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7 Nuttless Wonder It’s time for the mayor to lose his Droopy Dog demeanor.

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Regarding Tara Murtha’s recent column about B101 refusing to air child abuse ads unless explicit words are removed: It’s appalling that B101 refuses to air ads about child rape. The following quote reflects an attitude that’s all too prevalent: “’Mommy, what’s that mean?’ is a phrase that makes [parents] feel that we have let them down as a radio station.”

Correction: If parents can’t handle this question, it means that they as parents have let their children down. Such enforced ignorance makes children far more vulnerable to rape.

If they are to be empowered to resist unwanted sexual attentions, children must get a clear message that they own themselves and are entitled to decide for themselves what is “good touch” or “bad touch”—not have such judgments imposed on them by adults under the name of “love” or “protection.”

Hopefully, if anyone suspects a child is being abused they will, if possible, go to the child first with child-centered, non-leading questions like “Is someone hurting you?” or “Is someone doing something that makes you feel bad?” In this way, abuse won’t be swept under the rug, nor will children be traumatized by memories confabulated—or redefined as “bad”—in response to adult suggestion.

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Regarding Brian McManus’ recent tribute to late PW scribe Steven Wells: I have many fond memories of the stories Wells wrote on the soccer supporters group, the Sons of Ben. While the Sons of Ben may have had a large part in the creation of the Philadelphia Union and its new stadium in Chester, Swells must be given credit for bringing the Sons of Ben to the masses. He was the first journalist to take an interest in the group, and each of his articles swelled the membership ranks. The owner of the Union, looking for a city to put a team, learned about the passion of Philadelphia through the words of Wells. The rest as they say is history.

On Sunday, the Philadelphia Union opened their new home in Chester, and the Sons of Ben knew that somewhere, Swells was smiling.

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I just read your nicely written and very funny collection of snipets. Unfortunately, I just finished reading this on the train and laughed out loud several times; much to the annoyance (and probably concern) of my fellow riders. It’s great that you can memorialize some of his writing to highlight Steven’s special writing “style”. Thanks for the laughs on my way home tonight.

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PLCB’s cozy relationship with Jose Garces prompts cries of, “Oh, hell no.”

By Jenny DeHuff feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com where diners can buy liquor and drink it at a low price, that makes the playing field un-level for other restaurants,” Josephs says. “I have nothing against Garces, it just doesn’t seem fair to me that the agency doing the regulating picks and chooses between entities that it regulates.”

While restaurateurs have been chastising the relationship between Garces and the PLCB for a while now, the lawsuit actually stems from Gov. Ed Rendell’s veto of Senate Bill 81, legislation that would have made several amendments to the liquor code and prohibited a PLCB store from sharing an interior space with another business, unless that business prohibits the consumption of alcohol on its prem-

By Jacob Lambert feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com In 2008, Michael Nutter swept into the mayor’s office on a wave of optimism and a raft of big promises: he would clean up city government, mend public schools and work to lower taxes. He’d bring down crime rates and improve our air and water. Under him, Philadelphia would attract new business and retain its college graduates. Such assurances weren’t novel for a new mayor, but what was unique was a widespread sense that he actually might deliver.

Two years on, that optimism is gone, erased by fallen stocks and soured mortgages. In the political realm, “hope” has become an ironic pejorative. Since Nutter took office, city unemployment has nearly doubled, with budget gaps yawning wider each year. His days of bold pronouncements seem extraordinarily distant.

But if you look past the disappointment of the mayor’s early performance, you’ll find he’s acquitted himself fairly well. Public safety has indeed improved; City Hall no longer needs to be bugged.

Bucking regional trends, the population continues to rise, and small but significant measures—weekly recycling, truancy-reduction plans, the 311 system—keep rolling out. And while his failures have been glaring—his support of Arlene Ackerman; his handling of library closures and Big Willie Green; his recent losses to Council—it’s hard to see how much better Chaka Fattah or Tom Knox or Bob Brady would be doing at this point, with no cash to spend and ambitions on hold.

Even still, a dark cloud surrounds Nutter that cannot entirely be blamed on a shoddy economy. It’s a matter of Droopy Dog demeanor, but it’s also a matter of inaction. Case in point is the mayor’s lack of movement on the contracts of District Councils 33 and 47, which together represent 13,000 nonuniformed city workers. As recently reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer, both pacts expired last June—yet in the months since, Nutter has made few attempts to negotiate. Though pension obligations and health-care costs eat a quarter of

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ises. As for the already-done deal with Garces, terms of the bill state that his contract would not be renewed after its expiration date of January 2015.

In a veto message to the state Senate, Rendell said that prohibiting such an arrangement between a responsible business owner and the liquor board “impedes the modernization of alcohol sales in our Commonwealth.”

The governor went on to say, “In order to further bring Pennsylvania’s liquor sales practices into the 21st century, we need to encourage innovative PLCB programs and foster new and novel, progressive yet responsible ways to reach customers more easily.”

In a letter to P.J. Stapleton, chairman

of the PLCB, Kwass warned the board of the risks involved with the state going into the restaurant business.

Since there was no open solicitation for bids, Kwass says it appears to be another example of covert, preferential contracting by the PLCB. “What is shocking and surprising is that we would have been able to address these concerns, at least to the extent of maybe, 95 percent, with Senate Bill 81, and somehow, somebody got to the governor and got him to veto it.”

State Rep. Robert Donatucci, a Democrat in the 185th District that serves Philadelphia and Delaware counties, is chairman of the House’s liquor board committee. As a supporter of the bill, Donatucci says he was disappointed to see it squashed after it had passed successfully through the house and senate with majority approval.

“It’s wrong that you have an establishment that pays dearly for a liquor license, and then you have a restaurant that’s a BYOB, and for some reason, the PLCB can come in an open a store in there,” says Donatucci.

“Basically, we’re subsidizing their business,” Donatucci says. “And in a lot of cases, (the state) is paying rent to those places to have their store in there.”

Neither P.J. Stapleton, whom Rendell reappointed to his post early in the administration, or Jose Garces returned PW ’s calls or emails asking for comment.

While the defendants in the CROLF lawsuit stand button-lipped, it remains to be seen whether the state’s newfound interest in the hospitality industry will become contagious.

“The governor has seven months left,” says Donatucci. “It’s not worth the battle for that amount of time.

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The brow-raising “sweetheart” deal between Jose Garces and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has been the subject of rumblings in Center City since February, when the Iron Chef opened the only establishment in the city where consumers can purchase wine and spirits at lower cost, right from their comfortable seats at the Garces Trading Company.

Last week, the noise intensified when a group of feisty business owners filed a civil complaint against the PLBC’s arrangement with Garces Trading Company, the half restaurant, half state store nestled in the heart of Washington Square West, at 1111 Locust St. On June 21, members of the Coalition of Restaurant Owners for Liquor Control Fairness (CROLF), a compilation of restaurant owners who operate licensed and BYOB restaurants within a quarter-mile of Garces Trading Company, filed a lawsuit against the PLCB. “It is illegal, and it’s truly anti-competitive,” says CROLF attorney Dave Kwass. “Ultimately, the success of Garces Trading Company necessitates that other businesses can’t compete with it—that there are fewer consumer options, not more,” he says.

“I can literally plant my tush in Garces Trading Company seats and buy alcohol from the PLCB. Anybody who thinks we can compete with that doesn’t understand restaurant economics at all.”

Kwass says the group wants the liquor operations “shut down, suspended and, on a longer-term basis, the physical space be divided by a wall, as opposed to on the same footprint and premises.”

State Rep. Babette Josephs, whose district encompasses much of Center City, says the PLCB’s partnership with Garces is—to say the least—a conf lict of interest.

“Because the liquor board picked and chose between restaurants and bestowed on only one …the favor of allowing them to have this arraignment,

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Electile Dysfunction

City commissioners need to stop hiding and answer to the people.

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It’s been a rough year for city commissioners. Margaret Tartaglione, Anthony Clark and Joseph Duda are the officers paid to administer Philadelphia’s election systems, and who happen to be elected officials themselves.

Last March, the government watchdog Committee of Seventy called for the abolishment of their positions in the colorfully named report “Needless Jobs: Why Six Elected City Positions Should Die.” In September, a City Controller audit found serious payroll problems within the Commissioners’ Office.

Then, in November, the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA) estimated that the city could save up to $6.2 million by shuttering the Commissioners’ Office and having other city agencies absorb its duties.

Two weeks ago, Seventy released a report detailing five ways the city could improve the way it runs elections. Last week, the Philadelphia Inquirer pointed out that the three commissioners—Tartaglione, Clark and Duda—are the only elected officials who haven’t given back a portion of their salaries to the city, an appreciated gesture of shared sacrifice during an era of budget cuts and tax hikes.

Smelling blood, other blogs and publications are starting to pile on. So naturally, we called up the commissioners for comment, figuring they would want to defend their performance.

Comment we did not receive. Tartaglione was unavailable, while Clark and Duda did not return phone calls. The only person we were able to reach was Deputy Commissioner Fred Voigt, who declined to speak on any of the issues at hand.

Now, government officials not returning reporters’ calls isn’t unusual per se, but what stands out in this case is that the commissioners almost never engage with the press. Or the public. Or reform groups. They spurned requests to participate in or respond to any of Seventy’s reports. They also refused to respond to the Controller’s findings.

All we get is silence. Stonewalling. Pay no attention to the commissioners behind the curtain.

Which is troubling because some of the accusations made against the office are extremely disturbing.

“They have a certain narrow view of what their responsibilities are and beyond that don’t take any steps to make it easier for the public to vote or understand elections,” says Jon David, director of voter services for the Committee of Seventy.

In brief, Seventy’s reform suggestions trash the entire election system for being out of date, prone to electioneering and understaffed by poorly trained officials.

The website is devoid of useful information and the commissioners resist any suggestions to put election results up online in any timely manner.

The one time the commissioners are forced to deal with public comments— during meetings held in the run-up to elections—they don’t advertise when the meetings are or what topics they will cover. Nor do they post minutes afterward.

“It’s not like they ever say anything

that in any way indicates that people are welcome,” says Ellen Kaplan, Committee of Seventy’s vice president and policy director.

And the few who do attend are met with a hostile reception.

“You would not believe the way people are treated there. Everything from disparaging remarks about whatever issue they are coming in to talk about to name calling,” Kaplan says.

Tartaglione runs the meetings while Clark and Duda mostly stay silent, David says. “You really wonder what are we pay-

ing them for.”

Their alleged rudeness aside, ask yourself if partisan elected officials can be trusted to run fair elections in the first place. All three commissioners are ward leaders, by the way; Tartaglione and Clark are Democrats, Duda a Republican.

In fact, when the commissioners need to recuse themselves from certain aspects of running the elections every four years when they are candidates, the duties are picked up by fill-ins appointed by Common Pleas judges. So the commissioners are paid to do their job only three quarters of the time, and what’s more, if other parties are capable of running elections, what does that tell us about the necessity of having the elected commissioners at all?

There’s more. Why did Tartaglione take a nearly $300,000 DROP retirement payment in 2008 yet continues working and drawing a six-figure salary?

And what about the allegations that this week the commissioners are hearing Jonathan Ramos’ primary-election challenge to Angel Cruz for the 180th state House district seat because Ramos is allied with Ward Leader Carlos Matos, who is married to Renee Tartaglione, the chairwoman’s daughter and deputy commissioner?

Oh, and the fact that Tartaglione appointed her daughter as deputy in the first place?

What we really want to hear on these questions are the voices of the commissioners themselves. If their office really is necessary, let’s hear why. If the Committee of Seventy’s suggestions for election reform are off-base and impractical, let’s hear why. If blatant nepotism is an essential component of good government, please explain.

The drums of reform are beating in Philadelphia, with more and more corrupt and inefficient government offices targeted. The Board of Revision of Taxes is out, with the Clerk of Quarter Sessions probably next to go.

If the city commissioners shouldn’t be next on the chopping block, can they at least try to give us a credible reason why not?

The bizarre part of all this that usually elected officials can’t get enough publicity. Tartaglione was first elected in 1975, Duda in ’95, and Clark more recently, in 2007. Do these three feel so secure in their jobs that they can essentially make themselves invisible?

No. We voted you into office, and we can vote you out.

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Philadelphia’s budget—placing the issue at the heart of his administration’s thorniest problem—the sides haven’t met since December.

This isn’t an outrage, exactly; on its own, it’s not even all that gripping. But the episode speaks to a larger problem of Nutter’s, one that threatens to define him: His tenure has been utterly amorphous, with little guiding principle beyond scraping enough nickels into the till. That’s vitally important, to be sure, but it’s not something for the rest of us to rally around. Knox and the others may not have fared any better than the man who beat them, but at the very least, they would have established a tone. In a January interview with WHYY, Phil Goldsmith, Street’s former managing director, said it well: “I still have an issue of what’s this administration’s agenda.

What does it really stand for? It’s clear if you look at Rendell it was getting the city back fiscally strong and focusing on economic development. I think the last administration [Mayor John Street] was about neighborhood rejuvenation.

I’m not sure what this administration’s signature cornerstone is about.”

The stalled union talks, however, point to a “signature cornerstone”: just getting by. Last Sunday, Nutter’s spokesman told the Inquirer that “we’re not going to enter into contractual agreements that pigeonhole the future success of this city.” That position would be more admirable were it not for a lack of contractual discussion since there was two feet of snow on the ground. When Team Nutter finally faces the unions, talks will likely be contentious; a Council 33 lawyer told the newspaper that his clients, unsurprisingly, won’t “agree to anything that takes back benefits the members have fought for over the years.”

Nutter must work out a deal that will benefit the city, but the prospect of wounds suffered in the scuffle—and perhaps memories of November’s botched SEPTA negotiations—will persuade him to procrastinate for as long as he can.

While “just getting by” has practically become our national motto over the past two years—just eking out the next car or house or college payment—we deserve a more salient message from our leaders.

Nutter is smart and competent, and it’s been dispiriting to see him drifting around with the rest of us. Better days are a long way off, and we’ll need something stronger than wan resignation to get us through. Clearly, Nutter doesn’t have the taste for a Rendell-style union throwdown—but maybe he should work to acquire that taste. Because if he truly wants to wring savings from the unions and solidify Philadelphia’s future, he’ll need to first step into the ring. And then he’ll need to fight. n

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Unsettling Debt Sometimes paying what you owe isn't enough.

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thing they do is let all the creditors know [that he enrolled in a debtsettlement plan] and they send them the copy of a power of attorney,” Yard says. He adds that the company also told him to stop paying his credit card bills.

Two years later, Yard’s debt has grown by an additional $14,000 and he’s been sued by one of his creditors.

Yard joins a long list of debtors being victimized by the predatory, for-profit debt-settlement industry.

Debt-settlement companies promise to work with credit-card companies to write down debts— even when most creditors openly avoid working with them. As a result, some will advise consumers to discontinue their credit payments, so as to ease the settlement process when a debt is transferred to a debt buyer or collection agency, which are generally more apt to negotiate with settlement companies. Subsequently, consumers are then slapped with lawsuits from their creditors for months of missed payments. These debt-settlement companies, many of which operate without accreditation, then hit consumers like Yard with thousands of dollars in egregious fees and hidden charges.

“I feel stupid,” Yard says. “I was looking for a lifeline and [debt settlement companies] throw you an anchor.”

and I invested it in stocks.”

Yard says he invested his settlement money in bank stocks since “everybody was making money” off of them. He figured that if he were ever in dire straits, he could sell the stocks and live off of what he had left. Then, in October 2008, when the banks started to crumble, Yard’s nightmare scenario became a harsh reality.

“At the time, every night you turn on the TV, Citibank is going bankrupt, Bank of America is going bankrupt, so I sold them [the stocks] for practically nothing.”

With 90 percent of his stocks wiped out and without any steady income, aside from the Social Security disability checks, Yard began running up tabs on seven different credit cards. He also began supporting his girlfriend, who moved in to his home with her three children. When her

17-year-old daughter got pregnant, Yard depleted one of his retirement accounts to help her out. By the time Yard signed on with JDH, he was $50,000 in debt.

Based on records provided by JDH & Associates/J. Hass Group, Yard began making monthly payments of $816.64 to the debt-settlement company, including a $39 maintenance fee. These fees were laid out in the contract.

The documents show that JDH withheld the first three payments as a fee for their services. Each subsequent payment was placed in a trust account that would be used for settlement payments to credit card companies.

Over the next 15 months, the company received 48 percent of the payments, and it deposited the remainder into a bank account for settling debts via NoteWorld Servicing Center—a

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this multimillion dollar industry, Yard described himself as “a normal person who managed things.” He worked a series of odd jobs before settling in as an assistant general manager for Capital Auto Auction in Northeast Philadelphia. While at work, he says he suffered debilitating injuries to his back, wrist and neck after falling off of a platform. Yard was put on worker’s compensation and at that point, viewed retirement as a comfortable option. “I had a couple of retirement plans—I had done OK investing,” he says. “I had a SEP IRA and a traditional IRA, then I got a settlement from workman’s comp. I took the money from that

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rian Yard grew up in Towanda, a small blue-collar town in northern Pennsylvania, where, he says, people are scrupulous by nature and pay their debts as a general principle. Yard, 61, says he never imagined that this ingrained morality would be put to the test.

