Pittsburgh City Paper back issues from May 2007:
THIS JUST IN
May 02, 2007; ... 3 TIPS TO BETTER SEX SUMMARY: A tutorial on how to enhance your whoopee-making. STATION: WTAE Channel 4 REPORTER/SEX ADVISER: Andrew Stockey WHEN IT AIRED: April 26 RUNNING TIME: 3 minutes, 40 seconds VISUALS: » A music-video montage of men and women working out with gym equipment. » A ...
Swartz And All
May 02, 2007; ... Just don't say you didn't have a choice this May 15 THERE IS EVERY chance Rick Swartz is going to get clobbered in the May 15 Democratic primary. There's even a chance he'll enjoy it. If so, he'll probably be one of the few people having a good time on Election Day. "The ...
A Mother's Work ...
May 02, 2007; ...... Deserves a decent wage SOJOURNER TRUTH WAS not an invited speaker when she made her now famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. And you know what's deeper? She never actually said "Ain't I a woman?" either. "Sojourner" spoke nearperfect Dutch English - her birth name was Isabella Van ...
NOT MUCH OF A PARTY
May 02, 2007; ... Why have reformers suffered so many disappointments? THIS WAS SUPPOSED to be a different article. It was supposed to be a story about a hotly contested race for mayor between Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and his challenger, City Councilor Bill Peduto. But that race never happened. Peduto ...
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3
May 02, 2007; ... A rematch in an unwieldy district THE RACE IN City Council District 3 figures to be close. The candidates themselves, though, couldn't be farther apart. Incumbent Jeff Koch, of hardscrabble Arlington, is a 45-year-old former landscaper and public-works employee. Depending on your ...
On the Run
May 02, 2007; ... Could the Pittsburgh Marathon be getting a second wind? MY VERY FIRST apartment within the city limits was right on the Pittsburgh Marathon route. Until that May, I never gave marathon running any thought, but waking up to a marathon passing by was a transforming experience. There they ...
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1
May 02, 2007; ... Two challengers take on a controversial incumbent IN THE CITY'S District 1 North Side neighborhoods, two challengers are vying for Darlene Harris' seat. Harris, a former school-board member, won the seat in a special election last fall, when Pittsburgh City Council President Luke ...
PITTSBURGH SCHOOL BOARD
May 02, 2007; ... A quiet election season - for a change ONCE NOTORIOUS for its bickering, the Pittsburgh School Board has quieted down in recent years - even as a new superintendent, Mark Roosevelt, has ushered in sweeping changes. Roosevelt has pushed reforms that his predecessors struggled to complete: ...
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 9
May 02, 2007; ... Twanda Carlisle's legal problems draw a slew of challengers AFTER SPENDING a few weeks on the District 9 campaign trail, you'll hear the same ideas repeated over and over. And one of them, uttered by candidate Leah Kirkland at just about every event, sums up the district's ...
Front Line Assembly
May 02, 2007; ... Front Line Assembly Return of the Cyberpunks FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY with THE START, ACUMEN NATION and REIN[FORCED] 8 p.m. Sun., May 6 (doors at 7 p.m.). Mr. Small's Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $20 ($25 day of show). All ages. 412-821-4447 or ...
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
May 02, 2007; ... Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Filibuster on the Dance Floor ANTIBALAS AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA with CHIN CHIN and DJ PETE SPYNDA 8 p.m. Thu., May 3. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. (Outdoor show, weather permitting.) $12. 412-237-8300 or ...
PITTSBURGH CITY CONTROLLER
May 02, 2007; ... A high-profile race for an often-overlooked job WITH NO ONE challenging incumbent Luke Ravenstahl for mayor, this year's race for city controller is the only citywide contest on the ballot. It's also the first election since the office was vacated last year by Tom Flaherty, whose ...
under the WIRE
May 02, 2007; ... IN AMERICA'S most livable city, we like to count the ways we're behind the times - it's part of our natural inferiority complex. And though it might seem insignificant to anyone outside the music scene, here's yet another shortcoming of our fair 'Burgh: Bands aren't getting free beer! » ...
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 7
May 02, 2007; ... An upstart takes on a familiar name THC RACE FOR District 7 pits a name-brand incumbent against a brash newcomer. In one corner is incumbent Len Bodack Jr. whose father and namesake was the former chair of the Allegheny County Democratic Party and a long-time state legislator. In ...
