INQUIRER: Ed Forchion doesn’t deny it. There was a pound of marijuana – “high-grade California Kush” – in the trunk of his rent-a-wreck when he was stopped in Mount Holly on Thursday night by a state trooper. The dreadlocked Rastafarian, better known as “NJ Weedman,” who ran unsuccessfully for New Jersey governor and U.S. and state representative on the Marijuana Party ticket, was released from the Burlington County jail on Tuesday after posting $50,000 bail on drug possession and distribution charges. He did not intend to be arrested, said Forchion, 45. “But now that I’ve been charged, it feels like […]
TONITE: Concord Rock City
[artwork by A. MICAH SMITH] WILCO HQ: Tune into live a stream of the Wilco show tonight from the Concord, NH Capital Center for the Arts. Music begins around 8pm eastern time (US) . Note there is no support band and Wilco’s sets have been clocking in at or near the 3 hour mark. Stick around for the long haul. It’s well worth it.
CUCKOO’S NEST: Dude Who Threatened Congressman On YouTube Deemed Unfit To Stand Trial
INQUIRER: A Philadelphia man who threatened a Congressman and his family in a YouTube video has been found incompetent to stand trial and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment. Norman Leboon, 38, [NOT pictured, above] will be sent to a federal prison and mental health facility for four months, with the goal of treating him so he is capable of standing trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert K. Reed said Tuesday. Leboon appears in the video attacking U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor (R., Va.), the Republican House whip. MORE PREVIOUSLY: LUNATIC FRINGE: Feds Raid Christian Apocolypto Militia; Local Man Arrested For YouTube Death […]
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SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With A.P. Ticker
A.P. discusses Philly’s new weed policy, ‘collateral murder’ in Iraq, the Donovan McNabb trade and, of course, the Fightins.
Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Comcast On ‘Net Neutrality’; Internet Expected To Start Sucking
NEW YORK TIMES: A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a sharp blow to the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission to set the rules of the road for the Internet, ruling that the agency lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. The decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, specifically concerned the efforts of Comcast, the nation’s largest cable provider, to slow down customers’ access to a service called BitTorrent, which is used to exchange large video files, most often […]
THE JERKY BOY: Captain Janks Pranks Fox News
HUFFINGTON POST: A prank call to Fox News by an infamous Howard Stern super-fan made it on air on Monday. During a segment on a West Virginia mining accident, the trickster known as Captain Janks was introduced by anchor Shepard Smith as “Richard Kendrowski,” a spokesperson for “the energy company.” Asked to share information about the accident, Janks blurted out, “We’ve learned that Jamie Foxx is a c**t and that Howard Stern rules.” “That’s unfortunate,” Smith quickly interjected. “It’s never happened to us here but it’s always distressing when there are six people killed at a mine disaster and we’re […]
REEFER SADNESS: District Attorney Clarifies New Pot Policy, Not Quite As Groovy As First Reported
DAILY NEWS: [District Attorney Seth] Williams, deluged by phone calls, issued a statement yesterday afternoon that stated: “We are not decriminalizing marijuana – any effort like that would be one for the Legislature to undertake.” The D.A. noted that people who are stopped by police while possessing marijuana would still be arrested and fingerprinted, and could face the harshest penalty by law – 30 days in jail. “They will still have to answer to the charges,” Williams said, “but they will be doing so in a speedier and more efficient process.” McCaffery said the summary diversion plan, which should take […]
Casino To Be A Wynn-Wynn For Wynn Says Wynn
INQUIRER: Casino mogul Steve Wynn on Monday declared that his plans for a South Philadelphia casino would be “Wynn top to bottom,” carrying both his name and signature design. After meeting for an hour and fifteen minutes with Mayor Nutter at City Hall Monday night, Wynn said in an interview with The Inquirer: “We only have one brand. We don’t have a down-market brand. It’s our place.” When Wynn Resorts surfaced in February as a new developer to take over the faltering Foxwoods Casino project, there was speculation that he might not bring his style of high-end casinos to Philadelphia. […]
LIFE LESSONS: With Your Life Coach A.P Ticker
This week A.P. explains how you can enlarge your penis simply by paying your taxes. It’s true!
GOT APPS: ‘My Work Is Done Here’
[via BUZZFEED] NEW YORK TIMES: Even before the dust has settled after this weekend’s iPad bonanza, Apple is ready to announce a new iPhone operating system. Technology journalists received an e-mail message from Apple on Monday morning inviting them to “a sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software.” The event is set for Thursday at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. MORE WIRED: Before all the iPad buzz has even had a chance to fizzle, Apple this morning sent e-mails inviting press to a sneak preview of the next-generation iPhone operating system. The event is scheduled for Thursday, […]
16 YEARS AFTER KURT: About A Girl
BY JAMES DOOLITTLE It was 16 years ago today that Kurt Cobain’s body was found. Sigh. With pinpoint accuracy, I know where I was when I first saw the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, because it’s intrinsically linked to one of the great obsessions of my teen years; an Italian-American princess, three years my junior, who was both a card carrying member of the International Thespian Society, in league with the JV cheerleading squad AND a total Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio doppelganger, circa The Abyss. Ahem. A total babe. I was laying in a hotel room outside of Pittsburgh, a […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Drive-By Truckin’
BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE INQUIRER The Drive-By Truckers have a well-earned rep for consistently delivering grungy Southern rock operas set in places where red meets neck, where dubious characters lead self-inflicted lives of quiet desperation: unanswered prayers, unrequited love, and unmitigated semiprivate disasters. The DBTs’ just-released The Big To-Do is no exception, although it is quite exceptional in its capacity to sketch out the private hells of jaded pole workers, homicidal preachers’ wives, and modern drunkards in high-def whiskey-hued vérité. Everyone’s on something – booze, pills, God, or all the above – and before all is said and done, […]