BY LARRY EICHEL INQUIRER SENIOR WRITER Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan is in Philadelphia today and expected to announce that she’s going to run next year against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.). Two weeks ago, Sheehan said that she would challenge Pelosi unless the speaker moved to oust President Bush via the impeachment route. Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004, gave Pelosi a deadline of yesterday to take action, yesterday being the day Sheehan arrived in Washington after a 13-day caravan and walking tour from her war protest site near Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas. Pelosi […]
MOTHER, JUGS & SPEED: Lohan Busted For Blow
Lindsay Lohan was arrested for drunk driving in Santa Monica early this morning — her second bust in less than three months. According to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept., 21-year-old Lohan was nailed around 2:15 AM near Pico Boulevard and Main Street early Tuesday morning.Just last week, Lohan was quietly booked by Beverly Hills PD for an alleged Memorial Day weekend DUI crash. She was due back in court on August 24 to face charges of driving with a blood alcohol level greater than .08 and misdemeanor hit and run. Lindsay just turned 21 — legal drinking age — earlier […]
BREAKING: Bickering Beer Barons Break Up Brewery
THIS JUST IN FROM THE DN’s JOE SIXPACK: Yards Brewing, the city’s only production brewery, is breaking up. Founder and co-owner Tom Kehoe is splitting with his partners, Bill and Nancy Barton, and will move the 13-year-old brewery to a new, to-be-chosen location. No interruption in production is expected.The Bartons will keep Yards? brewing facility in Kensington and begin producing a new brand. I’ll have details in Tuesday’s Daily News.
AUTHOR, AUTHOR: Q&A With Saira Rao
BY MAVIS LINNEMAN BOOK CRITIC Last week, TV producer-turned-lawyer-turned-author Saira Rao published her first novel, Chambermaid. It is the story of law student Sheila Raj’s clerkship (a must-do for all law students) with a revered 3rd Circuit judge in Philadelphia. Her dream come true turns into her worst nightmare when she realizes the judge is an insufferable tyrant who can’t even get her name right and who could care less about clerks or her regular employees. Think The Devil Wears Prada in judge’s chambers. As Laura Weisberger did for fashion assistants, Rao sheds light on the exacting and often outlandish […]
iMAYOR: Experts Say iMayor Is Vulnerable To Hackers
A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple’s wildly popular iPhone that allows them to take control of the device. The researchers, working for Independent Security Evaluators, a company that tests its clients’ computer security by hacking it, said that they could take control of iPhones through a Wi-Fi connection or by tricking users into going to a Web site that contains malicious code. The hack, the first reported, allowed them to tap the wealth of personal information the phones contain. Although Apple built considerable security measures into its device, said Charles A. Miller, […]
MITT ROMNEY: I’m With Stupid
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has been really going after the Democrats as of late, slamming Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for saying that kindergartners should receive “age appropriate” sex education (LINK) (even though Romney supported “age appropriate” sex education in the Bay State when he was governor — read more about that HERE), implying Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., holds Marxist positions” (LINK) . And now our friends at TMZ.com have a photograph (LINK) of the governor posing for a picture with a supporter’s sign that reads: “No to Obama Osama and Chelsea’s Moma (sic).” [via POLITICAL PUNCH] FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: […]
Ex-Inky Editrix Defends Murdoch’s Journo Integrity
“He’s saying, ‘I like this paper, I’ve paid a lot of money for it, I think The Journal and its brand are a valuable part of my global strategy,’ and he’s not going to mess that up,” said Anne K. Gordon, a partner at Dubilier & Company, a private investment firm, and a former managing editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. She said people who predict that Mr. Murdoch would intervene aggressively, in damaging ways, “do not give him enough credit.” NEW YORK TIMES: Let’s See, Everyone They Interview For This Is Gonna Go Negative, So If I Go Positive, I […]
TRIANGLE: Triangle Love Letter
According to toukaikitune: Triangle “Triangle Love Letter” This video broadcast on 1978. “Triangle Love Letter” is their debut tune. Members: L: micchi (MORI Mitsuko) C: ku-ko (OTSUKA Kuniko) R: mami (UENO Mayumi) When huge idol group “Candies” retires, they announce the group name “Candies Junior”. However, it is protested by fans of “Candies”. They rename the group name to “Triangle”. And, they debuted. TRANSLATION: ?????????????????????? 78???? ?????????????????????????????? ????? ?? ???????????????? ?? ????????? ?? ?????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????? ?????????? ????????????
THE BREAKDOWN: Platinum Until Proven Guilty
BY M. EMANUEL True or false: You can still be one of the biggest pop stars on the planet even if you (allegedly) urinated on and then fornicated with an underage girl, videotaped it, and then that tape was leaked to the world and the authorities brought 21 counts of child pornography charges against you. As much as we would all like to think the answer is false, we all know that’s not true. However, knowing and caring are two different things and while we know the charges are still hanging out there, a better question is do we even […]
Wilco Has Dr. Dog’s Baby In The New York Times
JEFF TWEEDY, 39, is the lyricist, lead singer and guitarist of the Chicago rock band Wilco. In the last decade, as it has shifted from alt-country to rock, Wilco has built a devoted fan base. This spring its sixth studio album, “Sky Blue Sky” (Nonesuch), had a strong debut, ranking No. 4 on the Billboard charts the week of its release. Mr. Tweedy recently took a brief break from touring Europe, the West Coast and the Midwest to talk to Winter Miller. “I’m probably the only person that wanted to be a rock critic and failed at it and started […]
KILLADELPHIA: 5 6 More Dead Since U Went 2 Bed
BY JAN HEFLER INQUIRER STAFF WRITER A killing spree this morning began with a triple homicide outside a Southwest Philadelphia bar and ended with two more shooting deaths in other parts of the city. The deaths bring the total homicides this year to 233 234, on pace to be the highest in a decade. Police said there are no suspects and no arrests in any of the three cases. Police said an argument inside Abay Wheeler’s Bar on South 62nd Street shortly after midnight led to four men being shot multiple times by a lone gunman. Three died and the […]
RIP: The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Tammy Faye Baker Messner 1942-2007
NOW PLAYING: Elliott Smith New Moon
[Illustration by KATIE SKELLY] BY JONATHAN VALANIA Near the end of The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson’s storybook cinematic fable of wasted potential, the character of Richie, a disgraced world-class tennis player with a dark secret, looks soulfully into the bathroom mirror. It’s impossible to say what he’s thinking–he looks scared, confused, angry, on the verge. A tensely strummed acoustic guitar spirals in the background, accompanying a hushed, faintly ominous vocal. It’s Elliott Smith’s “Needle in the Hay.” Richie picks up a scissors and methodically, if crudely, crops his shoulder-length tresses down to the scalp. He lathers up his lumberjack beard […]