ASS ATTACK: Escaped Pitbulls Fatally Maul Two Beloved Burros Two South Jersey pitbulls were captured last night after allegedly killing a miniature donkey and fatally wounding another, police said. The dogs escaped from their Vineland home Tuesday morning and eluded capture. Neal Parker, who owns a 26-acre farm in Millville, Cumberland County, spotted the two dogs running on his property. One of Parker’s beloved donkeys, a 14-year-old named Webster, was dead in a pen. Another donkey, Carolyn, 10, was mortally injured protecting its foal. Parker summoned police who searched for the dogs without success, a Millville police spokesman said. A […]
CONTEST: We Have A Winner!
Phawker reader Brian Wilkinson and his best PLUS ONE is going to see Spoon at the Electric Factory tonight! WIKIPEDIA: “The Agony Of Laffitte” single from indie rock band Spoon. It was released in 2000. The two tracks were later added to their 1998 album A Series of Sneaks when Merge Records reissued it in 2002. Seeing the potential to sell records with an up-and-coming indie rock band, Elektra Records, along with A&R man Ron Laffitte, signed Spoon to their first major record deal, which produced their second LP, A Series of Sneaks. Unfortunately, after four months of low sales, […]
CONTEST: The Beast And The Dragon, Adored
The first person to correctly answer this question — Who was the inspiration for “The Agony Of Laffitte”? — wins two tickets to see Spoon tomorrow night at the way-sold-out Electric Factory. Send your answer to FEED@PHAWKER.COM. Good luck and godspeed.
NEWS CLUES: ‘Two-Heads Better Than None’ Edition
STRANGER THAN FICTION: Two-Headed Baby Worshiped As A God In India A BABY born with two faces is doing well one month on from her birth. Tot Lali was born in a northern Indian village with two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes – but only two ears. Hundreds of pilgrims have visited Lali, worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, and her impoverished parents to touch her feet out of respect and receive blessings. The baby has caused a sensation in the dusty village of Saini, 25 miles from New Delhi. When she left […]
SCUM BAGGED: Mom Fends Off Baby-Beating Muggers
DAILY NEWS: She was born with the last name of Peace, but anything but that befell the young mother Monday night as she was walking to catch a SEPTA trolley at the 69th Street Terminal. Samara Peace, 18, of Sharon Hill [pictured below, with Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood], was carrying her 7-month-old daughter, Samya, close to her chest when, about 11 p.m., a young man later identified by police as Carlos C. Boothe, 19, of Upper Darby, approached her on Lennox Road near Penncock Avenue and asked for her phone number, she said. At the same time, a […]
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW: There Will Be Bloods
[Photos by JUSTIN ROMAN] EDITOR’S NOTE: 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 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. * BY JEFF DEENEY The air around the Norris Apartments — the high-rise housing project on the eastern fringe of Temple University’s campus — is thick with blunt smoke on […]
CONTEST: The Beast And Dragon, Adored
You could win two tix to see Spoon Thur. at the sold-out E-factory! Stay tuned for details… MP3: “Cherry Bomb Country” [Hat tip to ALLAN SMITHEE]
NO. LAWRENCE MIDNIGHT SINGERS: 100% Mobile
Directed by Scott Colan. Featuring ex-Cordalene frontman and Cantina Los Caballitos server extraordinaire Jamie Olson! Catch them Saturday at Fergies.
NEWS CLUES: ‘All Politics Is Polygamy’ Edition
GUY NOIR: Feds Reveal Details Of Fumo’s Snooping On Political Friends & Foes Prosecutors yesterday filed a 93-page document in federal court identifying more than 2,000 potential exhibits in their prosecution of state Sen. Vince Fumo. Fumo, who announced last month that he would not seek re-election, is set for trial in September. The disclosure of the evidence by prosecutors — ordered by the federal judge presiding over the case — relates to many of the charges against Fumo. Among the more interesting items on the evidence list: A Sept. 22, 2002, fax from Frank Wallace, a private investigator hired […]
THIS JUST IN: Radiohead Announces Philly Date
Dates and venues have been confirmed for the second leg of Radiohead’s upcoming North American tour. They are: August 1 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL August 3 – Verizon Wireless Music Center – Indianapolis, IN August 4 – Blossom Music Center – Cleveland, OH August 6 – Parc Jean Drapeau – Montreal, QC August 8 – All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Liberty State Park – Jersey City, NJ August 9 – All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Liberty State Park – Jersey City, NJ August 12 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ August 13 – Tweeter Center For […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
WELL-RESPECTED MAN: Ray Davies, Tower Theater, Saturday [by TIFFANY YOON] BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE INQUIRER For anyone under 30, the best way to hear the music of the Kinks is by watching the films of Wes Anderson — pretty much any one will do, as they are all generously larded with choice Kinks cuts indelibly wedded to strikingly precious visual tableaux. Anyone over 30 should have gone to the Tower Theatre Saturday night to see Ray Davies, the man who wrote, strummed and sang all those classic, quintessentially English pop songs. Anderson’s films lend the Kinks’ music the kind […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
I AM OMEGA MAN: Les Savy Fav, The Fillmore, Last Night First-a-fuckin-all, The Dodos, French Kiss labelmates of Les Savy Fav, put on a killer opening set — in no way were they intimidated by the indie-rock juggernaut they were setting the stage for. Though they only played to a fraction of the crowd LSF would draw, The Dodos banged out every song of their short set as though they were the headliners. Smoke a pack less this week and buy their latest, Visiter, instead. Both your ears and your lungs will thank you. After opening with the filthy garage-esque […]