Early in 2008, Yard was suffocating in credit-card debt. His credit rating, once in good standing, had steadily plummeted. For Yard, filing for bankruptcy suddenly looked like a feasible option. But then a barrage of debt-settlement solicitors started calling him every day, voices with hollow promises of eliminating his mounting debt in less than three years. Yard says he had never heard of debt settlement before, so he ignored the calls.

Desperate to escape his financial woes, Yard finally picked up the phone one day in October 2008 and listened. Using powers of persuasion, a solicitor from Guardian Referral Network, a company “dedicated to helping individuals and families rid their lives of burdensome debt,” convinced Yard, a North Philly resident, to sign over his debt to a debtsettlement company. Willing to do almost anything to rid himself of the gnawing anxiety that had plagued him for months, Yard agreed. “When you’re between a rock and a hard place, you’re looking for a lifeline and you just kind of close your eyes and hope,” he says.

Acting as the middleman, Guardian Referral Network connected Yard with J. Hass Group, a debtsettlement company based in Arizona that, at the time, went by the name of JDH & Associates. A few days later, the company sent Yard a 20-page contract loaded with legal jargon and microscopic print.

At first, Yard put the documents aside, but the company persisted, calling him constantly and asking if he had signed yet. A month later, he signed the documents, which included a power of attorney that gave JDH the power to speak to Yard’s creditors on his behalf. “[The phone representative] told me the first

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THE DEBT-SETTLEMENT industry has a nationwide reach and has, for the most part, evaded effective federal and state regulation, largely thanks to relentless lobbying. The perceived ambiguity between nonprofit debt management and for-profit debt-settlement companies is a prime example of the industry’s disingenuous nature.

Debt-management plans are designed to distribute a consumer’s money to creditors on a monthly basis, negotiating deals with credit-card companies for payment arrangements, often with a set interest rate.

Debt-management companies and creditcounseling services do a financial analysis of every consumer to make sure they can afford the monthly payments.

Debt-settlement companies, however, charge exorbitant monthly fees over a twoto three-year period, regardless of whether the consumer has the means to make such payments, and allows money to accumulate in a special “trust account,” which is often administered by a different entity.

When enough money has been pooled, the company contacts the creditors and begins to negotiate the settlement, which usually ranges from 25 to 50 percent of the original debt. But with such high fees, consumers often sink further into debt, and the majority

AS UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES to rise and the economic crisis persists, many Philadelphians are becoming pawns of a multimillion dollar debt-settlement industry that preys on the desperate using tactics that skirt legality. By using shadowy contractors who advertise relentlessly on local radio and television stations, debt-settlement companies have the leeway to make deceptive claims about the “success rates” of settlement programs that would dupe even the most sophisticated of consumers.

Olga Cuevas is the antithesis to this argument: A consumer who, despite being underwater on five credit cards made her payments like a responsible debtor. Cuevas, also a North Philly resident, appears older than her 57 years, her wrinkles an indelible reminder of a lifetime of hardship as a working-class immigrant.

She never owned a credit card, partly because her husband had always warned her about the dangers of personal debt. Soon after her husband died in 2005, Cuevas, a

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The industry went through a vast expansion in the early part of the decade, partly due to a dramatic change in the fee structure that most settlement companies employed.

The old model had companies collecting a 1 percent retainer as a deposit with the other fees contingent on actually settling a debt.

Under the current blueprint, companies generally charge a flat-rate fee of upward of 15 percent of the total debt to be paid on a monthly basis. Most of these new-model companies registered as non-profit organizations, even though their practices resemble those of predatory for-profit firms.

Pennsylvania legislators have taken stabs at regulating debt-settlement companies starting with a 2007 law that gave the Department of Banking regulatory power over for-profit companies and forced them to apply for proper licenses. Joseph Leighton, a lobbyist for Pugliese Associates (a Pa. lobbying firm), advocated for the passage of this bill. “The whole point behind the legislation, to create a regulatory framework for operating a debt-management company in the commonwealth so that consumers were adequately protected,” he says.

Leighton says he worked to educate a number of legislators on the benefits of debtmanagement services, including the Department of Banking and State Rep. Dwight Evans, who ended up being the main sponsor of the bill and shepherded it through the House. “This was an industry that was not regulated at all in Pennsylvania and so this legislation set up the ability for the adminis-

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ments. [Yard] decided not to, or at the time he came in, wasn’t making his payments,” he says. “I can’t prove or disprove that, [but] the people who do marketing for us are explicitly told that is not something they can say.”

tration to set up some rules and regulations,” says Evans’ press secretary, Johnna Pro. But before the ink had dried on the legislation, The Association of Settlement Companies (TASC), a conglomerate of debt-settlement organizations, filed a preliminary injunction that prevented the state Department of Banking from enforcing the law. TASC had previously blocked similar, far-reaching legislation in Texas and was successful, at least in part, in rolling back reform in Pennsylvania, too. A state court blocked the banking department from regulating the fees that debt-settlement companies can charge. But the court did give the agency the right to issue licenses.

According to TASC’s website and membership directory, they count Guardian Referral Network, the company that roped Brian Yard, as a member of their organization. This despite the fact that they are not at all involved in the debt-settlement process except to provide a communication line between debtors and creditors and to connect a client with a debtsettlement company.

Despite the anti-regulatory actions, David Leuthold, executive director of TASC, says he wants the debt-settlement industry regulated, wants consumer protections and wants organizations like J. Hass Group barred from operating.

These statements ring hollow when his organization’s website boasts of road-blocking regulatory legislation that would “seriously impact the ability to perform debt settlement.” Leuthold is also the CEO of Century Negotiations, a Pa.-based debt-settlement company that had its accreditation revoked by the Better Business Bureau in January.

According to State Sen. Kim Ward, whose district includes North Huntingdon, where Century is located, Century came to her to and asked if she could do something “to make sure they were regulated and that they looked legitimate.”

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of debtors end up not finishing the program.

The ongoing recession has helped foster the debt-settlement boom.

“Let’s put it this way, roofers have business throughout the year. If a hurricane hits, roofers get ridiculously busy all at once,” says Andrew Goode, regional vice president of the Better Business Bureau’s Philadelphia branch. “In this case, [debt settlement] is a phenomenon that’s been around seven years now, but they go gangbusters when the economy sours. Their growth is explosive.”

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As for advising Yard to stop making his credit-card payments, Hass denies that his company would have said that. “We don’t tell people not to make their pay-

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Bend, Ore.-based payment processing company that recently had its accreditation license yanked by the Better Business Bureau—which charged Yard a mysterious $200 management fee, the only fee not detailed in Yard’s contract with the debtsettlement company.

Months passed and Yard’s debt burden only seemed to weigh heavier. He called the debt-settlement company to complain, and the following day a representative called back: One of the creditors had agreed to a “time sensitive” settlement offer. They agreed to take $2,525 on a $5,500 bill. Yard gave the green light to settle.

Yard was not as successful with his other credit cards because he stopped making his credit-card payments.

Subsequently, he was sued by one of his creditors.

The creditor demanded that Yard pay $14,313 on his original debt of $11,800.

When he turned the lawsuit over to JDH’s legal department, they responded with a settlement offer of $9,546—81 percent of the original debt and 67 percent of what it ballooned to. Yard reluctantly said yes, reasoning that this was his largest debt. A week later, the settlement company informed Yard that the credit-card company had rejected the offer.

Growing increasingly weary with the arrangement in April, 2010, Yard called Kerry Smith, an attorney with Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. “There’s really some question here as to how much the debt settlement company is doing,” says Smith, who works with dozens of clients like Yard.

“Mr. Yard is really unique in that he’s so dedicated to trying to make this work that he’s put in half of his income. He’s the rare consumer that actually accumulated money in a savings account and yet it doesn’t seem like [JDH] were doing anything until he called them.”

J. Hass Group is not an accredited organization, largely due to what company CKO Jeff Hass believes to be “blacklisting” by the Better Business Bureau, an organization whose board members, he says, are made up of bankers and competitors in the credit-counseling industry. “We were in the process of being accredited [by the Better Business Bureau] and [our grade] went to an F because they believed we weren’t part of a credible business,” Hass says.

The Bureau has processed more than 100 complaints against J. Hass Group since February 2008. Additionally, Florida’s Attorney General Bill McCollum investigated J. Hass Group CEO Jason Hass, Jeff ’s son, last June for violating a statute forbidding debt management or credit-counseling services from charging upfront fees in excess of $50. The case was closed after the money was refunded.

Jeff Hass attributes the fallout to miscommunications between his company and creditors. He says that consumers are often too skittish and wind up assigning blame to the debt-settlement company.

“When JDH or J. Hass calls and tells [consumers] one thing, and any other creditor calls them and tells them they never commu-

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former machine operator, contracted a bone disease that left her unable to work. With no income besides her monthly Social Security disability checks of $825, Cuevas started signing up for credit cards. Five to be exact.

She gave one of the cards to her son in Texas. Medical bills stemming from his diabetes combined with an accident that left him with significant hearing loss led to a series of missed payments. Now faced with an insurmountable level of debt and meager income, Cuevas began making the minimum payment each month on each card.

In July 2008, Cuevas signed up with the now-defunct Zero Debt Solutions Inc., a Florida-based debt-settlement company that had never received accreditation from the Better Business Bureau. Like Yard, Cuevas succumbed to persistent phone solicitations, multiple times every day. “They kept calling and calling, and they told me … that I’m going to spend almost my whole life paying just the minimum payment,” Cuevas says. “I asked, ‘Well, when are they going to finish [settling all her debt]?’ They told me I was going to be off debt in three years.”

Instead, under the 33- to 41-month program set up for her by Zero Debt Solutions, Cuevas sank further into the money pit.

According to documents provided by her attorney, Cuevas made payments of $300 per month from July 2008 to April 2010, including a “setup fee” of $399 over the first four months, all deposited into the pockets of the debt-settlement company. The next six months of the program saw 50 percent of her payments going toward her “enrollment fee,” totaling $900.

The settlement company set up a “special purpose banking account” for her through the Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust in Colorado. Monthly payments of $300 were deposited in this account, coupled with fees of $49 for service and 45 cents for every deposit.

The company did settle one of her debts of $5,982 for $3,070, 48 percent of the original payment. However, when factoring in the 29 percent commission that the company took, a total of $844, the actual settlement was only for $2067, a 34 percent savings.

Cuevas said she was kept in the dark throughout the entire process. She claims Zero Debt sent her a letter explaining that they would soon be settling one of her debts, but then never heard back from them. “They told me they were going to open the bank account to transfer the money from this bank to the other one,” she said. “I didn’t know about that [$3,000 settlement], if they did, I didn’t get it.”

Records show that Zero Debt took Cuevas for $7,000, half of which were in fees. Cuevas also claims that the company told her to stop paying her creditors, having her sign a power of attorney so that they could negotiate on her behalf. When two of her creditors sued her for missed payments, Cuevas contacted Smith, the Philadelphia attorney. “[Zero Debt Solutions] put her in a worse credit position because even though she was under water, she was still making her payments on time every month,” Smith says. “So now, they tell her to stop making her payments.”

Smith adds that while all of the fees were outlined in the fine print of her contract, Zero Debt’s persistent phone harassment and the oral assurance of getting Cuevas out of debt in three years far outweighs whatever language they had in her contract.

“The sad part is, they really prey on people’s good will, literally, by taking all of [their] money,” she says.

The BeTTer Business Bureau has not

given up the fight to regulate this industry.

It recently put debt-settlement companies in its “inherent problem” category, and companies like Noteworld have had their accreditation revoked simply for associating themselves with the industry.

On the national front, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) recently introduced legislation that would prevent debt-settlement companies from collecting fees until debts are settled.

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a debt-relief amendment to the Telemarketing Sales Rule. The amendment would require companies to disclose exactly how long a customer must wait for a settlement. It also wants companies to state up front that a debt-settlement program will tank a debtor’s credit rating.

“The FTC is trying to show and have these entities prove [the statistics they provide], especially in their advertising,” said Patricia Hasson, president of the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of the Delaware Valley, a nonprofit debt-management organization. “You’ll see in a lot of their advertising, ‘We eliminated 70 percent of your debt’, and I think where the FTC is winning is that they [the debt-settlement companies] don’t have the data to support that.”

Yet the debt-settlement industry is nothing if not resourceful: The companies do not make the advertisements that run constantly on radio and television. Instead, the companies commission “lead generators” to handle the advertising, and many of the ads offer inaccurate information on fees and statistics on settlements. These shadow games are particularly hard to police because it exonerates debt-settlement companies from any faulty advertising of their product.

“Instead of actually doing the debt settlement and consulting, [referral agencies] actually talk to you about the problem and then they recommend an outside agency,” says Goode of the Better Business Bureau.

Goode says these companies often call themselves “life counselors” and often collect referral fees from the consumer they help and the company they recommend.

Now, Brian Yard and Olga Cuevas are simply statistics. According to numbers put out

by TASC, more than 75 percent of consumers fail to complete their debt settlement program. Only 34.4 percent of consumers who started debt settlement three years earlier had either “substantially completed” their debt settlement plans or were still actively saving for settlements. Meanwhile, according to an industry survey done in September and October of 2009, the total amount in fees collected by TASC members was approximately $126 million. n

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Philly’s most fun, interactive improv troupe, Dumpsta Playas, is keepin’ it patriotic this week. When title character Mrs. Miller stumbles upon a Tea Party, she’s disgusted to learn the only beverage being served is a big ol’ dose of tax-induced Haterade. She jumps into her time machine in hopes of finding a less priggish lifestyle in 1776. Instead, she bumps into Paul Revere and Betsy Ross, who give her some vital info to bring back to 2010. Crazy shit goes down, and the show eventually

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In recent years he’s led the acclaimed Adrian Belew Power Trio with Philly’s own Julie Slick (bass) and her brother, Eric Slick (drums). But now that Eric’s drumming in Dr. Dog full-time, the trio is on hold and Belew’s bringing his oneman show—full of improvisation and loops and odd noises and strange gadgets and more—to town tonight. Michael alan GoldberG

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station. And this baby has drink specials till midnight. erica palan 9pm. $5. Fluid, 613 S. Fourth St. 215.629.3686. djrobertdrake.com

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5:30pm. $30. Leaves from dirty Franks, 347 S. 13th St. 800.537.7676. muralarts.org

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ny citizen of the former title-holder of fattest city in America knows that going down the shore ain’t about the sand. A Jersey vacation is about stuffing your face with Mack and Manco’s and other arteryclogging treats. Now, you can cut out the middleman and eat your heart out without paying bridge tolls. At Zahav’s Down the Shore party, totally-worththe-hype chef Michael Solomonov will handle pizza while other notable chefs—including Percy Street’s Erin O’Shea, Fork’s Terence Feury, Mémé’s David Katz and Bistrot la Minette’s Peter Woolsey—will prepare other shore favorites like ice cream sandwiches, popsicles, burgers and hot dogs. And in case you’re concerned that a party with Philly’s culinary heavy hitters is too classy to have the word “Jersey” in the title, they’ve got it covered. Word on the street is that all the chefs will don mullet wigs and a Journey cover band will provoke drunken sing-alongs to “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Beach tags not required, but advance tickets are, so get ’em now. erica palan Thurs., July 1, 5pm. $25. Zahav, 237 St. James Place, 215.625.8800. zahavrestaurant.com

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In the second installment of their three-appearance summer Neighborhood Concert series, in which the Philadelphia Orchestra leaves their Kimmel Center home to hop around the city playing free concerts for people who might not otherwise get to see them, the Philadelphia Orchestra will play at Penn’s Landing. Given the date, it’s unsurprising that there will be a ton of American composers on the bill, from Bernstein to Copland to Berlin (the Irving one, not the German one), led by assistant conductor Danail Rachev. The closing number, though is Russian: the traditional summer-repertory pairing of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture with fireworks as cannon-fire percussion. Say what you may about things that are overdone, this one is still totally fun. This concert series comes on the heels of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s hiring of Montreal native Yannick Nezét-Séguin (or, as it’s being thrown around, “YNS”) as their new music director, he’ll start in fall 2012. Kurt hirSch 8pm. Free. penn’s Landing, Columbus Blvd. at Chestnut St. delawareriverevents.com

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DJ Robert Drake has a baby, and its name is Sex Dwarf. Drake began the monthly dance party way back in 2003 and and despite launching other parties—including the new-ish Thursday night Time Warp at the Barbary—it’s remained his favorite. A nightlife staple, Sex Dwarf is the only fete in town where you can shake your money-

maker exclusively to the Cure, Joy Division, the Pet Shop Boys and other New Wave.

This month, Drake (along with fellow DJ Marilyn Thomas) has gussied up his baby for a trip to the beach. The music stays the same, but now partygoers are encouraged to don Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops and drape themselves in celebratory plastic Day-Glo necklaces. Ditch the whole fashionably late thing; partygoers arriving before 10 p.m. get in for free and get first pick of the lei

6pm. $50. pa convention center, 1101 Arch St. 800.876.7464. barbershop.org/philly

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Cali-based Americana rockers stick close to their roots on this month’s acoustic-heavy sophomore LP History From Below. Yet, amid the tinges of country, blues and soul inspired by many others before them, there’s a continued freshness to the passionate vocals of Matthew Vasquez and his comrades and, even though the band has subtracted a guitarist, a fullness to their finely constructed melodies.

