A nod to an all-time Philly EDGE favorite: Cool Hand Luke. A brand new deluxe edition DVD of the 1967 film was released at stores Tuesday.

 

 

Do not tell us you have not seen this film. It’ll just make us judge you harshly. Just thinking about this and Paul Newman’s recent heath woes makes us miss him already.

[  ]  Lynda Carter, some of you know her as the 1970’s version of Wonder Woman (right), chatted with FoPE Victor Fiorillo at Phillymag in advance of her three weeks of singing shows at Harrah’s in Atlantic City and she HAMMERED Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin (Ala.) (The Daily Examiner)

Open-door policy on spelling errors though, eh?

 

 

And, after all, why break the law when there is so much LEGAL dumping east of Rt. 13 and Levittown Parkway in Tullytown (BucksCo), where this fine sign at the Wal Mart construction site is located.

Last night for Old City Thursdays: 5 p.m.

 

$2.50 Oranjeboom bottles at Stephanie’s, Doylestown

Monthly open forum UFO discussion group. Really. Germ Books, Philadelphia”: 6:30 p.m.

  

[  ]   The Wrestler, the Mickey Rourke film partially shot in Philly earlier this year, was picked up by Fox Searchlight in Toronto this week after it won the top award at the Venice Film Festival last week. (New York Times)

We don’t know what the fuck happened, but there is still a game show planned for the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia tour stop at Penn (originally scheduled for today) tomorrow (Sept. 12) at Penn. The new season debuts Sept. 18 at 10 p.m. on FX.

 

[  ]   Smoking ban in ‘full’ effect….BUT the state department charged with administering the law admits it, uh…can’t. (shhhh!) (Courier Times)

 

Admit it: If you could have used asbestos or lead paint in your house, you would have. Think of it as retro-cool self harm. ;)

     Well sparky, this is your last night to smoke at (most) bars in the Pennsylvania suburbs. If you aren’t a smoker- give it a shot…. Should be a lot easier to quit these days, no?

     Find a bar in Bucks or Montco here.

[  ]    (Incredibly optimistic) non-season ticket holder Phillies fans who are interested in obtaining playoff tickets for the three (potential) rounds of the Major League Baseball playoffs at Citizens Bank Park will need to register at the Phillies Web site by September 17. (Philly.com)

That’s right, 20-year-old beating victim Dewayne Taylor, who was attacked on a Broad Street Line SEPTA train in this video (allegedly by 26-year-old Thomas Scantling) from last week, lost his cell phone during the beating.

 

All in all, Sue Kovach Shuman’s story is a wonderful love letter to the Bucks County seat, but it does drip with unmistakable irony that only an incredibly cynical motherfucker would point out (bold)…

 

While we pine for their full length debut on Chrysalis, Bucks band Illinois is not sleeping, instead the gents are touring with The Kooks, whose routing will bring the bill to the Electric Factory on Monday, Sept. 15.

[  ]   This is the last day for bar goers to puff at bars which have not been granted an exemption from Pennsylvania’s new smoking ban. (phillyBurbs)

 

[  ]   Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) opened 35 more offices Tuesday including posts in Bristol and Ambler. (Courier Times blog)

 

 

[  ]   Philly restaurateur Stephen Starr (right) chatted with Inky food guru Craig LaBan at Philly.com Tuesday. Turns out, Starr’s not big on the suburbs.

 

Smoke Out Party – and only three nights of suburban puffing left anywhere – at Plush, Glenside.

 

$2.50 Coors Lights and the Phillies game at Champps, KoP

 

Eagles LB Stewart Bradley makes a stop in Feasterville. Go for him, not the hospitality. 7 p.m.

[  ]   Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the 2005 blog-crush band with a Philly streak, is due back in town this month with shows at The Barbary on Sept. 16 and 30.

[  ]  Video evidence picks up a SEPTA hammer attack story from last week and blows it up. Dude was just sitting there when BAM: Hammer time! (KYW, CBS 3, NBC 10 and Fox29) Video below.

[ ]   Four students at Council Rock North High School in Newtown Twp.were treated for effects encountered from using a hallucinogenic drug called “snurf” on Monday, police said. (Courier Times blog and CBS3)

[  ]  Nod to suburban Philly native (and former Lady on the EDGE) Sharon Little (right) who is briefly profiled in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (with Upper Darby’s own Sarah Palin-impersonator-to-be, Tina Fey, on the cover).

 photo: Phils Ballgirls blog

Sweet Jesus! We never thought we’d get to see a pic of the Phils Ballgirls (and P.A. announcer Dan Baker!) in their hot pants, much less use one in a post.   Anyway, the Phils start a three-gamer with Florida tonight at The Bank at 7:05 p.m. Fwiw- weekday games are about your only chance to still see a game in-person this season. …And the Fish, and the back of the Phils rotation, scare us. Where are Jim Kaat and Randy Lerch when you need them?

Ah, football season in Philadelphia, where people drink (and spell) for every touchdown.

This is what happens after that.

 

 

NOT what John Facenda thought about when narrating NFL Films.

Perhaps lazy writers around the country will change up their old trope: “In Philadelphia, where fans once booed Santa Claus people who rolled down a steep, wet street as more than three inches of rain fell…

 

 

They do, however, love their Mayor.

Previously: Red Bull Soapbox Derby in Manayunk

 

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