Phaces of the Week: April 14-25

 

 

3. Gary Matthews: The hat does not make the man; The Sarge makes the hat.
 
2. The Butt Slap: Oh, we will see more of your good luck charmness.
 
1. Stephen Colbert: Quite a week.

Weekend Planner: Tattoo Con, Carny Party, Record Store Day and Rob Base in Warminster. Really

 

 

Friday, April 18
 
[ ]   Brian’s Harley-Davidson (600 S. Flowers Mill Road, Langhorne; 215.752.9400) has a spring fashion show and charity auction event tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. hosted by Pierre Robert of WMMR-FM (93.3). All proceeds will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
 
[ ]   This is the final weekend to take in Noteworthy Women: An Exhibition of Portraits, featuring art created by students of Jenkintown High School at Hiway Theatre (212 Old York Road, Jenkintown).

Philly Sports Backwash: Pictures of Sixers Cheerleaders drinking, making faces and, yes, … BUTT SLAPPING

 

Very special thanks to Mr. Daulerio at Deadspin for pointing us to this post on Don Chavez, which is loaded with candid shots of the Sixers Dancers engaged in scintillating behavior …drunky face ? check…lap grinding? check…lingerie as eveningwear? check…and, of course, savior-of-all things Philly sport: the butt slap. CHECK!

News to reuse: Only four days left to campaign, you can't do that in Bensalem even with a permit and good-bye to Danny Federici

 

 

 
[ ]   Endless Campaign:
 
-         Dem. pres. hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) did a humorous walk-on to last night’s broadcast of The Colbert Report, which was broadcast from Philly. (phillyBurbs via AP)
 
-         Clinton’s opponent for the nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, former candidate Sen. John Edwards (NC) and Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Bucks) also appeared (his video below).
 

 
-         A Sen. Obama rally on Independence Mall, along with a sold-out Phillies Mets game (with Cole Hamels facing Johan Santana), will make driving around Center City a friggin’ mess tonight. (Inky)
      …Wanna go? Gotta RSVP. And hope traffic doesn’t eff you up.
 
-         Sen. Obama has a whistle-stop style train tour scheduled for tomorrow going from Wynnewood to Harrisburg. (Courier Times blog)
 
-         Former President Bill Clinton will be in both Fort Washington and Lansdale today. (Inky)
 
 
[ ]  Dept. of No Fucking Shit: Robberies on SEPTA are up. (Inky)
 
 
[ ]  A guy dressed in a female bathing suit faces allegations of masturbating in public in Bensalem. (Courier Times)
 
From the story:
 
A 69-year-old man wearing a female's bathing suit was allegedly masturbating in a minivan in the parking lot of the Delaware River Access Park in Bensalem Thursday afternoon….
 
Police officers were dispatched to the parking lot on Station Avenue and State Road about 2:45 p.m. for the report. …The man was apparently masturbating and continued to do so even after he was asked to stop, according to court records. County Park Rangers said police found sex toys, pieces of other female clothing and various letters detailing sexual activity.
 
It is pretty by the river, but, uh…
 
[ ]  Pennsbury H.S. students turn trash they picked up into ‘trashy art.’ (Courier Times)
 
Nice effort…Philly EDGE totally advocates drinking enough beer to make a Dogs Playing Poker collage out of bottle caps.
 
 
[ ]   Longtime E Street Band member, and Flemington, NJ native Danny Federici died Thursday after a long battle with melanoma. (AP via phillyBurbs)
 
Godspeed, Mr. Federici. ...Give a listen to the keyboard work below:
 

Endless Campaign: Last Report, Obama rally at Independence Mall on Friday and Russell Simmons to Crunk the Vote Sunday

 

 

[ ]  Tonight’s Colbert Report will be the last broadcast from Philly. Scheduled to appear are Sen. Hillary Clinton and Rep. Patrick “President of Eagles Nation” Murphy (D-Bucks). Our call on the best guest so far: Gov. Ed Rendell, who came across as he always does: a man of, and for, his constituents.
And there was this:

News to reuse: That debate sucked but Obama Girl’s rack does not and River Road > Street Road

 

 

[ ]  Endless Campaign:
 
- Near as we can tell – and it was tough with Phils-Astros and Top Chef on TV opposite the event – the only highlight of last night’s debate between Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary ‘Yes, She Can” Clinton (NY) and Barack “No She Won’t” Obama (Ill.) was just behind Rep. Joe Sestak (D-7)  in this clip:

Philly Sports Backwash: Before we go any further...

 

...Philly EDGE wants, no, NEEDS YOU to note Sarge's hat.

 


Track of the Week: “Man Overboard” by Aderbat

 

 

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Doylestown’s own Aderbat is very busy.
 
In addition to shows at The Moose Lodge in Doylestown this Friday and at Johnny Brenda’s in Fishtown next Wednesday (w/Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin), the band is getting ready to release its new EP, Man Overboard, at the end of this month.