There’s a tick-tocking heartbeat in the slowly building “White Table.” There’s minimalist poignancy in fragile acoustic songs like “Ransom Man.” There’s life and color all the way through, which should lend itself beautifully to the spontaneity of the group’s live presentation. Kevin broSKy

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The boy bands with their sex-you-up R&B harmonies come and go (and come back again: Philly-raised Boyz II Men are now adultz) but the songs remain the same for the barbershop quartets of the nation. It’s unlikely you’ll be able to get your hair cut at the Convention Center this week when thousands of old-school, four-part harmonizers are in town for the 72nd convention of the Barbershop Harmony Society, a week of events that began in a friendly way last week, but will culminate in a championship tessitura smackdown Saturday night. Contestants will wring every drop of harmonious sweetness from “polecats,” or barbershop standards, like “Sweet Adeline” and “Down by the Old Mill Stream.”

Some ambitious crooners might try to tackle babymaker “I’ll Make Love to You” for kicks, but contest rules are stringent, so they’ll probably stray only as far as Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me.” peter criMMinS

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8pm. $30-$42. With Julie Slick. World cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

Remember when you were knee-high and you would go on school field trips? With a finger jammed up your nose, you’d gawk at the houses of dead people and eyeball large, fractured bells while resisting the urge to pee your pants. This is sort of like that, except instead of learning tedious history, you’ll get cultured on 10 of Philly’s fascinating murals.

Even better, you’ll be swapping that juice box for a cold beer, courtesy of the three bars you’ll be stopping at between art talk, hopping from Dirty Franks to McGillin’s to Field House. Punctuality will ensure that you won’t be the only kid without a travel buddy and that you don’t miss out on an account of Philadelphia’s murals and the history of the bars that coincide with them. rachel StuMpo

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Faith No More Twenty hot summers ago, the fish flopped, metal-met-rap-met-punk-met-funk, Mike Patton got his existential on like Kierkegaard, and Faith No More—which had toiled in semi-obscurity for much of the previous decade—attained superstardom. Before the ’90s were over, though, Faith No More was no more. Until last year, when the band’s final lineup (basically everyone you remember except guitarist Jim Martin, who quit in 1993 and is now a champion pumpkin farmer) reunited for some European shows, and have kept the party going into 2010.

From the footage we’ve seen, the band seems into it enough to make the old grooves meaningful once more. By the way, the fish was Björk’s.

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7:30pm. $25-$49.50. Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave. 215.893.1999. manncenter.org

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We Were Promised Jetpacks

We Were Promised Jetpacks are another batch of brooding Scottish rockers that’ve bubbled to the surface the last couple years, Not as twee as Frightened Rabbit or as noisily inscrutable as the Twilight Sad, WWPJ share a similar penchant for graceful melancholia draped in slashing guitars.

If the music sometimes creeps with a moody sweep beneath singer/guitarist Adam Thompson’s keening croon it never aspires to the same level of grandiose pomposity as their atmospheric U.K. peers (i.e. Coldplay, Snow Patrol). These Four Walls features its share of drifting ballads, but they’re balanced by brash guitars echoing the Wedding Present’s ringing churn, and they escalate their sonic aggression live. ChRis PARKER 8pm. $12-$14. With Bear Hands + the Static Jacks.

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Do West Philly kids celebrate Independence Day in an unironic way? Danger Danger Gallery is confident that—with a dose of live art-rock, a Beer-B-Que and Oliver Stone agitprop in its gallery space—it is pledging its allegiance the fun way. “Ameri-tacular” features a lineup of 10 bands on two floors and screenings of patriotic films like Born on the Fourth of July, Team America and The Patriot. Brooklyn’s barechested punk rockers O’Death are headlining.

The band recently burned through its funds while drummer David Rogers-Berry fought off bone cancer. Since the Fourth rarely offers you the chance to be a Good Samaritan, unless you count wheeling your grandpa to the buffet table, chip in this once. The West Philly shindig relocates at night to Elena’s Soul Lounge for those over 21. The daytime festivities, however, are open to all ages. Because what screams family more than bands named O’Death, Skeletonbreath and Drunk Tigers? Certainly not the Goo Goo Dolls. MARK MAURER

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1pm. $5-$10. With O’Death, Paper Mice, Andrew Cedermark, Drunk Tigers, U.S. Girls, Skeletonbreath and Levee Drivers. danger danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave. myspace.com/dangerdangergallery.com

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Vegan Soapmaking

Usually incorporating bath products into your social life means engaging in activities a little risque for even this paper to print. But partners Steve Duross and James Langel invite you to see how much fun soap can be outside the bathroom at their boutique downtown. Head to the homey shop that makes Bath & Body Works seem like Walmart any day of the week to pick up beauty products made of ingredients that are 98% derived from botanical sources. But for a more hands-on experience, join Steve at the in-store kitchen to learn to blend and color basic vegetable soap bases. The free one-hour demonstration showcases the transformation of all-natural, vegan-approved bases of pure coconut, safflower and olive oils into creamy soaps that smell and look as beautiful as they feel. hAnnAh KEysER 6pm. Free. duross & Langel, 117 S. 13th St. 215.592.SOAP. durossandlangel.com.

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Coliseum

Ryan Patterson got his start in Kentucky hardcore band National Acrobat before forming the legendarily abrasive Black Cross with his brother in 2001. His latest band, Coliseum, seemed at first to be a continuation of his uncompromising Black Flag-and-early-Dischord-referencing journey. Lately, a switch from hardcore mainstay Relapse Records to the more expansive postrock territories of Temporary Residence has heralded a change in Coliseum’s sound. House with a Curse, the band’s latest, has string parts, discernible melodies and backing vocal cameos from Bonnie Prince Billy and J. Robbins. Though still blistering, still built on monumental riffs, still ragged with metal-shredded vocals, Coliseum’s songs have taken a more distended approach, with a droning undercurrent that might remind you of Kyuss. J.K. 6pm. $10. Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave. 215.634.7400. myspace.com/thenewbarbary

Drink Yourself Philly Tir Na Nog becomes the first bar on the East Coast to offer self-serve beer taps.

By Mark Mauer

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Should Philadelphians be legally allowed to serve themselves alcohol from the tap at a bar? Tir Na Nog’s new hands-on craze comes with a greater burden of responsibility.

I picture—for PG audiences with an “X” sharpied on the back of their hands—some guy open-mouthed under a slushie machine until he succumbs to brain-freeze. For the 21-plus crowd, it sounds like a damn near mobocracy of incorrigible automatons guzzling booze, the ramifications of which could amount to greater detriment than a headache or departed brain cells.

Self-serve could very well promote anarchic levels of alcohol consumption, but the current system of a digital counter and a waiter’s warning maintains control.

The portable Draft Master, as it’s called, seats up to eight people, typically dispensing Guinness and Danish beer Carlsberg.

A 20-ounce Imperial pint costs $6.50. The bar isn’t sweating a return on the investment. In six months, at a rate of two kegs sold per week, the bar expects the $10,000 it spent on Draft Master to be paid in full.

Adorned with artistically carved metal inscribed with the Arth Guinness insignia, the Draft Master is a fancy addition to a bar that’s arguably a league above its classification as Irish pub. Below the round wooden plank is the Draft Master’s chemistry set—two kegs, a glycol unit, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and a gas blender. Irish company Ellickson International—which from its website seems to cater exclusively to drowsy rugby players—manufactured the machine.

Ellickson has teamed up with Guiness parent company Diageo to install about 300 in Ireland and so forth.

It’s the first of its kind in America, Tir na Nog bar manager Ken Merriman claims, though in the past two years select foodand-drink joints in Chicago, Atlanta and other places in Georgia unveiled similar tabletop taps.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board isn’t sure just how many of these will be cropping up statewide, but self-serve is permissible as long as the establishment adheres to the general code’s prohibition of serving to minors and the visibly intoxicated. Bars don’t need a separate license, the Board says.

On a recent Friday, I stopped by to casually drink with my friends at the bar’s sole self-serve table, which sparked tension and competition from onlookers. Points and stares were sent our direction. A gaggle of bros with soccer fever and American flag bandanas fastened around their buzzed heads plotted to overtake our stools, flatout demanding it to the hostess.

Draft Master is a smash in Ireland, where

it has excelled as a social lubricant among ebullient strangers. But it seems to create animosity or ambivalence here. Aside from the conniving, angry bros, no one thought to approach us or join in.

You’d think the waitstaff would be up in arms about Draft Master. After all, if you can serve yourself, you don’t need them, and tips plummet. But curiosity and grapevine gossip have kept the waitstaff’s tip stack alive and well. Waitress Kate Soloff says she talks to patrons even more than usual, in order to explain just how it all works.

To save yourself money, turn to your mathematician friend who can crunch

Self-serve tap at Tir Na Nog

numbers when soused. The digital readout keeping track of how much you’ve imbibed—a decimal figure to the nearest hundredth—equates 1.00 to about 20 ounces. The wait staff rounds up to the nearest pint if your figure is more than halfway to the next whole number. To squeeze out an extra pint, taper off your last brew at .49.

Jason Harris, owner of Keystone Homebrew Supply in Montgomeryville and sponsor of the Philly Beer Geek competition every year, bailed on an invite to see what the fuss was about, decrying the lack of selection on tap.

If Harris had it his way, patrons could call ahead to request an on-tap selection.

Harris’ cult picks for self-serve selection during a Philly summer: Troegs Flying Mouflan, Yards Brawler and Sly Fox. Sure, an old-school beer elitist and Luddite who pines for classier, craftier suds could view this tableside toy as a distraction. But, if self-serve doesn’t put barkeeps out of a job, doesn’t take a bite out of waiters’ tips, and can thrive without prescribing mayhem, then perhaps it could be a neigh-beer-hood boon. n

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First Friday Roundup Clay, Jolie, Wired & Hazy and Straight & Butch: What not to miss. various ceramics programs, from Columbus, Ohio, to Baton Rouge, La., all of whom push the boundaries of clay as a medium, questioning both form and function. There are 42 total works in the show, all of which were selected from a pool of hundreds of applicants as representing the next generation of ceramic artists. The winners of the cash prizes for best in show will be announced at the opening reception. I think that means a blue ribbon for best gestalt. (Manya Scheps) Fri., July 2, 5pm. Through Aug. 1. Clay Studio, 139 N. Second St. 215.925.3453. theclaystudio.org

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Butch Cordora shaves (totally straight) Gervase Peterson's head in this Tony Ward photo in "Straight & Butch."

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Fri., July 2, 6-9pm. Through Aug. 1. Ven and Vaida, 18 S. Third St. 215.592.4099. venandvaida.com

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Jolie Laide Opening

After 12 years of creating custom spaces for homes, restaurants and retail with their Surface & Architecture Workshop, Scott Stewart and Young Yoon have dropped anchor in their new gallery space, Jolie Laide (a Francoplay on “Pretty Ugly”). This Friday, director Travis Heck, a Penn MFA grad previously employed by Stewart and Yoon as a craftsman and tapped to curate their gallery, pulls up the curtain on a trio of artists who will fill the (of course) beautifully appointed space: Kevin Baker, Tom Costa and Austin Eddy will have their work presented in 1,000 square feet of converted raw space.

Baker’s childhood in Kentucky has shaped his fascination with flowers, kitsch, color and materials. In the way that his mother painted floral wallpaper, Baker embellishes oilcloth in different ways: grotesquely, ornately or elegantly. Costa paints architectural landscapes that are surreal and morbid. His focus on the decrepit and decaying translates beautifully in accordance to his expert attention to light. Eddy’s a Chicago-trained artist who loves portraiture and interiors, here playing with dimension, perspective and color to create abstracted furniture, textiles and domestic spaces. Keep an eye on this new space. (Bill Chenevert)

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June 30- July 6, 2010

Warm in their halos of responsible life decisions, graduate students are darlings of the art world. Reappropriating the organic meta-narrative of nuance, or disfiguring the détournement of quotidian grace, or whatever it is that they’re exploring, they offer curators academic freshness. Really, really self-critical freshness. The Clay Studio exhibits the best work of grad-student artists from schools across the country this month in the Seventh annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition. The show is not only an opportunity for artists to broaden their audience, but also to sell their work to the public. The show features 28 young artists from 17

Fri., July 2, 6pm. Through Aug. 21. SALT Art Gallery, 212 Race St. 215.939.7426. saltartgallery.com

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Butch Cordora’s dream was to make a glossy fantasy photo calendar and a movie portraying a gay man (himself) with selected straight men. The straights are nude in the pictures and ... OK, Butch’s dream is a very special niche dream, but it’s one that he’s turned into a reality. Cordora, the voluble host of local gay TV talk show “In Bed with Butch,” is a Warholian creative entrepreneur with a line of products and a radio show. Now he’s unveiling a gallery exhibition at Ven and Vaida and, roll the drums, the July 14 world premiere at Philly’s QFest of Straight & Butch, a documentary on the making of the 2009 calendar. Cordora’s not a trained artist, so he hired professional photographers and filmmakers for this project including renowned erotic photographer Tony Ward. If you’re not in the niche market for the photos, check out the documentary—it’s great! Paced like a Bravo TV reality show, Butch cavorts like a flirty and beguiling sprite and the straight men pledge their friendship and straightness, with an occasional girlfriend or wife in the background. (Roberta Fallon)

While summer is still new and we haven’t yet remembered that Philadelphia gets pretty damn stinky when the temperature rises to about 90 degrees, embrace the season with SALT Art Gallery’s “Summer Show.” Owner and curator Mike Veneziale conceived the show as an opportunity to have artists use varying media to capture the essence of the summer heat. “I gave them this concept of giving their work a hazy, strung-out, dream-like motif,” says Veneziale. “I suggested the artists to work in an extremely hot (temperature wise) environment and encouraged the use of speed pills, coconut rum and suntan lotion on a daily basis.” Featuring five artists, including local sculptor Jill Allen, “Wired & Hazy” goes up this Friday. It’s worth checking out, particularly for Brooklyn illustrator Thomas Pitilli’s gorgeous black and white drawings. You might recall Pitilli’s recent work on the cover of City Paper ’s agriculture issue. We won’t hold it against him. (Erica Palan)

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The Arden Theatre Company concludes the 2009-10 season on a high note with a polished production of James Lapine’s and Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer-winning musical about art and the isolation of genius, Sunday in the Park with George.

Sunday is inspired by Georges Seurat’s painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” The huge canvas, familiar to most, depicts Parisians relaxing in a public park using pointillism, a technique in which tiny, dotlike brushstrokes of different colors are blended in the viewer’s mind instead of on the canvas.

The first act opens in Paris in the summer of 1884. Georges (Jeffrey Coon) is a fixture in the park, sketching its inhabitants for his masterpiece. Georges loves and needs order, painting things not as the messy, complex things they are, but as the perfect and simple things he wishes they would be. It's a trait that works less well in other aspects of his life. He works to the exclusion of everything else, including his charming, independent model and mistress Dot (Kristine Fraelich). Though Dot adores Georges, she’s eventually unwilling to play second fiddle to his art and leaves him for a kind baker, whose work is “easier to swallow.”

The theme of the price of prioritizing artistic vision over human connection is repeated throughout the musical, even as it shifts centuries. In Act II, the story skips to modern times. Georges’ great-grandson George (also played by Coon) is debuting his new installation piece, Chromolume #7.

The art world now exclusively celebrates the new. Anything that isn’t revolutionary is passé, and, as George is on his seventh Chromolume, he fears his well of inspiration has run dry.

Director Terrence J. Nolen highlights the connection between Georges and George (aided by Coon’s capable dual performance), neither of whom feel capable of connecting with the people in their lives.

The link is well-illustrated by choreographer Niki Cousineau and sound/projection/ video designer Jorge Cousineau’s Chromolume design, a notoriously awkward

stumbling block for many productions. The Arden’s production takes advantage of 25 years’ worth of technology advances with a fascinating multimedia creation that mixes video projection, live action, computer graphics and Seurat’s painting. Dot, one of the largest and most central figures in “La Grande Jatte,” walks as a ghostlike video projection around the stage on a series of screens, themselves moving across the stage. She’s joined by other characters before they all disintegrate into dots, floating, then exploding into a dazzling blizzard of color, light, and movement. It is a visually thrilling moment, and a nice contrast to the stillness of “La Grande Jatte.”

Rosemarie E. McKelvey’s colorful, graceful costumes are lovely recreations of the iconic outfits in “La Grande Jatte,” and James Kronzer’s scenic design exploits the picture-frame effect of the theater’s proscenium arch stage to nudge us toward the connection between an empty stage and the artist’s blank canvas.

The Arden’s 1994 staging of Sunday was a dud, mostly due to a cast lacking the experience to tackle Sondheim’s precise, mathematical score. No such problem exists this time around. Fraelich sets the tone right out of the gate with an effortless performance of the show’s grueling opening number, “Sunday in the Park with George.”

The almost sadistically challenging piece is handled with confidence and charm. Coon should have captured a Barrymore Award for his portrayal of John Wilkes Booth in the Arden’s 2007 staging of Sondheim’s Assassins, and he’s even better here. His rich baritone is confident in both roles.