La Fraction
May 02, 2007; ... La Fraction Deaf Ears Ring LA FRACTION with OH SHIT THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US!, BLOOD VESSELS TO WIRES, MASS GRAVE and THE SHORT DARK STRANGERS & THE SHADY MOTHERFUCKERS 6 p.m. Thu., May 3. Belvedere's, 4096 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $5. All ages. IF MUSIC IS ...
Fair to Midland
May 02, 2007; ... Fair to Midland Small Town Shred FAIR TO MIDLAND opening for AS I LAY DYING with DIE ROTE KAPELLE and STABBING THE DRAMA 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 5 (doors at 6:30 p.m.). Mr. Small's Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $15. All ages. 412-821-4447 or ...
The Forbidden 5
May 02, 2007; ... The Forbidden 5 The Forbidden 5 Chop You Up! ISV RECORDS THE FORBIDDEN 5 CD RELEASE at THE ROCK AND ROLL SPOOK SHOW with AL AND THE BLACK CATS and THE ARKHAMS 9 p.m. Sat., May 5. Thunderbird Café, 2043 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $7. or www.myspace ....
Narse
May 02, 2007; ... Narse The Craftsman GNARPHLAGER RECORDS AS THE PRINCIPAL writer, producer and performer of numerous projects, Josh - who chooses to go by first name only - is indeed a craftsman. He switches roles between Narse, the Pancreatic Aardvarks, Gallows Tree and the Good ...
Barden wants to play by same development rules as stadiums
May 09, 2007; ... Last week, the Steelers threw a penalty flag on a proposed North Side casino because, the team claimed, the developer hadn't prepared a detailed traffic study. Upon further review, however, casino officials say they're playing their game according to the Steelers' and the Pirates' ...
Dirty Words
May 09, 2007; ... Could successful prosecution of written stories - even "vile" ones - set a dangerous precedent? KAREN FLETCHER IS A 53-year-old former Web-site operator from Donora. Her online writings, which were located at Redrosestories.com, contained dark, brutal portrayals of sexual violence ...
Robotics center protesters deal for community service
May 09, 2007; ... Even veteran activists were surprised on May 3 when all charges were dropped against antiwar protesters who had blockaded a Defense Department-supported facility in Lawrenceville on March 2. Perhaps more surprising was the praise they received from the bench. "On a personal ...
From: http://kdiddy.livejournal.com
May 09, 2007; ... HTTP://PiTTSBURGH N'@ Yinz keep bloggin'. WHEN WE signed the baby up for tee ball, I looked at the "Every Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m." bit and thought that I comprehended K and when the husband whined, I shushed him. However, every Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. sucks much ass ....
THIS JUST IN
May 09, 2007; ... THE LIGHTS ARE ON, BUT NO ONE'S HOME SUMMARY: The boom is about to be lowered big-time on city employees who dare to dwell outside its dearly charted boundaries! STATION: KDKA Channel 2 REPORTER: Marty Griffin WHEN IT AIRED: May 1 RUNNING TIME: 2 minutes, 47 seconds VISUALS: » Griffin ...
Making (Radio) Waves
May 09, 2007; ... Will the end of Imus mean new rules for radio? REMEMBER WHEN Clear Channel banned all those songs that had to do with death after 9/11? Songs like John Lennon's "Imagine?" That's when I thought, "I'm screwed." Everybody was incredibly paranoid about everything that was going out over the ...
YOU HAD TO ASK
May 09, 2007; ... What is the history of the Garden Theater on the North Side? QUESTION SUBMITTED BY: RICHARD GRAHAM, Brighton Heights THE GARDEN'S HISTORY is a sad one - a family-friendly movie house that bore bitter fruit and became a porn theater. And while the theater was recently ...
Draft Bored
May 09, 2007; ... Steelers picks a less-than-inspiring bunch JUST WHEN I THOUGHT it was safe to turn on ESPN, the "worldwide leader" broadcast the Brady Quinn Telethon - I mean, the 2007 NFL draft. And just when I thought the Cleveland Browns had learned something about building a successful team (by ...
