/- 3,000sf stable attached, Great potential! ....................................................... $699,000 117-119 South St Fully equipped bar/restaurant with liquor license +/- 10,000 sq ft plus 3 one bedrooms apartments .................... $2,300,000 618-20 South St 2 Stores, plus 4 apartments. Call for details ......................................................................................................... $1,190,000 507 S 2nd St Professional office or retail store plus 3 bedroom, bi-level apartment ............................................................................. $895,000 50-52 S 3rd St Historically certified buildings formerly a pub/restaurant, plus newly renovated bi-level 3 br apartment .......................... $749,000 1248-50 N Front St Corner tavern property in the Fishtown ent. district, +/- 1800sf, bi-level, full basement, liquor license available ...... $650,000 Pennsport Approx. 4000 sq ft, clear span/floor, many uses ................................................................................................................. $649,000 1725-31 S 25th St +/-12,000sf garage/warehouse with 4,000sq ft parking lot .................................................................................. $595,000 2229 E Huntingdon St 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, deck. First floor front commercial space, zoned C1......................................................... $299,900 3213 Frankford Ave 3 story, +/-21,000 sq ft industrial warehouse with elevator, 2 loading docks, zoned G2 ........................................ $299,500 2701 E Huntingdon St Mixed use property. Storefront with powder room & basement storage, 2nd floor 1 bedroom apt ...................... $159,000 1206 Alter St Vacant lot, +/- 14’x48’ ...................................................................................................................................................$89,000

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1914-16 Rittenhouse Sq Landmark property 5 combined lots, over 6,000sf footprint, great opportunity for development or magnificent residence .................................................................................................................................................................. $4,990,000 2036 Delancey Pl Magnificient beautifully restored double wide corner, 5 br, 6b, +/-9000sf, original detail, elevator, terrace, 3 car heated garage.......................................................................................................................................................................................... $3,999,999 50 S 16th ST #4102, 2 Liberty Pl Exquisite 2br,2b, many upgrades, sunset & river vus, 2 yr garage parking, tax abatement ............................$925,000 212-24 S 24th St #2420 Filter Walk Spectacular +/-2600sf, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath, f/p, h/w flrs, 2 gated patios, 2 decks, parking ..................$879,000 1732 Lombard St Bright 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, f/p, h/w flrs, garden, 2 car parking ..................................................................................... $699,000 2001 Catharine St Corner 3 bedroom,2.5bath,+/-2500sf, roof deck, garage, tax abatement, 5 yrs young ................................................. $625,000 2020 Walnut St #7E, Wanamaker House 2 bedroom suites with full baths, eat-in kitchen +/- 1198sf .............................................. $499,900 251 S 22nd St B, Chandler Pl NY style full floor, +/- 1339sf, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, f/p, south facing garden, parking ......................... $499,900 1647 Latona St 3 bedroom, 2 bath, large lot. Needs updating ..............................................................................................................$89,900

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ART MUSEUM

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

tHe PHilaDelPHian tHe PHilaDelPHian tHe PHilaDelPHian

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, views of the Art Museum, private balcony, spacious living and dining areas 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, upgraded kitchen, ample living space Renovated studio, wood floors throughout, open kitchen, large balcony with city skyline view

1,867 1258 567

$439,900 $189,900 $175,000

$68,538 $30,637 $26,306

$3,431 $1,751 $1,152

Location

AVENUE OF THE ARTS

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

acaDeMy House acaDeMy House acaDeMy House acaDeMy House

Corner two bedroom, one and a half bath, high floor, spacious living area, W/D One bedroom, one bath, upgraded kitchen and bath, Juliet balcony, W/D One bedroom, one bath, French balcony, renovated kitchen and bath, beautiful southern view 1 bedroom, 1 bath, panoramic southern views, Juliet balcony, renovated bath and kitchen

1016 705 725 705

$324,000 $289,000 $274,900 $249,900

$49,894 $42,702 $41,159 $39,043

$2,289 $1,772 $1,797 $1,661

Location

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

tHe rittenHouse barclay lanesborougH lanesborougH tHe warwick barclay tHe warwick tHe warwick tHe rittenHouse tHe warwick 2009 sPruce street Parc rittenHouse tHe warwick Parc rittenHouse tHe rittenHouse barclay barclay 1900 rittenHouse Parc rittenHouse tHe warwick Parc rittenHouse tHe warwick tHe DorcHester tHe DorcHester wanaMaker House Parc rittenHouse wanaMaker House tHe warwick tHe warwick williaM Penn House

Penthouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half baths, high end finishes and appointments throughout, balcony with city views 3bedroom+den, 3.5 baths, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone floors, 3 gas fireplaces 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, brand new, very high ceilings, his and hers master baths, custom kitchen, exquisite detail throughout.

