Sum, Sum, Summertime.

>>> NOT a role model: Brett Meyers punches wife in face, winds up in pokey. Wife posts $200 bail. [WPVI]
>>> Prosecutors ask judge to sentence Mariano to a hard 10: Seems he bullied staffers into not cooperating with investigation. Mariano a bully? WAY! [NBC 10]
>>> Reason # 4,876 NOT to live in the [...]

1. Pool Gang Redux: The Northern Liberties public pool at 4th and Fairmount reopened yesterday, and adult swim is from 5-7pm daily. Dear Lord, bless this first Pool Gang outing of the year. Lead us not into charley horses and deliver us from chlorine-softened stools. Amen.
2. Eat something charred.
3. If you subscribed to The Philebrity [...]

Fresh Air: The Corpse Of Habeas Corpus
Wikipedia: What Is Habeas Corpus, Again?

The exhibit of about 200 photographs celebrates the 100th birthday of [Julien] Levy, who believed that photographs could be sold as art (he was way too far ahead of his time on this, and learned it quickly). He had a fine eye for what was good, and looked beyond U.S. borders for photographers. He gave [...]

Earlier this week, we linked to a Daily News article that revealed the work of a group of NYC ad students whose assignment was to come up with a campaign for a simple idea: “Move To Philly.” The DN ran the proposed ads, the city agreed almost instantly that the campaigns blew, parody ensued, and [...]

My book centers on people who eat hot dogs for a living, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be reviewed in the spirit of an especially boorish drivetime D.J. In assigning the review to a writer more interested in making smug jokes than engaging what I actually wrote, it appears that The Times was [...]

Congrats to Freeway, who along with The Roots, made Pitchfork’s 100 Awesome Music Videos.

¬? Pat roundup of summer “beach reading,” which basically means books you would normally not touch with a ten foot pole if you didn’t need something to cover your face while you bake in the sun or something to wipe off Mr. Fudgie Wudgie with.
¬? Paper Doll goes out on a date with the Bruce [...]

No wonder his handlers have deemed that, whenever possible, black Republican gubernatorial candidates should be seen and not heard. Preferably smiling — y’know, like a lawn jockey. Or Aunt Jemima — everybody LOVES Aunt Jemima. Or perhaps they’re just honoring the cardinal rule of scary moviemaking: If you’re monster isn’t very scary, never let the [...]

>>> So, the world is burning, people are dying, our government is addicted to spiritual assrape and what’s the lead story on Philly.com? You go, Monica. [DanGross]
>>> Oh shit, and we know you wanna know about that gator up in Pottstown, Cletus! Spoiler: “Cpl. Jamie O’Neill, no stranger to The Crocodile Hunter on cable TV, [...]

Jimmy!’s MySpace: I Live In California And I Go To College. I Like Pizza.
Cybercast News Service: Not Really Journalism But An Incredible Right Wing Simulation
Attytood: We’re Not Obesessed With Rick Santorum, Much
Dubious Right-Wing Newsire: “This is an incredibly — in my mind — significant finding. The idea that, as my colleagues have repeatedly said [...]

>>> How about a little First Friday in your third Wednesday? “Rip, Rig and Panic” is a group show with Philly artists Anda Dubinskis, Isaac Resnikoff and Mark Khaisman, whose lightbox-and-packing tape painting is pictured here. At the always awesome Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, 1616 Walnut St., ste. 100, 6-8pm, free booze and snacks.
>>> Kurt Vile at [...]

>>> At long last, there is a replacement for the old “FISHTOWN UNIVERSITY” shirt: Local artist/lifelong F’towner Jeffro Kilpatrick. Want one? Email the dude at phillytoon [at] yahoo [dot] com.
>>> Are John Street and Michael Nutter about to get into a major bitchfight over technicalities with The Smoking Ban You Can Smoke Along To? And [...]

WHYY: Let’s Talk About Sex, Bay-bee!
YouTube: Brokeback Flatpoint
Official Strangers With Candy Movie Web Site: Enter Me!
Book Haven: Wigfield, The Can Do Town That Just May Not
The Strangers With Candy Companion: Hobo Camp? Hobo Camp?

The wrecking balls would already be swinging if the whole project weren’t stalled in the courts. Despite the city’s efforts to buy out and relocate 1,200 families in the area, a lot of Cramer Hillers want to stay. They just don’t think their neighborhood is so bad, which is kind of like saying a blown [...]

A little ancient history for all you kittens: Back in 1965, Philadelphia became home base for The Mike Douglas Show, a national talkie shot in a studio on Walnut street. How did we get this show, you ask? Why it was Zsa Zsa Gabor’s filthy mouth, of course. You see, when the show was still [...]

[O]n the street, in drug circles and among city cops with a knowledge of Sigel’s past, the rapper wasn’t the victim of a robbery at all.
He was the recipient of a warning.
[...]
According to [a police source] and an undercover narcotics investigator, the guys who put a bullet through Sigel’s arm either represent a rival drug [...]

From the “Best of Style 2006”:
Best Of STYLE | Best Coffee Shop | Starbucks
I had a joke about Ikea ready to go, but then I scrolled down:
Best Of STYLE | Best Home Store | Ikea
Honestly, it’s just not worth the effort.
We concur.
PhillyStyle: When You Care Enough To Think The Very Least

>>>Philly International econo park clusterfuck to be untangled: In about a year. [Inky]
>>>Tool time for Ricky: Councilman Duh back to Joe Sixpack. [Gross]
>>>No splashing 2: Ambler shithouse dumps 50,000 gallons of suburban poo-poo into Wissahickon. “Obviously, from a water-quality standpoint, this is adding insult to injury,” said Dan Tredinnick, spokesman for the state Fish and [...]