>>> Daniel Rubin tries to sort through the Ralph Cipriano Dog Park Class War that we wrote about last week with resolute niceness, full disclosure and some pretty (unintentionally) hilarious quotes from Dog Park Ladies. On another Rubin-esque note, Dan’s Inky blog, Blinq, seems to be back. Kind of. Which is good because, well, just trust us, we’ve read the other Inky blogs. [Inky]
>>> Here’s a pitch that never made it to the GPTMC merchandise meeting, but oh, how we wish it had: “Ben Franklin: American Samurai.” [Woot]
>>> And you just knew we weren’t gonna get through this without a doff of the ol’ cap to Merv Griffin, who passed over the weekend. Here he is, YouTube’d with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, with all being entertained [read: ego-fellated] on national TV by none other than Philly’s own Kal Rudman, who you may remember from such important Philly cultural watersheds as PRISM Spectrum Wrestling and Friday Morning Quarterback. [YouTube via PhillyBurbs]
BONUS ROUND: Philebrity also mourns the passing of Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records. For us, Wilson formed a triumvirate with Andrew “Loog” Oldham and Alan McGee that has been our impetus, our inspiration and our roadmap for the way forward. God save Tony Wilson and all who sailed in/with him. [Wikipedia]

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