MY DRUG BUDDY: Evan Dando, North Star Bar, December 14, 2006 [FLICKR] FOR THE INQUIRER BY JONATHAN VALANIA Hard to say exactly which bad sign indicated that the woozy Evan Dando train wreck was still hitting the wall of sober expectations. Maybe it was the marked thinning of the sold-out crowd by mid-show. Maybe it was Dando’s spontaneously electing to cover Suzanne Vega’s “Luka,” when clearly neither he nor his bandmates knew the chords or lyrics. Maybe it was his lying on his back to sing another song while a roadie held the mike above him, only to abort the […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR ON WHYY The New York Times called Peter Boyle “one of the most successful character actors of his time.” He died Tuesday at the age of 71. Boyle had roles in many films, including Young Frankenstein and Monster’s Ball, and played the father on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. His breakthrough role was the 1970 film Joe, in which he plays a factory worker on a rampage against hippies and the counterculture. This interview originally aired on May 25, 1995. RADIO TIMES WITH MARTY MOSS-COANE Hour 1 (Rebroadcast tonight at 11) Do law enforcement officials have the right […]
TROUBLE IN ‘RIVER CITY’: Logan Square Neighbors Underwhelmed By Plan To Build ‘Colossal’ $3.5 Billion 60-Story Mansions In The Sky
Its developers call it “Philadelphia River City” — a colossal $3.5 billion project that would remake northwest Center City along the Schuylkill with 12 million square feet of residential, commercial and office space in a series of 10 towers that would dwarf anything in the neighborhood. [NOT pictured, left, that’s actually circa now China] But reaction was decidedly cool this week at a crowded Logan Square Neighborhood Association meeting to the plan floated by World Acquisition Partners’ President Ravi Chawla and a team that includes Daroff Design architects. According to Logan Square president Rob Stuart, Chawla sought the association’s support […]
SHITBEAST RISING: Dem Senator Rushed To Hospital; Could Give Control Of US Senate Back To THE BASTARDS, With CHENEY As THE DECIDER
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) underwent emergency surgery overnight to repair bleeding inside his brain and was “recovering without complication” this morning, according to the U.S. Capitol physician. Johnson, 59, who is in the critical care unit at George Washington University Hospital, fell ill at the Capitol yesterday, introducing a note of uncertainty over control of the Senate just weeks before Democrats are to take over with a one-vote margin. Johnson “was found to have had an intracerebral bleed caused by a congenital arteriovenous malformation,” Adm. John Eisold, attending physician of the U.S. Capitol, said in a statement issued by the […]
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Ah, the prom. Good…times.
GOODNIGHT MR. SURE SHOT: Jumpshot Pioneer Dead At 78
FROM ESPN: Hall of Famer Paul Arizin, who was one of the first in the league to make the jump shot a regular part of his arsenal, died in his sleep in his home in suburban Philadelphia. He was 78. The Philadelphia Warriors and Villanova University both claimed Arizin as one of their own. Arizin was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1978. He played with the Warriors from 1951-62, making the All-Star Game 10 times and winning the league’s MVP in 1952. He led the league in scoring twice. The 6-foot-4 forward finished his NBA career with per […]
YOUR PETRODOLLARS AT WORK: Sunoco Refinery To Give ‘Cat Cracker’ $275 Million Upgrade, Assures PETA No Cats Will Be Hurt In The Process
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Sunoco Inc. said Wednesday it would restart an idle hydrocracker at its 330,000 barrel per day refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and convert it to produce ultra-low sulfur diesel. This would allow the unit to upgrade between 40,000 and 50,000 barrels per day of heating oil to the cleaner-burning ultra-low sulfur diesel. The company estimated the cost would range from $225 million to $275 million, with completion targeted by early 2009. REUTERS: You Can Literally Smell The Future Profits!
STOP THE FUCKIN’ PRESSES: If The INKY Rank n’ File Don’t Give A Damn, Why The HELL Should We?
EDITORIAL: So the Guild has a meeting last night at a synagogue near 400 North Broad street to discuss the new contract their negotiators fought tooth and nail for, shitty as it may be. And you know what? Out of nearly 1,000 guild members only 200 bothered to show up. Reminds of that great Mickey Rourke line from Rumblefish where someone asks him what California was like and he says something to the effect of: She’s like a beautiful girl on heroin, she’s high as a kite thinkin’ she’s on top of the world, not knowin’ she’s dyin’ even if […]
EARLY WORD: ‘You Could Feed The World With My Garbage Dump, And That Sums It Up In One Big Lump’
EVA SAYS: Few things can drag me out of bed before noon on a Saturday. An inexhaustible assemblage of some of the coolest junk Philadelphia has to offer happens to be one of them. And this weekend the Starlight Ballroom will be the mecca of cool junk. That 79? Cost of Living Clash EP? It?ll be there. Turkey-flavored vegan scrapple? No problem. Screen-printed Butt Heads? Got it. And it?ll be the kind of heartwarming event that people of all creeds can indulge in, with the hippies hovering in ?hand made? sections, the hipsters at the ?vintage only? tables, disgruntled old […]
HOT DOCUMENT: Aw Ma, Shit Sandwiches AGAIN!?!
From: Ferrick, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:45 AM To: Ferrick, Tom Subject: To Inquirer Guild members As you know, the Guild reached tentative agreement with the company last night on a new contract. To summarize: it is a shit sandwich. The full details will be discussed at tonight’s meeting. But, I know that people in this room are interested in the new language re reduction in force. The current language bases RIF’s on seniority, with some enumerated exceptions. The new language maintains seniority, but expands the enumerated exceptions to additional beats:There are 21 beats enumerated, some filled by […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
Fresh Air from WHYY The end of the year brings with it “word of the year” designations from professional societies and dictionaries. Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers some of the words that made headlines this past year, including some newsmaking racial epithets. ALSO, Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) is serving out his term after being ousted by Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in the midterm elections. Considered to be the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Chafee is the only one to have voted against the war in Iraq. He made another notable split with the GOP when he opposed the nomination of John […]
HOLLA: J-Kenn, Straight Outta The 610, Lord Help Us
THE WOOK SPEAKS: You gotta at least give Jamie Kennedy a shout on this front — he’s easily the second best performer ever to emerge from the 19082 — a few paces behind Tina Fey and a good mile ahead of the dead heat that is the chick from the “Blair Witch Project” and the corpse of Jim Croce. Which is to say that when “Scream” was the shizzy back in ’96, J-Kenn was assuredly Upper Darby’s Great White Hope.Which explains why 10 years on, he’s put out a rap album. Actually, the tense on that should be past, as […]