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TRAILER: Persepolis
This looks cool, Punky Brewster comes of age in post-Revolution Iran. RELATED: TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, detaining 23 people, as part of a broad crackdown on immoral behavior in the Islamic state, official media said on Sunday. The action in Tehran province was the latest move in a campaign against fashion and other practices deemed incompatible with Islamic values, including women flouting strict dress codes and barber shops offering men Western hair styles. “Using immoral computer games, storing obscene photos … and the presence of […]
THE TAO OF EVA: Shitting Pretty In Tokyo
EDITOR’S NOTE: Phawker assistant editor Eva Liao is currently in Japan on an exciting journalistic-type assignment that we’d have to kill you if we told you about, etc. However, she promises to send us a little culture-shock postcard each and every day. Her first one concerns the peculiarities of Japanese bathroom etiquette. The Japanese have mastered the art of shitting in public bathrooms. I look forward to doing it everyday. Just because I like you, I made this easy-to-use tutorial. 1. Toilet Seat Cleaner: Step One: Hold toilet paper under knob and press the gray button to dispense anti-bacterial spray. […]
BE VERY AFRAID: The Walls Have Ears
CBS NEWS: Two months ago, President Bush made a strong argument for updating a law which oversees the government’s ability to engage in surveillance of Americans and non-citizens, which requires warrants from a secret court. He spoke of the importance to our nation’s security to have a bill ready for him to sign, so as to not “limit” his administration’s anti-terrorism activities.But underneath this urgency was a threat: Even if Congress sent him an updated Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) bill with the provisions he said were required to pursue wiretaps of individuals with a minimum of judicial oversight, Mr. […]
IN THE FAST LANE: When Anchorbabes Attack!
NEW YORK POST: December 16, 2007 — A foxy Philly anchorwoman — who once e-mailed sexy swimsuit snaps to a married TV talking head — became an anger woman today, calling a female cop a “dyke bitch” and slugging her in the face, law-enforcement sources said. The bizarro incident occurred when Alycia Lane, an Emmy Award-winning anchor for KYW-TV in Philadelphia, was riding in a cab with hunky radio DJ boyfriend Chris Booker and another couple when their taxi was stalled behind a slow-moving, unmarked police car, sources said. When the unmarked car stopped for a light at Ninth Avenue […]
FORECAST: Everyone Knows It’s Windy
Monday, Dec 17 High: 39 °F RealFeel®: 22 °F A rain or snow shower in spots this morning; otherwise, mostly sunny with winds gusting past 45 mph
WE KNOW IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ SOUL BUT WE LIKE IT
PROUD MARY KEEP ON BURNIN’: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Fillmore, Friday BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE INQUIRER There was a prevailing mood of giddiness in the air Friday night at the Fillmore, a palpable sense that we were lucky enough to attend a very auspicious occasion, one above and beyond the usual concert experience. A sense that we were all active participants in poetic justice, and by ponying up for a ticket and selling out the joint, a long-neglected talent was finally getting her turn in the sun. As Sharon Jones will be the first to tell […]
DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENT: Local Dudes Go To Boston, Drink Beer & Run Around In Speedos and Santa Hats
So we were reading the Boston Globe’s endorsement of Obama — swear to God! — and then we got distracted by the Santa Speedo Parade because it looks coed in the teaser and, hey, we’re only human. Turns out it’s pretty much a sausage party, with Coors light. And it only served to confirm our old grad school thesis: When one man wears a Speedo, all men are made ashamed. So we were just about to turn away when we found this: Twelve Philly Boys made the journey from Pennsylvania for the run. All together, the group raised $3,300 for […]
SMILE, YOU’RE ON ‘PAY-TO-PLAY’ CAMERA: Inquirer Obtains Video From FBI City Hall Corruption Probe Showing Sharpton & Street Bagman Cutting A Deal
UPDATE: So this has gone national in a big way, Drudge has it upper left in flaming red. BY JOHN SHIFFMAN INQUIRER STAFF WRITER With a hidden FBI camera rolling inside a New York hotel suite in 2003, an unsuspecting Rev. Al Sharpton, Democratic candidate for president, spoke candidly. Sharpton offered to help Philadelphia fund-raiser Ronald A. White win a multimillion-dollar business deal, if White helped him raise $50,000 for politics. White offered $25,000. “If you bring my guys up on this hedge fund, and I have the right conversation,” White said, “I’ll give you what you need.” “Cool,” Sharpton […]
WHY LAWYERS MAKE THE BIG BUCKS: Attorney Says Student Had ‘Consentual’ Sex With 7 NJ Troopers
The lawyer representing one of seven New Jersey state troopers accused of sexually assaulting a 25-year-old college student said the student was not raped in a Ewing Township home last week. Attorney Charles Sciarra said he was confident that not only his client, but all the other troopers involved would be exonerated. “In no uncertain terms, the allegation that there was some nonconsentual activity is absolutely denied,” Sciarra said. “These are consenting adults engaging in consentual activities, and anything to the contrary at this point is just not going to bear out. These guys are mortified that these allegations were […]
POT CALLS KETTLE: Vento Lawyers Decry ‘Unfairness’
INQUIRER: This afternoon’s hearing was supposed to be about the fairness of a “speak English” sign at Geno’s Steaks, but the initial focus was the fairness of the hearing itself. Attorneys for Geno’s owner Joey Vento argued that the proceedings were unfair for two reasons and asked that the case be thrown out. Making most of the arguments for Vento’s team was Shannon Goessling of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, based in Atlanta. MORE WORTH REPEATING: EXCLUSIVE: JOEY VENTO IN BED WITH SOUTHERN AGENTS OF INTOLERANCE & INDECENCY? OH MY! So, as you may well have already heard, the running sore […]
WORTH REPEATING: The Devil & Mitt Romney 2
Romney felt politically forced to give the speech specifically because evangelical Christians seem to know a little too much about the faith of his fathers. Many evangelicals believe and have said publicly that Mormonism — contrary to Romney’s assertions — is not a Christian religion but an abomination of Christianity. Here’s a sampling of why: Mormons believe that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri; that Jews were the first people in America; that Indians descended from Jews and are a lost tribe of Israel; that Jesus came to America; that after the next coming of Christ (which will be […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR The late George Crile, a producer for CBS’ 60 Minutes, wrote the book that inspired the new film Charlie Wilson’s War. It’s the story of an East Texas congressman who, with help from a CIA operative, steered money and arms to Afghan mujahedeen fighting against the Soviet invasion. Later in this segment: A chat with Charlie Wilson, who’s since retired and gone to work as a lobbyist. ALSO, Ike Turner, the soul-music star and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, died this week. He was 76, and had reportedly suffered from emphysema. Turner shaped the sound of early rock ‘n’ […]