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  • Bookmark This!

    http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-blinq/ It's the new url for Blinq, which is moving from Typepad to the Inquirer's publishing system. I am in the process of moving some of my favorite posts over to the new blog. If you go there, you'll find... [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2008, 4:21pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Say Goodbye TO A.J.

    The Daily Examiner has served up a tasty slice of the local snarkosphere ever since A.J. Daulerio started blogging for the Philadelphia Magazine site one year ago. It was smart, smart-assed and featured, more than anything, good reporting and writing... [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 1:54pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Not THAT Big Damned Fish!

    Someone trawling Philly.com for bias at 9:50 this morning might have jumped to the wrong conclusion, seeing the promotional space for blogs. The big damned fish we're talking about wasn't Bill Clinton. It referred to the picture that had been... [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 9:59am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Snipery in Bosnia

    Go to the American Debate if you want well-considered words on Hillary Clinton's "misspeaking" about having been under fire when she landed in Bosnia in 1996. But stay here if you want to see newly discovered video of just how... [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2008, 4:37pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Big Fish

    I know you come here for spirited discourse, but how about a picture of a big damn fish? Yes. Lance Butler an aquatic biologist with the Philadelphia Water Department, sent it to me after I was asking after the health... [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2008, 7:15pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Can We Handle The Truth?

    One of the editors poked me with a stick yesterday; he wanted me to write about Barak Obama's speech in Philadelphia. As a result, I spent about three hours last night flopping around in bed like a fish on a... [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2008, 11:23am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • A Tenor Giant Felled

    I spent the morning with Emily Brecker Greenberg, who I knew as the head of my local school board until I realized she was also the sister of Randy and Michael Brecker, the Brecker Brothers, whose music I've spent about... [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 11:53am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • A Fallen Tenor Giant

    I spent the morning with Emily Brecker Greenberg, who I knew as the head of my local school board until I realized she was also the sister of Randy and Michael Brecker, the Brecker Brothers, whose music I've spent about... [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 11:53am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Fallen Tenor Giant

    I spent the morning with Emily Brecker Greenberg, who I knew as the head of my local school board until I realized she was also the sister of Randy and Michael Brecker, the Brecker Brothers, whose music I've spent about... [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 11:53am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Memory Stick

    So, they're done with the Comcast Center? I kept thinking there was some sort of work stoppage, like the construction crew had bailed before finishing the job. I figured at least they were going to snap something on the top,... [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 4:12pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Did Comcast Build a Giant Memory Stick?

    So, they're done with the Comcast Center? I kept thinking there was some sort of work stoppage, like the construction crew had bailed before finishing the job. I figured at least they were going to snap something on the top,... [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 4:12pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Inky Airwaves

    Ok, so maybe you didn't set your alarm for 10:37 a.m. Sunday to hear me on WHYY-FM talking about Philadelphia's passion for the sweat suit. Maybe you didn't remember the time change. Or, maybe - if you're like my wife... [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 7:09pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Back To Youse

    Basking in the free pub and ratings bounce for screening the last episode of "The Wire" at City Hall Sunday night, Mayor Nutter has announced a Big Top showing of "Back to You," the light-hearted Fox sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer... [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2008, 10:41am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Freaks and Geeks Revisited

    A strange bump in the road to riches for Bob Langmuir, the Center City collector who purchased a circus trunk that turned out to contain a trove of rare Diane Arbus photographs. The dealer who sold him the trunk contends... [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2008, 4:54pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Blinq Is The New Barry White

    I'm at the National Constitution Center this weekend, on a Peter Jennings Fellowship, and to prepare they asked me to read a bunch of legal matters. First, a decision by Justice Scalia in Republican Party v. White, as well as... [...]
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    Posted: March 07, 2008, 4:09pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Freak Show

    Bob Langmuir, collector of rare books and African Americana, took a while to realize that the circus trunk he'd bought contained the greatest discovery of his career. All he knew was that three 11-by-14-inch prints were strange: A black man... [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 8:31am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Freaks & Geeks

    Bob Langmuir, collector of rare books and African Americana, took a while to realize that the circus trunk he'd bought contained the greatest discovery of his career. All he knew was that three 11-by-14-inch prints were strange: A black man... [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 8:31am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Them Changes: Buddy Miles is Dead

    Oh, man. It's a day to break out "Band of Gypsies" and those old Electric Flag records: Buddy Miles is dead. The drummer died Tuesday at home in Texas of conjestive heart failure. He was 60. You might know him... [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 7:51am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Who is Ryan Seacrest?

