Oct 23-29, 2003

News

• News

  Probably one of the tightest, most exciting bands to come out of the guitar-driven emo scene of the mid-'90s was Braid, a Chicago foursome who nearly perfected the venerable rock trick of building up a song slowly and quietly before a crashing, explosi

  If there is safety in numbers, what is the number of firefighters Pittsburgh needs? Now a CMU researcher has done the math.

  By Marty Levine

  Oct 23, 2003
• News

  The Exit Interview

  After seven years of insulting everything but our intelligence, John McIntire makes a reluctant departure from NightTalk.

  By Andy Newman

  Oct 23, 2003
• News

  Follow That Story

  By Marty Levine

  Oct 23, 2003
• News

  Darlene, Mean Budget Machine

  School board prez Harris floats a tax cut

  By Chris Potter

  Oct 23, 2003
• News

  Mercy, Mercy Me

  An interview with End of Life Choices leader Faye Girsh

  By Marty Levine

  Oct 23, 2003
• News

  City Lumbers Toward Regulations

  If a tree falls in the middle of the city, and someone hears it, there's not much they can do about it -- yet

  By Rich Lord

  Oct 23, 2003
• News

  Trick or Treatment

  Downtown janitors, whose current contract expires on Halloween, want affordable family health care to be a part of their future

  By Marty Levine

  Oct 23, 2003

Arts+Entertainment

• Music

  Death Cab For Cutie

  Transatlanticism
  Barsuk Records

  By Dan Eldridge

  Oct 23, 2003
• Music

  The Streets

  All Got Our Runnins
  Vice Records

  By Justin Hopper

  Oct 23, 2003
• Music

  Hey Mercedes

  Loses Control
  Vagrant

  By Dan Eldridge

  Oct 23, 2003
• Music

  Vampire Nation

  Dead City Diary
  (Hexagon)

  By Manny Theiner

  Oct 23, 2003
• Screen

  Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 23, 2003
• Screen

  Veronica Guerin

  Bad News

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 23, 2003
• Screen

  The Animation Show

  'Toon up

  By Bill O'Driscoll

  Oct 23, 2003
• Screen

  Leaving Metropolis

  SILENCE = DRAMA

  By Harry Kloman

  Oct 23, 2003
• Screen

  Runaway Jury

  Out of Order

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 23, 2003

Columns

• Opinion

  We're Not Worthy!

  When CEOs who bleed the city suggest more cuts

  By Chris Potter

  Oct 23, 2003
• You Had to Ask

  What's the history of the Alexander Calder mobile that used to be in the airside terminal of the Pittsburgh International Airport? I heard it changed colors a few times. Why isn't it there anymore? Where did it go?

  Question submitted by: Erica Brusselears, Mexican War Streets

  By Chris Potter

  Oct 23, 2003
• Local Vocal

  A Conversation with Steven Noss

  Steven Noss presents the art of hair-weaving through song and dance on television programs such as The Ricki Lake Show, and the Detroit-based Hair Wars; in fact, he's this year's recipient of Ricki's Golden Weave Award. The 37-year-old Latrobe native...

  By Sharmila Venkatasubban

  Oct 23, 2003