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Monthly Archives: April 2011
A Python-esque rite in South Philly
Ah, the rites of spring in the `hood! You know — palm weaving, the Easter Parade on South Street, race riots in Grays Ferry. Here’s one that was new to me — the Good Friday re-enactment of the crucifixion of … Continue reading
Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Great Recession, immigration, livable cities, mainstream media, NJ, Philadelphia, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy
Tagged Annunciation B.V.M. Church, Good Friday, Grays Ferry, Italian Market, Latinos, Monty Python, NJ, South Philly, Washington Township
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Brooks, the Earnest Weasel, nips at Obama
This because it’s been a long while since my last installment of the Weasel Watch: President Obama and Paul Ryan are two of the smartest, most admirable and most genial men in Washington. It is sad, although not strange, that … Continue reading
In the neighborhood, in spring
What’s he building in there?/What the hell is he building/In there?/He has subscriptions to those/Magazines… He never/Waves when he goes by/He’s hiding something from/The rest of us… He’s all/To himself… I think I know/Why… — Tom Waits Overheard while running … Continue reading
Posted in arts, bicycling, livable cities, Philadelphia
Tagged neighborhood, neighbors, South Philly, Tom Waits, West Philly
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Lumet’s gone, but ‘Network’ is forever
Reading of Sidney Lumet’s death, I thought of Al Pacino chanting “Attica! Attica!” to rouse the rabble in Dog Day Afternoon; of Henry Fonda, with Obama-like cool, shrugging off Lee J. Cobb’s bully tactics in Twelve Angry Men; of Jerry … Continue reading
Posted in arts, fiction, mainstream media
Tagged Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon, Faye Dunaway, Henry Fonda, Howard Beale, Network, Paddy Chayefsky, Peter Finch, Sidney Lumet
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How do Paul Ryan do that voodoo he do?
I vote “yes” on Robert Reich’s call for higher taxes on the rich: …Remarkably, taxes on the top have plummeted. From the 1940s until 1980, the top tax income tax rate on the highest earners in America was at least … Continue reading
On the road to Johnny Brenda’s w/ Nicos Gun
You’re achy and pissed when you pull into Roadkill, AL, or wherever, and sick of looking at each other, of the smell of each other in that RV you’re rattling around in. But South by Southwest in Austin was sweet … Continue reading
Posted in arts, Philadelphia, pop music
Tagged Bruce Warren, Johnny Brenda's, Nicos Gun, Philadelphia, South by Southwest, the Roots, the Roots Picnic, WXPN
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To NY Times, economic rut is recovery
The lead paragraphs and headline — “Job Growth Suggests Resilience of U.S. Recovery” — of a recent New York Times article suggests, Herbert Hoover-style, that prosperity is just around the corner. The real story is buried deep in the text: … Continue reading
Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, Iraq war, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, unemployment
Tagged Bill Keller, economy, Iraq, jobs, New York Times, objectivity, real earnings, recession, recovery, resilience
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