Tri-level penthouse with 1600 sq ft of terrace space, being sold unfinished, private elevator access 1 bedroom plus den, magnificent city views to the north and south, open kitchen, custom details and finishes throughout, one-of-a kind 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, most rooms have views of Rittenhouse Square, beautifully restored original details throughout 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, hardwood floors, 270 degree views, open kitchen, marble baths, custom closets, W/D 3BR, 3BA, Bamboo flrs., spac. Kit w/custom wood cabinetry, granite counter tops, marble baths, 3 exposures, gym and hotel services 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, completely renovated with high end finishes, views of Rittenhouse Square from every room 2 bedrooms + den, 3 baths, gourmet kitchen, marble baths, walk-in-closets, hardwood floors 3 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, tri-level condominium, large private deck, luxurious master suite Rarely available south side 2 bedroom, 2 bath, hardwood floors, marble bathroom, custom upgr. throughout 2 bedrooms + den, 3 baths, sun-soaked, wood floors, open kitchen, marble baths 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, terrace on pool club deck, open custom kitchen, marble baths, wood floors 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, eat in kitchen, beautiful sunset views, master suite with large marble bath Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, old world charm with modern features Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on Rittenhouse Square 1 bedroom, 1 bath, Juliet balcony, upgraded kitchen and bath, lots of light, separate dining room, hardwood floors 1 bedroom, 1 bath, terrace, marble bath, hardwood floors One bedroom, one bath, hardwood floors, marble bath, custom kitchen 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, open kitchen, hardwood floors, marble bath 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors sunset view, marble bath, custom shutters 1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, balcony, excellent natural light, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, balcony, excellent natural light, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors throughout, renovated kitchen and bathroom, bay windows with city views Studio with wood floors, marble bath, open kitchen and city view Studio, bay windows, open kitchen, generous closet space Studio, high floor with sunrise views, marble bath, open kitchen Studio, high floor with city views, walk in closest, wood floors, marble bath 1 bedroom, 1 bath, city views, spacious kitchen

3,952 3,293 3,467 3,413 2,421 2,338 2,000 1,978 1,560 1,614 2,844 1019 1,614 1,272 1,037 1,050 1,075 1,085 818 712 765 697 740 723 704 497 548 345 423 825

$3,500,000* $834,620 $2,900,000* $666,258 $2,750,000* $636,038 $2,250,000* $579,879 $1,475,000* $347,779 $1,450,000* $349,592 $1,200,000* $174,122 $1,350,000* $181,323 $995,000* $242,439 $829,000* $115,051 $800,000* $192,721 $799,900* $190,230 $799,000* $190,486 $775,000* $201,948 $599,000* $147,283 $595,000* $143,766 $539,000* $133,706 $479,900 $71,388 $450,000 $64,320 $399,900 $53,426 $389,900 $55,623 $369,900 $52,163 $350,000 $51,698 $350,000 $51,614 $309,999 $46,421 $275,000 $39,472 $225,000 $33,344 $217,000 $30,900 $219,900 $32,772 $159,900 $24,513

Location

SOCIETY HILL

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

22 Front bank builDing society Hill towers society Hill towers society Hill towers bank builDing

Custom penthouse with 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, balcony and roof deck, designer baths and chefs kitchen 2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, high-end open kitchen, designer bathrooms Two bedrooms, one bath, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows One bedroom, high floor, river view, investment opportunity 1 bedroom, 1 bath, bridge and city views, wood floors, upgraded kitchen One bedroom, one bath, intimate views of Society Hill through floor-to-ceiling windows

2,468 2,117 1,133 700 700 700

$1,250,000 $799,000* $399,000 $290,000 $259,900 $259,900

$298,000 $207,313 $58,788 $42,577 $40,731 $40,779

$6,671 $4,291 $2,562 $1,798 $1,733 $1,794

Location

WASHINGTON SQUARE

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

inDePenDence Place inDePenDence Place inDePenDence Place inDePenDence Place inDePenDence Place HoPkinson House inDePenDence Place inDePenDence Place inDePenDence Place inDePenDence Place stricklanD row stricklanD row

