A clearly agitated Mayor John Street was refusing to talk about his efforts on behalf of a group that is behind an advertisement attacking the apparent front-runner in next week’s Democratic mayoral primary (see related story). Reporters have been trying to follow up on word that the mayor has been helping to raise money for the anti-Nutter group. The mayor went on a rant against The Philadelphia Inquirer for sending a reporter to knock on his door Wednesday night. That reporter had a door slammed in her face. Street’s spokesman confirms that the mayor had made fundraising calls on behalf of […]
GAYBO: From Helsinki With Love*
PHILEBRITY? NYET!: Team Latvia Flies The Phawker Flag At Eurovision TOMMY ZANE REPORTS: HELSINKI, FINLAND — Hit Hercules Gay Disco last night with my dear journalist friends, Maria, Viv and Timo. Eurovision 2006’s 4th place finisher Mihai Traistariu, a Romanian mouthful (pun intended), sang his Italo-disco hit, “Tornero.” Maria, Viv, Timo and I, having imbibed numerous apple ciders, were certainly feeling that feeling that Eurovision magic. Apparently, one troll-like gay elder of Finnish descent was already a few drinks up on us, and felt up Maria for a frightening dance-off to Cher’s “Believe.” Never one to turn up a challenge, […]
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SHAME OF THE CITY: The Swiftboating Of Nutter
We are fairly certain that if Martin Luther King came back today and saw how the legacy of the Civil Rights struggle was being manipulated to scare off black voters from pulling the lever for an accomplished and more-than-qualified black candidate — well, he’d probably never stop vomiting. (Yes, we are talking to you, John Street) We’d like to see a commercial standing up for the ‘rights’ of the dead, namely the right to life — arguably the most civil right of them all. The murder rate in the city of Philadelphia just rolled over to 139 140 dead in […]
KEYSTONE POLL: Nutter Takes Commanding Lead
Michael Nutter has taken the lead in the mayor’s race — the third man to lead this bumpy, ever-changing race, according to a new Daily News Keystone Poll released May 9, 2007. But the poll also finds a great deal of “uncertainty and potential for change” among the city’s Democratic voters. Nutter’s poll numbers have jumped from 12 percent in the April poll to 31 percent now. Tom Knox polled at 21 percent; Chaka Fattah, 13 percent; Bob Brady, 11 percent; and Dwight Evans, 3 percent. Twenty-one percent were undecided, say the pollsters, the Center for Opinion Research of the […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR ON WHYY Fresh Air went national in 1987, and we’re celebrating that 20th anniversary by revisiting some classic interviews. First up: Jerry Seinfeld, who sat down with Terry Gross before Seinfeld made him a star. Rebroadcast from Sept. 2, 1987. PLUS, Jackie Mason. His comic roots are planted firmly in the Borscht Belt, but he’s conquered everything from HBO to Broadway. Rebroadcast from Sept. 29, 1987. RADIO TIMES WITH MARTY MOSS-COANE Hour 1 As Philadelphia focus on violence in the City, our guests take a look at the growing problem of drug trafficking on street corners which plays […]
TODAY I SAW…
BY JEFF DEENEY “Today I saw…” is a series of nonfiction shorts based on my experiences as a caseworker serving formerly homeless families now living in North and West Philadelphia. I decided not long after starting the job that I was seeing so many fascinating and disturbing things in the city’s poorest neighborhoods that I needed to start cataloging them. I hope this bi-weekly column serves as a record of a side of the city that many Philadelphians don’t come in contact with on a daily basis. I want to capture moments not frequently covered by the local media, […]
GAYBO: FROM HELSINKI WITH LOVE
TOMMY ZANE REPORTS: HELSINKI, Finland — Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the gayest of them all: a.) A drag queen lip-synching “It’s Raining Men”; b.) Judy Garland singing “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” or c.) A stripper at Woody’s gyrating to Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff”? Well, the answer is obviously d.) none of the above, because I’m here in Helsinki for the gayest show on earth, the Eurovision Song Contest. And child, every queen on the continent is here. By Saturday night, 100 million people from Istanbul to Copenhagen will be tuned in to root for their respective faves in […]
HIZZONER ’07: PW Has Joined The Game
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We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
SEXY BOY: Air‘s Jean-Benoit Dunckel, The Fillmore, Last Night BY SIMONE SECCI FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Air are one of those bands that have this precious ability to relax you like nothing else does. Personally I find this amazing and besides any consideration about the nature of the music, which draws heavily and equally from seventies prog, sixties extravaganza and eighties pop. But even though — doesn’t this mix sound perfect? And it does, it really does! The live show is just great, the duo of Jean-Benoit and Nicolas have this amazing back up band that recreate live every single sound from […]
THE SHAMEFUL POLITICS OF UNCLE TOM
BY ANNETTE JOHN-HALL OF THE INQURER Well, now. Talk about black-on-black crime. I’m not referring to the city’s exploding homicide total, now at an abysmal 139, by the way. I’m talking about Chaka Fattah’s drive-by in the debate Monday night, the underhanded and unseemly shot he took at Michael Nutter in an attempt to undermine his candidacy for mayor. […] Defending charges from opponents that his proposal to stop and frisk those suspected of carrying illegal weapons was a racist tactic, Nutter insisted his plan wasn’t about race. “It’s about criminals. As a person who’s been black for 49 years, […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR In Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989, historian Michael Beschloss takes a look at the crucial moments when a president risked his political career for the good of the country, often by taking an unpopular or controversial stand. Beschloss is the author of books including The Conquerers: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany. RADIO TIMES Hour 1 Rebroadcast of the May 6th WHYY-TV Philadelphia Mayoral debate. Marty Moss-Coane moderated the debate that featured the five major democratic candidates. The candidates are Chaka Fattah, Bob Brady, Dwight Evans, Tom Knox and Michael Nutter. Philadelphia […]
BREAKING: Eagles’ Cheerleaders Chillaxin’ In Mexico
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