THE POST: Platt resigned as editor of Philly Mag in June after a nearly eight-year tenure. If he were to be named editor of the DN, the position would come with some built-in irony. Prior to his resignation, the Daily News reported that Platt had given a framed photo of a cyst he had removed from one of his testicles to a departing female Philly Mag staffer as a gift. Now, he could be the paper’s boss. MORE PREVIOUSLY: Philadelphia magazine on Thursday parted ways with editor Larry Platt, who was at its helm for nearly eight years. Platt’s contract […]
Plumbing The Depths Of An American Psycho
[Illustration by ALEX FINE] SLATE: Act I of the politicization of the Tucson shooting was pundits and liberal politicians asking if right-wing rhetoric contributed to the violence. Act II was conservatives rejecting this and pointing out, by the way, that the media did not rush to judgment when Nidal Hassan killed 12 people at Fort Hood. Act III is the conservative fightback, as exemplified by this message from the Tea Party Express to its members. MORE SARAH PALIN: “If you don’t like a person’s vision for the country, you’re free to debate that vision. If you don’t like their ideas, […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR In addition to casting actors, the Coen brothers were faced with the difficulty of casting horses in True Grit, a task they initially approached with great trepidation. (For most of the movie, the actors are on horseback.) Equine actors “are difficult to deal with for a number of reasons,” says Joel Coen. “But we were lucky to work with probably the best horse wranglers in the business. And they do extraordinary things with the horses. The horses will often hit their marks in ways you sometimes wish the actors were capable of doing. But we were doing a […]
EARLY WORD: All Aboard The Love Train
MURAL ARTS PROGRAM: A one-of-a-kind [Valentine’s Day] experience for singles and couples! Reserve your spot now–this tour sells out fast. All new this year, one lucky couple will be married on the Love Train. Passengers tour Philadelphia’s renowned Love Letter Project, a series of 50 rooftop murals painted by legendary artist, Stephen Powers (aka ESPO), and crew. The murals collectively express a love letter from a guy to a girl, from an artist to his hometown, and from local residents to their neighborhood of West Philadelphia. A lovely reception at with gourmet treats and a special screening of the Love Letter movie follows […]
EARLY WORD: Marquee Moon
Acclaimed French auteur Louis Malle’s underrated 1975 surrealist opus, Black Moon, will be screened this Saturday at the International House. Malle’s body of work is characteristically impossible to pin down—he directed over 30 films spanning an array of genres, from My Dinner With Andre to Au Revoir Les Infants. Black Moon is undeniably bizarre and completely unlike any of his other films. It was written in collaboration with Joyce Buñuel, the daughter-in-law of legendary surrealist filmmaker Louis Buñuel, as a coming of age fantasy, set amidst an apocalyptic world war that, according to Malle, is symbolic of the social upheaval […]
MEDIA: A New Music Magazine Grows In The 215
JUMP PHILLY: We are set to launch our print edition in March, and publish four times per year. Learn more about who we are and what we do by clicking on the image at right. If you want to get involved – as a writer, photographer, videographer, copy editor, fact-checker, whatever – drop us a line at jumpphilly@gmail.com. We are a total volunteer organization, just a group of folks who love Philly and appreciate the music scene. If you are interested in advertising in the magazine, we definitely want to hear from you. Contact George Miller at journalismgeorge@gmail.com. MORE RELATED: […]
How Jared Lee Loughner Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
BY JEFF DEENEY In the days since Gabrielle Gifford was shot, the media conversation surrounding the event has shifted focus away from whether or not the ambient atmosphere of bigotry and political extremism in Arizona, along with the toxic political rhetoric espoused by Tea Party figures like Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle, drove Jared Lee Loughner’s actions. Details have emerged painting a portrait of an unhinged young man with obvious mental health problems, and the conversation is now focusing on whether the mental health system did enough to help Loughner and protect the community. Whenever a high profile violent crime […]
Did Sarah Palin Just Have Her Chappaquiddick?
WASHINGTON POST: One hundred and ten years ago, during another low point in the nation’s political discourse, newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst – who was angling for a presidential run in 1904 – published a pair of columns fantasizing about violence against President William McKinley. Columnist Ambrose Bierce wrote that a bullet “is speeding here to stretch McKinley on his bier.” Next, an unsigned column widely attributed to Hearst editor Arthur Brisbane declared: “If bad institutions and bad men can be got rid of only by killing, then the killing must be done.” Six months later, a deranged man […]
DANIELSON: Grow Up
PREVIOUSLY: New Danielson Album Due In Feb.
WORTH REPEATING: Being Jared Lee Loughner
MOTHER JONES: At 2:00 a.m. on Saturday—about eight hours before he allegedly killed six people and wounded 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), in Tucson—Jared Lee Loughner phoned an old and close friend with whom he had gone to high school and college. The friend, Bryce Tierney, was up late watching TV, but he didn’t answer the call. When he later checked his voice mail, he heard a simple message from Loughner: “Hey man, it’s Jared. Me and you had good times. Peace out. Later.” That was it. But later in the day, when Tierney first heard about the Tucson […]
STAY CLASSY PHILADELPHIA: Green Bay Packers Fans’ Cars Effed Up In Linc Parking Lot
MORNING CALL: A college professor from Lower Macungie Township who wrote a book about the first 50 years of the NFL knew Philly fans had a reputation for mistreating visiting fans, but the Wisconsin native said he didn’t know how bad it could be until he went to the Eagles game Sunday. Craig Coenen and his father, Peter Coenen, left Lincoln Financial Field jubilant after watching their beloved Green Bay Packers defeat the Eagles in the NFC wild card playoff game. “We were just thinking about how nice a day it was and it was a good memory,” Peter Coenen […]
THIS JUST IN: Tom Delay Sentenced To 3 Years In Jail
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Tom DeLay, the once powerful Texas Republican congressman found guilty of money laundering and conspiracy, was sentenced Monday to three years in prison. The former Republican House majority leader, dubbed “The Hammer” for his take-no-prisoners style, was convicted in November of conspiring to illegally funnel $190,000 in corporate campaign donations to Republican candidates for the Texas Legislature. The prison sentence applies to the conspiracy count. DeLay did not receive prison time for the money laundering count. He was given 10 years probation, and faces […]