Daily Kos: Scalping The Chicken Hawks Previously: Weldon Says Fed Probe Sticking Out Of His Rectum Was Put There By Sneaky Dems
Comcastic: Fresh Prince To Become The Chocolate Pat Croce?
Actor/rapper Will Smith could be the latest entertainer to hold a stake in a professional basketball team. The Philadelphian is among a set of investors interested in purchasing the Philadelphia 76ers from Comcast-Spectacor, according to The Philadelphia Daily News. The group, which was assembled by basketball legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving, would like to have a meeting with officials from Comcast in the near future, a source told the newspaper. […] Recent speculation suggests that owners could ask for as much as $450 million for the Sixers, the Daily News reports, adding that the amount would represent the largest price […]
Blowback: CP ‘Prophets Of Rage’ Say Hooray For Doree! Hip-Hip Hooray! And Phuck Phawker!
First it was the Metro, and now this gauntlet-throwdown from the City Paper’s painful example of why taking a badly under-resourced and, as a result, aggressively mediocre alt-weekly on-line only makes for a droopy-dog blog, a.k.a. The Clog. Really now, ‘Prophets of Rage’? Good grief. How high was Hickey when he thought that was funny or clever? Loathe though we are to share some of our precociously large and scandal-driven foot traffic with a cyber-doorstop like the Clog, this sucker-punch-wrapped-in-a-rimjob is just too nakedly jealous and syntactically-challenged to ignore: Rave for Doree Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 at 11:48 am posted […]
Poll: How White People Are Ruining Philadelphia
From the Philadelphia Magazine web site: Previous poll results: 83 percent of you say you’re more likely to [sic] go city bars and restaurants now that the smoking ban is in place. Translation: Nobody will ever be allowed to smoke in a bar in this town again so that some Main Line duchess and her fellow yentas can go out for a wine spritzer after First Friday without getting icky Camel Light smoke all up in their Prada, before getting back in the Lexus and setting the controls for the heart of Gladwyne.
The Heads Up: PW’s Steve Volk Last To Interview Cassidy Before Da Crash, Read All About It In VIBE
Previously: Cassidy Effed Up Bad In Auto Crash CassidyMusic: Admired. Feared. Adored. And In Stitches. VIBE: When Words Attack David Cassidy: The Understudy?
AdBust: Thanks For The Mammaries
The Client: DiBello Plastic Surgery, Fixer Of God’s Little Mistakes The Creative: Agile Cat The Placement: Philadelphia Magazine, page 67, October 2006 issue The Verdict: Let us guess: The client requested “break-through-the-clutter” creative. Like a predictable John, they always do. And then you say something to the effect of: Hey shug, you want me to put on the little white socks and do some cheers again, don’tcha? Which in this case, being a plastic surge ad and all, means something outside-the-box of the usual waxed, shellacked and bikini’d bimbae but still delivers our main talking point with pitiless efficiency: You […]
The Early Word: Reading Is FUNdamental
(Got an event that needs some love? Well, you better have a badass flyer or ain’t nobody goin’ no how. Seriously. And send it to feed@phawker.com. Like, early and shit. We’ll let you know if it sux or not. Because, really, you should know.)
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
The Changeling: Beck morphing, Lucifer rising, Tower Theater, October 23, 2006 Eva Says: Me and Beck roll like this: Him, international pop star; Me, long-time listener, first-time, um, seer. I had always hoped my first time would be one of those sheet-rippingly ecstatic moments of unalloyed ear-joy. But, Beck tonight? Not so much. I give it ‘Meh.’ When he came out in a dapper, snug-fitting vintage tuxedo and red silk bow-tie, his dirty-blonde locks grown Jesus-length, things looked promising. But in the end, the scenery — a live puppet show behind the drumkit, complete with puppet versions of the whole […]
Reader Writes: Turns Out Jesus Is NOT Magic
Hey Phawker, You told me to get in touch at JB’s last week, and now, with a heavy heart I find myself NEEDING to get in touch with you. For, good sir, I saw your post about the Sarah Silverman vehicle Jesus is Magic, and I need to get this off my chest. I guess if you can do a little retroactive hype, I can give a little retroactive backlash…That movie is not only a waste of time, but it couldn’t be less insightful, subversive, or controversial. All things it strives very hard to be. First off, I am a […]
Hot Document: Guild Memo To Inky/DN Newsroom, Strike Vote Set For Thursday
MEDIATOR CALLED IN October 23, 2006 The Guild Monday asked for a federal mediator to help reach a settlement with the Company on a new contract. The action means that the government will provide a neutral party to narrow the issues that the Guild and the Company remain at odds over. The mediator cannot force either side to accept a proposal. His value is to lend an objective hand to a process that now has spanned 11 meetings without much progress. The mediator contacted the Company Monday afternoon and is expected to set up meetings with both sides.On Monday, the […]
Money $hot: Too Hip For Room, Too Sexy For Shirt
Rollerboogie Woogie: Crowd grows restless and meta at Liberty Belles Vs. Gotham Girls, Camden, October 22, 2006. [Flickr] Philly Roller Girls: Chix On Wheels, Beatin’ The Hell Out Of Each Other For Fun And Profit Since 2005
PBR: Phils Re-Sign 43-Year Old Moyer To Two Year Extension, Just To See If A Major League Pitcher Can Live That Long; Bullpen To Become No-Fly Zone
Not sure how I feel about this Jamie Moyer extension. Thought it was a stroke of understated brilliance on G.M. Pat Gillick‘s part to pick up the crafty 43-year-old southpaw for the Phils’ unanticipated stretch drive. Moyer did exactly what I — and Gillick, I’m assuming — expected: soft toss his way once around a league mostly unfamiliar with him and his throwback style of American League “backwards” pitching (i.e. — working off your off-speed stuff rather than your fastball)…