LIFE CYCLE
May 09, 2007; ... For Danny Chew, it's all about the bike DANNY CHEW IS SNARLING, snorting and barking at me, his face thrust forward so it's only six inches from my own. White flecks gather in the corners of his mouth. He's pushed his bristling brown hair back on his head, and his eyes gleam behind his ...
SIGNAL TO NOISE
May 09, 2007; ... EVERYONE SEEMS to have an opinion about Clear-Channel and Live Nation, but such discussions are usually abstract - especially when punctuated with "man" and "dude" and "down with capitalism." So when I headed to Diesel last week for Live Nation's season-kickoff party, I figured I'd see some of ...
A Conversation with Jennifer Herrema of RTX
May 09, 2007; ... IF JENNIFER HERREMA did not exist, it would be necessary to invent her. The world just needs a badass arty hesher who's part studio rat, part Calvin Klein model, and who rambles about her music in a mumbling drawl, through baseball analogies and apocryphal Van Halen songs. As Royal Trux, Herrema ...
Persephone's Dream
May 09, 2007; ... In and Around the Lake THINK PROGRESSIVE art-rock is all about castles and fairies? The Pittsburgh-based band Persephone's Dream, lurking in the background since musical mastermind Rowen Poole hatched it in 1993, isn't going to smash that preconception. Instead, this band - named after ...
Never Souled Out
May 09, 2007; ... Northern Soul All-Niter ANY PITTSBURGHER who's visited the White Eagle dub for Soulcialism has an inkling of what "northern soul" looks like: DJs spinning rare soul 45s, dancing and drinking into the wee hours - and the odd feeling you're on a movie set. But in a weird way, it's the ...
Colter Harper
May 09, 2007; ... Colter Harper Once Upon a Mind SELF-RELEASED JAZZ GUITARIST Colter Harper has been spotted in a number of settings around town: in a duo with vocalist Carolyn Perteete; backing Phat Man Dee; sitting in with Opek; and leading a number of groups, including an organ trio ....
Black Moth Super Rainbow
May 09, 2007; ... Black Moth Super Rainbow Dandelion Gum GRAVEFACE IT'S ALWAYS HARD to write about Black Moth Super Rainbow, because I refuse to call someone "Father Hummingbird" or "The Seven Fields of Aphelion." ("David Gilmour" was good enough for David Gilmour.) But even if the band's ...
The Glorious Ones
May 09, 2007; ... The Glorious Ones THE TEAM OF lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty have, in their relatively short career, created some of the theater's most imaginative work: Once on This Island, Seussical - The Musical and Lucky Stiff each offer an extraordinary amount of entertainment ....
The Art of Dining
May 09, 2007; ... The Art of Dining THE LITTLE LAKE Theatre Company's production of Tina Howe's self-conscious 1979 comedy The Art of Dining is a bit of a frozen fish camouflaged in a heavy sauce: an uneven play in an uneven presentation. Make that four fish. Set in the kitchen and dining room of ...
Israel, Then
May 09, 2007; ... Israel, Then ON DISPLAY IN the central corridor of the Jewish Community Center's American Jewish Museum is The Forgotten Photographs: The Work of Paul Goldman from 1943-1961. The exhibition is so situated that one is likely to encounter the photographs peripherally, and in passing; yet ...
A Talk with John Kerry
May 09, 2007; ... IN THEIR NEW BOOK, This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future (PublicAffairs), U.S. Sen. John Kerry and Heinz Foundations chair Teresa Heinz Kerry note that a trait of many "new environmentalists" is that they don't call themselves "environmentalists." At ...
ALTAR BOYZ
May 02, 2007; ... ALTAR BOYZ continues through Sun., May 6. Byham Theatre, 121 Sixth St., Downtown. 412-456-6666 Altar Boyz WHEN KEVIN DEL AGUILA (book) and Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker (music and lyrics) were writing their off-Broadway smash Altar Boyz, it's unlikely they asked, "Yeah, ...
The Scarlet Letter
May 02, 2007; ... The Scarlet Letter THE SCARLET LETTER continues through May 13. Open Stage Theatre, 2635 Smallman St., Strip District. 412-281-9700 AT ITS PROVERBIAL HEART, the story of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a freaky-deaky love triangle. There's a willful Puritan woman, a ...
