Appears to be a typical night in 1970 at Hef’s place. [Hat tip to Citizen Mom]
Introducing POP IN TAPE: HIP-HOP IN THE 215
SOMEBODY’S ON THE CASE — THEY BETTER GET ON THE JOB BY MICHAEL FICHMAN It’s not easy for a scene to stay relevant in the era of the 24-hour news cycle and the iPod attention span. Trends eat their tails so fast these days. Underground rap went from “knowledge equality” to rapping about rapping and bitching about shiny suit syndrome. It faded into obscurity. Furthermore, bloggers and barflies want to be the first to dig up a fad and then be the first to put it down as plebian and overwrought. Rick Ross rose and fell before summer 2006 had […]
THIS JUST IN: Arcade Fire At The Tower On May 5th
Tix expected to go on sale next week. [Photo by Robert Spychala’s Snaplog]
NPR For The Deaf: Giving Public Radio Edge Since 2006
FRESH AIR ON WHYY Underground comic book artist Robert Crumb created ZAP COMIX and is the artist behind such 1960s and 1970s icons as Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, and Keep-on-Truckin. His wife, Aline Kominsky Crumb, was one of the earliest underground female cartoonists. Her new book, Need More Love: A Graphic Memoir, chronicles her life and career. Robert’s new book is The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb. PLUS, The famous, or perhaps notorious model Anna Nicole Smith died last week, prompting a tsunami of media coverage. Here’s a look at the reasons for all the hoopla. One shouldn’t be […]
WE KNOW IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ ROLL BUT WE LIKE IT
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN: Lily Allen, Theater Of Arts, Last Night [FLICKR] BY AMY Z. QUINN I was beginning to worry about this whole Lily Allen thing. Yeah, the songs are catchy and definitely danceable. And in videos, she sparkles, a cutie-pie in a prom dress and matching sneakers. But the few times I saw her singing live on TV, she just kind of stood there, all dressed up and doing not much more than a Dusty Springfield midriff-twist thing. And maybe it was the threat of cabin fever from the looming snowstorm, but the crowd at the sold-out […]
GUNCRAZY: MASSACRE AT THE SHIPYARD, 4 DEAD
ASSOCIATED PRESS — PHILADELPHIA A gunman fatally shot three people [NOT pictured] at a business meeting before turning the gun on himself Monday night in an office building at the old Philadelphia Navy Yard, police said. The gunman appeared to get upset at a board of directors meeting for a company that might have been an investment firm, Deputy Commissioner Richard Ross said. The gunman also died, police Capt. Benjamin Naish said. Another person was critically injured. Another two people were present but not shot, police said. The shooting took place in a conference room in a business at the […]
UPDATE: Massacre Spurred By Board Room Dispute
[Zigzag press release announces move to Philly.] Police said the shootings occurred about 8:30 p.m. at 5131 S. 11th St. in a structure known as Building 79, a former Navy procurement office that, like many of the warehouse-type buildings at the former Navy base and shipyard, is now home to private businesses. At the scene last night, Deputy Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the gunman opened fire during a regularly scheduled meeting on the second floor. Police believe the gunman was a participant in the meeting, Ross said. Police did not disclose the relationship between the shooter and the victims, […]
HIZZONER 07: Fattah Floats Idea Of Erecting Invisible Toll Booths On Center City Streets To Cut Gridlock
BY MICHAEL CURRIE SHAFFER INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Mayoral candidate Chaka Fattah yesterday proposed examining a “congestion charge” that would require drivers to pay to bring their cars into traffic-clogged parts of central Philadelphia at peak hours. Fattah offered few specifics about what his plan would cost or just how it would be implemented. He said he hoped only to “study” the idea. “We cannot have a city in which everyone expects to be able to drive their car everywhere they want to go,” Fattah said. Fattah’s idea is modeled on a program that has slashed vehicular traffic and commute times […]
THE MICHAEL SMERCONISH EXPLAINER: Wiping The Smirk Off Mr. Clean With The Dirty Rag Of Truth
As we reported last week, Michael Smerconish is now a regular fixture of the Inquirer’s Sunday Op-Ed page. Bully for him, we’re all for equal time and open debate. But as we have said before, it’s because of guys like Smerconish — Machiavellian media climbers that will say ANYTHING to ensure their butt space in the game of musical chairs that is the talking head puditocracy — that people don’t even expect to hear the truth anymore, let along demand it. Mr. Smerconish is a cunning fellow who likes to pass himself off as too guileless to have an agenda. […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR Investigative reporter Lowell Bergman is the producer of the new documentary, News War: Secrets, Spin and the Future of the News. The series is about the mainstream news media and the political, legal and economic forces at play. PLUS, lead singer/guitarist Pat DiNizio and drummer Dennis Diken from the band The Smithereens. Their new album, Meet the Smithereens, is a track-by-track homage to the Beatles’ Meet the Beatles. RADIO TIMES In light of the Lewis Libby trial, we discuss the relationship between the White House and its Press Corps. Our guests are RON HUCHESON, White House Correspondent for […]
THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S OTHER BALL
Vancouver GM Place (May 28) Seattle Key Arena (June 6) Denver Pepsi Center (9) Las Vegas MGM Garden Arena (15) Bonnaroo Festival (16) Phoenix US Airwaves Arena (18) Dallas American Airlines Center (26) New Orleans Arena (June 30) St Louis Scottrade Center (July 2) Toronto Air Canada Center (22) Montreal Bell Centre (25) Boston Fenway Park (28) New York Madison Square Garden (August 1,3) Additional North American concert dates in Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Edmonton, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, PHILADELPHIA, Tampa, San Francisco, Minneapolis/St. Paul and the Washington/Baltimore area will be announced in the next few weeks. [Via NME]