Well, it would appear that the worm has finally turned. After weeks of being shut out by PW, the Daily News and even our own Election Day dead pachyderm cover, CP comes back stronger than ever. Truly, Evan M. Lopez‘s cover illustration is the finest aspirational visual representation of Christmas in the 215 since, like, ever. Seriously, we take our hat off, Sir. Meanwhile, PW‘s cover may well be pink and scrapplicious at first glance, but if you squint real hard you can almost see the marks from the hands-free headset they used to phone this one in. It just […]
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GAMBLOR: Neighborhood Associations Say Casino Choices Smell Like Graft, Plan Panopoly Of Legal Challenges To This ‘Monkey Business’
To the south, Paul Boni, a board member of the Society Hill Civic Association, said his group will “do all we can to prevent this from happening.”In the case of Foxwoods, they may have leverage. Foxwoods has proposed to mitigate the traffic problems in South Philadelphia with a southbound off-ramp from Interstate 95, an idea that city analysts say has not been approved or funded, and that could cost the public $100 million. But in a Dec. 14 letter to the gaming board, Boni and Donald Ackerman of the Queen Village Neighbors Association noted that their groups are parties to […]
Gaming Board Picks Foxwoods And SugarHouse Gang; DiCicco Smells A Rat, Plans To File Suit To Reveal Which Varmints Have Cheese On Their Breath
by KYW’s Mike Dunn The Philadelphia city councilman whose district includes both of the sites chosen says politics, not merit, prompted the Gaming Board?s approvals. And he?s taking it to court. First District councilman Frank DiCicco is disappointed by the two choices -? particularly the selection of the Foxwoods bid for a casino at Delaware Avenue and Reed Street: ?I have always felt that Foxwoods was the worst site.? He says the traffic problems there are already enormous and will only get worse: ?There?s total gridlock today. And (with a casino) you raise the level of vehicles by somewhere between […]
REVIEW: He Coulda Been Somebody
ROCKY BALBOA (2006, directed by Sylvester Stallone, 102 minutes) BY DAN BUSKIRK As the press cheers the return of Rocky Balboa to the big screen, you have to ask yourself: Is the public really crying out for another round with this mug, after 30 years? If the Riverview, the only movie theater in South Philly, draws only a three quarters-filled house at the advance screening, I’d say signs point to this fighter’s legs finally giving out. Hearing the promising advance word, I’ll admit to being vaguely optimistic that, against all reason, the man who wrote the arm-wrestling epic “Over the […]
GAMBLOR: Slot Shack Neighbors Looking Forward To Drunks, Gridlock and Even More Broke-Dick Losers
Lori McCole is afraid that her daughter could get run over on the way to school by a gambler who has been up all night drinking. Samantha Pakech worries about traffic jams and property values falling. Christopher Tucker asks if some kid will repeat his own childhood and end up sleeping in a car outside a casino while a parent blows the rent or mortgage money inside. Go to the sections of the city where a casino could rise and you will hear a litany of reasons that the negatives may outweigh any benefits that slots parlors can bring to […]
Finally, A Magazine For Rich WHITE People
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. — Philadelphia’s famed Main Line is getting the glossy treatment in a magazine debuting next month. The bimonthly publication, called Mainline Magazine, will cover the arts, culture and lifestyle topics. The Main Line is a collection of tony suburbs just west of Philadelphia. The debut January/February issue [NOT pictured, left] includes a peek inside a Vanderbilt mansion, a profile of actor and former Wayne resident Bradley Whitford, and features on Philadelphia 76ers president Billy King and state Liquor Control Board chairman Jonathan Newman. “With its rich tapestry of people, cultures, business models and lifestyles, the Main Line […]
PETA Plans Noontime Full-Monty Outside Burberry?s On Walnut; Forecast NIPPY, Bring Yer Chapstick
Philadelphia — Wearing nothing but a banner reading, “We’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur,” three PETA members will protest outside a Burberry store in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Other PETA members will hand out leaflets and show PETA’s fur-farm expos — narrated by world-famous fashion designer Stella McCartney — to let Christmas shoppers know how countless animals suffer and die for Burberry’s coats. Why strip and brave Philadelphia’s late-December chill? PETA showed Burberry executives video footage of how animals caught in traps often resort to chewing off their own legs in order to escape and how animals on fur farms […]
THE MONEY QUOTE: Overheard In The Tower Of Babel
“Perhaps it’s because the mainstream media are too timid to declare the difference between right and wrong. Imagine if journalism consisted of more than a collage of conflicting talking points. Imagine the difference it would make if more brand-name reporters broke from the bizarre straitjacket of ‘balance,’ which equates fairness with putting all disputants on equal epistemological footing, no matter how deceitful or moronic they may be. There’s a market for news that weighs counterclaims and assesses truth value. It just hasn’t kept up with demand. No wonder Jon Stewart has such a loyal audience: He has a point of […]
PBR: The ANSWER Needs A New Question
PATRICK BERKERY REPORTS: Guess Billy King passed on Stephen A. Smith’s suggestion that the Sixers and Allen Iverson kiss and makeup. Again. (Seriously, does Screamin’ A. answer to anyone at the Inky’s sports desk?? What’s he working on for Sunday’s big Jeff Garcia-T.O. grudge match? 1,000 hard-hitting words on how T.O. is just misunderstood? But I digress?) The concept of the Franchise Player seems to work on paper but not so much in practice, at least not in this town (see Moses, Barkley, Schilling, Rolen). The first time A.I. and Larry Brown couldn’t co-exist, ’round about 2000, the best the […]
GOODBYE A.I.: Iverson Sold, er, TRADED To Nuggets
By David Aldridge INQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Allen Iverson era in Philadelphia is over. Iverson, pending NBA officials’ approval, will be traded to the Denver Nuggets for a package including guard Andre Miller, forward Joe Smith and both of Denver’s 2007 first-round picks, according to a source with knowledge of the trade talks between the teams. Miller, 30, is third in the league in assists and is one of the league’s best point guards. He will also receive an additional $1million as a trade kicker as part of his six-year, $55 million contract. Smith, the first pick overall in the […]
DEAR PHILLY MAG: Why We DON’T Still Love Rocky
HELLO LARRY, Since you asked, no we DON’T still love Rocky. More on that in a minute, but first let us be clear, we don’t blame you for putting Stallone on the cover — it’s a no-brainer, really. But it’s more than a little sad to watch the global media toady up to Sly, and nobody bothers to ask him why the Hell he only shows up in town when he’s got another dead horse sequel to beat. Instead of Yes Mr. Stallone, right way Mr. Stallone, how about Yo Adrian, where the hell you been? Oh, in a hot […]
DEATH OF A SALESPERSON: “No, I’m Sorry, We Will Never Have ‘Nice Music’ AGAIN”
SARA SHERR REPORTS: With just four days left to go, the Avenue of the Arts Tower Records isn’t even a shell of its former self. It’s the Pennsauken Mart. The second floor is no more. It once housed DVDs, Jazz, Vocals, New Age, Folk, Blues, Comedy and Kids. What little of it is left is now on the first floor. Before this everything-must-go transformation, the Jazz guy and the Goth kid from the DVD department were working side by side, a sitcom waiting to happen. The Classical department consists of one bin in the front of the store, much to […]