Garden Show
May 02, 2007; ... Garden Show IN FULL BLOOM continues through May 12. SPACE Gallery, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown. 412-325-7723 The tattoo station at its most recent reception wasn't the only thing distinguishing in Full Bloom, a big group show at SPACE Gallery. Indeed, needles staining live flesh ...
Fleshed Out
May 02, 2007; ... Fleshed Out MUSCLELICOUS! continues through May 27. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 5300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. 412-361-0873 or www.pittsburgh arts.org I VISITED BARBARA WEISSBERGER'S latest show, Musclelicious! at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, hungry. I was craving some fresh ...
Lobby Heroes
May 02, 2007; ... YOU COULD BE EXCUSED, while on the North Side, for constantly ruminating about stars and planets. The former Buhl Planetarium, a monument to the skies, remains as part of the recently expanded Children's Museum, and the neighborhood's entire dynamic of decline and ascendance has the aura of an ...
Everything Illuminates
May 02, 2007; ... Everything Illuminates THE NEW PITTSBURGH POETRY A reading presented by THE NEW YINZER and RIVER WATER 7:30 p.m. Thu., May 10. ModernFormations Gallery, 4919 Penn Ave., Garfield. $2. 412-362-0274 or www.newyinzer.com A BOOK OF POETRY can take some growing into ....
CHaPTeR & verse
May 02, 2007; ... Mourning in a second language The death moan cuts through generations. The howl of her Chinese ancestors. A cool night on the boundary of summer. All she can say is, She was nice to me. - Joe Clark Joe Clark lives in Oakland and is ...
Cuzamil
May 02, 2007; ... Cuzamil 2019 Murray Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412-521-3250 The menu at this Mexican restaurant has lots of familiar items and generous combo platters, as well as less typical fillings such as spicy chorizo, marinated pork, shredded, stewed chicken and tongue. The fillings we tried ...
Bocktown Beer and Grill
May 02, 2007; ... Bocktown Beer and Grill 690 Chauvet Drive (near Target), The Pointe, North Fayette. 412-788-2333 Beer is the essence of Bocktown. All of the dishes are less than $10 and designed to complement beer, including an entire menu column dedicated to the French fry and its various ...
Sewickley Speakeasy
May 02, 2007; ... Sewickley Speakeasy LOCATION: 17 Ohio River Blvd., Sewickley. 412-741-1918 HOURS: Wed.-Sat. 4-10:30 p.m.; Sun. 4-9 p.m. PRICES: Starters $6-13; entrées $16-27 FARE: Continental ATMOSPHERE: Old-fashioned tavern LIQUOR: Full bar SMOKING: ...
NEW THIS WEEK
May 02, 2007; ... NEW THIS WEEK AFTER THE WEDDING. Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen), the director of an Indian orphanage, grudgingly returns to his native Denmark to meet with Jergen (Rolf Lassgård), a wealthy businessman looking to dump a few million into a charity. But Jørgen's unusual request for Jacob to attend ...
Spider-Man 3
May 02, 2007; ... Spider-Man 3 Tangled Webs THE QUALITY OF THE MERCILESS is rather strained in Spider-Man 3, the latest installment in the serially entertaining comic-book-cinema franchise about the heroic, arachnophilic, alliterate Peter Parker, portrayed once again by the perpetually puckish ...
The Condemned
May 02, 2007; ... The Condemned Sucker Punch DESPITE THE RECENT nostalgic keening from Messrs. Rodriguez and Tarantino about the exploitation films of yore, there's still plenty of cinematic turds out there today, albeit with bigger budgets. These aren't simply films that misfire or are lame, but ...
Grbavica
May 02, 2007; ... Grbavica Women and Children First ESMA LIVES a familiar life. A single mother, she works as a waitress and takes sewing jobs on the side. She goes to a support group, where the women cry or giggle nervously or lash out with defensive arrogance. Her 12-year-old tomboy daughter, ...
Pictures for Sounds
May 02, 2007; ... Pictures for Sounds FILM KITCHEN MUSIC VIDEO CONTEST 8 p.m. Tue., May 8 (7 p.m. reception). Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., Edqewood. $6. 412-316-3342, x178 or www.filmkitchenpgh.org IN PAST YEARS, Film Kitchen's annual contest challenged local artists to ...
