JOE WARMINSKY: Excuse me if the following statement sounds greedy or petty or obnoxious, because it’s really about a deeper, almost spiritual level of dismay: It’s horrible knowing that Philadelphia’s current streak of National League East titles will end at five. My feelings have almost nothing to do with the Nats, so you Washington fans can just step off for a minute. The pain is really about the Atlanta Braves. Like so many things that matter socially or psychologically in sports, the hurt goes back many years, to the Braves team that won 11 straight division titles from 1995 to […]
CONTEST: Win Tix To See The Afghan Whigs Tonite!
WIKIPEDIA: The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, originally active from 1986 to 2001. They have since reformed. At their peak, the group – with core members Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), and John Curley (bass), as well as various drummers (including Steve Earle and Michael Horrigan) – evolved into one of the leading groups of ‘90s alternative rock, rising up around the grunge movement but ultimately transcending it. Evolving from a garage punk band in the vein of the Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Mudhoney to a literate, soul-inflected post-punk quartet, […]
UNFORGIVABLE: Jersey Woman Fakes Terminal Cancer On Facebook, Pockets $12K In Donations, And Would’ve Gotten Away With It Too If Only She Hadn’t Lived
PHILLY BURBS: Her friends and family knew something was amiss when Lori E. Stilley canceled her hospice care for bladder cancer, citing a “miracle” recovery, authorities said. Nearly a year later, she is facing criminal charges for allegedly faking her illness and soliciting thousands of dollars in donations for her care. Stilley, 40, of Delran, surrendered to authorities Wednesday morning to face charges of third-degree theft by deception and was released after posting $25,000 bail. Her attorney says that she maintains her innocence, and that the claims she faked the cancer are “slanderous.” The ordeal began in February 2011, when […]
DN: Why Do Good Things Keep Happening To Bad Cops?
DAILY NEWS: [Wendy] Ducksworth is one of at least 14 people outside the Police Department who have lodged complaints against Washington during his 24-year career. Within the department, at least four police officers have filed lawsuits against Washington, accusing him of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation. These officers have also filed Equal Employment Opportunity complaints against him. As far back as 1998, Washington was on the Police Department’s secretly compiled list of officers it considered at-risk employees. Yet, despite all the allegations and concerns, Washington breezily moved up through the ranks, and is now slated to be promoted to […]
MUST SEE TV: N-F-AIL
Once again the bizarro universe of NMA videos aligns seamlessly with the absurdity of this American life. This time they dissect the national shame that is the NFL replacement ref farce (high school refs? Lingerie League refs? Really?) with pitiless precision. To paraphrase SNL’s Stefan, this video’s got everything: fire-breathing kids, boobies, fatsoes, ref-on-player sex on the 50 yard line and, of course, NFL Commissioner Goodell urinating on a stadium full of fans from the Olympian perch of his luxury box high above the clouds. You have been warned. RELATED: Hey NFL, Footlocker Called And They Want Their Clerks Back
BOOKS: The Kids Are Not Alright
CBS NEWS: Photographer Richard Ross captured images of over 1,000 juvenile inmates housed in over 200 detention centers and correctional facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. According to his website, the “Juvenile in Justice” project explores the “treatment of American juveniles housed by law in facilities that treat, confine, punish, assist and, occasionally, harm them. The hope is that by seeing these images, people will have a better understanding of the conditions that exist,” he writes on his website. The following images contain excerpts from interviews conducted by Ross with several young inmates. The photos were shot between 2005 […]
FATHER JOHN MISTY: This Is Sally Hatchet
Where Tarantino meets Topanga Canyon. They play Union Transfer on October 21st.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE: Cameron Crowe’s 1975 Neil Young Interview For Rolling Stone
BY CAMERON CROWE Nearing 30, Neil Young is the most enigmatic of all the superstars to emerge from Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. His often cryptic studies of lonely desperation and shaky-voiced antiheroics have led many to brand him a loner and a recluse. Harvest was the last time that he struck the delicate balance between critical and commercial acceptance, and his subsequent albums have grown increasingly inaccessible to a mass audience. Young’s first comprehensive interview comes at a seeming turning point in his life and career. After an amicable breakup with actress Carrie Snodgrass, he’s […]
BOOKS: Willie Nelson To Release Memoir With The Greatest Title In The History Of Reading And Writing
HARPER COLLINS: In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything: music, wives, Texas, politics, horses, religion, marijuana, children, the environment, poker, hogs, Nashville, karma, and more. He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over eight decades, along with favorite jokes and insights from friends and others close to him. Rare family pictures, beautiful artwork created by his son Micah Nelson, and lyrics to […]
WAR ON THUGS: Fiona Apple vs. Dickhead Texas Sheriff
Artwork by Gunsmithcat CNN: Fiona Apple recently spent a night in a jail in Texas. She apparently was a little ticked off at the behavior of some of the folks who watched over her stay. The Grammy-winning singer told the audience at her next show about it, and videos of her harsh speech were posted on the web. The Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office must have gotten wind of it because its public information officer issued a sharp rebuttal Monday. Rusty Fleming even had some advice for Apple: “Just shut up and sing.” Border Patrol agents arrested Apple after finding marijuana […]
Hey NFL, Footlocker Called, They Want Their Clerks Back
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Jennings was convinced he had the ball pinned to his chest the entire time and would be awarded an interception to cap Green Bay’s comeback victory. A crew of replacement officials had other views—the ones that counted. The result is a bizarre ending that gave the Seattle Seahawks a 14-12 victory Monday night that capped a tough weekend for the replacement refs. “I was very shocked,” Jennings said. “But, the refs got the last say, so it is what it is.” Russell Wilson threw a disputed 24-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate on the final play of the […]
PRODUCT PLACEMENT: Sh*t And Grin
Artwork via SMEAR CAMPAIGN All politics is loco, to bastardize Tip O’Neil famous nostrum, and packed to the gills foie gras-style with the fecal matter of its own corrupt bullshit. Which is slightly more elegant way of rendering the inelegant cliche that all politicians — left, right and everyone in between — are full of shit. Like all inelegant cliches, it’s entirely true. Even worse, we keep stepping in it over and and over again. Finally, somebody has done something about it. Boldly standing up and declaring that these would-be emperors have no clothes, Philly-based RS Kmiec Design, in partnership […]
X: White Girl
From the must-see documentary X:The Unheard Music. Yes, that’s Ray Manzarek of The Doors behind the board. X plays the TLA on Dec. 6th with Reverend Horton Heat.