Bi-level penthouse, 2 bedrooms. 2.5 baths, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views Penthouse, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, wrap around balcony, high ceilings, eat-in kitchen, large master suite 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, east facing river and city views, modern kitchen, hardwood floors, balcony, laundry room 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, beautifully ren. kit. and baths, balc. with city and river views, hdwd. flrs. in living areas 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, alcove, completely renovated with gourmet kitchen, designer bath, amazing closets Deluxe 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony with views of Washington Square and the river, renovated kitchen and bath 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, excellent value 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, upgraded kitchen, new fixtures throughout 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen and bath, custom closets, balcony 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, bi-level, open kitchen, wood floors 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, bi-level, excellent natural light, wood floors, open kitchen,

4,500 2,810 3,015 1,977 1,118 1,063 928 928 860 928 857 1,188

$2,295,000* $552,133 $1,250,000* $303,747 $1,250,000* $250,000 $799,000* $195,082 $479,900 $68,164 $329,000 $53,908 $299,900 $44,212 $290,000 $42,132 $285,000 $42,801 $269,900 $40,971 $259,900* $39,930 $250,000* $39,682

WATERFRONT

Total Square Footage

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan, fireplace, terrace off mastersuite

1,300

Location

Location Pier 3

Price

$259,900

$172,018 $85,223 $57,483

$4,014 $1,989 $1,341

$115,776 $88,613 $91,215 $82,852

$2,701 $2,068 $2,128 $1,933

$889,056 $619,296 $607,268 $557,842 $362,985 $386,553 $373,141 $371,644 $273,743 $246,527 $190,406 $197,716 $203,258 $206,151 $170,623 $153,060 $146,037 $153,551 $134,563 $106,710 $120,077 $104,702 $113,035 $112,778 $91,365 $81,681 $68,417 $59,322 $62,166 $63,419

$20,745 $14,450 $14,170 $13,016 $8,470 $9,020 $8,707 $8,672 $6,387 $5,752 $4,443 $4,613 $4,743 $4,810 $3,981 $3,571 $3,408 $3,583 $3,140 $2,490 $2,802 $2,443 $2,637 $2,631 $2,132 $1,906 $1,596 $1,384 $1,451 $1,480

$348,655 $217,014 $128,086 $89,976 $86,724 $91,238

$8,135 $5,064 $2,989 $2,099 $2,024 $2,129

$588,133 $328,202 $319,246 $212,815 $137,351 $115,998 $87,809 $83,461 $87,347 $87,301 $98,839 $106,038

$13,728 $7,658 $7,449 $4,966 $3,205 $2,707 $2,049 $1,947 $2,038 $2,037 $2,306 $2,474

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$1,474 $296 $331 $272

$3,725 $2,632 $2,605 $2,351 $1,608 $1,685 $1,757 $1,795 $1,090 $992 $960 $881 $861 $855 $659 $619 $580 $613 $523 $486 $473 $416 $437 $435 $352 $319 $271 $240 $226 $168

$1,466 $844 $427 $302 $291 $335

$3,022 $1,511 $1,403 $961 $620 $410 $327 $302 $348 $348 $1,143 $1,135

Monthly After Tax Cost

$17,020 $11,818 $11,565 $10,665 $6,862 $7,334 $6,949 $6,877 $5,298 $4,761 $3,483 $3,732 $3,881 $3,956 $3,323 $2,953 $2,827 $2,969 $2,167 $2,003 $2,328 $2,027 $2,201 $2,197 $1,780 $1,587 $1,325 $1,144 $1,225 $1,312

Monthly After Tax Cost

$10,706 $6,147 $6,046 $4,004 $2,585 $2,297 $1,722 $1,645 $1,690 $1,243 $1,986 $2,156

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

$41,044

$1,985

$99,922

$2,332

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Barclay 237 S. 18th Street 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, most rooms overlook Rittenhouse Square, original details beautifully restored throughout, 2338 sf

indePendence Place 233 S. 6th Street Penthouse with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, river and city views, wrap around terrace, high ceilings, 2810 sf

$1,450,000

$1,250,000

2009 SPruce Street

Parc rittenhouSe 225 S. 18th Street

Tri-level condo with 3 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, large deck, high ceilings, lots of light, 2844 sf

1 bedroom, 1 bath, terrace, hardwood floors, marble bath, excellent entertaining space, 818 sf

$450,000

academy houSe 1420 locuSt Street

the PhiladelPhian 2401 PennSylvania ave.

Renovated 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom home with wood floors, French balcony and beautifully appointed kitchen and bath, 726 sf

1 bedroom, 1 bath, lots of light, wood floors, upgraded kitchen, W/D, ample closet space

$274,900

$189,900

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