SMaLL SCReeN
May 02, 2007; ... SMaLL SCReeN Who the #?&% Is Jackson Pollock? "YOU AINT gonna believe this shit." That's how 73-year-old long-haul trucker Teri Horton begins her story. The bargain-hunting, Southern California granny bought an "ugly" painting as a gift at Dot's Spot Thrift for $5 ....
NeWS OF THE WEiRD
May 02, 2007; ... * TO FUND A NEW Iraqi economy and government after the March 2003 invasion, the U.S. Federal Reserve snipped 484 pallets of shrink-wrapped U.S. currency, weighing 363 tons, totaling more than $4 billion. According to a House of Representatives committee staff report in February, most of the cash ...
Sewickley Speakeasy
May 09, 2007; ... Sewickley Speakeasy 17 Ohio River Blvd., Sewickley. 412-741-1918 Here, the brick-lined walls and fireplaces evoke the cozy ambience of a Colonial tavern, and the atmosphere of the interconnected dining rooms spans casual comfort and elegance. The Continental menu reminded us of ...
Cuzamil
May 09, 2007; ... Cuzamil 2019 Murray Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412-521-3250 The menu at this Mexican restaurant has lots of familiar items and generous combo platters, as well as less typical fillings such as spicy chorizo, marinated pork, shredded, stewed chicken and tongue. The fillings we tried ...
Pho Kim 88
May 09, 2007; ... Pho Kim 88 FOR YEARS, CASTLE SHANNON was a bit of an enigma to us. Was it, as its name suggested, a little spot of the Emerald Isle in Pittsburgh's South Hills? Did it really have a castle? Recently, we've discovered some of the charms of this romantically named suburb. No, it doesn't ...
NEW THIS WEEK
May 09, 2007; ... BLACK BOOK. (See review.) Manor DECTA FARCE. In C.B Harding's raucous comedy, three drunken losers, Including perennial boob Larry the Cable Guy, are mistaken for Army reservists and shipped to Fallujah. But they fall out of the transport plane, land in Mexico and, not knowing the ...
Silk Screen Film Festival
May 09, 2007; ... AFTER ITS auspicious debut last year, Pittsburgh's Silk Screen Film festival returns. Beginning Fri., May 11, and running through Sun., May 20, the festival will present 20 films, from North America, the Far East, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, representing the diversity of Asian ...
Black Book
May 09, 2007; ... Black Book Page-Turner THE DUTCH DIRECTOR PAUL VERHOEVEN has a lot of story to tell in Black Book, his first film made in his native country in almost a quarter century, and to tell it, he races through plot twists that create an increasingly breathless pace. It finally feels ...
NeWS OF THE WEiRD
May 09, 2007; ... * JERUSALEM'S CHURCH of the Holy Sepulchre most recently made News of the Weird in 2004 because of continued petty territorial fighting among the six Christian denominations that share management of the church, which is home to some of Christianity's holiest sites, including that of Christ's ...
Community says jobs needed to curb Homewood crime
May 16, 2007; ... NEIGHBORHOODS The scene outside of the Carrone Baptist Church in Homewood was one of peace and unity. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl stood in front of a throng of Homewood residents and activists - shepherded there by members of his staff. Beside him, on a white poster board, was his ...
Vicious Cycle
May 16, 2007; ... Recent incidents involving bicyclists are, sadly, nothing new ALTHOUGH CYCLISTS SAY they are no strangers to passersby who taunt them or motorists forcing them off the streets, some cycling advocates are particularly disturbed by the latest string of incidents, which include at least two ...
Local "Wiki" master done in by "sock puppets"
May 16, 2007; ... ONLINE During the 1970s, the principal of Taylor Allerdlce High School routinely used morning announcements to plead with students to "please keep the pot-smoking out of the stairwells." And the student newspaper frequently carried ads urging students to make money by selling drugs in ...
Scathing Bonds
May 16, 2007; ... Former Pirate may soon be baseball's home run king, but Pittsburgh has no love for Barry SPORTS COLLECTORS of the world take note: If you want a discount on Barry Bonds merchandise, come to the city where his career began. In other places across the country, Bonds memorabilia goes for ...