If you prefer your musicals with splashy dance numbers, stick-in-your-head melodies and plenty of stand-up-and-cheer moments, Sunday is probably not going to tickle your fancy. But if you want to see a musical that wants you to use your head while you’re tapping your feet, then the Arden’s handsome production is just the ticket. n Sunday in the Park with George Through July 4. $29-$48. The Arden, 40 N. Second St. 215.922.1122. ardentheatre.org

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Locks Gallery

Fiddler on the Roof

As Tevye tries to hold onto his religion, his Russian-Jewish traditions and his five daughters, he learns that life is “as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.” $10-$75. Thru July 18. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215.574.3550. walnutstreettheatre.org

Moonlight and Magnolias

Three men struggle to create a script for one of the mot famous movies of all time while dealing with racism, politics and anti-Semitism in late 1930s Los angelos. $20-$35.

Thru July 10. Montgomery Theater, 124 N. Main St., Souderton. montgomerytheater.org

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Thurs/1, 4-6pm. Greg Dunn: ”Nature and Neurons.” Thru Aug. 6. 3611 Walnut St. upenn.edu

3rd Street Gallery

Fri/2, 5-9pm. Michael J. Dalton: ”Building Violence.” Thru Aug. 4. 58 N. Second St. 215.625.0993. 3rdstreetgallery.com

F.A.N Gallery

Fri/2, 5-9pm. Kate Kern Mundie: ”Recent Paintings.” Thru July 24. 221 Arch St. 215.922.5155. fanartgallery.com

gAlleRies Newman Galleries

Various artists: “2010 Members Exhibition.” Thru July 9. 1625 Walnut St. newmangalleries.com

AxD Gallery

Various artists: “East Meets East.”

Thru July 3. 265 S. 10th St. a-x-d.com

Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib: ”Whiteout.” Thomas Chimes: ”On Alfred Jarry.” Thru July 16. 600 S. Washington Square. locksgallery.com

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts

Various artists: “Let’s Go Enjoy Nature!” Thru Aug. 3. 1108 Pine St. 215.923.7000. seraphingallery.com

Various artists: “Spectrum: Contemporary Color Abstraction.” Lawrence Cromwell: ”Make it Bigger.” Various artists: “NEW: 2010 Members’ Juried Exhibition.” Tannaz Farsi: ”Of News and Reclamation.” 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington Del. 302.656.6466. thedcca.org

Project Basho

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center

Seraphin Gallery

Various artists: “Friends of Project Basho 2010.” Thru July 30. 1305 Germantown Ave. 215.238.0928. projectbasho.org

Various artists: “Daydream Nation: 1st Annual Contemporary Photography Competition.” Thru Aug. 21. 1400 N. American St. 215.232.5678. philaphotoarts.org

Stockbridge Fine Art

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Justin James Reed: ”Don’t Die.” Thru July 31. 319 N. 11th St. 215.629.4040. stockbridgefineartprint.com

Proximity Gallery

JoKa: “Self Portraits of People I Don’t Know.” Thru July 15. 2434 E. Dauphin St. 267.825.2949. proximityart.com

InLiquid, Crane Hall

Nancy Agati: ”Stratum.” Thru July 31. 1400 N. American St. inliquid.com

Twelve Gates Gallery

Various artists: “Erasing Borders 2010.” Thru July 24. 305 Cherry St. 267.519.2737. twelvegatesgallery.com

Gallery51

BoYoung Moon: ”Fabrications: Contemporary Arts and Textiles” Thru Aug. 7. 51 N. Second St. gallery51.net

The Print Center

Various artists: “84th Annual International Competition: Photography.” Bill Walton: ”Tracings/ Transfers/Copies/Forgeries.” Thru July 24. 1614 Latimer St. 215.735.6090. printcenter.org

Philadelphia Art Alliance

Various artists: “Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections.” Andrea Gaydos Landau: ”Control Point.” Thru Aug. 12. 251 S.18th St. philaartalliance.org

Andy Warhol: ”Andy Warhol Polariods and B&W Prints.” Various artists: “The Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States.” 128 N. Broad St. 215.327.2101. pafa.org

Gallery 339

Various artists: “In Review.” Thru Sept. 4. 339 S. 21st St. gallery339.com

UC Arts League

Beth Uzwiak and Elysa Voshell: ”Nights at the Circus.” Thru July 3.

4226 Spruce St. 215.382.7811. ucartsleague.org

The Institute of Contemporary Art

Various artists: “Queer Voice.” Thru Aug. 1. 118 S. 36th St. 215.898.7108. icaphila.org

Abington Art Center

Judy Engle, Alison Stigora, Atsuko Tajima, and Jay Walker: ”Solo Series 2010.” Thru July 25. 515 Meetinghouse Rd. 215.887.4882. abingtonartcenter.org

Alex Queral: ”Linear Abstractions.”

Donna Usher: ”Meditations.” Thru July 3. 47-49 N. Second St. lgtrippgallery.com

Part Time Studios.

Ryan Brennan: ”Beneath The Unraveling Horizon.” Thru June 30. 2031 Frankford Ave. 215.948.2242. parttimestudios.com

Mulberry Art Studios

Bob Forrey: ”Untitled.” Bob Grobengieser: ”For the Beauty and Love of the Earth.” Thru June 30.

19-21 N. Mulberry St. mulberryartstudios.com

Langman Gallery

Various artists: “Icons of Costume: Hollywood’s Golden Era and Beyond.” Thru Sept. 5. 138 S. Pine St. 215.340.9800. michenermuseum.org

Nancy E. F. Halbert: ”A Painted Diary: Figurative Expressions.” Thru July 25. 162 N. Third St. knappgallery.com

Muse Gallery

Patricia O’Holloran: ”Remember Wonder.” Thru July 30. 52 N. Second St. 215.627.5310. musegalleryphiladelphia.com

Square Peg Artery & Salvage

Anthony Kosiakowski and Sara Horne: “Untitled.” Thru July 30. 108 S. 20th St. 215.360.5548. squarepegartery.com

Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Mark Brosseau: ”Wondrous Spaces.”

Thru July 31. 709 Walnut St. 215.413.8893. bridgettemayergallery.com

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The National Constitution Center

Philadelphia Mutter Museum

Various artists: “Corporeal Manifestations.” Thru Aug. 2. 19 S. 22nd St. 215.563.3737. collphyphil.org

Various artists: ”OUTSIDE/INSIDE.” Masaki Kobayashi: ”Capturing Sky.” Thru Aug. 15. 401 S. Broad St. 215.545.4400. gershmany.org

City Hall

Various artists: “Currency.” Thru July 23. 4th floor. 215.686.9912. phila.gov/ artincityhall

Library Company of Philadelphia

“Philadelphia on Stone.” Thru Oct. 15. 1314 Locust St. librarycompany.org

Longwood Gardens

“Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance.” Thru Nov. 21. 1001 Longwood Rd. 610.388.5200. longwoodgardens.org

International House

David S. Kessler: ”Selected Portraits.” Thru July 2. 3701 Chestnut St. 215.895.6533. ihousephilly.org

Various artists: “Being ‘We the People’: Afghanistan, America and the Minority Imprint.” Various artists: “Ancient Rome & America.” 525 Arch St. 215.409.6600. constitutioncenter.org

The Philadelphia Foundation

The Franklin Institute

“Cleopatra.” Thru Jan. 2. 222 N. 20th St. 215.448.1200. fi.edu

schools & univeRsiTies

Penn Museum

Drexel University

Various artists: “Cleopatra: Search for the Last Queen of Egypt.” Thru Jan. 2. 3260 South St. 215.898.4001. penn. museum

The Chemical Heritage Foundation

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Gershman Y

Various artists: “Marvels and Ciphers: A Look Inside the Flask.”

Thru Dec. 10. 315 Chestnut St. 215.925.2222. chemheritage.org/marvels

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Museum Various artists: ”Secundum Artem.”

Thru Jan. 31. 600 S. 43rd St. 215.596.8800. usp.edu/museum

Various artists: “See Change: Photographs from the Leeway Foundation.” Thru Oct. 20. 1234 Market St. 215.563.6417. philafound.org

Various artists: “Ni Una Mas: Not One More, The Juarez Murders.”

Thru July 16. 3401 Filbert St. 215.895.1029. drexel.edu/westphal

University of the Arts

Barbara Yoshida: ”Megalith’s/Night/ Sky.” Various artists: “Brace for Impact: The Aftermath of Flight 1549.”

Thru Aug. 7. 211 S. Broad St. uarts.edu/go

Moore College of Art & Design

Wendy Ewald: ”Secret Games: Collaborative Works with Children 19691999.” 20th and the Parkway. 215.965.4027. thegalleriesatmoore.org

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Various artists: “Friend or Faux: Imitation and Invention from Innocent to Fraudulent.” Thru July 11. 2008-2010 Delancey Place. 215.732.1600. rosenbach.org

Knapp Gallery

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The Rosenbach Museum & Library

Michener Museum

Various artists: “All Types of Fish.”

Thru Aug. 1. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.

215.299.1043. ansp.org

Rachel Bess: ”Nature: Captured and Created.” Sarah Hunter: ”On Birds of Passage.” Thru July 3. 122 N. Third St. 215.592.0232. rodgerlapellegalleries.com

Various artists: “Philadelphia Story.”

Shelley Thornstensen: ”Counterpoint.” Various artists: “Constructed Visions.” 9201 Germantown Ave. 215.247.0476. woodmereartmuseum.org

Various artists: “Lost Gardens of the Brandywine.” Thru July 25. 5105 Kennett Pike. 302.888.4600. winterthur.org

museums

Various artists: “NEXUSselects.”

Thru July 2. 1400 N. American St. 215.684.1946. nexusphiladelphia.org

Woodmere Art Museum

Tammy Smith: ”Wheels, Wire & Whimsy from the Jersey Shore.”

Thru June 30. 2500 Moreland Rd. 215.657.8333. langmangallery.com

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Smells Like Teen Spirit Unrest reunite most revered line-up for the big, um, 26th anniversary of Teenbeat Records.

By Maggie Serota

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“This is the line-up that people would show up to go see,” says Robinson. Without Cross and Krauth, Robinson suspects the reunited outfit would be relegated to much smaller venues.

Teenbeat records began in 1984 while

actually manufacturing something and getting something into a store without me bringing it there. I was in high school, so I thought I’d be dead in 25 years,” says Robinson. That statement seems more apt coming from, say, one of the Murder

Robinson was a student at Wakefield High in Arlington, Va. At that time, Robinson had no idea that his label, essentially a glorified cassette-lending library, would be thriving 26 years later.

“I don’t think I could have comprehended this anniversary back when I was dubbing cassettes and Xeroxing covers.

I would have been surprised that I was

Junkies rather than a mild mannered, affable father of two small children.

The recording industry has changed drastically during the quarter century that Teenbeat has been active, so one has to wonder how the era of declining record sales and downloading has affected such a small operation.

“We don’t sell as many records as we

used to,” Robinson says, “Fifty percent of our income is from paid downloads.

For an operation of our size, if people are sharing files for free, that’s a good thing.

It means people are paying attention. I have conflicting feelings about downloading. I do love the physical artifact of a record. However, with downloading, the album has been obliterated and it’s about songs. I don’t mind it becoming just about the music.”

That said, Robinson is adamant about the fact that the forthcoming release from his current outfit, Cotton Candy, will be available on vinyl.

“We’re going to make the artifact I prefer,” says Robinson.

While concert-goers are inundated with a veritable onslaught of reunions over the past few years, at least Unrest isn’t overstaying its welcome. So far, the band has scheduled just seven dates for its tour. However, it’s not like the reunited Unrest weren’t trying to stick around for a little longer.

“We tried to get on a fest in Chicago, but they said no,” Robinson explains before mentioning the problems he’s faced trying to book shows on the West Coast.

“We were always most popular on the East Coast.”

It’s probably just as well since, in all fairness, Robinson doesn’t really have much time to spend out on the road between running a label, working a full-time day job as a designer at Houghtin Mifflin, covering radio jingles with his wife Evelyn Hurley in Cotton Candy, and raising two kids. It’s a small wonder he can get away for the handful of dates already booked.

“I’m constantly busy. I feel like I’m working the entire day.” Robinson laments, before pulling out the “not enough hours in the day” cliche. When asked if his mind drifts off to fantasies of the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle while he’s stuck dragging and clicking his mouse in his cubicle at work, Robinson wearily replies: “I’m more so thinking about the stuff I should be getting done while at home.”

Aren’t we all, Mark, aren’t we all. n j o h n fa l l s

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When seminal bands reunite for a landmark anniversary tour, there’s an unspoken rule that the year should be a nice round number, or at the very least a multiple of five. Usually a 26th anniversary isn’t met with much fanfare. However, the 26th Anniversary of the Teenbeat record label is exactly what prompted its flagship band, jangly indie-pop darlings Unrest, to reunite for a brief tour.

The band already played a one-off reunion show in D.C. for the far more sensibly timed Teenbeat 20th anniversary celebration back in 2005. What’s so special about the 26th?

“That’s a good question,” ponders Mark Robinson, founder of the label and founding member of the band, calling from his home base in Boston. Essentially, it came down to accommodating the schedules of drummer Phil Krauth, now a school teacher, and bassist Bridget Cross, also from another seminal D.C. area band, Velocity Girl. Initially, Unrest was shooting for a 25th anniversary tour, but it proved difficult to plan around Krauth’s teaching responsibilities. Fortunately, they were able to get it together for the following year.

So there is no profound significance or superstitious attachment to the number 26.

“A 33rd anniversary would be really good,” Robinson offers, and Unrest laughs heartily at the suggestion that it would be the label’s “Jesus Year.”

Although Unrest have gone through their share of personnel changes during the 11 or so years they were active, fans will be pleased to know that Robinson managed to assemble what is easily the most revered line-up in the band’s history. After all, this is the line-up that produced what fans will agree are the two bulletproof albums in Unrest’s catalog, 1992’s Imperial f.f.r.r. and 1993’s Perfect Teeth.

Tues., July 6, 7pm. $15. With the Ropers + Kevin Barker. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com

Album Reviews in 30 seconds oR less • bY bill cHeneveRT

Robyn

Stars

the Roots

Andy Bell

devo

Rooney

Various

kele

Body Talk Pt. 1

The Five Ghosts

How I Got Over

Non-Stop

Eureka

(Vagrant)

(Def Jam)

(Mute)

A Cure for The Broken-Hearted

The Boxer

(Interscope)

Something For Everybody

SoundS Like: Swedish

SoundS Like: Toronto

SoundS Like: Home-

SoundS Like: Erasure

(Warner Brothers)

SoundS Like: L.A. pretty

(Edible Onion)

SoundS Like: Bloc Party’s front man goes solo with a much more club-flavored, electronic record produced by Spank Rock’s XXXChange. It’s a keeper.

FRee ASSociAtion: He’s achieved stellar Euro disco realness, especially with “Rise.”

FoR FAnS oF: Thom Yorke x Chemical Brothers, London circuit parties.

electro Queen drops an eight-song mini-LP that is jam-packed with badass disco beats, growlingly clever lyrics and magical hooks.

FRee ASSociAtion:

People, wake up! Robyn is the unknown diva you need to hear!

FoR FAnS oF: ABBA, Blondie, Kylie, Annie, Goldfrapp, dancefloor ecstasy.

indie darlings have been all downhill since Set Yourself on Fire, and while Amy Milan kills her vocals, it all starts to sound alike.

FRee ASSociAtion: OK, got it—heartbreak and devastation, barbs and regrets, repeat.

FoR FAnS oF: Smiths, Broken Social Scene, Metric, keeping a journal.

town pioneers of thoughtful, inspired hip-hop turn it out with a collection of funky, jazzy grooves under Black Thought’s deft spits.

FRee ASSociAtion: No “Seed 2.0” detectable; much prefer another Things Fall Apart.

FoR FAnS oF: Gang Starr, Fugees, Mos Def, J-5, Digable Planets.

alum’s flawless falsetto drifts over disco-spiked trance beats and tasty Friday night synth rhythms for a really fun electro record.

FRee ASSociAtion:

Perry Farrell wrote “Honey If You Love Him (That’s All That Matters)”!

FoR FAnS oF: Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys.

SoundS Like: Ohio mas-

ters of new wave really do offer something for everyone on this shocking piece of awesomeness written with feedback from focus groups.

FRee ASSociAtion: Bird and the Bee and Santigold production? Well done, Devo!

FoR FAnS oF: Roxy Music, Sparks, Kraftwerk, Can, tenacity.

(Rooney Records)

boys’ third LP is a strange mix of retro guitar rock, pop radio and sunny surf, but it seems clear that these guys are actors/ musicians.

SoundS Like: Eerie,

moody and slightly dark collection of folksy, bluesy rock put together by West Philly’s Darian Scatton is a perfect rainy night companion.

FRee ASSociAtion:

They’ve got that teenage girl demo on lock; and they got money!

FoR FAnS oF: Steely Dan meets Spoon, ELO, long walks on a beach.

FRee ASSociAtion:

Each track’s got different instruments and arrangements; well done.

FoR FAnS oF: Snowcaps, Br’er, Motorcyle Maus, Brian Reichert.

Battle of the Male/Female Duos!

