It Almost Wouldn’t Be Autumn If We Couldn’t Hear The Whining Of The Poor, Soon-To-Be-Extinct Mummers
Mummery: Where some see a proud working class tradition, others (like us) see an unwholesome ghost of minstrelsy and a hard-to-erase piss smell. Well, no matter: It’s 2009, and even if the debate had somehow been magically settled forever, nobody’s got any money left hanging around for Mummery — not even the Mummers. So here comes Save The Mummers, the new fund-raising concern that seeks to raise money year-round in an effort to keep the parade, you will pardon the pun, afloat. And the Save The Mummers cause has just netted its first celebrity endorsement: The Bacon Brothers (at right), who are following up on their truly not-good Save The Mummers tribute song from last year with a benefit booking at the Electric Factory on December 5. Now, to their (and the budget crisis’) credit, the Mummers are finally “striving to be self reliant in continuing our tradition” and have ended their centuries-long suck on city resources, so that deserves a bravo at least. In addition, the Mums have a track record of being great fundraisers, so you can probably rest easy knowing that the parade will, in all likelihood, happen this year, replete with Star Wars and topical, er, “Mexican” themes.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Maybe with one of the Mexican themes we can finally see black(face) tacos dancing down Broad Street?
November 10th, 2009 at 11:51 am
As much as you don’t like the Mummers, You should probably think about the void that would be created by their disappearance. Their community needs that distraction. I would rather have them practicing their dancing under I-95 in sweatpants on weekends than beating up hipsters for kicks. Wait, let me rethink this one.
November 10th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
What about the dancing dradles??? That was awesome!
December 4th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
hey j sweeney how about you and your crew get up early on a sunday and come down an see what this tradition that has been gone on longer than anything you may even think of doing and see what these men and women really do to prepare for this parade. i think we put more into this parade per club than this site does in it’s payroll!!!
December 4th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
i’m still waiting for you to see our secret evil society, i haven’theard back from anyone.