Tom Jones plays the TLA tonight. Tom Jones is an icon. He has lungs of fine Corinthian leather. He’s been bringing sexy back since BEFORE your parents were born. And he still is. Respect must be paid. Pass the Asti Spumante and bring some throwing panties.

Edgar Campbell III and Edgar Campbell Jr. outside Sheet Metal Local 19 Union Hall, Monday, by RORY MCGLASSON

Photo by JEFF FUSCO MOTHER JONES: Starting in about 2009, in the pits that capture manure under factory-scale hog farms, a gray, bubbly substance began appearing at the surface of the fecal soup. The problem is menacing: As manure breaks down, it emits toxic gases like hydrogen sulfide and flammable ones like methane, and trapping these noxious fumes under a layer of foam can lead to sudden, disastrous releases and even explosions. According to a 2012 report from the University of Minnesota, by September 2011, the foam had “caused about a half-dozen explosions in the upper Midwest…one explosion destroyed a […]

Photo by JEFF FUSCO ASSOCIATED PRESS: This time next week, perhaps the most famous symbol of Superstorm Sandy’s devastation at the Jersey shore will be gone. Demolition work is to start Tuesday on the remnants of the Jet Star, the roller coaster that plunged off an amusement pier in Seaside Heights during the Oct. 29 storm. Images of the coaster in the water have appeared hundreds of times in the media and been used to help sell memorabilia to raise money for storm victims.  It also continues to draw large crowds to the Seaside Heights boardwalk, which remains under reconstruction. […]

  THE ATLANTIC: The bombshell disclosure that the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of Associated Press reporters and editors could be dramatic enough to move even the phlegmatic Obama administration to action. Three concurrent scandals or controversies are just too many. Could that mean we will be bidding farewell soon to Attorney General Eric Holder? MORE THE HILL: As someone who has spent much of his adult life in politics and journalism, I find the action by the Department of Justice in targeting The Associated Press and its reporters as utterly reprehensible and crying out for […]

FRESH AIR In the film Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig stars as the title character, a 27-year-old living a good but not particularly successful post-college life in New York City. Frances becomes unmoored, though, when her best friend decides to move out of the apartment they share and move on with her own independent life. It’s a turning point Gerwig says is a common experience for many young people who’ve struggled in the years after college, when adolescence is lingering and adulthood has yet to fully coalesce. That period, however, must end — and it’s that transition the movie explores. “There’s […]

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  LIVE NATION: Live Nation welcomes Nick Offerman to the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA on Tuesday, September 3 at 8pm. Tickets Go On Sale This Friday, May 17th at 10am. The show will also feature music by Nancy & Beth (Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt). Best known for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC’s critically acclaimed Parks & Recreation¸ Nick Offerman’s humor has made him a fixture in television culture. On the Emmy-nominated show Parks & Recreation, Offerman works alongside the ensemble cast of Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones and Rob Lowe, where he is a comedic heavyweight whose role has developed […]

  FRESH AIR For the past 37 years, Robert Caro has devoted his life to writing the definitive biography of Lyndon Johnson. So far, The Years of Lyndon Johnson has four acclaimed volumes and has shown readers just how complex the 36th president was, as both a politician and a man There was the Johnson who grew up poor in the Texas hill country; the Johnson who blackmailed a fellow student to win a college election; and the Johnson who, as a Congressman, humiliated loyal aides for fun, and brazenly stole votes to get into the Senate. And yet there […]