By Brian McManus

WEEK’S WORST

Goo Goo Dolls

bmcmanus@philadelphiaweekly.com

215.931.0101. bamboobarphilly.com Final score: +1

here’s something about male/female T music duos—White Stripes, the Kills, Crystal Castles, the Spinanes (remember them?!), Captain and Tenille—that just gets our goose. We love them: the sexual undercurrent (or lack there of), the simplicity of lineup, the Muskrat Love. Lucky for us, four male/female duos make their way to Philly over the weekend. Here, we pit them against one another to figure out which duo deserves your dollars.

Glass Candy

Sleigh Bells

Who: Male/female acoustic folk duo (+2) From: Hollywood (+1) and Portland (+1) What: Respected singer/songwriter M. Ward teams up with Zooey Deschanel, an actress whose voice you wouldn’t exactly describe as memorable (-2).

She & Him

Claim to fame: Bridge to Terabithia (+1).

Yes Man (-2). The Happening (-5). (500) Days of Summer (-500). “The Fabric of Life” ad campaign for the cotton industry (-4).

Cynics might say: It’s the band Zooey Deschanel is in. (-2) Where: Fri., July 2, 8pm. $26-$29. River Stage at Great Plaza. livenation.com Final score: -510

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Sun., July 4, 8pm. Free. With the Roots, Chrisette Michele + Chuck Brown. Eakins Oval, Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. welcomeamerica.com

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nd Matt & Kim take it! They’re fun, the A show’s free, and they’re Erykah Badu approved. n

I ’m walking my two adorable dogs—a Frenchie and a Shih Tzu—in a park. There’s a woman sitting on a bench eating a sandwich. Suddenly, unprovoked, she begins spewing an unholy index of racist and homophobic remarks at me at top volume. I calmly (and quickly) walk away.

But she doesn’t stop yelling about the “filthy fucking dogs” and the “white faggot” (perhaps a snap judgment based on my dogs’ breed?) who has just ruined her lunch. Others begin to stare, possibly thinking I’ve done something to provoke this.

She doesn’t stop screaming until I’m out of eyesight. The whole thing is weird and sad and disappointing and deeply, deeply troubling. Almost as weird, sad, disappointing and deeply, deeply troubling is the fact that our beloved hometown hip-hop heroes the Roots are opening for the fucking Goo Goo Dolls at the WaWa Welcome America celebration on the 4th of July. Oof! At least dogs are welcome. (Brian McManus) n

June 30- July 6, 2010

Who: Male/female keyboard pop duo (+2) What: Boyfriend/girlfriend Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino play wonderfully jovial music with one another that forces smiles on anyone within ear shot (+1).

Claim to fame: They got naked in the middle of New York’s Times Square for their “Lessons Learned” video, inspiring Erykah Badu to do the same when she filmed her video for “Window Seat” (+5).

Cynics might say: Matt’s voice is atrocious. And the cynics saying that wouldn’t

She & Him

SAM JONES

Claim to fame: Mind-crushing, ear-bleeding album Treats (+1) declared “Best New Music” on Pitchfork (-1). Signed to MIA’s label N.E.E.T. (+1).

Cynics might say: Their meteoric rise to the top of the indie heap suggests no one will remember them this time next year (or, hell, even next month) (-2).

Where: Sun., July 4, 4pm. $10-$12.

Bamboo Bar, 927 N. Delaware Ave.

AARON RICHTER

Sleigh Bells

Matt & Kim

be all wrong, either. But the “Who gives a fuck” DIY spirit he lays into it is contagious (+1).

Where: Sat., July 3, 5pm. Free (+2).

Piazza at Schmidts.

Final score: +11

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY

Who: Male/female electro-rock duo (+2) From: Brooklyn (-2) What: Former schoolteacher Alexis Krauss (+1) teams up with former hardcore guitarist (+1) Derek Miller of Florida’s Poison the Well, and set amps on 11.

Who: Male/Female new wave/disco duo (+2) From: Portland, Ore. (+1) What: Former titty dancer Ida No and former member of guitar-centric band Paloma, Johnny Jewel (known as John Padgett in his Paloma days) make beautiful, danceable noise together (+1).

Claim to fame: Johnny Jewel’s Italians Do It Better is a can’t-miss boutique label worth collecting (+1). Ida No named one of “Sexiest Women in Indie Rock” by Playboy (-1).

Cynics might say: Glass Candy started as an artier, much less dance-leaning Glass Candy and the Shattered Theater, and has since gone through several lineup and genre changes, finally settling on a sound based in disco, otherwise known as “music white people feel safe dancing to” (-2).

Where: Opening for Sleigh Bells Final score: +2

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Oils, Candles, Incense, Baths, Occult Books & Supplies, Jason Long H Hypnotherapy H kungfunecktie.com & Reiki Treatments & Classes, Tarot Card Readers - Psychics 6pm. With Gary Vernon. Sullivan’s Emberose ST., PHILA., PA 19147 •(215) 735-8262 H Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington, H 1238 SOUTH10% 9pm. $9. With Bitterness Theory and Del. 302.479.7970. sullivansteakhouse.com OFF YOUR PURCHASE Davis Howley. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar H H H H H H H with H Hthis H ad!

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jazz/blues

Thursday 1

Greg Glassman/Stacy Dillard Quintet 8pm and 9:45pm. $5-$10. Chris’ Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. chrisjazzcafe.com

Don Glandon

6pm. With Ryan Kuhns and Fred Biondi. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington. sullivansteakhouse.com

Friday 2

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY

Pod. Greek Lady. La Terrase. Ajia.

Ecco Qui. Saladworks. Han Wool. Ceeality. Izzy and Zoe’s. Picnic. Bubble House. Gia Pronto. Intermezzo Cafe.

World Cafe Live. Iron Gate Theater. he Rotunda. Insitute of Contempoary Art. The Marvelous. The Last Word Bookshop. Arthur Ross Gallery.

Ann Tayor Loft. Penn Book Center. for Store.

Black Parking Cat. Avril is 50.available Natural Shoe Pennpatrons Bookstore.

Trophy Bikes. at the pay parking Eastern Mountain Sports. lot at 34th & Chestnut Sts. The Palestra.

Franklin Field.

Ice Rink.

5 pm to 5 am and 24 hours Sat/Sun.

8pm and 10pm. $20. Chris’ Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131. chrisjazzcafe.com

Don Glandon

6pm. With Bruce Kaminsky. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del. 302.479.7970. sullivansteakhouse.com

Tuesday 6 Jeff Knoettner

6pm. With Ryan Kuhns. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del. 302.479.7970. sullivansteakhouse.com

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saTurday 3

Webb Thomas Quartet

Busses New Motels

9pm. $8. With Persia Sound, Paintbox and Beyond the Element.

Whiskey Tango, 14000 Bustleton Ave. whiskeytangotavern.com

Jason Brown

saTurday 3

In Grenada Cd release Party!

Dime Street Joker

9:30pm. With Kitten Disaster and Denise McKellick. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

6pm. With Mike Preacher. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del. 302.479.7970. sullivansteakhouse.com

Friday 7/2

8pm. $13. With Ezra Furman & the Harpoons and the Roman Eye. The First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. 215.563.3980. philauu.org

The Larry McKenna/Tony Miceli Quartet

8pm and 10pm. $15. Chris’ Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131. chrisjazzcafe.com

GIVE THEM THE GIFT THEY WILL LOVE

Delta Spirit

rock pop Wednesday 30 Islands

6:30pm. $12. With Steel Phantoms and Active Child. The Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave. myspace.com/thenewbarbary

Terror

3pm. $12. With Foundation, Down to Nothing and Bracewar. The Barbary 251 Frankford Ave. 215.634.7400. myspace.com/thenewbarbary

Exotic Fever 10 Year Show

5pm. $10. With Des Ark, Pygmy Lush and Liza Kate. Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 N. Front St. 215.291.4919. kungfunecktie.com

Twin Sister

$5-$10. With Second Floor Stories and Secret Mountains.

Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave. myspace.com/dangerdangergallery

Faith No More

7:30pm. $25-$49.50. Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 521 Parkside Ave. 215.878.0400. manncenter.org

The Homophones

9:30pm. With DJ Eddie Austin and DJ Julia Factorial. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

Atley Moon & the Say Something Sound Machine

9pm. $8. With Cris Valkyria, Smiles, Everyone and Vicky’s Spaeth Cadets.

North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. 215.787.0488. northstarbar.com

Virtual Virgin

sunday 4

Spanish Gamble

9:30pm. With Baptist Preachers and Crowds and Power. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

8:30pm. $9. With Split Red and Dena Miranda Jazz Ensemble. The Troc, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com 7pm. $5. With the Holy Mess and the Great Explainer. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave. 267.671.9298. iourecords/thefire

Aaron Dugan Trio

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Everything’s swell at Bobby’s Burger Palace—except the burgers.

By Adam Erace aerace@philadelphiaweekly.com

MICHAEL PERSICO

But the charismatic Flay does not make the burgers here. In fact, if he saw what was being passed off as burgers the night I dined, the grill guru would blind himself with the nearest pair of tongs.

I could like the Napa Valley Burger, with Vermont goat cheese and Meyer-lemon honey mustard, had it not been built as carelessly as Depression-era tenement housing.

There was more cheese than there was beef—the creamy mound half off the edge of the sandwich like a muffintop on too-tight jeans—and the mustard was undetectable. The Buffalo Style Burger was just as messy, slimed by the cooks with not-hot hot sauce and not-tangy bluecheese dressing. It was a Rorschach test of black and white and orange, a 5-year-old Flyers fan’s fingerpaint disaster. Both burgers came garnished with wet, wilted watercress you wouldn’t feed a homeless rabbit.

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Somewhere in Orlando, Fla., the line for Splash Mountain was blushing. Back here in Philly, the queue of hungry people poured out of the double doors of Bobby’s Burger Palace, a millipede of rowdy undergrads, prim secretaries, bespectacled Laureates, off-duty cops, West Philadelphians (born and raised) and Bridge-goers missing their movies.

Inside, where the walls wear condiment-colored suspenders (French’s yellow, Heinz red, Bull’s-eye brown, A-1 maroon), the line snaked around turnstiles and through lanes. Back and forth. Back and forth.

A fake-out line, a term my brother coined as a kid for the sneaky queues at Disney World. Ten minutes passed. Twenty. Thirty ...

Corporate says the average wait from entering to eating is five to eight minutes. In my case, they were only about 40 minutes off the mark.

The rest of the Rockwell Group-designed space is stained relish-green, with long communal tables and a serpentine counter set beneath a matching light box, exposed ductwork and glowing cippollini-shaped baubles.

All 71 seats were taken.

This is the magBobby Flay netic appeal of Bobby’s Burger Palace, the (supposedly)-quickserve West Philly operation inspired by chef and TV personality Bobby Flay’s boyhood summers at the Jersey Shore. The first location outside the New York region landed on the ground floor of University City’s fly Radian compound in April, an immediate hit with carnivores and fans of the Food Network chef.

Eyes eagerly scanned the crowd. A woman bumped into me. Is that a Sharpie in her pocket?

Composed of an 80/20 blend of Midwest-grown Angus steer, the patties were the inexplicable silver lining, cooked according to a four-step method. Season. Sear.

Flip. Steam. A sign in the kitchen reads, “Bobby says melt the cheese completely,” so for burgers topped with sliced Cheddar or American, the method goes: Season.

Sear. Flip. Steam. Cheese. Steam. That first visit, both burgers came cooked correctly to an even medium pink.

On a follow-up lunch, the L.A. Burger, cheddar-veiled and avocado-topped, was much more photogenic (and took just 10 minutes), but the temperature through the half-inch-thick patty varied bite by bite, well-done in one spot, medium-rare another. At least the watercress was fresh.

While the Palace’s burgers lack consistency, the rest of the menu performs well. Hot, crisp and salty, the huge onion rings could orbit Saturn. Meanwhile, the fries are the Jack and Karen to the burgers’ Will and Grace, supporting cast outshining stars with stalactite edges that catch on blobs of chipotle mayo. The BBP crew fashions fries from sweet potatoes, too; they look like orange Crayolas arranged upright in their squat square tins. A sidecar of honey horseradish sauce rolls with, and condiment caddies pepper the counter’s Joan Holloway curves, old-school squeeze bottles pumping new-school squirts like chipotle ketchup and jalapeño jam.

And the shakes! Eleven ounces of Edy’s for every 16-ounce shake creates creamy, cement-thick foundations for flavors that follow (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry) and rebel against (mango, blueberrypomegranate, cola) ice-cream parlor etiquette. I loved the nutty, exotic pistachio and the chocolate—dark, not too sweet and best malted. There’s Simply Lemonade and Jersey-bred Boylans soda, too, if you’re feeling like a prudent bore, but I’ll stick with the caramel-swirled vanilla shake spiked with a slug of smoky Jim Beam.

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By Matt Prigge mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Alexander Sebastian, Notorious (1946): Despite working within the tight moral confines of the thriller genre, Alfred Hitchcock liked to sneak in a certain complexity. Case in point: While the good guys (Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant) get to fall smugly in love, their task leaves as collateral damage Claude Rains’ weirdly sympathetic ex-Nazi.

Upon discovering Bergman’s love for him was an act, part of a mission for the Americans, this sexless, loveless toad seeks consolation from his mother (Leopoldine Konstantin). She then convinces him to slowly poison the woman who broke his heart.

Cody Jarrett, White Heat (1949): Under the Production Code, you could have a charismatic baddie as your protagonist as long as you made sure to punish him or her in the end. James Cagney’s cackling psycho not only gets an explosive exit, but he spends the film devoted to Margaret Wycherly’s “Ma” Jarrett, going full-on beserk when she dies. Awwwww.

Boner Killer Horrific violence and sex scenes in The Killer Inside Me are a bit much.

By Sean Burns sburns@philadelphiaweekly.com The Texas locations are flat. The performances are flat. The cinematography is long-lens, shallow focus without depth of field, which, in layman terms, means it looks wicked flat. Casey Affleck, a brilliant young actor, recites his lines in a numbed stupor, rendering him weirdly, tragically flat. The only bumps and curves arrive via Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson, and you won’t want to see what happens to them.

Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me is the overheated, sex-crazed story of a serial killer told with surgical reserve, like Taxi Driver remade by Richard Donner. I am always amazed at how the versatile and prolific director Michael Winterbottom can tackle so many subjects and genres and repeatedly find a way to always make them tedious and personalityfree. Westerns (The Claim), sci-fi (Code 46 ), naked Kate Winslet (Jude): Winterbottom has an uncanny ability to take everything in the world I enjoy and make it stiflingly British and oppressively dull.

His 2004 effort 9 Songs was nothing—and I mean nothing, the film literally had no

Lord Bullingdon, Barry Lyndon (1975): Ryan O’Neal’s scheming social climber winds up no match for his wealthy wife’s son (Leon Vitali), a simpering, whining, sniveling little bitch who cradles his mother’s leg well into his late teens. By the end, his adoration for his mom has curdled into ruthless domination.

a convoluted union-busting noir plot that never coheres.

Great character actors like Elias Koteas and Bill Pullman drop by to shovel on the redneck atmosphere, but nothing sticks beyond Affleck’s faraway psychosis. A dalliance with a local “good girl” (played with shocking adequacy by Kate Hudson) goes exactly the way you think it will. Thompson’s you-are-there seediness is undone by Winterbottom’s reserve, until all the outré ending’s freakish double meanings have been buried beneath snarky period music cues and secondhand Coen brothers gags.

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plot—but hardcore sex scenes juxtaposed with live music performances. The movie was only rock music and fucking, my two favorite things, and I still fell fast asleep halfway through the screener.

The Killer Inside Me takes the great, lurid 1952 novel by Jim Thompson, poet of the noir gutter, and blands it out into a mild blur with brief punctuations of horrific violence. The movie is far too in tune with Affleck’s performance; he’s a conscienceless, disaffected Sheriff’s deputy in a podunk Texas town who also happens to be a perverted serial killer. He also happens to be kind of dull.

Affleck’s sent to chase a local prostitute out of town, as she’s recently taken up with the son of a prominent local businessman (Ned Beatty, way scarier in Toy Story 3). As played by Jessica Alba, this may be the only whore in the history of

showbiz who gets off on the creepiest, most deviant spankytype sex acts but always wears a brassiere the whole time. Before long, she and Casey are involved in a complicated double-cross, which sadly ends with young Affleck pounding her face into hamburger and shooting her beloved boyfriend in the head. Give Winterbottom credit, if it is indeed due.

The Killer Inside Me is gross. If you dig the mushy, muffled sound of a man’s fist slamming into a woman’s mottled face while her jawbone quietly shatters, this is the movie for you.

Affleck’s matter-of-fact lack of remorse is a wonder to behold, but the movie has no idea what to do with it. As proved in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (and hey, his name is Ford here, too!) young Casey’s baby-faced blank slate is a brilliant drawing board for sociopathy. But Winterbottom refuses to commit to Thompson’s first-person P.O.V., constantly airlifting in character actors to stand around reciting exposition about

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Fenix, Santa Sangre (1989): Norman Bates dressed up as his mom; this circus kid turned feral nutcase in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s post-El Topo bugfuck doesn’t go quite that far. After his mom’s arms are sliced off, he becomes her lost limbs, standing behind her and helping on her gruesome murder spree.

