Villanova University’s south campus [NOT pictured, left] was on lockdown most of Wednesday morning as police searched the grounds for a gunman who opened fire on three Radnor officers in nearby Bryn Mawr. Six dorms and a cafeteria were located in the school’s lockdown area. Some morning classes were also canceled at the university. Radnor police called off the search at Villanova around 10:20 a.m., and classes resumed about an hour later, university spokeswoman Barbara Clement said. NBC10: Can’t Help But Feel That ALL of the Main Line Was Let Down Tonight *About this picture
GUNCRAZY: From The Dept. Of Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Boy Shot In Groin Outside North Philly Theater PHILADELPHIA — A 16-year-old male was shot in the groin on Wednesday outside of a North Philadelphia movie theater.The shooting occurred outside the Pearl Movie Theatre, located at Oxford and Carlisle streets, next to Temple University’s campus.The boy was reported to be in critical condition.There was no information as to a possible suspect or a motive. NBC10 News reported that the weapon used in the shooting was a Tech-9 semi-automatic pistol. NBC10: Can’t Help Feeling That ALL Of North Philly Was Let Down Tonight PREVIOUSLY: Blatstein Gives Folks Seven More Screens To […]
FASTFOOD NATION: Taco Bell Shitstorm Not Playing Well In Tiananmen Square, Not At All
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhuanet) — The Taco Bell E. coli connection continued to grow Wednesday when the fast-food chain shut down all of its restaurants in Philadelphia after the bacteria outbreak in three states was linked to a food preparation and distribution center in New Jersey. […] “I have contacted company officials and asked that they voluntarily close all 15 of their establishments in Philadelphia until they are given approval by the health department,” said Philadelphia interim health commissioner Carmen I. Paris in a statement. XINHUA: ???????!
Stop The Presses: MEXICAN STANDOFF After Talks Breakdown Over Pension Fund Deal-Breaker, From The Look Of Things Christmas May Have To Be Cancelled
SGT. BYKO REPORTS: Today, the Company refused to move on its plan to freeze the pension fund. It wouldn’t budge on its desire to take full control of our fund away from the joint board of trustees. The Company wants all that power as it, and it alone, seeks a multi-employer plan in which to place the frozen fund. The Guild negotiating team told the Company it would go into a multi-employer pension fund, but it would not relinquish its place in the decision making process. Under the Guild plan, the pension trustees — composed of an equal number of […]
Puff The Magic of The LUCKY DRAGONS
NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO: Windows by The Lucky Dragons To be honest, we don’t know shit about these guys. Walk into AKA Music the other day and these sounds — sounds we had never heard before — are quietly fragmenting and recombining into new fractals in the background. It seems to be annoying most people in the store but we like it. A lot. What is this? we ask the clerk sitting at the register, poring over his Nancy comic. Without looking up, he just grunts something that later we figured out to be: “It’s Windows, the new album […]
IT’S ACADEMIC: Rendell IS Gamblor
FROM THE ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL: “The governor recently told the Lancaster New Era editorial board that for every one person addicted to gambling or who lost a pay check to gambling, he can show us 500 who go and have the time of their life. I wonder how these numbers were produced. They are far out of line with the best social science research in the state and the country about the numbers of people with gambling compulsions. Let us compare the governor’s numbers with those produced by national experts regarding the prevalence of gambling problems in the general adult […]
HOLLA: Mr. Lif Literally On Fire After Tour Bus Crash Fux His Shit Up, ‘Everybody Essentially OK’ Sez Label
THE WOOK REPORTS: In the annals of hip-hop conspiracy theories, I guarantee this brush with def will force The Coup and Fishtown’s Mr. Lif to check themselves twice before they wiggity-wreck themselves for reals. I also theorize that this was due to interference from The Man, i.e. the same dark forces that found Robert Van Winkle, killed Tupac, and made Flavor Flav a reality television star. From CMJ: About an hour after their departure from San Diego, the tour bus carrying Mr. Lif, the Coup, DJ Big Wiz, Metro and friends tumbled across the highway and burst into flames. According […]
GUNCRAZY: Pennsyltucky Councilman Wants A Gun In Every Home, As Final Bulwark Of Homeland Security
CHERRY TREE, Pa. – Cherry Tree is as small-town as it gets, with one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it intersection, about 100 families spread across the Susquehanna River valley, and virtually no crime. […] Which is why many folks are mystified about why a councilman wants all homeowners in this peaceful, rural nook of Western Pennsylvania to be armed and ready to defend themselves. His proposed civil protection ordinance, which urges residents to get a gun and learn how to shoot it, will be discussed tonight at a meeting of the Cherry Tree Town Council. The measure would make firearm instruction available at the […]
EARLY WORD: Neon, Manhole Steam And Big City Jazz
ARSNOVA PRESENTS: THE GOLBERG VARIATIONS Ben Goldberg, clarinet* Rob Sudduth, tenor saxophone Carla Kihlstedt, violin Trevor Dunn, bass Ches Smith, drums Wednesday, December 6 | 8pm Community Education Center 3500 Lancaster Avenue $12 General Admission *Clarinetist Ben Goldberg was a pupil of Steve Lacy‘s, and has performed with Andrew Hill, John Zorn and Roswell Rudd. He is featured on Wilco guitarist Nels Cline‘s latest recording, “New Monastary, A View into the Music of Andrew Hill.”
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: South Jersey Suburban ScrEmo Band Wins GarageBand.com Contest, Does Not Fall For The BIG MUSIC Bait-and-Switch, Tells Capitol To Stuff It, Takes The Money And Runs, Plans To Buy Really Badass Matching Ballcaps And Hoodies
Jersey band 25G richer Congrats to South Jersey punks Fell Far Behind, who won $25,000 from GarageBand.com in a contest sponsored by Cingular and Capitol Records. Unsigned bands from across the country competed in an online poll. Fell Far Behind opted to take the cash and turned down a chance at a possible recording contract with Capitol. DAN GROSS: RUN, BOY, RUN! GARAGEBAND.COM: Yada, Yada MYSPACE: Fell Far Behind
WHOOPSIE: How NOT To Bribe State Gaming Officials
HARRISBURG – A Blue Bell developer and his partners in the proposed Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia were fined a record $200,000 by regulators yesterday for making 21 political contributions in violation of the state gambling law. Peter DePaul, president of the DePaul Group, a horse-racing veteran and longtime Republican contributor, gave $31,750 to various political candidates and committees earlier this year when he was “unaware” the law prohibiting such gifts was in effect, said his lawyer, Paul Rosen. DePaul and Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners L.P. will pay $100,000 each, according to the state Gaming Control Board. INQUIRER: Unmarked Bills, Brown […]
Money $hot: TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING
[PHOTO BY Stephen Ives]