Supreme Court Rules Against Foxwoods, Casino Construction Delayed Indefinitely Back in May, Philadelphia City Council voted to overturn a Mayor Street veto of its anti-casino bill. The bill would reverse the zoning status of the proposed Foxwoods site, delaying the beginning of construction indefinitely. In June, Foxwoods filed an emergency petition with the PA Supreme Court. In Count I of the petition, Foxwoods asked the state’s highest court to overturn the anti-casino bill on the grounds that it is somehow “unconstitutional.” Today the high court ruled against Foxwoods, calling the matter “not ripe for adjudication” and dismissed the casino’s request […]
TRENT REZNOR: Warning
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Hyski O’Rooney McVoutie O’Zoot Has Left The Building
Hy Lit, 73, one of Philadelphia’s pioneer disc jockeys, died yesterday at Paoli Memorial Hospital of what his son termed “bizarre complications” after a knee injury. Mr. Lit was on hand for much rock-and-roll history as it played out in Philadelphia. He played Rolling Stones music early on and accompanied the Beatles to the city in 1964. A dashing figure with a face for television, he also hosted dance shows on WKBS in Philadelphia and a New York station. Another longtime fixture in local radio, disc jockey Jerry Blavat, last night called Mr. Lit’s death “the end of the era […]
SAD: Kanye’s Mother Dies After Tummy Tuck; Kanye Breaks Down Onstage In Paris During “Hey Momma”
LOS ANGELES — A judge has quashed the arrest warrant for a plastic surgeon who operated on the mother of Kanye West. The warrant was issued Friday morning when Dr. Jan Adams did not show up for a hearing in a civil case unrelated to the death of West’s mother, Donda West. Courtroom assistant Becky Liu says Adams showed up later in the morning and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Tracy Grant canceled the warrant. Adams has said little publicly since the death of Donda West. She died Nov. 10, a day after Adams performed a tummy tuck and breast […]
WE KNOW IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ ROLL BUT WE LIKE IT
STRIPED WHITE JETS: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Starlight Ballroom, Last Night BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE INQUIRER First, a bite of crow: in the interest of full disclosure, I must confess to being among the few critics that did not clap my hands or say ‘Yeah’ when CYHSY first blazed across the night sky of the blogosphere two years ago, leaving behind of phosphorous tail of spent Pitchfork hype and Brooklyn hipster cachet. But it would seem that either they have changed or I have, or perhaps a little of both. Judging from CYHSY’s taut, expansive and altogether persuasive […]
WORTH REPEATING: How To Sell The City
Just stumbled upon this on UWISHUNU, which, it is no secret, is “created and fully moderated by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.” When the city’s marketers are using MIA as tourist-bait, truly a “new day” has dawned in Philadelphia. Update: The VIP package is SOLD OUT! ***You can still purchase MIA tickets from Live Nation. You should also check out Philly Like a Local for another cool way to stay in Philadelphia. Sri Lankan-British rapper/singer/songwriter Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, better known as MIA, is coming to Philadelphia’s Electric Factory on Saturday, December 1 to support her new album, Kala. It’s […]
INSTA-REVIEW: Raising Sand
NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO BY ED KING ROCK EXPERT Today I set out to listen to and share my thoughts on the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss album, Raising Sand. This collaboration, which the artists have taken great pains to say is not an album of “duets,” was produced by T-Bone Burnett. I’ve been looking forward to hearing it in its entirety. I must note that unlike most of my Insta-Reviews, I couldn’t help but hear snippets of some of these songs on the artists’ recent radio interviews, but I’ll try to keep my thoughts as fresh as possible. You have […]
HEAR YE: Robyn Hitchcock I Often Dream Of Trains
NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO HEAR YE: Led Zeppelin Mothership NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO! INSTA-REVIEW: I’m Not There Soundtrack NOW PLAYING: ON PHAWKER RADIO! HEAR YE: Ween La Cucaracha NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO! HEAR YE: Radiohead In Rainbows NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO
SHOCK & AWE: 15 THINGS THOU SHALL NOT KNOW ABOUT DAVID DYE AND THE WORLD CAFE
1. All things considered, he’d rather be a DJ than an author. As part of the relentless media blitz for his recently-published book The Best Of The World Cafe, Mr. Dye has been jet-setting from one affiliate to another, planting the flag in exotic capitals of commerce and culture such as Akron, Louisville and Milwaukee. There, he is invariably greeted by a grateful populace as the man who brought water to the arid, choice-less deserts of the airwaves over middle America; a welcome, earthy alternative to the grating crackle and slick drivel of corporate radio. Having just touched town in […]
All Of This Happened While You Were Sleeping
10 THINGS I LEARNED THE HARD WAY ABOUT MONSTER BOBBY & THE PIPETTES AT THE NORTH STAR THE OTHER NIGHT THAT I CAN’T TELL MY MOM By Tiffany Yoon
JOHN LENNON: Real Love
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CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH: Is This Love?
Tonight at Starlight Ballroom.