Archive for November, 2010 Monday, November 1st, 2010So, here’s the bad news: Pink, Philly’s answer to so many pop star questions that were never worth asking in the first place and ne plus ultra of Curiously Defeminized Women From The Northeast, is still making records. Insult to injury: In the video for her new single, “Raise Your Glass,” our scratchy-throated podunk diva [...] Monday, November 1st, 2010Everybody, this is Tan Duy Truong. Tan’s a complete fucking disgrace, and just one in a long line of people who go to Parx who could really use some 12-step action, STAT. Monday, November 1st, 2010We recently heard from our old pals in Favourite Sons — the band of Philly expats fronted by Ken Griffin — and it was all good news: For one, they haven’t broken up. For two, they’ve just finished a new record, The Great Deal Of Love, a track from which is leaked in the video [...] Monday, November 1st, 2010The Daily News reported on Friday that last week’s federal raid on HotMovies in Center City didn’t just shake up the world of online porn-on-demand, but also a cozy little $1B side business HotMovies’ parent company, National A-1 Advertising, has going in squatting 800 numbers. According to the piece, it goes a little something like [...] Monday, November 1st, 2010We are fairly enthralled today by this Inky piece, written by Kia Gregory, about Julio Steven Jackson, who’s been arrested for petty theft in Philly no less than 42 times. There’s lots of grousing by neighbors in Northern Liberties, where Jackson has made a particular habit of smashing car windows and stealing GPS systems, who [...] Monday, November 1st, 2010Real talk: Have you ever had to appear in Community Court? We have, and it was not pleasant. You show up at Broad & Arch bright and early, wait in line all day, have several “oh, the humanity!” type moments while waiting for your name to be called, repeat, and then, oh right, you finally [...] Monday, November 1st, 2010Riddle us this: Since we all know that Dan Onorato is going to lose tomorrow (or will he?), is it pathetic or awesome that he went trolling for the gay vote at the Henri David Ball last night? You know what: We can answer that — it’s awesome. Because while Onorato is going around reaching [...] | | |