June 26, 2008

City Council Is Like The Internet

Where can you find people who treat things like the closing of a cheesesteak shop with all the intensity one might find at the Battle of Guadalcanal? Right: The Internet. But you can also apparently find them in City Council.

Yesterday, At-Large City Councilman Bill Green wrote a hilariously serious letter to the Daily News titled "cheesesteak in society." In the letter -- about the booting of Rick's Steaks from the Reading Terminal -- he wrote that "people entrusted with preserving public assets apparently abusing their positions of authority to advantage their friends and associates." He also noted that he went to grade school with Rick Olivieri.

Councilman Frank DiCicco wasn't having any of it, firing off a letter (and CC:ing City Council and the mayor) telling Green: "I read with interest your letter in today's Daily News and continue to marvel at your inexperiences, your political naivete and your inability to see an issue for what it truly is." He also accuses Green of "merely attempting to grand stand and gain public notoriety."

And then, at the end of the whole hilariously over-the-top letter, he writes this:

In closing, I have earned a reputation of being one of the most level-headed members of Council. I am proud of my ability to build consensus because I treat each member, whether freshman or veteran, with the respect he or she deserves. Unfortunately, with you, I have reached the end of my rope and would strongly suggest that you alter your tactics and tone.

You really need to read the whole letter. As you can see, it is certainly nice and level-headed.

Cheesesteak retort comes with some hot pepper [Daily News]
Photo by kaplanbr, Creative Commons license

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April 03, 2008

'Atlantic' Prints Worst Sentence In History

Could it be that Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" is the soundtrack for the Age of Obama?

Someone please mark down April 3, 2008, as the day when everything that is right and wrong about life on the Internet collided into this once sentence in The Atlantic.

Rickrolling and Racial Transcendence [The Current]

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April 02, 2008

Kerri-Lee Online, In Her Pajamas

Hey, look! The guys at the Kidd Chris Show -- you may know Kidd Chris from every Philly.com comment section ever -- recently convinced Kerri-Lee Halkett to send in a photo of herself in her pajamas.

The photo isn't anything all that scandalous, as Halkett apparently sleeps in sleepwear that resembles a Miami Dolphins jersey. KLH is also now blogging at KerriLeeTV.com and even has a nightly segment on the news also about blogging. (Yes, yes.)

One of the best things on her site so far is just a little offhand comment on a reader mail post: "I love getting emails from all of you... Some of the emails, well, I um, can’t share with you (hint hint)." Indeed! Welcome to the Internet, Kerri-Lee, where every woman gets harassed by weirdos.

Video of last night's segment after the jump. She says "rubbish"!

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March 27, 2008

Mexico Declares War On Emo

The above video appears to be some sort of declaration of war on emos in Mexico. Apparently in Mexico instead of sitting back and tolerating annoying subcultures, they destroy them to a bloody pulp.

According to Daniel Hernandez, who’s been covering the anti-emo riots on his blog Intersections, the violence began March 7, when an estimated 800 young people poured into the Mexican city of Queretaro’s main plaza “hunting” for emo kids to pummel. Then the following weekend similar violence occurred in Mexico City at the Glorieta de Insurgents, a central gathering space for emos. Hernandez also reports that several anti-emo riots have now also spread to various other Mexican cities.

Forget Canada. If Walnuts McCain wins the presidency, I'm moving to Mexico. And if you're wondering, the emos are fighting back.

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Chelsea Clinton Lies, Too

Much like her lyin' mother, it appears Chelsea Clinton's appearance at Woody's (above, and all over El Internet) is a fraud. Alli Katz IMed to me that the flier is a big giant fat lie as the campaign says Chelsea Clinton won't be at Woody's.

Aww, major bummer! It's okay, though, if you as much as think about Chelsea Clinton the Secret Service gets your fired from your job, so it's probably best to just stay away.

Update: Couple IMs and emails say it's definitely on and OMG Chelsea is soooo going to be at Woody's and blah blah blah.

Chelsea Only Maybe Hanging Out With the Gays [Independence Brawl]

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March 04, 2008

Mayor Finds Way To Watch 'Wire' For Free

Now that The Wire is ending and everyong is letting you know they watch it so they seem so hip, urban and cultured -- and 'cuz it's a good show, no doubt -- it's obvious Michael Nutter is going to get in on that action. He's holding a screening at City Hall on Sunday for the show's finale. He also got HBO to sanction the showing, so he's not committing piracy like we're warned not to on so many FBI and INTERPOL bulletins we can't fast forward through on some DVD players.

"As a fan, it's tremendous," said Nutter. "I want to say thank you to HBO for responding." Oh, yes, benevolent HBO, allowing this free publicity and endorsement from the mayor of a major American city. The final episode of The Wire airs Sunday at 8 p.m.; you can win tickets for the City Hall screening through a couple of newspapers.

What's excellent is how angry people are. Oh, wait, it's the Internet, that's why things are always excellent. The comment on the Daily News story is angry; the comments on Catherine Lucey's blog post about it yesterday were angry. Hey, it's Sunday night at 8. What else is Nutter gonna be doing?

Nutter to screen "The Wire" finale in City Hall [Philly Clout]
Nutter opens City Hall for HBO finale [Daily News]

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February 05, 2008

Larry Kane Is Serious About NFL Results

Hey, you know how Arlen Specter is going to destroy the NFL for the benefit of Comcast or whatever? Yeah, well he's taking his damn Congressional time on it, still not having talked to NFL commish Roger Goodell.

Specter says he's tried to call, but maybe Goodell gave him a wrong number or something. The NFL sez Goodell will meet with Specter in sunny Hawaii, during the Pro Bowl, perhaps? Fortunately, Specter says all of this could lead to Congressional hearings, which is just a-okay with Television Legend Larry Kane who writes on his magical blog that Specter is right and people attacking him are incorrect. He also begins a paragraph like this:

Also, sports fans.

Anyway, if you head over to Larry Kane's blog, try to be nice and coherent. Inane comments may fly on the blog of a 12-year-old like myself, but Kane is having a little problem with Hitler comments. No, really:

After the football game, I checked my email and was shocked to find some notes that had come through this website. They were from people who listened to my rather tame conversation on the radio earlier in the day. The language was so foul and hateful, it surprised even me, a veteran of 50 years in newsrooms. The reference to my religion were disgusting.

Welcome to the Internet, Larry! That's all it is: Anti-semites, racists and porn. Ain't technology grand?

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January 20, 2008

Ron Paul: Greatest American Ever?

Little inside secret how this business works: Somebody sends out a blast email or Myspace to all the people in the entire world and all the regularly-updated Philly blogs see it and we all post it. If it's not Milton Street knocking over a state store, sometimes I just don't update it even if it's a good story. (Here's an exception.)

By inside secret, of course, I mean common sense; yes, this is why everyone's going to have to start doing more of their own reporting or telling the best lame jokes and posting puppies. (Dibs on the last one.) Some fun changes are coming and that is why things have been somewhat slower, blah blah blah; yes, I will update my links list.

Anyway, Philebrity posted Down The Shore With Jen before I did a while back, and so I didn't. (I knew they were going to beat me to it, too.) And I read it again today and it looks fun and it's a book about the Jersey shore written by a young person in Collingswood. Yeah, it's a guidebook, but, uh, how useful. Here's an Amazon pre-order link. And it's fun and well-reported and it's the Jersey shore. "This is a great way to start your Sunday," Jen Miller writes. Oh, look, it's tied all together.

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