This, mind you, is the film’s least strange aspect.

Dead eyes, fierce eyes: Casey Affleck and Kate Hudson, left, and Jessica Alba, above, in the gruesome yet dull The Killer Inside Me.

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Problem is, she has a son, the bovine, needy titular abomination.

A riff on Fatal Attraction for dudes who hook up with single moms, Cyrus is a series of comic worstcase scenarios blunted out by the Duplass brothers’ gross, allegedly authentic aesthetic that passes on the belly laughs, aiming instead for maximum quiet discomfort.

As the title character, Jonah Hill avoids his usual boorishness, finding a quiet passive-aggressive groove that makes me think we haven’t yet seen quite all this guy has to offer. Tomei is radiant in a nothing role, and Reilly reminds you what an awkward, endearing schlub he can be when not playing Will Ferrell’s lackey.

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Ever since America was seduced by the meaningless but powerful claim that being against today’s wars was somehow equivalent to being “against the troops,” lefty filmmakers have sought to prove they were down with soldiers by staying resolutely “apolitical.” The 2004 documentary Gunner Palace bro’d down with grunts occupying central Baghdad; any commentary on the larger war was incidental.

David Simon’s excellent Generation Kill sneaked in far more criticism, but mostly stayed observational.

The new doc Restrepo goes even further into ambiguity. The directors, journo Sebastian Junger (author of The Perfect Storm) and photographer Tim Hetherington, stay religiously fly-on-the-wall, quietly observing a platoon of 15 American soldiers during a stint in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.

Aside from a handful of title cards, there is no context, no chats with experts or journalists, no additional rib-nudging by the filmmakers.

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Resnais granted the two actorsturned-filmmakers their big writing break in the ‘90s, when he filmed their scripts for Smoking/No Smoking and the delightful meta-musical Same Old Song. The two soon lit out on their own, making a couple of bourgie dramedies that got close to, but nimbly avoided, being too arthouse middlebrow. Their latest, Let It Rain, isn’t exactly a tumble into safe banality, but it’s frustrating—a direction-handicapped muddle that could only come from true talent.

As usual, the filmmakers do their own acting. Jaoui plays Agathe, a feminist author and politician belatedly returning home to help her sister (Pascale Arbillot) sell the family house, a full year after their mother’s death. A similar setup drove Olivier Assayas’ terrific Summer Hours (plus The Cherry Orchard), but rather than get caught up in an ethical dilemma, Agathe gets distracted by two filmmakers: frustrated hotel clerk Karim (scrunchy-faced Jamel Debbouze) and washed-up has-been Michel (Bacri). The two want to make a documentary on strong women, but attempts to interview Agathe only open up feelings of inadequacy, obsolescence and general failure for everyone.

What results is a loose film of ideas—too loose. Jaoui and Bacri introduce heady issues; in one thread, Agathe’s failure to settle down in middle age is equated, somewhat annoyingly, with the supposed failure of modern-day feminism. But whenever things threaten to get too brainy, it quickly retreats into light comedy—the kind of Gallic humor that’s generally only funny in the theoretical sense. (The many, many scenes of Karim and Michel trying to interview Agathe are only amusing because of Jaoui’s trademark pinched, vaguely pissy shtick.) And if the dense neuroses of its characters promise a bittersweet ending, don’t worry; it’s happy endings for everyone. But minor works like this serve a purpose, allowing artists to get so-so ideas out of their system.

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I’m being GGG, and she absolutely gets off on it. We’ve done this scene a few times, with increasing frequency, following her script every time. I do have some concerns, Dan: (1) It’s creepy, and (2) I’m worried that this might all be “based on a true story.”

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I know this sounds trivial, and it wasn’t such a big problem for the first year of our relationship. But it has grown from small annoyance to giant grating huge turnoff. I don’t know how to tell him to stop. I have brought it up before, but it sounds so stupid, and then he gets self-conscious and I feel bad. I can’t marry him under these circumstances, though. What do I do? earS PLuGGeD

Your great and good fiance deserves the truth. And come on, EP, what do you think is going to make him feel worse: you leveling with him about the damage his tiny little baby kitten girl sounds (TLBKGS) are doing—to his sex life, to his relationship— or you calling off the marriage because you just can’t fuck him anymore?

Here’s what you need to do: Tell the fiance again, calmly but firmly, that the TLBKGS are a huge turnoff. It’ll hurt to hear, for sure, but he’ll hurt worse if you let the TLBKGS destroy your marriage before it starts. Then the next time you’re fucking him and he starts to make TLBKGS, stop everything. Don’t pull away from him physically, don’t push him off you, don’t scowl or grimace or roll your eyes. Just stop whatever it is you’re doing and say in a flat, nonsexy, nonaccusatory tone, “That sound you’re making is a huge turnoff. It kills sex for me.” Wait for an appropriate response—“Oh, I’m sorry, I’ll stop”—and then immediately pick up where you left off.

Repeat as necessary until the TLBKGS are an unpleasant memory. I’ve seen this approach work—call it the “full stop”—on biters, screamers, scratchers and gratuitous-mid-fuck-ass-spankers. It’ll work on tiny little baby kitten girl sounds, too.

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Let’s suppose your wife was raped by her actual father and—after years of processing the abuse and the trauma—she emerged happy and healthy and stable, but … saddled with an all-consuming, high-creep-quotient incest-role-play fetish. Your wife isn’t alone: A small handful of rape victims develop fantasies about rape role-play scenarios, an even smaller number of Holocaust survivors developed Nazi role-play fantasies.

Sometimes our erotic imaginations are as inexplicable as they are powerful.

Now let’s suppose that your wife is healthy enough emotionally and sexually to safely explore these deeply creepy fantasies—because now she’s in complete control, because now she’s with someone she loves and trusts— and that she isn’t traumatized by reenacting these deeply creepy scenes from her childhood. Shouldn’t she have just as much a right to enjoy and explore her sexuality as any other person, CF, regardless of the forces that shaped it?

I’d say the answer to that question is yes.

All that said, CF, you have a right to ask pointed questions—particularly if “Ted” is still alive and you have to sit next to him at Thanksgiving—and she has a responsibility to come through with detailed, honest answers. You’re not some casual up-foranything stranger your wife recruited online.

You’re her husband, and you have a right to know just what sort of land mines you’re stomping on or around, even if your wife considers them defused and harmless. Because there are huge potential consequences for you—emotional and sexual—if your wife is being traumatized by the role-play games she’s asked you to participate in.

And, finally, here’s hoping it’s all just a fantasy and that your wife wasn’t raped by her father, CF, although that isn’t going to make her fantasies any less creepy or Thanksgiving dinner with Ted any less awkward.

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Interested individuals should fax cover letter and resume to Dee Dowdney at 215-952-4194, or visit www.comcast-spectacor.com, click on “Employment” at the bottom, and then “Facility Operations/Security/Event Management.” EOE.

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N. Phila. Area Director requires 3-5 years Supervisory experience & Associate’s Degree with 30 credits in Early Childhood Education. Teachers With 2 Years Experience Writing Lesson Plans and Teaching Also Needed. AA in ECE or CDA Preferred.

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215 694-0916 Pharmacist Philadelphia, PAreq. Pharm D or equiv. + 1yr exp. + PA Pharmacist License. rep. to: Farmacia Drug Store- davapharm09@yahoo.com Production Seamstress Needed for Women’s Wear Line 5+ years of industrial experience -Able to read production patterns -Knowledge of English -Attention to quality. kcrowley@annelladesigns.com RETAIL SALES: Charlie’s Jeans is now hiring for our new location in Rittenhouse Square. Full and PartTime positions available. Contact customerservice@charliesjeans. net for more info.

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Pastrami & Things, 1234 Market St., LL. Apply before 11am or after 2pm only. 215-564-3333.

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Verizon Wireless proposes to upgrade their existing telecommunications facility at 1220 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. The proposed upgrade will include the removal of eight rooftop antennas and replacing them as follows: three existing antennas replaced with three 80-inch LTE antennas, three existing antennas replaced with three 48.8-inch PCS antennas, and two existing antennas replaced with two 47.1-inch cellular antennas. The new antennas will be mounted at a centerline height of 168 feet above ground level.

Verizon Wireless proposes to upgrade an existing telecommunications facility at 216 W. Somerset Street, Philadelphia, PA. The proposed upgrade will include the removal of six rooftop antennas and replacing them as follows: three existing antennas (one per sector) replaced with three 80-inch LTE antennas and three existing antennas (one per sector) replaced with three 72.4inch PCS antennas. The replacement antennas will have a maximum centerline height of 73 feet above ground level.

Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the proposed facility may have on any historic property may do so by sending such comments to:

Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the proposed facility may have on any historic property may do so by sending such comments to:

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Experience req’d. Email resume careers@excelphysicaltherapy. com or fax: 215-689-4406.

PART-TIME LOTTERY TERMINAL OPERATOR needed. Experience preferred. Applications available at Bell Beverage, 2809 S.Front St, Phila.

PERSONAL ASST (phone calls/ cleaning/organizing & more) FOR BUSY PROFESSIONAL 4hrs6hrs weekly, $10-$17/hr. Travel paid. 215-840-0113. MUST LEAVE MESSAGE

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COOK, SHORT ORDER: FT/PT. 5yrs min EXP w/ref for CC Irish Restaurant, 215-574-0443 DRIVERS PLAYMATES ENTERTAINMENT Hiring drivers to drive executives to appts. $26/hr+Commission. FT/ PT. Drive Hummer,BMW, Jag, Lamborghini Limited openings.

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ART MUSEUM: 17XX Wallace 2BR 2BA Condo, HWF, EIK w/Granite C-Tops, Central AC, WD, Private RFTP Deck, FRPL, Aug or Sept $1800+ Janine 267 252 8123

SPRUCE/BROAD: DOORMAN, GREAT VIEW. $975 Heat/INCL. Avl/NOW! Pine R.E, 1503 Pine.

215-735-8896, website: www.pinere.com THE ROOSEVELT (2220 Walnut Street)Beautifully renovated apts. in the RITTENHOUSE SQUARE AREA of Philadelphia. STUDIO’S starting at only $765/mo. and ONE BEDROOMS starting at only $965/mo. Call 215-640-8880 for an appointment.

real estate for sale JOIN IN THE REVITALIZATION OF STRAWBERRY MANSION! 11 Brand new Twin homes for sale at 32nd Street & Cecil B. Moore Ave. $125,500, 3BR, 2.5BA, Off-street parking, Landscaped yards, Energy efficiency standards, C/Air. Settlement cost grants available for Qualified Buyers. Income limits apply.

INTERESTED? Give us a call or visit our website www.community-ventures.org. Community Ventures: 215-564-6004, Strawberry Mansion CDC: 215-235-7505. EHO.

real estate sale/rent Apartment for rent - South West Philly 6600 Dorel, 1st fl enclosed front porch - full basement, enclosed yard in rear.

Good condition $710 plus utilities. Call 267-879-8373 INVESTORS ONLY 16XX S. Dover St., 2bdrm, 1 bath, tenant occupied, $725/mo. Serious inquiries only! $79,900 or B.O. Call Rich 609-335-7922

general apartments Center City/Art Museum Lg selection of affordable studios, 1, 2 & 3 BD thruout city. $500-2700/mo. WPRG 215-636-0100 or 215-546-9247 RITTN. HSE SQ. area SMALL 1BDRMS $800.

EFFCS. $715-$750+elc. Harvey Blank R.E. 215-735-8414.

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12TH & SPRUCE Adorable Studio, close to superfresh/whole foods. $750+ PMG 215-5457007x302 12TH LOMBARD, BRIGHT, BALCONY, NEW KIT, HRDWD, WI/CLOSET, AC, WD JUNE $850+El 215-733-0480 13th PINE: FULLY UPDATED, w/GRANITE/SS KIT, CA, WD, HI CEIL 8/1 $1350. (610)529-4444.

15TH & PINE Magnfcnt Studio w/HW Flrs, All amens. Must See. $975+. PMG, 215-545-7007 x304 15TH SPRUCE: NEW KIT, HRDWD, HIGH CEIL, 2 CLOSETS, EL/HT, WD/STRG JUNE $850+ (215)733-0480 15XX PORTER: NICE STUDIO, 3rd/fl. QUIET AREA No dog. $475. 610-909-9025 16TH PINE, CRTYRD VIEW, NEW KIT DW GD, HRDWD, 2CLOSETS, WD/STG AUG. $895+elc.

215-733-0480 1930 BAINBRIDGE ST Studio HW/FLRS, Avail Now! $725/mo 215-917-8835 22ND WALNUT, LRGE, HI/CEILG, HRDWD, NEW KIT & BATH MARBLE/FRPL, GD CLOSETS, WD/STG AUG. $910+elc. 215-733-0480 23RD DELANCEY, SLEEPING LOFT, BRIGHT, HI/CEIL, HRDWD, NEW/KIT, WD/STRG JUL $900-$1000/INC HT/WTR 215-733-0480 23rd SPRUCE, LARGE, PRV/ENTRANCE, NEW KIT DW GD, WALK-IN CLOSET, EL/HT JULY $999+el 215-733-0480 3XX S. 15th SMALL EFFC, NEW KIT, HRDWD, 2CLOSETS, WD/STG AUG. $695 HT&WTR INCLD 215-733-0480 OLD CITY, LARGE, UPDATED KIT&BATH, BRIGHT, HI/CEILG, HRDWD, CA AUG. $900+elc 215-733-0480 RITT. SQ. AREA: STUDIOS/ROOMS Include Elect,Heat,Hot Water. $625-$795 (215)806-1526 RITTENHOUSE SQ. AREA, WD/bldg $850 INCLS HT/HT Wtr George Gay R.E. 215-563-6724

lofts BEAUX ARTS Center City Corner Loft, Bright, Beautiful space, 1200 sq ft, newly renovated kitchen and bathroom, new washer/dryer.

Towering ceilings, hardwood floors, central air, roof top garden. $1350/mo Available AUG 1st, Call 215 321 3519

one bedroom 100% AWESOME APTS Starting $1000. FP, CA, WD, HWF, Nice kits/Baths. Call 215-413-3732 10th SPRUCE, EIK, HIGH/CEIL, DEC/FRPL, HRDWD, LRG/LVRM, WD/STRG AUG. $1400 HT/WTR INCLD. 215-733-0480 10TH & PORTER One BDR,HD Flrs,C/A. Loaded with everything! $750mo.+ utilits. 215-651-9190 11TH & MONTROSE ST. 3rd flr.,modern, 1BDR, carpeting, A/C, Laundry Facilities. No Pets. $700. 856-464-9594 12TH & CHRISTIAN ST. VIC. 1st flr, 1BDR w/ large backyard. $625 mo.+utilis. 609-680-0032 12th & SPRUCE: CHARMING 1br/1bath with NEW KITCHEN, BAY WINDOWS 8/1. $1295.

(610)529-4444.

12TH and CHRISTIAN Bilevel 1BR, Deck, FP, $825+. Avail 07/15. 215-922-1625 12TH LOMBARD: 1bdrm PLUS DEN, 1.5BA, BI-LVL, UPDATED KIT., GOOD CLOSETS, PRV/ YRD, WD/bldg JULY $1300+elc. 215-733-0480 12TH LOMBARD: BI-LEVEL, WLK-IN-CLST, HRD/TILE, DW GD, AC, ELC/HT, WD AUG. $1200+elc. 215-733-0480 15th SPRUCE, EXPOSED BRICK, UPDATED KIT, HRDWD, AC, WD/STRG AUG. $1200+elc.

215-733-0480 15th/Spruce: Beautiful Art Deco High-rise 1Bdrm Apt, Desk Attendant, HW Flrs, Updated Kitch, Onsite Laundry, Intercom Entry, Amazing Location! Avail Sept. From $1080/Mo. 866-939-6587. Lic #219789 15th/Spruce: Lrg 1B in Charming Brownstone, Updated Kitchen, Deco Fp, Built in Shelving, HW Flrs, Intercom Entry, Onsite Laundry. Avail Late Aug. $1035/Mo. 866939-6587. lic#220402 16th PINE VERY BRIGHT, LRGE, HI/CEILG, HRDWD, (2)DEC/FRPL, NEW KIT, WD/STRG AUG. $1260 INCLD HT&WTR 215-733-0480 17TH & WALLACE Cool apt, avail now. $600+.

PMG 215-545-7007 x303 17TH PINE: NEW KITCHEN & WINDOWS, BRIGHT, HRDWD, CRTYRD, WD/STRG JUL $1100+el 215-733-0480 17th SPRUCE, PRV/DECK, NEW KIT, HRDWD, AC, WD/STRG JULY $1150 INCLD HT&WTR 215-733-0480 17xx SPRUCE, CHARMING, LRGE, HI/CEIL, HRDWD, SUNNY, (5)CLOSETS, EIK, DEC/ FRPL, AC, WD/STRG AUG. $1295 INCLD HT&WTR 215-733-0480 18/SPRUCE, RITTENHOUSE SQ.: BEAUTIFUL, TOTALLY RENOVATED apts. NEW DESIGNER KIT., STAINLESS appls, new carrera marble bath, DW, GD, WD, HRDWD/fls, Cathedral ceilings, Great light. CH/CA, non working FRPL. Multiple apts. $1695-1795+ Herman RE 215-514-3524 www.hermanrealtygroup. com 18TH & PINE V.Lg apt, new crpt, colse to all. incl heat. $1095+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302 PhiladelPhiaWeeklY.COM

one bedroom 18TH SPRUCE: NEW KITCHEN, BRIGHT, HRDWD, LRG BDRM, WD/STRG JUL $1025/INC HT 215-733-0480 19/SPRUCE, RITTENHOUSE SQ. BEAUTIFUL, TOTALLY RENOVATED apts. NEW KITCHEN & new baths, dw, gd, wd, Hrdwd/fls, Cathedral Ceilings, Great Light. Large rms, non working FRPLS. Multiple apts: $14501695+ Herman RE 215-514-3524 www. hermanrealtygroup.com 19TH & SPRING GARDEN Gorg renov, HWF, gourmet kit and more. $995+. PMG 215-5457007 x303.

