INQUIRER: Quietly in a Norristown courtroom yesterday, Myra Morton admitted for the first time that she shot her handyman-turned-millionaire husband in his sleep. Jereleigh “Seddik” Morton, 47, died in his Whitpain Township mansion with two bullets in his face Aug. 5, the morning he was to fly to Morocco and into the arms of Zahra Toural, the 35-year-old other wife he had met online and planned to impregnate. Myra Morton, 47 at the time, could no longer bear children. In 27 years of marriage she had gone from being a handyman’s wife to a millionairess scorned, and she now faces […]
EVERY TUESDAY: The Afterlife Of A Statistic
The Valley of the Shadow is an ongoing series documenting how those in Philadelphia’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods publicly mourn and commemorate their dead. Jeff Deeney, the man who brought you Today I Saw, knows these neighborhoods well from his days as a social worker. The hope is to shine a light on the city’s untouchables, brighten the darkest corners and gather-and-share ultra-vivid and all-too-real stories of loss, grief and remembrance. Look for it every Tuesday on Phawker! Why? Because we love you! RELATED: The wail that came up from the crowd was as if they heard that Sean […]
HOT DOC: Farewell To Danny
This eulogy was delivered by Bruce Springsteen at Danny Federici‘s funeral on April 21 in Red Bank, New Jersey: FAREWELL TO DANNY Let me start with the stories. Back in the days of miracles, the frontier days when “Mad Dog” Lopez and his temper struck fear into the band, small club owners, innocent civilians and all women, children and small animals. Back in the days when you could still sign your life away on the hood of a parked car in New York City. Back shortly after a young red-headed accordionist struck gold on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour and […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
I’M NOT THERE: I’m From Barcelona, First Unitarian Church, Last Night BY MICHAEL DONOVAN By all logic and reason, trying to cram a 29-piece band into one of Philadelphia’s smallest venues should be an awful mess. Apparently, Swedish juggernaut I’m From Barcelona does not listen to logic or reason — or maybe it just gets lost in translation — because Thursday night the performance by the 29-person Jönköping mob was nothing short of astounding. Taking the stage with upwards of 20 of his closest friends, lead singer Emanuel Lundgren wasted no time starting the party, launching into “Treehouse” from the […]
THE EARLY WORD: La Dolce Vidas
MYSPACE: Who Is Singer?
LISTEN LIKE THIEVES: Your Daily Dose Of ScarJo
DOWNLOAD: Scarlett Johansson (2008) Fawn (MP3)
INDISUPUTABLE: Amy Winehouse Has Become The Most Persuasive Anti-Drug Ad We Have Ever Seen
THE SUN: AMY WINEHOUSE was arrested last night after allegedly attacking two men while out on a wild drug-fuelled bender. The junkie singer, 24, is to be quizzed by police after claims she HEADBUTTED a Good Samaritan who hailed her a cab outside a bar. Rehab star Amy, said to have PUNCHED a second victim in the face, sank to a horrific new low while high on Class A drugs. Onlookers told how the married singer also SNOGGED a mystery fella at a nightspot and shocked punters by overturning tables and drinks. She was later seen smoking drugs in the […]
All Of This Happened While You Were Sleeping
FUCK ART, LET’S DANCE: DJ Sammy Slice spins at ICA last night. [Photos by TIFFANY YOON/CLICK TO ENLARGE]
RIP: Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, Hero Of The Stupid
[via THE DAILY EXAMINER] For Howard Stern fans of a certain age, yesterday’s announcement that Wack Pack member Kenneth Keith Kallenbach had died of pneumonia at 39 was both a shock and a chance to reminisce about their own, possibly misspent, youths listening to Stern before there was such a thing as satellite radio. Philly Grill caught up by e-mail with phone prankster extraordinaire and fellow original Wack Packer Captain Janks, known off the air as Tom Cipriano, to talk about his longtime friend. When and how did you first meet Kenneth Keith — was it before you both started […]
Judge Sentences Wesley Snipes To 3 Years Behind Bars
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Wesley Snipes called on famous friends to vouch for him, highlighted his clean criminal record and even wrote the government $5 million in checks — all in an effort to convince a judge that his conviction on tax charges should cost him nothing more than home detention and some public service announcements. None of it worked. The “Blade” actor was ordered to do hard time. Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for failing to file tax returns, the maximum penalty — and a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action […]
LISTEN LIKE THIEVES: ScarJo & Bowie
DOWNLOAD: Scarlett Johansson feat David Bowie (2008) Falling Down (MP3)