Philly EDGE's BIG Concert List Apr. 16-22

 
The Barbary
951 Frankford Ave (At Frankford and Columbus Blvd)
Philadelphia
Tickets: 1.866.468.7619

Philly Sports Backwash: The Butt Slap can save Philadelphia sports

 

 

We couldn’t help but notice this clip on Philadelphia WillDo yesterday, which features the lovely and talented Dorothy Krysiuk of Fox29 mock butt slapping (via green screen) Shawn Hill, a New Jersey man who has become “the Philadelphia Flyers' unofficial Dancing Mascot” and - given the Flyers 2-1 lead in their Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Caps - a good luck charm. And then…

Music News: The Roots do The Colbert Report theme, Langhorne Slim and Eastern Conference Champions and The Boss endorses Obama

 

 

 [ ]   The Roots opened Tuesday’s Colbert Report from Philly with the show’s theme.
 
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News to reuse: Morrisville to get a(nother) strip club?, Villanova cracks Walnuts and Hatboro HATES amphitheaters

 

 

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[ ]   Endless Campaign:
 
-         After a series of gaffes, Republican Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid is pissing itself. Philly EDGE serves up these examples (AP via phillyBurbs):

The Suburban Philly Experience: Keswick Theatre is sold, Real World Briana to stop getting naked and Wilkes-Barre band signs

 

 

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[ ]  Kudos to Wilkes-Barre (yes, we know it is NOT a Philly suburb) band An Albatross. The thrashy, chaotic rock act has inked a deal with Jersey’s Eyeball Records, a label which once featured Thursday, My Chemical Romance and currently counts The Number Twelve Looks Like You in its stable.

Philly People: Dr. Oz at Reading Terminal Market, Transformers 2 to philm here soon and Cosby to release a hip-hop CD

 

 

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[ ]   A Kahlo-lovin' Philly EDGE spy saw diet book author and surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who has become a pseudo-celeb as a result of his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, at the Reading Terminal Market Monday.

Endless Campaign: Hillary in Bristol, lots of Colbert and Eskin cuddles with Clinton

 

 

[ ]   The Hillary Clinton Bitter-Hatah fest rolled into Bristol last night. (Courier Times)
       Guess what her key talking point was?
 
 
[ ]   Dem. presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) says he ‘mangled’ his words. (Inky)

Endless Campaign: Did ‘bitter’ originate in Levittown?

 

 

[ ]   Bucks County Courier Times columnist J.D. Mullane theorizes that Democratic presidential hopeful Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s bitter comment was in reaction to a quote from a Levittown man in an April 6 New York Times story. (Courier Times)
 
Mullane’s ‘fair and balanced’-style commentary includes the following:

News to reuse: You can text for help in some SEPTA stations, Eagles schedule to be released today and Tax Day = free donuts

 

 

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Endless Campaign gets its own post today, kids.
 
[ ]   Dept. of Evergreen Stories: It’s April 15, which means you have until midnight to file your federal, state and local tax forms. (CBS3) The U.S. Postal Service’s Philadelphia location (30th and Market streets) will be open until midnight.

Food News: The King of Burgers is from Souderton, an Abington Saxby’s, Obama drinks Lager and my bagel looks like a Twinkie

 

 

[ ]   BEN-FM (95.7) listener Andrew Sinn of Souderton won Ben FM's Ultimate Burger Competition Sunday at Sequoia Outback in Hatfield by concocting a Cuban-style burger with ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and roasted garlic and Dijon mustard dressing on a crusty roll. Sinn’s burger will now be featured at Marathon Grill locations in Center City and University City. 
 
[ ]   While Hillary Clinton can knock back Crown Royal, Barack Obama likes him some Yuengling Lager. (Wonkette)

Philly Sports Backwash: Barbaro curses Iron Pigs, Forbes says Philly fans NOT AS miserable as Crunkadelphia…ask Ed Wade

 

 


[ ]  Moving the Phillies Triple-A franchise to Allentown has been a fucking disaster not worked out that well: The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are 0-11.
 
From the game story:
 

Maxim Hometown Hotties: More half-naked local women

 


Maxim's Hometown Hotties contest enters its eighth week ...somehow it has not worn on us like the primary campaign.
This week's local contestants:
 

News to reuse: Endless Campaign thankfully in its last 10 days, Colbertmania and Pope Bear is bitter

 

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[ ]   Pope Benedict XVI is due to arrive in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. He is scheduled to hold mass at Nationals Stadium Park April 17 and Yankee Stadium next Sunday. …A Time story on Yahoo, USING THE WORST HEADLINE EVER, hints that the Pope may address the sex abuse scandals that have “left much of the American laity bitterly disillusioned with their Church's leadership.” (USA Today and Time via Yahoo)
 
Pope Bear is extremely bitter:
 
2- The Pope’s U.S. Tour will not stop at Dollar Dog Night at Citizens Bank Park Tuesday.
3- The Yahoo headline sounds like a reality show gone wrong.
 
 
[ ]   Police say two Samurai men used a sword to rob a Bucks County home of prescriptions drugs. (CBS3)