20/LOCUST RITTENHOUSE SQ.: COMPLETELY RENOVATED JR. 1BDRM. NEW KITCHEN & BATH, DW, WD, GD. Great light, High ceilings, Hrdwd/fls. $1175+ Herman RE 215514-3524 www.hermanrealtygroup.com 20TH & WALNUT STS One bedroom duplex is Old World Charm Brownstone. High ceilings, Carpeted, C/A, Gas heat. W/D, D/W. Small pet friendly. $1150/mo+. Avail Sept. 215-627-4414 20th SOUTH RENOVATED, ALL HRDWD, NEWER KIT, TILE/BA, ROOF DECK. Avail NOW $895. (215)551-9599 21ST & SPRING GARDEN 1BR w/Old world charm, Gorg garden, HWF, Incl heat. $950. PMG, 215-545-7007 x110 21ST & SPRING GARDEN V.Cool apt, HWF, Lots of charm. Incl heat. $925+. PMG 215-5457007x303 22ND CHESTNUT: COURTYARD, GOOD CLOSETS, HRDWD, NEW KIT, WD/STRG JUNE $1175+elc. 215-733-0480 22nd CHESTNUT, HRDWD, NEW KIT, AC, CRT YARD, WD STRG AUGUST $1100-$1200+elc.

215-733-0480 250 S 13th 3C $1900/mo 1BD/1BA condo, high ceilings, hwf, new kitchen, large closets, 1 car parking. CALL LYNDA KREVITZ PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-521-1565 50 S 16th #4204 $36501BD+den, 2 full baths, top-of-the-line kitchen, hwf, health club, pool. CALL LYNDA KREVITZ PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-521-1565 609 S. 16TH: LARGE apts, HRDWD, LARGE WINDOWS, MOD. KIT, BATH. Close Trans.

1bdrm $875. EFFIC. $850. 651-246-2288 7TH & PINE Bilevel, DW, WD, AC, Crpt. Great loc for Med student/resident. Quiet loc.

Photo avail. $945+. 267-357-6558 jamesq1@ verizon.net 8TH & CATHERINE-3RD FL.,DECK, C/A,STORAGE/BASEMENT. AVAIL. 8/1. NO PETS. 215-915-5347.

8TH & MORRIS 2nd flr., $600/mo.+utils. No Pets. 1st,last,1mo. security. 215-271-6658.

9TH PINE: CHARMING, SPACIOUS, PRIVATE DECK, NEW KIT w/PANTRY, (5)CLOSETS, HI/ CEILG, HRDWD, WD AUG. $1400+ 215-733-0480 ART MUSEUM AREA: 22xx Green St. 1 bedroom. Hardwood floors, WD in building.

Available 07/01. $1030, includes hot water. No pets. 215.561.5564 ART MUSEUM 21/Parrish Lg 1BR, Fab EIK, All amens. incl heat. $925+. PMG, 215-545-7007 x302 BELLA VISTA Sunny, Clean 1BR apt. WD on premises. $875/mo+. 215-983-0887 BROAD & PINE Gorgeous 1BR, HWF, Close to evrythng. Inc heat, $1025+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302 COLWYN Newly renvt, WW, Frshly painted, New kit, AC, WD h/u. Bsmt, Porch. Nice yd. LR/DR. Avail immed. $550-$595+. 610-733-6281 ITALIAN MARKET/BELLA VISTA- Lrg 1Bdrm, with Tons of Closet Space. Lrg, kitchen with new stainless appliances, edward370@yahoo. com or 215 715 1525.

ITALIAN MKT. AREA 1bedrm., $850/mo.+utils.

Washer/Dryer, A/C. Call 267-334-6111 OLD CITY: Loft apt. w/separate bedroom.

Overlooking Ben Franklin Bridge. High ceilings, Wood floor, W/D, Gas heat. $995/ mo+. 215-627-4414 PENNSPORT: NEWLY RENOVATED 3rd fl, IDEAL for 1 person. CA, Gas HT/WTR, Off street parking. $750. (215)271-7130 RIT SQ. VIC: PETS OK ELEC. INCL! DON’T MISS THIS ONE! AUG or EARLIER $1175.

(215)732-1625

RITTENHOUSE SQ. AREA, 20th SPRUCE, CA, DW, WD/bldg $1250+ INCLDS Hot/Wtr George Gay R.E. 215-563-6724 SOCIETY HILL, DELANCEY ST: 1BR, FP, Garden, Pine Flr, Cathedral ceilings. All appliances & Cable. $1500. (215)850-8751

two bedroom 100% AWESOME APTS Starting $1595. FP, CA, WD, HWF, Nice kits/Baths. 215-413-3732 10TH and FEDERAL: 2BR, CA, 1BA, WD. $1350+.

215-922-3910. mcolaizzo@comcast.net 11TH & WOLF Mod 2BR bilevel w/Basement. CA, HWF, WD, Granite c-tops. $950+.

267-254-1914 12TH & LOCUST Fab 2BR 2BA bilevel, All amens, Deck. $1495+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302 12th and South Street Area: 2BR apt., Great Location - HEAT INCLUDED!!, Washer/Dryer, No Pets, Open House Thursdays 6:00pm-6:30pm, Exact address 769 S. 12th Street, See YOUTUBE Video at www.GasHeart.com - 215-485-1015, $1200/ month 12TH/SPRUCE, BI-LVL, LVRM 2/STORIES HIGH, 2BA, HRWD, SEP/KIT, AC $1350 INCLDS HT. No pets (610)-649-9513 12th/WALNUT: NEW BI-LVL 2BA DEN, HRDWD, GRANITE/SS KIT, CA WD. $2,450.

7/15 (610)529-4444.

13XX GEARY ST completely renovated, 2nd flr., $1100/mo.+utils. Plenty of Parking. Call 215-205-1623.

16TH & SPRUCE 2BR Bilevel, WD, CA, HW floors, Avail 07/01. $1595+. 215-990-9672 16XX JACKSON ST Ultra modern, 2nd flr.,W/ GARAGE. C/A. Call Villa Realty 215-271-0600.

16XX PINE: BI-LVL, BRIGHT, 2BATHS, NEW KIT., HRDWD, CRTYD, WD JULY $1600+el.

215-733-0480 17TH & LOMBARD Great 2BR TH w/all amenities, Parking. $1695+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302 18/PINE, RITTENHOUSE SQ. 2BD/2BA. OWNERS UNIT!!! Totally renovated. Beautiful Bi-lvl apt. Beautiful owners unit. New stainless kitchen, new marble baths, dw, gd, wd. Beautiful inlaid Hrdwd fls, non working fireplace, high ceilings, original moldings. CH/CA. Master suite is entire floor with custom marble bath ensuite!

Tons of charm! $2295+ Herman RE 215514-3524 www.hermanrealtygroup.com 18/SPRUCE, RITTENHOUSE SQ. 2BD/2BA. TOTALLY RENOVATED beautiful Owners unit. New STAINLESS kit., New MARBLE baths, dw, gd, wd. Beautiful inlaid hrdwd fls, non working frpl, high ceilings, original moldings, CH/CA. Master suite w custom marble bath ensuite. Tons of charm! $2675+ Herman RE 215-514-3524 www. hermanrealtygroup.com 19/SPRUCE, RITTENHOUSE SQUARE: 2bd/1ba. TOTALLY RENOVATED, BEAUTIFUL apts. NEW kit. & baths, dw, gd, wd.

Original pine flrs., cathedral ceilings, Frpl, Skylights. LARGE PRIVATE DECKS!! Multiple apts. $1975-$2150+ Herman RE 215-5143524 www.hermanrealtygroup.com 20XX Cypress Street, RITTENHOUSE SQUARE AREA, 2-Bedroom Huge, gorgeous 2-bedroom, bi-level, 1 1/2 baths, 3rd & 4th floors of owner occupied brownstone. Cen A/C, D/W, G/D, W/W carpet, W/D on premises.

Avail 8/1/10. 10-mo or 22 mo lease required.

Small pets may be possible, restrictions apply. $1950 per month, plus elect. Contact kjpel@ verizon.net 2232 S Clarion $1000/mo 2BD/1.5BA home, many upgrades, partially finished basement, yard. CALL LAUREN ACKER PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2097 22ND CHESTNUT: MODERN KIT, GD/ CLTS, HRDWD, DC/FRPL, CRTYD, WD AUG $1600+elc 215-733-0480 22xx BLK of S.BROAD 2BR, 2BA, very nice.

Incls water only. $1050/mo, First/Last/sec. Call Dave, 10:30am-7pm, 215-450-8176 3RD & SPRUCE V.Cool 2BR, FP, DW, Launrdy & More, incl heat. $1275+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302 5xx FITZWATER Large 2BR, 2BA with Deck, Fireplace. $1350/mo+ Utils. 215-922-1625 PhiladelPhiaWeeklY.COM

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733 Melon Pl. D $996/mo Beautiful 2BD/1BA, hardwood floors, granite counters, open LR/ DR. CALL MIKE MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-8345 9TH LOMBARD: BRIGHT SPACIOUS, BI-LVL, MOD KIT, DEC/FRPL, HRDWD AUG $1500+EL. 215-733-0480 Art Museum Area, Must See Newly Renovated 2-3BR Apt., Awesome!, Modern Track Lighting, Granite Countertops, Oak Hardwood Floors, Central Air, Washer/Dryer in Apt., Marble Bathroom Floors, Deck, Video Intercom, No Pets, See YOUTUBE Video at GasHeart.com, Open House Thursdays 7:00pm-7:30pm, 1615 Brown Street, 215485-1015, $1350/month BELLA VISTA: 748 S.8th 3rd fl 2BR, CA. rem Bath. Avail immediately $995/mo. First/Last/ Security. Call Kim, 267-688-3178 MANAYUNK/ROXBOROUGH: Lrg 2bdrm, Renovated Kitch/Bathrm, Patio/Balc Laundry, Gym, Pool, Tennis/ Basketball Crts, Free Shuttle to Main Street Manayunk, Pets Welcome. From $1220/Mo. 888-5389667. Ask about how you can receive FREE Furniture for 1 Year! EXECUTIVE SHORT TERM FURNISHED SUITES AVAILABLE. lic# 218436 Manayunk/Roxborough: Bright, Large 2Bdrm, Balc, Central Air, Prkg, Laundry, ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED! Oversized Windows, NEW Kitchen, DW/GD, Abundant Closet Space, Gym, Pool, Shuttle to Main St. From $1195/Mo. 215-4824246. lic# 215101 MANAYUNK/ROXBOROUGH: Charming 2Bdrm, Bright, Oversize Closets, All New Carpets Throughout, Intercom Entry, Onsite Prkg, AC, Updated Kitchen/Bathrm.

Heat/Water/Gas Incl. 1st month free on select apts! From $1020/Mo. 215-4829032. lic# 218586 Manayunk/Roxborough: Large 2 Bdrm, Balcony, Washer/Dryer, Gym Membership, Private Entrance, Parking, Cats Welcome, Shuttle to Main Street Manayunk. First month Free on Select Apartments! From $1145 /Mo. 888-633-9365. Lic # 223386 OLD CITY, 2BDRMS, 2BA, 2PATIOS, FRPL, STAINLESS APPLS., HRWD/fl, CA, DW, GD, BUILT-IN MICRO WD. Avail NOW. $1900. S&S Properties. 267-402-8017 PT.RICHMOND: 2800 Edgemont Multi level 2BR apt w/Pvt entrance, Incl WD, heat & water. $675/mo. 609-706-7388 QUEEN VILLAGE: 2BR home w/CA, Wood lam flrs, WD, fin bsmt. $1500+. CALL: 215-922-3910. mcolaizzo@comcast.net

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over 50 years in the real estate business 9th & Lombard-Bright, modern 1BR. C/A, HWflrs, Sep Kit, beautiful patio/garden, gas heat, Laundry.

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13th & Lombard-Spacious, modern Studio. Sep Kitchen, C/A, HWflrs, Private balcony, laundry. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED 12th & Rodman-Desirable, modern 3BR 2BA Townhouse. C/A, HWflrs, New kitchen, DW, W/D, 2 F/P, Deck & patio, gas heat.

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$1025+ $1,550+ $1,825+ $1,025 $2,295+ $2,895+ $2,875+

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1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments, Condos & Townhouses ONE BEDROOM

1701 PINE ST. 1500 sq.ft bi-level penthouse, two full baths,c/a,w&d,pets ok $1,850.00 ABBOTTS Sq.Nice 1 Br.,1 to 1.5 Bths., c/a, w&d, balcony, nice vu’s $1,300.00-$1,695 1810 RITTENhOUSE Sq.(SAvOy) 1 Br., 1 Bath, central air, w&d area, south view $1,300.00 SOCIETy hILL TOWERS Beautiful Fully Open, Upgraded 1 Br., 1 Bth.Util. Inc. $1,600.00 819 N. FRANkLIN Lg. 1 Br. Den, 1 Bth., w&d, c/a,yard, EZ Street parking $800.00 424 S. 8Th (PA. hOSPITAL AREA)1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, w&d , a/c’s, new appliances $825.00

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235 FITzWATER ST Lg. modern 3 Brs., 3.5 Bths, garage, deck, family room ABBOTTS Sq. Garden house #8 2nd & Lombard Sts. 2 Br., 2.5 Bths, lg. deck 204 S. 3RD ST. SOCIETy hILL 3 Brs., 2 Baths, 2 decks, Fireplace, PARKING 507 S. hANCOCk SOCIETy hILL 2 Brs., 1 Bth.,c/a,w&d, Charming courtyard 826A FITzWATER ST Large 3 Brs., 2.5 Bth, 2 Dens, Deck, Hd. flrs,c/a,w&d, patio 514 D S. RANDOLPh 2 Brs., 2 Bths.,Den, GARAGE, c/a, w&d,patio/garden 708 ELLSWORTh 2 Brs., 1 Bath, window a/c, w&d, d/w,g/d, nice garden 531 ChRISTIAN ST 4 Brs., 2.5 Baths, central air, wood flrs. ss kitchen, yard 2120 SPRINg ( LOgAN Sq.) Beautiful 3 Brs., 2 Bths, a/c, w&d, avail 8-1-10 2416 PINE ST FITLER Sq.) Large 3 Brs., 2 Bths, yard, a/c’s, Den,w&d

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701 WALNUT ST 500 sq.ft office, utilities inc, architect, artist nice lite 616 S. 3RD (SOUTh ST) 700 sq.ft retail store, bth, a/c, 2-3 car parkg.

951 E. PASSyUNk APPROx. 455 sq.ft, corner retail or office bathroom 761 S. 4Th ST 1100 sq.ft retail space, hi-traffic full bst, bathroom,

$2,700.00 $1,750.00 $1,100.00 $1,250.00 $995.00 $850.00 $1,300.00

23RD & PINE Sunny One & Two Bedrooms, Across from Fitler Sq. park, HW floors, Heat/Hot water included, Laundry.

AVAILABLE NOW/AUGUST!

$985-$1,585

21ST & LOCUST Delightful One Bedroom, HW floors, Sunny, High ceilngs, Heat/Hot water incl, Laundry on site.

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$975

21ST & WALNUT Huge Studio, HW floors, Heat/Hot water included, Laundry in building.

$945

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$1,850

WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST/AVENUE OF THE ARTS

$3,500.00 $2,550.00 $2,995.00 $1,500.00 $2,200.00 $1,700.00 $1,295.00 $2,350.00 $2495.00 $3,000.00

BROAD & SPRUCE Studios high rise, Elevator, HW floors, Great views, AC, New windows, Laundry.

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$695

12TH & SPRUCE Adorable Studio w/Loft bed, HW floors, AC, Lots of character.

$685

$700.00 $1,150.00 $750.00 $995.00

10TH & CLINTON Bright Studio, All utilities included, HW floors, Laundry on premise.

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10TH & CLINTON Brand new, Modern One Bedroom, HW floors, All utilities included, Great closet space, Laundry.

