RADIO TIMES Hour 1 Immigration overhaul 101. A plan introduced last week in the U.S. Senate is the starting point for what will likely be the first major overhaul of the U.S. immigration system since 1986. The plan now being debated in Congress would created a temporary immigrant based workforce and open the door to legal citizenship to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants now in the U.S. To discuss this in detail, we’ll talk with MARK KRIKORIAN the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, and FRANK SHARRY the executive director of the National Immigration Forum. Hour 2 The […]
TODAY I SAW…
[photo by JONATHAN VALANIA] 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 […]
EARLY WORD: Rumble In The Jungle!
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KILLADELPHIA: 1 More Dead Since You Went To Bed
A triple shooting left one man dead in Germantown last night. Police said a gunman opened fire on Henley Street near West Manheim shortly after 8 p.m. A 29-year-old man, whose name was not released, was hit multiple times and died at Albert Einstein Medical Center at 8:38 p.m. Two unidentified men — one 21 years old and the other 29 — were wounded. Both men were listed in stable condition at area hospitals. DAILY NEWS: One Less German In Germantown OVERHEARD: “This is a lot more about community, about the lack of any centering force within the black community, […]
MEDIA: Daily News Gets A New Boss
Executive Vice President Mark Frisby will take over as publisher of the tabloid, Tierney said. Tierney will remain President and CEO of the Daily News. “This shows we’re going to actually step on the gas and invest more in the Daily News,” Tierney said. Brian Tierney — the CEO of the company that owns the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philadelphia Inquirer — announced today that he is appointing a new publisher for the Daily News. Frisby came to the company last fall after serving as publisher of the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, N.J. He will continue to supervise production, […]
OBAMA: The Man Comes Around
“Obama also met for 30 minutes with Democratic mayoral nominee Michael Nutter at the Sheraton Center City Hotel, spokesman Robert Gibbs said. He declined to characterize the meeting.During the primary, Obama had endorsed and stumped for one of Nutter’s rivals, Rep. Chaka Fattah. A spokeswoman for Nutter declined to comment on the meeting, saying it was private.” [INQUIRER] WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT: Barack Obama, Electric Factory, 5:10 P.M. [Photos by JONATHAN VALANIA]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR Comic Don Rickles is known for insulting his audiences on stage, but he doesn’t consider himself an insult comic. His heyday was in the ’50s and ’60s, on TV and in Vegas. Frank Sinatra, an early fan, helped get him noticed. Now Rickles has written a memoir, Rickles’ Book. PLUS, documentary producer Huw Cordey helped create the staggeringly ambitious BBC series Planet Earth. The series was five years in the making and was shot in 62 countries on every continent. It was broadcast in the United States on The Discovery Channel, and is now available on DVD. RADIO […]
TONITE: Secret Cinema Under The Stars
On Tuesday, May 22, the Secret Cinema will present the historic drama Magnificent Doll at a very historic site — the cobblestone and ivy courtyard of the Morris House Hotel, built in 1787 as the luxury home of one of the Revolutionary era’s most celebrated families. This very special event will include dinner and a movie, and proceeds benefit The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. The film to be shown is a little-seen biopic from Hollywood’s golden age, Magnificent Doll, starring Ginger Rogers as feisty first lady (and latter-day ice cream icon) Dolly Madison. Co-starring are David Niven and Burgess […]
MEDIA: From The Dept. Of WHO FUCKIN CARES!?!
THANK YOU CORPORATE MEDIA: For keeping the public distracted, ignorant and preoccupied with insignificance. Your license has been renewed.
TODAY I SAW…
[Photo by RACHAEL SHIRLEY] 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 […]
POP IN TAPE: Hot Wax In The 215
VINYL SOLUTION: Jerry Weber of Jerry’s Records, Pittsburgh, PA — the man who taught a generation of yinzers to love records BY MICHAEL FICHMAN Every summer, I troll around the streets of Philadelphia on sunny Saturdays and Sundays, looking for records. Behind mattresses and shitty table lamps, there are stacks of moldy gems waiting to see the light of a crisp diamond stylus. There are Al Greens who have gone decades without singing sweet romance, Bohannons who haven’t put their lifts on since the Carter Administration, Dwight Yoakam’s dry and desiccated like roadkill ten miles outside of Bakersfied. A typical […]
INFANTICIDE: Dead Trunk Baby Ruled Homicide
The Delaware County medical examiner has made public his findings in the death of a newborn boy – found last January in the trunk of a car. Medical examiner Fredric Hellman would not comment but released a written statement citing asphyxiation – smothering – as the cause of death for the newborn baby boy. His death has been ruled a homicide and charges are pending. The baby was found January 22nd in a duffel bag in the trunk of a car on Drexel Avenue in Upper Darby. The statement goes on to say the death was the result of “assault by […]