INQUIRER: The comedian Kenneth Keith Kallenbach died of complications from cystic fibrosis, according to an autopsy report released yesterday by the Delaware County medical examiner. Kallenbach’s family has alleged that he did not receive the proper medical treatment for his condition while in the county prison and that his health deteriorated dramatically. Kallenbach, 39, was best known as a member of the “Wack Pack” on Howard Stern’s radio show. He suffered from the inherited disease and died April 24 at Riddle Memorial Hospital after being transferred from the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Thornbury, where he had been held […]
TONITE: Ask Your Pharmacist
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KILLADELPHIA: Two Dead, One Shot In The Ass
INQUIRER: Two episodes of gunfire within a few miles of each other today in the Northeast have left two men dead, according to police. Gunfire at noon in Wissinoming left an 18-year-old dead and a 17-year-old hospitalized. The older teen, shot multiple times in the 4800 block of Tackawanna Avenue, was taken to Frankford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 12:30 p.m., according to Officer Tanya Little. The other victim, shot in the hips and buttocks at the same location, was in stable condition this afternoon at Frankford Torresdale, she said. Early this morning, a 26-year-old man died […]
NPR 4 THE DEF: Giving Public Radio Edge Since 2006
FRESH AIR Mad Men seems to be an easy sell. The AMC television drama just racked up an astounding 16 Emmy nominations after winning two Golden Globes. Matt Weiner is the man behind the successful program, which focuses on Madison Avenue advertising executives in the 1960s. Before creating Mad Men, Weiner wrote and produced episodes of the HBO series The Sopranos, which garnered him both a Writer’s Guild Award and an Emmy. NEW YORK TIMES: Weiner (pronounced WHY-ner) is the creator and show-runner of “Mad Men,” which means the original idea was his: he wrote the pilot; he writes every […]
99 PROBLEMS: The Rise And Fall Of Scott Storch
BILLBOARD: Just a few years ago, Scott Storch was one of the top producers in pop music, living in a $10.5 million mansion on an exclusive Miami island, driving a phalanx of luxury cars and dating the likes of Paris Hilton and Lil Kim. Nowadays, Storch, 34, is missing in action. He owes more than $500,000 in real estate taxes and had a warrant out for his arrest when he failed to show up in court in a child-support case last month. He has not had a top 10 hit in three years.He still has his waterfront marble mansion, but […]
WEEN: Learnin’ To Love
[Dir. by SCOTT COLAN] Who loves hot dogs? Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks, tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox!
FORECAST: Hot In The Poor Places Tonight
INQUIRER: Highs are expected to hit the mid-90s both days, just shy of the records – 99 and 100 – for those dates. The nights will be sultry, and temperatures may not drop below 70 until at least Wednesday, forecasters said. Such conditions can be hazardous, especially to elderly people who live alone in heat-trapping brick rowhouses, and can bump up heat-related fatalities. PETA: With temperatures and humidity expected to soar in the Philadelphia area, PETA is offering lifesaving tips on caring for dogs. Please share the following vital information with area-residents: · Keep dogs inside. Unlike humans, dogs can […]
FBI Offers $10,000 Reward For $1 Million Painting
INQUIRER: On June 23, workers at the Philadelphia Park Systems at 15th and Arch Streets discovered a piece of art that had long hung on an office wall “was no longer there,” said Jerri Williams, an FBI spokeswoman. Though other art was on display, only the Water Works had gone missing. The Mona Lisa it ain’t. Politely, it could be described as a picturesque view of a group of colonaded buildings on a river. Some might discount it as a dull architectural rendering. Painted in 1842 by John A. Woodside, the canvas shows the famed Water Works before the construction […]
WORTH REPEATING: Fear & Loathing In Minneapolis
BY DAVID CARR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES Where does a junkie’s time go? Mostly in 15-minute increments, like a bug-eyed Tarzan, swinging from hit to hit. For months on end in 1988, I sat inside a house in north Minneapolis, doing coke and listening to Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” and finding my own pathetic resonance in the lyrics. “Any place is better,” she sang. “Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.” After shooting or smoking a large dose, there would be the tweaking and a vigil at the front window, pulling up the corner of the blinds to look […]
HOT DOC: Ad Demands End To Spying On Americans
This ran full-page in today’s New York Times. We are proud signatories. Are you? RELATED: The American Civil Liberties Union filed a landmark lawsuit today to stop the government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept Americans’ international e-mails and telephone calls. The case was filed on behalf of a broad coalition of attorneys and human rights, labor, legal and media organizations whose ability to perform their work — which relies on confidential communications — will be greatly compromised by the new law. The FISA Amendments Act of 2008, […]
ELLIOTT SMITH: Pitseleh
[Dir. by JAMES DOOLITTLE] WIKIPEDIA: Omar Ahmed Khadr (??? ???? ???, born September 19, 1986) is the fourth child in the Canadian Khadr family. He was captured by American forces at the age of 15 following a four-hour firefight with militants in the village of Ayub Kheyl, Afghanistan.[1] He has spent six years in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps charged with war crimes and providing support to terrorism after allegedly throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier.[2] A Canadian citizen born in Toronto,[3][4] he is the youngest prisoner held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp by the United States […]
NPR FOR THE DEF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR Rhett Miller ought to be a household name by now: With model-esque good looks, considerable stage presence, and an arsenal of catchy pop songs, the charismatic frontman for alt-country favorite Old 97’s doesn’t want for raw materials. Alt-country favorites the Old 97’s are as reliable as a worn pair of cowboy boots and an old flannel shirt. The band has been playing for 15 years now, and they just released the album Blame It On Gravity. Miller takes a break from their summer tour to talk about the group’s new album and the band’s career. Miller also performs […]
DAILY DOS: Last Night’s Colbert Report
Last night’s Daily Show With Jon Stewart, in its entirety, after the jump. Enjoy.