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$665

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47-49 N. 2ND ST Fabulous 2 Br.,2 Bth, all new loft-style apt, elevator 244 S. 9Th ST. (JEFFERSON hOSPITAL) THREE BRS, 2 baths,c/a,w&d, bi-leve 822 FITzWATER ST Very modern 2 Brs., 1 Bath, hd.flrs, a/c, w&d laundry area 765A S. 2ND qUEEN vILLAgE) Large 2brs., 1 Bath, c/a, w&d, wood & w/w 761 S. 4Th ST (qUEEN vILLAgE) 2 Brs., 1 Bth, c/a, w&d.w/w carpet 823 N. FRANkLIN ST (NORThERN LIBERTIES) 2 Brs., 1 Bath, heat included 404 S. 6Th 2 Brs., 1.5 Bths, Den, wood & w/w carpet garage

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avenue of the arts ACADEMY HOUSE 1420 LOCUSt StrEEt

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, southern exposure, laundry 233 S. 20tH StrEEt 1 bedroom, 1 bath, open kitchen, wood floors, 802 sf room, walk-in-closet, 928 sf $1,650 $1,450

units include all utilities, pool, gym 1 bedroom with alcove, 1.5 baths, wood floors, 258 S. 18tH StrEEt 1 bedrooms, 1 bath, high floor, excellent closet space, renovated kitchen, balcony, 1118 sf $2,100 southern exposure, 724 sf $1,625 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, custom renovated kitchen and baths $2,750 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, balcony, high floor, laundry room, 1387 sf $2,400 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, separate dining area, 1016 sf rittEnHOUSE SAvOY $2,300

1810 S. rittEnHOUSE SqUArE 2 bedrooms plus den, 2 baths, balcony, views 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, eat-in-kitchen, great closet space, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, spacious living room with separate $1,340 of Washington Square, laundry room, 1897 sf 1314 sf` $2,495 dining area, 515 sf 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, city skyline views, high floor, W/D, 1524 sf $2,850

CEntEr CitY OnE 1326 SprUCE StrEEt

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units include pool & fitness center 1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, open kitchen, great closet space, 705 sf $1,695

$3,450

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CENTER CITY LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS FOR RENT

tHE WHitE bUiLDing 105 S. 12tH StrEEt 1 bedroom, 2 bath, loft apartment with exposed brick, high ceilings, custom finishes throughout, 1312 sf $2,000

905 LOMbArD StrEEt 1 bedroom plus den, 2 baths, high floor with panoramic skyline views, balcony, excellent closet space, W/D, 1 bedroom townhome, custom kitchen and bath, private Four story townhome, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, renovated, 1209 sf $1,900 street entrance, direct access to garage, 700 sf $1,975 roof deck, one car garage, 1792 sf $2,600

rittenhouse square tHE CArLYLE 2031 LOCUSt StrEEt

1 bedroom, 1 bath, city views, 514 sf

1 bedroom, 1 bath, W/D, sunrise view, 607sf

2 bedroom, 2 bath, corner unit, with city views, large kitchen, washer dryer, 1,200 sf $2,590

HOpKinSOn HOUSE 604-36 S. WASHingtOn SqUArE

$1,150 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, brand new kitchen and baths, Efficiency, southern exposure, great closet space, 415 sf high floor with panoramic city views, 1200sf $2,850 $995 $1,275

tHE WArWiCK

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, excellent closet space, city views, 1701 LOCUSt StrEEt 1164 sf $2,350 Studio, hardwood floors, marble bath, city views, 412 sf $1,290 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, den, 270 degree city views, large kitchen, 1375 sf $2,750 2 bedroom plus den, 3 baths, hardwood floors, southern exposure, marble baths, gourmet open kitchen, 1614sf tHE rittEnHOUSE $4,150

Large studio with alcove, balcony overlooking Washington Square, great closet space, 600 sf

$1,200

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony over Washington Square, great closet space, 843 sf $1,525

2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, balcony, excellent closet space, 210 W. rittEnHOUSE SqUArE 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, all rooms overlook Rittenhouse southern exposure, 1200 sf $2,175 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, hardwood floors, 270 degree Square, large kitchen, seperate dining area, 1765 sf $4,500 views, marble baths, open custom kichen, 1978 sf $5,150

tHE bArCLAY 237 S 18tH StrEEt

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, split floor plan, wood floors, lots of natural light, 1150 sf $2,950

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SOCiEtY HiLL tOWErS 200-220 LOCUSt StrEEt

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3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, Ben Franklin Bridge and river views, excellent condition, 2229 sf $2,390 units include all utilities pArC rittEnHOUSE Studio, large windows, city views, walk-in-closet, 540sf $1,125 225 S 18tH StrEEt 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, tri-level, bridge views, Studio, large marble bath, southern exposure, wood 1 bedroom, 1 bath, Society Hill views, excellent value, grand fireplace, two terraces, 2229 sf $2,600 floors, 413 sf $1,390 700 sf $1,395

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Junior 1 bedroom, wood floors, marble bath, open coMMercial sPace Corner 1 bedroom, 1 bath, river views, galley kitchen, kitchen 506 sf $1,750 775 sf $1,575 1742 Sansom Street - 2nd floor retail space on highly trafficked corner or 18th and Sansom Streets, 1000 sf 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, open kitchen, marble 1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, expansive city views, 700sf $1,500 NNN bath, 840 sf $2,375 $1,700 1830 Rittenhouse - Prime Rittenhouse Square office 2 bedrooms plus den,2 baths, wood floors, open floor space, 754 sf $2,100 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, floor-to-ceiling windows, wood plan, marble baths, 1506 sf $4,000 floors, 1200 sf $2,200 131 S. 18th Street - Prime 1st and 2nd floor retail space on high-end 18th Street shopping corridor, directly across tHE DOrCHEStEr 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, floor-to-ceiling windows, from new 10 Rittenhouse condos $7,500 NNN 226 W. rittEnHOUSE SqUArE Society Hill views, 1133 sf $2,250 units include all utilities, gym, pool 133 S. 18th Street – Ground floor corner retail space, exEfficiency, great natural light, wood parquet floors, cellent visibility on 18th Street shopping corridor $8,250 NNN Washington square excellent value for building, 359sf $995 1601 Locust Street - 1st floor and lower level of prestiinDEpEnDEnCE pLACE gious Lanesborough condo, ideal for restaurant or offices, 233-241 S 6tH StrEEt 1 bedrooms, 1 bath, high floor, balcony, $1,495 4700 sf $11,500 NNN southern city views, 570sf $1,465 1 bedroom, 1 bath, laundry room, balcony, WIC, 928 sf

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2338 Fitzwater Street

239 Market Street

Old Swedes Ct. # 22 – On Queen

self contained. $1,375,000

2 fp’s & deck With river views. $379,000

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brick - deck & Lg Garden. $325,000

& granite countertops. $199,900

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$725,000 $650,000 $168,000 $289,900 $239,900

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Total Square Footage

Bi-level penthouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, large high-end kitchen 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, renovated kitchen and master bath, large balcony 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, hardwoodSOLD! floors, high floor,WE balcony, upgraded SELL baths CAN YOURS TOO! 2 bedroom 1.5 bath corner unit, courtyard view, new kitchen and baths One bedroom, one bath, upgraded kitchen and bath, Juliet balcony, W/D 1 bedroom, 1 bath, seperate dining area, wood floors, excellent closetSELL space SOLD! WE CAN YOURS TOO! 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, opem gourmet kitchen, bay windows bring excellent light, large living area 1 bedroom, 1 bath, panoramic southern views, Juliet balcony, renovated bath and kitchen

1,437 1,111 863 1,019 705 875 966 705

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Total Square Footage

3bedroom+den, 3.5 baths, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone floors, 3 gas fireplaces Tri-level penthouse with 1600 sq ft of terrace space, being sold unfinished, private elevator access 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, herringbone wood floors, EIK, crown molding and other custom finishes throughout, Rittenhouse Square views 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 270 degree views including Rittenhouse Square, chefs kitchen, upgraded throughout 3 bedrooms plus den, 3 baths, Juliet balconies over Rittenhouse Square, hardwood floors, marble baths, brand new 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, panoramic RittenhouseWE SquareCAN view, eat-in-kitchen, master suite, original details SOLD! SELLspacious YOURS TOO! 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, hardwood floors, 270 desgree views, open kichen, marble baths, custom closets, W/D 3BR, 3BA, Bamboo flrs., spac. Kit w/custom wood cabinetry, granite countertops, marble baths, 3 exposures, gym and hotel services balcony, open kitchen with upgraded appliances and details TOO! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large private SOLD! WE CAN SELL YOURS New construction, Santos mahogany wood floors, sub-zero refrigerator, new marble baths, square views 2 bedrooms + den, 3 baths,gourmet kitchen, marble baths, walk-in-closets, hardwood floors 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, new construction, panoramicWE city views, high endSELL features andYOURS finishes throughout SOLD! CAN TOO! Unique combined home with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, completely renovated with custom finishes, wood floors 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, balcony over Ritt Sq, completely renovated w/high end finishes, W/D. SOLD! CAN SELL 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, balcony overWE Rittenhouse Square, abundant YOURS natural light, newTOO! W/D 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, open upgraded kitchen, designer baths One bedroom + den, one and a half baths, hardwood floors, marble baths, custom details throughout 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, balcony, excellent light, upgraded kitchen and baths 1BR, 1.5 ba, EIK, ex. closet space, sunset view 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 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, original wood floors, excellent closet space, W/D, formal dining room 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, oak wood floors, highly upgraded pristineSELL condition YOURS TOO! SOLD! WEkitchen, CAN One bedroom, one bath, hardwood floors, marble bath, custom kitchen Junior 1 bedroom, 1 bath, open kitchen with granite countertops andSELL SS appliances, wood floors, marble bath SOLD! WE CAN YOURS TOO! Trinity townhouse, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, original hardwood floors, decorative fireplace, private garden

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2 bedroom, 2.5 bath, hi ceilings,SOLD! exposed brickWE in livingCAN room, custom hardwood floors, views ofTOO! Independence National Park SELL YOURS 2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, high-end open kitchen, designer bathrooms Unique opportunity to create your own residence. Enjoy amenities from adjacent Omni Hotel Two bedrooms, 2 baths, corner SOLD! unit with river and city views, excellent details throughout WE CAN SELL YOURS TOO! Wonderful opportunity to create your own residence, luxury building w/ many amenities, unfinished space Two bedrooms, one bath, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows Corner 1 bedroom, southeast view, wood floors in living room, updated kitchen One bedroom, one bath, river views, custom kitchen and bath One bedroom, high floor, river view, investment opportunity One bedroom, high floor, river view, excellent investment opportunity SOLD! WE CAN SELL YOURS TOO! Studio, high floor with unobstructed river views, custom closets, wood floors, track lighting, electric blinds

3,155 2,117 2,017 1,200 2,127 1,133 775 700 700 700 522

WASHINGTON SQUARE Amazing 2BR + den, 2.5BA, 2 story penthouse, custom throughout, Ligne YOURS Roset decorated, large balconies on both floors SOLD! WEfinishes CAN SELL TOO! Penthouse, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, EIK, wrap around balcony, floor-to-ceiling windows, wood floors, fireplace 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, balcony, renovated kitchen and baths, custom details throughout 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen and baths, granite wet bar 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, open updated kitchen and baths, balcony with river views 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, balcony over Washington Square, highly upgraded kitchen and baths 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, alcove, Washington Square views 1 bedroom, 1 bath, alcove, highly upgraded with wood floors and custom kitchen, W/D, balcony 2 bedrrooms, 2 baths, balcony, high floor, balcony, high floor with unobstructed city and river views 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, excellent value Junior one bedroom, wood floors, upgraded kitchen and bath, balcony 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, unobstructed southern views,CAN great condition SOLD! WE SELL YOURS TOO!

Total Square Footage

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$262,402 $377,859 $320,490 $278,829 $219,093 $232,152 $174,122 $181,323 $132,825 $180,007 $115,051 $114,292 $118,964 $119,715 $110,008 $103,090 $91,789 $98,201 $99,540 $91,967 $79,315 $79,127 $70,590 $53,426 $49,239 $50,646

$974,357 $853,245 $707,490 $632,859 $468,543 $529,528 $373,141 $371,644 $293,447 $379,163 $246,527 $266,296 $256,375 $265,150 $245,039 $235,610 $213,455 $210,128 $228,813 $203,203 $180,094 $175,675 $147,092 $106,710 $99,127 $88,333

$22,735 $19,909 $16,508 $14,767 $10,933 $12,356 $8,707 $8,672 $6,847 $8,847 $5,752 $6,214 $5,982 $6,187 $5,718 $5,498 $4,981 $4,903 $5,339 $4,741 $4,202 $4,099 $3,432 $2,490 $2,313 $2,061

$4,348 $4,586 $3,545 $3,009 $2,017 $2,579 $1,757 $1,795 $1,205 $1,850 $992 $1,043 $1,215 $1,262 $1,015 $923 $946 $843 $1,076 $962 $831 $664 $667 $486 $399 $424

Monthly After Tax Cost

$18,387 $14,792 $12,963 $11,758 $8,916 $9,776 $6,949 $6,877 $5,642 $8,847 $4,761 $5,171 $4,767 $4,925 $4,702 $4,574 $4,034 $4,060 $4,263 $3,779 $3,371 $3,435 $2,08 $2,003 $1,914 $1,687

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

$306,441 $128,466 $119,775 $76,336 $79,423 $61,727 $48,143 $43,635 $41,910 $41,012 $29,599

$12,556 $5,253 $5,042 $3,198 $3,797 $2,716 $2,024 $1,859 $1,884 $1,632 $1,336

$696,771 $281,166 $269,585 $166,066 $202,717 $141,361 $103,454 $94,403 $100,158 $93,294 $67,507

$16,258 $6,561 $6,290 $3,875 $4,730 $3,298 $2,414 $2,203 $2,337 $2,177 $1,575

$3,702 $1,308 $1,249 $677 $934 $582 $390 $343 $453 $345 $239

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

$201,065 $197,226 $127,528 $125,319 $114,547 $92,141 $74,297 $55,279 $72,256 $42,151 $42,151 $44,769 $42,166

$465,089 $418,785 $267,452 $269,695 $243,280 $191,723 $149,025 $114,763 $156,620 $89,666 $89,666 $95,974 $91,499

$10,852 $9,772 $6,241 $6,293 $5,677 $4,474 $3,477 $2,678 $3,654 $2,092 $2,092 $2,239 $2,134

$2,394 $2,167 $1,201 $1,234 $1,082 $820 $620 $475 $609 $358 $358 $411 $339

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

$11,078 $2,119

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

$1,600,000 $212,568 $474,778 $279,900 $42,318 $90,810

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$1,864 $1,114 $224 $342 $284

$2,112 $315

Monthly After Tax Cost

$8,458 $7,605 $5,040 $5,059 $4,595 $3,654 $2,857 $2,221 $3,046 $1,734 $1,734 $1,828 $1,795 Monthly After Tax Cost

$8,966 $1,804

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Mansions in the sky Presenting the opportunity to create a custom penthouse in the city’s most luxurious condominium.

The Lanesborough, located at 1601 Locust Street, is a boutique condominium tower with only one floor per home. Amenities include 24 hour doorman/concierge, fitness center, and private and direct elevator service to each residence.

2,300 sf penthouse with private outdoor space, 360 degree city views $1,395,000

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3,413 sf tri-level penthouse with large terraces on each floor, 360 degree city views $2,500,000 P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY June 30 -July 6, 2010

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Two bedrooms, two and a half baths, large private balcony on Rittenhouse Square, open floor plan, marble baths. 1552 sf $1,295,000

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Two bedrooms, two baths, den, high ceilings, custom kitchen, marble baths, expansive Rittenhouse Square views. 2221 sf $1,475,000

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On the east side of Rittenhouse Square at 225 South 18th Street, the new Parc Rittenhouse condominium and club offers every modern convenience and amenity of a premiere condominium residence, plus a wealth of unique lifestyle features unequalled by any other building in its class. Building amenities, services and features include:

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Independence place 233 S. 6th Street Beautiful two bedroom, two bathroom residence with separate dining area and balcony with city and river views. 1818 sf. $899,900.

the Barclay 237 S. 18th Street Dramatic three bedroom, three and a half bath home set atop Rittenhouse Square in the historic Barclay.

There are 270 degree views with most rooms fronting Rittenhouse Square. 2638 sf. $2,195,000

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park rIttenhouSe 225 S. 18th Street Three bedroom, three bath Rittenhouse Square facing home.

There is an open floor plan with hardwood floors, chefs kitchen and marble baths. 2131 sf. $1,595,000.

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Bank BuIldIng 421 cheStnut Street Two bedroom, two and a half bath custom home with high ceilings, exposed brick and ductwork and hardwood floors throughout. 2117 sf. $939,900.

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academy HouSe 1420 locuSt St. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, upgraded kitchen and baths, large balcony, 1111 sf $384,900

indePendence Place 241 S. 6tH St. bedroom with alcove, 1.5 baths, hardwood floors, open renovated kitchen, balcony, 1118 sf $499,900

Parc rittenHouSe 225 S. 18tH St. 1 bedroom plus den, 1.5 baths, custom details throughout, great entertaining space, 1338 sf $644,900

dorcHeSter 226 w. rittenHouSe Sq. 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, completely renovated, balcony over Rittenhouse Square, 1231 sf $789,900

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PHiladelPHian 2401 PennSylvania ave.

1 bedroom, 1 bath, upgraded kitchen, hardwood floors, balcony, 1127 sf $239,000

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Society Hill towerS 200 locuSt St. Studio, custom California closet, electric blinds, unobstructed river views, 522 sf $187,500

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