MAGGOT BRAIN: Nurse Sentenced For Allowing Infestation In Patient’s Head For allowing a horde of maggots to fester in the head wound of an elderly patient, a former nursing-home supervisor was sentenced yesterday in Delaware County court to four years’ probation and ordered to pay $4,800 in restitution. Donna Marie Cameron, 40, of Aston, was once director of nursing at the now-defunct St. James Retirement and Rehabilitation Center, in Chester. The court found that Cameron was anything but aware of the needs of Patricia Holdsworth, 72, a St. James’ resident suffering from skin cancer and mental-health issues. In June 2005, […]
THE FIRST MAN FROM HOPE: Take My Wife, Please
BUBBALICIOUS: Bill Clinton, Electric Factory, earlier tonight. [CLICK TO ENLARGE] RELATED: With Bill Clinton at his side, Philadelphia Mayor-elect Michael Nutter last night endorsed the presidential candidacy of the former president’s wife, saying that she understood the challenges facing urban America. [via INQUIRER] PHOTOS BY VIC SUEDE
Earthlink A No-Show At Council Wi-Fi Hearing
Will Wireless Philadelphia fulfill Mayor Street’s soaring vision of a city where all residents enjoy affordable Internet access or will it end up like man’s early attempts to fly by strapping on homemade wings and jumping off a cliff? The grimmer view dominated yesterday’s City Council technology committee hearings into Wireless Philadelphia’s progress. Councilmen Frank Rizzo Jr. and Brian O’Neill were appalled that Atlanta-based Earthlink, Inc. — the Wireless Philadelphia provider that recently announced it was getting out of the wireless-city business — did not show up to testify. O’Neill said he had received a statement “allegedly from EarthLink” on […]
TODAY I SAW…
BY JEFF DEENEY TODAY I SAW a powder blue-and-white pickup truck pull up to the curb across from where I stood, mid-block on a side street near 29th and Dauphin in Strawberry Mansion. The truck’s cab was piled with scrap metal and appliance parts, precariously held in place by a single length of corded yellow rope. I had been standing around, waiting for someone and making small talk with a neighbor for a minute before the truck stopped and parked. The house over my left shoulder was boarded up and abandoned. The house directly behind me had a storm door […]
5 Things U Should Know About Fiery Furnaces Last Nite
ELEANOR DIG ME: Fiery Furnaces singer Eleanor Frieberger, First Unitarian, Opener MGMT continued their streak of great opening sets in Philadelphia, playing as well with the Fiery Furnaces as they did with Of Montreal in October. Though their live show may be a bit low key for some, it was far from boring, and the guitarists had some of the best veins-that-pop-out-of-arm-while-playing in recent memory. Surprisingly, the Fiery Furnaces’ disjointed, wandering, and largely epic style of songwriting translated very well to the stage. Singer Eleanor Friedberger wove yarn after yarn in a set comprised of songs mostly from their latest […]
Q&A: Armed America Photographer Kyle Cassidy
Dan and his Mossberg Model 88, Bushmaster AR-15, Rock Island Armory / Sendra M16, Remington 700 PSS, Springfield XD, FN Five-seveN, H&K USP, Sig Sauer P226, Colt Commander 1911, and Glock 22 by KYLE CASSIDY Kyle Cassidy has been a freelance writer and photographer since 1999. His photographs have been published in the New York Times, Barron’s Financial, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He writes frequently about technology and has been an outspoken voice in the area of practical modern photographic theory. Largely known for his fashion and portrait photography, he became interested in photographing gun owners during the 2004 Presidential […]
5 Things You Should Know About Neil Young Last Night
RUST NEVER SLEEPS: Neil Young, Tower Theater, Last Night 1. It takes a lot of dead dinosaurs fossil fuel to bring Neil’s folksy brand of crunchy laidback-ness to a theater near you, just so he can deliver in person that iconic line in that iconic song — “Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 21st Century” — like that old Indian chief in the commercial standing in the white man’s trash with a tear running down his cheek. And the audience can break into spontaneous cheers and applause, as was the case Sunday night at the Tower. By […]
HOT DOCUMENT: Hooray For Hollywood!
NO SIGNATURE REQUIRED: Release form hanging on the walls of the Tower last night.
BEANIE TO DELUCA: Big Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy
FROM THE INQUIRER: In prison, he hadn’t written a word. “I wasn’t in that state of mind,” said Sigel, who’s as well-respected a lyricist within rap as he is notorious outside it for his run-ins with the law, which include a 2003 attempted-murder charge. (He was acquitted.) “I wasn’t Beanie Sigel then,” he says. “I was 57613-066.” When he came up with “Return of the Bad Guy,” Sigel thought it would be the title track of his next album. But “Bad Guy” did not even make it onto his fourth album, which comes out Tuesday. It’s called The Solution. “I want […]
DUBIOUS ACHIEVMENT: Cops Open Fire On SUV In Old City For Driving Erratically After Last Call
The headline pretty much says it all, although it raises more questions than it answers. First question is why is a SEPTA officer engaging in a car chase so far from the nearest subway? Second question is why are cops jumping in front of speeding SUVs? I mean, setting aside an apparent deficiency in basic police training, that just flies in the face of the laws of physics — which very clearly states that in the instance of Man Vs. Speeding SUV, man ALWAYS loses. Lastly, why are cops opening fire on a crowded city street, just as the bars […]
MEET THE PHAWKERS: Like A Party In Your Pants!
And everyone is invited! BiG TeA PaRtY FUNDRAISER; PARTY; MOVIE NIGHT! Saturday Dec. 8th, 7-10 pm at Molly’s Bookstore 1010 S. 9th St., in the heart of the Italian Market $3 donation to get in; $5 raffle tix Watch the VERY first BiG TeA PaRtY episode and see our favorites. Party, Schmooze, Have Fun!
REALITY CHECK: On CP’s Baby ‘Mama Drama’ Story
BY JEFF DEENEY Doron Taussig’s City Paper article “Mama Drama” details the backlash from one grassroots women’s coalition against the escalation of foster care placements by the Philadelphia Department of Human Services. The escalation comes in the wake of scathing news probes into an alarming number of child deaths taking place under DHA’s watch. It’s a touchy subject that draws strong reactions from all sides: DHS feels like they have stepped up to the plate, doing what was absolutely necessary to stamp out a crisis. Conversely, any mother, no matter how incapable of adequately caring for a child she may […]