[Photo by TED ADAMS] BY LINDSAY HARRIS-FRIEL ARTS CORRESPONDENT Word on the street is that there will be a protest on Friday, 9/25 at 12 noon at 15th and Walnut at Governor Rendell’s Philadelphia office, to protest adding a sales tax to tickets sold to non-profit arts organizations. This means anything from Philadelphia Museum of Art tickets to Fringe show tickets. Seeing as ticket sales for arts events are on the decline anyway, this only serves as a deterrent to getting people to attend arts events and organizations. The other rumor that’s been thrown around is that sports events and […]
GAYDAR: We Could Be Heroes
BY AARON STELLA The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund will be holding their Third-Annual “Heroes” party, a fundraiser to honor leaders and allies to the LGBTI community and its causes, this Friday, September 25th at the F.U.E.L House. The DVLF is an organization that seeks to encourage philanthropy and grant making to support the needs of the LGBTI and straight-allied community. Since their inception in 1993, DVLF has appropriated their assets garnered from donations, endowments and fundraisings to further the cause of civil rights, improve health services, support arts and culture and provide scholarships for the LGBTI and straight-allied community. This […]
MAYOR NUTTER: Ballad Of Easy Rider
Mayor Nutter officially opens new bike lanes on Pine and Spruce.
RAWK TAWK: Q&A With Here We Go Magic
BY DIANCA LONDON Here We Go Magic is like a ray of sunshine inside the cloudy day of their own lovely murk. Since releasing their self-titled debut, the Brooklyn based six-piece has shared the stage with the likes of Grizzly Bear and managed to thaw the permafrost of rock critics’ hearts. Comfortably lo-fi with hints of folk, psychedelia and indie pop, Here We Go Magic is like a kinder, gentler Animal Collective, eschewing heavy-handed distortion in favor of hushed prettiness. Recently we got Here We Go Magic mainman Luke Temple on the phone to chat about the band’s next album, […]
TOM DELAY: Wild Thing
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GREATEST HITS: Best Of Today I Saw…
BY JEFF DEENEY Today I saw a long and boxy old black Cadillac parked on Master Street just west of 17th. Master Street is on the south edge of Pill Hill; up the block towards Jefferson Street young pushers were perched on every stoop with pockets full of Oxys, Percs, and Xanies. They watched the passing traffic for white guys from downtown who might be out cruising on their lunch breaks with fat wallets and runny noses, hoping to cop their medication. Every eye in that crowded corridor between Jefferson and Master Street vied for contact with mine, assuming I […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR Matt Latimer joined the ranks of young idealists going to Washington to make a difference in the world. He became chief speechwriter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and was hopeful that he was on his way. When he got assigned to the White House, he knew his dream was coming true. Once there, however, he was quickly disillusioned. Working as speechwriter to President George W. Bush during his last months in office, Latimer was immersed in the chaos of an environment he describes as more like The Office than The West Wing. It’s from these experiences and others […]
Smoking Bans Blamed For 36% Drop In Heart Attacks
REUTERS: Smoking bans in public places can reduce the number of heart attacks by as much as 36 percent, offering fresh proof that the restrictions work, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They urged widespread bans on smoking in enclosed public places to prevent heart attacks and improve public health. “This study adds to the already strong evidence that secondhand smoke causes heart attacks, and that passing 100 percent smoke-free laws in all workplaces and public places is something we can do to protect the public,” James Lightwood of the University of California-San Francisco, whose study appears in the journal Circulation, […]
GLENN BECK: Exhuming McCarthy
MEDIA MATTERS: Glenn Beck has revived one of the most shameful chapters in American political history. Sen. Joseph McCarthy spent years ruining the lives of patriotic Americans serving in the United States government and beyond. He did it through fearmongering and baseless, unproven accusations. He combed the past statements and associations of loyal U.S. citizens and then shamefully accused them of being traitors bent on the destruction of the American way of life. At a time when conservatives are unable to find new leadership or present new ideas to address the challenges facing our nation, it is perhaps fitting that […]
COMING ATTRACTION: Q&A With Jim Derogatis
Pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, Sound Opinions co-host, Lester Bangs biographer and author of the just-published and altogether beautiful The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side. Coming soon to a Phawker near you!
SPORTO: Auto Tuning Fox’s Eagles Broadcast
BY MIKE WOLVERTON SPORTS GUY You saw the Eagles game yesterday, but did you hear it? Maybe you were at the bar and missed out on the insight from the FOX broadcast. Or maybe you heard but couldn’t believe your ears. I’m here to fill you in on what you missed. It’s Week 2, and Saints-Eagles looks like a big game on paper. FOX brings in its “A-Team” of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver. 1st Half I’ve only had High Definition TV for a couple weeks, and I thought it came without a downside. That was until I […]
Pelosi In The 215, Voices Support For Public Option
INQUIRER: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a visit to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital today that a government-run insurance program must be in the final version of health-care reform, even as other Democratic leaders have suggested it could pass without the provision. “No bill can pass the House of Representatives without a public option in it,” Pelosi said, after touring the hospital emergency room. Pelosi said the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the “public option” of health insurance would squeeze $100 billion in costs from the system over 10 years because of competition with private insurers. “That’s hard to […]
THAT’S COMCASTIC: FCC To Enforce ‘Net Neutrality’
NEW YORK TIMES: In a move to make good on one of President Obama’s campaign promises, Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will propose Monday that the agency expand and formalize rules meant to keep Internet providers from discriminating against certain content flowing over their networks, according to several officials briefed on his plans.While the communications industry does not like more regulation, it has generally not found it difficult to comply with the existing four principles, lobbyists said. But there are a few areas where opposition is expected. In 2005, the commission adopted four broad principles relating […]