BY JONATHAN VALANIA State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) was born in Philadelphia in 1961. He attended Temple University, where he graduated with a degree in political science, and earned a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 1983. After law school, Sen. Leach moved back to the Philadelphia metropolitan area where he practiced law for 17 years, and taught constitutional law, legal ethics and First Amendment law at Cedar Crest and Muhlenberg colleges. He was first elected to the General Assembly in the fall of 2002, and in 2008 he was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate. Senator […]
BEING THERE: Winterlong
Bala Cynwyd 8:01 AM by JEFF FUSCO
BEING THERE: Motel Hell
Camden, 3:04 PM yesterday by JEFF FUSCO
JUST SAY NO: PCP, Enabling Naked Handcuffed Maniacs To Kick Out The Back Windows Of Police Cars Since 1970
BY JEFF DEENEY FOR THE FIX Camden, New Jersey mother, high on drugs on a late summer night last August, decapitates her own son in a fit of violent psychosis, places his head in the kitchen freezer, calls 911, admits the crime to a dispatcher, and then stabs herself to death before police arrive on the scene. Across town just days later a father, also in a drug-fueled psychosis, steals into his daughters’ bedroom as they sleep and slits both their throats with a knife, killing one and critically injuring the other. The horrific, gory details are splashed across […]
BEING THERE: ‘Ho-tel Mo-tel Holiday Inn’
Camden, 1:17 PM by JEFF FUSCO
BEING THERE: Flogging Molly @ The Electric Factory
Photo by PETE TROSHAK Midway through an intense, sweaty two-hour set at the Electric Factory on Thursday night Flogging Molly frontman Dave King stopped to share a Philly memory. He described a moment much earlier in the band’s career when a fan in Philadelphia showed him a blown up picture of the mosh pit from a previous show here and he described it as “the most frightening and beautiful thing” he had ever seen and said that after seeing that he knew his band would make it. The Celtic punk/folk rockers were in town with their Green 17 tour, an […]
BEING THERE: Little Pink Houses
Meadowbrook, 11:01 AM by JEFF FUSCO
BEING THERE: Gin Wigmore @ World Cafe Live
Gin Wigmore, Upstairs At World Cafe Live, by DEREK BRAD Last night, the Upstairs At World Cafe Live, usually a quiet-dinner-and-strummed-guitars kind of place, was turned upside down by New Zealander Gin Wigmore. The Kiwi singer rocked an enthusiastic, overflow crowd, some of which had driven from as far as Michigan to see her at WCL, one of her rare U.S. shows. You might recognize Wigmore from the new James Bond-themed Heineken ad starring Daniel Craig. She is currently on the road supporting her Gravel and Wine album, which was reportedly heavily influenced by a tour of the southern U.S. […]
BEING THERE: The xx @ The Electric Factory
The xx, Electric Factory, last night by MEREDITH KLEIBER After a solid performance from Toronto natives Austra, a white curtain fell from the Electric Factory ceiling, separating the crowd from the stage at the sold-out show. A little over half an hour passed, the lights went down, and desperate screams erupted from the mostly teenybopper audience as an artsy design somewhat resembling a woman’s head projected onto the curtain and two silhouettes emerged into spotlights on either side of the stage. The xx had arrived. The uber-chill London band eased into their hour-plus set with the haunting, yet serene “Angels,” […]
INCOMING: Win Tix To See Ra Ra Riot
There’s a Ra Ra Riot goin’ on at Union Transfer tomorrow night and we have a pair of tix to see everyone’s favorite neo-retro synth-popsters from Syracuse — not to be confused with everyone’s favorite neo-retro synthpopsters from Buffalo, which would, of course, be Love Scenes. Duh. To qualify all you have to do is sign up for our mailing list (to the right of this post, at the bottom of the masthead). Trust us, you want to do this. Signing up to our mailing list gets you special content alerts and early warnings about special promotions and concert […]
DEENEY: Psychotic Subway Attacks Are The Chickens Of A Broken Mental Health System Coming Home To Roost
THE ATLANTIC: The grainy video begins with a unkempt man in a bulky winter coat, bumming a light for his smoke off a young woman sitting on a subway platform bench. The subway is a low-traffic spur line stopping at Philadelphia’s Chinatown, so it’s not unusual that at 3:30 in the afternoon on a Tuesday there’s nobody else waiting for the train.The man draws on the cigarette and blows a plume of smoke. It looks like maybe some small talk transpires but there’s no audio with the image. The man feints towards the subway tracks like he’s looking down the […]
SCRAPPLE NEWS: With A.P. TIcker
On the subway psycho and guns gone wild!
BREAKING: Roots Picnic Line-Up Announced
Today, the legendary Roots crew announced their annual ROOTS PICNIC is returning to Philadelphia’s Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing on Saturday, June 1st. The festival is celebrating its sixth year with an eclectic lineup over two stages that Roots Picnic fans have come to expect – boasting performances by: Gary Clark Jr., Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and a show-stopping set with Naughty By Nature backed by The Roots. Gary Clark Jr. has swagger. The guitar virtuoso, whose roots run deep in blues, jazz, soul, country and hip-hop influences, has taken 2012 by storm and continues to amaze in 2013. […]