INQUIRER: Early this morning, a man was shot dead on the 3900 block of Aspen Street in the city’s Mantua section, police said. The homicide was the fourth in the city since Friday. Early Saturday morning, a boy and a man were killed outside a North Philadelphia nightclub, and last night a man was arrested for fatally stabbing his brother yesterday. This morning’s victim was Theodore Jenkins, 36, who lived on the 3900 block of Reno Street, a few blocks north of Aspen. He was found at about 1:47 a.m., shot several times in the torso, and was pronounced dead […]
CINEMA: Masked & Anonymous
You could begin the story of Todd Haynes’s Dylan movie at the very beginning, about seven years ago, while Haynes was driving cross-country in his beat-up old Honda. But since Todd Haynes?s film about Dylan is as much about Todd Haynes as it is about Dylan (or maybe even more); and since Haynes is a filmmaker who, in midcareer at age 46, is doing his best to take the experimental into the multiplex; and, further, since those who don’t like the film are likely to consider it a kind of gorgeous indulgence, a bizarre experiment, the temptation is to skip […]
HOLLA: Jay-Z Finds 100th Problem & Bitch Ain’t It
BY JAMES DOOLITTLE If only the fine folks over at Jump the Shark weren’t so television-centric, they’d assuredly recognize that these last few weeks marked a bevy of downtrending “career defining moments” in the lives of hip-hop royalty…and Lansdale’s own Dwight Grant, whose run-ins with Johnny Law are more on point than anything birthed from his creative loins, if only sitcomish by design.Then again, considering how formulaic and rote hip-hop careers have become, why the hell aren’t they TV shows? * JIGGA WHAT? (Tuesday, 9PM – FOX): Beyonce questions Jay‘s manhood after Rocawear loses naming rights to the clothing line […]
MAILBAG: It’s A Fat, White, Closeted Thing…
DEAR PHAWKER, Oh please, what a stretch this is. Is shows the bias and desperation of the liberal media. Any thinking reasonable person can see there is absolutely no link between Lou Pearlman’s alleged sexual activities and donating money to a political candidate. It’s an orchestrated attempt to elect Democrats. How stupid do they think we are? DON L [The answer to your question is: Anybody voting Republican that is NOT white, super-rich and hiding something is, in our estimation, like a turkey voting for Thanksgiving. Just callin’ ’em as we see ’em. — The Ed. ]
SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp & Helena Bonham Carter. Due out Christmas.
WORTH REPEATING: Battlefield Of Dreams
“It had been four days since Meghan O’Sullivan left her job at the White House. Just four days since she gave up her Secret Service pass, her classified hard drive and her entree to the president. Four days since she gave up any day-to-day responsibility for Iraq. Too soon, evidently, for the dreams to end. “In fact, I was dreaming about Iraq last night,” she said. “And I woke up and thought, ‘When do you think this will stop?’” As President Bush‘s top Iraq adviser while the war sank into an abyss over the past few years, O’Sullivan lived it […]
HOT DOC: Lou Pearlman Loves Little Boys & The GOP
Lou Pearlman is the slimy, Jabba-esque Svengali behind NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. And according to the New York Post & Vanity Fair, he was REALLY behind those boys. He is currently in federal custody after a year on the lam — ducking fraud charges in a $315 million ponzi scheme — hiding out in, get this, Indonesia. Hmmm. Cue the Gary Glitter song. Maybe Larry Craig can explain why he only gave to Republicans. If he doesn’t know, I’m sure Tom Foley does. By the way, Lou, Representative Ric Keller looks like a real piece of work, gotta smile […]
ROLLING STONES: She’s A Rainbow
Love it. From Her Satanic Majesty’s Request.
INSTA-REVIEW: 5 Things You Should Know About Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band At The Wachovia Center Last Night
1. I’m not going to say that the Boss and his legions are getting old, but tonight’s audience could have been the world’s largest focus group for Boniva and his and hers Cialis. Bada-BING! 2. You can tell it’s early in the tour, as the set list is still in flux and the sound mix had a few creaky moments. And in case you were wondering, Bruce is the only man alive who can still get away with the Rock Vest. It’s forever amazing that there’s one guy in the house who can get an even bigger crowd response than […]
MY MOTORCYCLE DIARY: Jesus, The Leper & St. Kurt
BY JONATHAN VALANIA For the record, I am home safe and sound from my journey through the high plains of the Andes. For some that will be good news, for others, less so (you fall into this latter category if you have ever uttered the words ‘If he writes one more word about being in that mother#$%& Wilco movie, I’ll murdelize him’ — you know who you are.) Anyway, it’s good to be back in the USA — you don’t realize how good we have it until you leave it. I am of course, referring to America’s superior Wi-Fi and […]
WORTH REPEATING: No Moss On Rolling Stone
In the new Hot Issue — not to be confused with last week’s Best Of Hot Issue or the 100 Hottest Hot Issues issue before that — Rolling Stone declares us smoked habanero HOT, as in they would ‘do’ us, best we can tell. Also they talk to the The Teeth and find out Spank Rock lives in a…wait for it…warehouse. Man! Is that a roll of Certs in Jann Wenner’s pocket or is he just really, really glad to see us? HOT SCENE: Just try to live like this in New York: Peter McDavis, bassist for rising Philadelphia indie […]