    At 7:05 p.m., after watching 65 minutes of E!'s breathless coverage of the red carpet, my wife popped the question: "Who is Ryan Seacrest, and what is he doing on national television?" The first paragraph of his web site bio... [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2008, 7:13pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Impossible Wilco

    Tower Theatre. Saturday Night. John Doe opening for Wilco. Paying some real money for this one. The above version of "Impossible Germany" is from "Austin City Limits," via Aquarium Drunkard, and its pretty much definitive. Gorgeous and alone, face-to-face. Haven't... [...]
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    Posted: February 23, 2008, 1:51pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Get Me Rewrite

    Ever spend days writing something, yet it's complete mush? That's what I was facing Wednesday morning. For two days I'd written and rewritten this piece about the Kelly Street Chorus. The story was about a battered statue and some singers... [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 8:35am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Ghosts in the House

    Ever spend days writing something, yet it's complete mush? That's what I was facing Wednesday morning. For two days I'd written and rewritten this piece about the Kelly Street Chorus. The story was about a battered statue and some singers... [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 8:35am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Audio Killed The Video

    We had all sorts of video queued up and ready to go to illustrate Monday's column on Josh Winheld, the 29-year-old author of a memoir of his life with Duchenne, the most-common form of muscular dystrophy. But we messed up.... [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2008, 9:14am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Thanks For Sharing

    What do you do when the guy in the stall next to you says "I Love You"? Pray he's on the phone. I don't understand how you can conduct business when you are, well, conducting business. It just seems wrong.... [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2008, 1:42pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Big Brother Falls

    Craig Lovett, reigning Big Brother of the Year in Pennsylvania, died this week, I learned by email last night from one of his little brothers, Chris Conaway. From Chris, who was writing from South Dakota: "I feel a profound sadness... [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2008, 7:48am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Flowers Flying Across The Room

    You might want to put on the headphones and take a moment with this one. Flower wilt, candies melt, dinners out make me feel like a lox. But this is a Valentine's gift for the ages. Years past, I'd go... [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 8:14am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Nude Beer

    This week was to start off with a column about a historic dump -- the press room in the Roundhouse. It was suggested I try to capture the ambiance of the place called Room 619 on the occasion of our... [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 5:40pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Nude Beer and Chicken Feet

    This week was to start off with a column about a historic dump -- the press room in the Roundhouse. It was suggested I try to capture the ambiance of the place called Room 619 on the occasion of our... [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 5:40pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Column You (Probably) Won't Read

    This week was to start off with a column about a historic dump -- the press room in the Roundhouse. It was suggested I try to capture the ambiance of the place called Room 619 on the occasion of our... [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 11:40am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Mix Tape For An Octogenarian Road Warrior

    What do you get the girl who has everything, when that girl is your mother and she’s turning 80? Apparently not Rick James singing "Super Freak." "Too much hard rock and people of color talking about some kinky girl," Mom... [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2008, 4:56pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Wrong Mix Tape For Mom at 80

    What do you get the girl who has everything, when that girl is your mother and she’s turning 80? Apparently not Rick James singing "Super Freak." "Too much hard rock and people of color talking about some kinky girl," Mom... [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2008, 4:56pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Loading Grandma's iPod

    What do you get the girl who has everything, when that girl is your mother and she’s turning 80? Apparently not Rick James singing "Super Freak." "Too much hard rock and people of color talking about some kinky girl," Mom... [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2008, 4:56pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • No fishing hole for old men

    The first question of the day comes by e-mail from Steven Stewart: I thought Dr. Mattison was made rich by the asbestos company he ran, Keasby and Mattison. Ambler was the "asbestos capitol of the world "at one time. It... [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 8:23am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • No fishing hole for old men. But poetry.

    The first question of the day comes by e-mail from Steven Stewart: I thought Dr. Mattison was made rich by the asbestos company he ran, Keasby and Mattison. Ambler was the "asbestos capitol of the world "at one time. It... [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 8:23am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • "Yes We Can Can"

    Just in time for Super Tuesday -- Barack Obama, the Musical. Making the viral rounds this weekend was a real toe-tapper of a campaign video: It's will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas singing along to Obama's speech after the New... [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2008, 2:01pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Gone Fishing

    Gone fishing is the name of the photo I traditionally hang here when I go on vacation. But this one's different. It's a reference to the column I'm working on for Thursday -- a bunch of aged trout fishermen (the... [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2008, 7:49am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • I Hate New York

    "Gone Fishing" is the name of the photo I traditionally hang here when I go on vacation. It could also be the name of the column I'm working on for Thursday -- or, maybe "Fishing Gone." It's about a bunch... [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2008, 7:49am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Shut The Duck Up!

    > I'm not sure what's my favorite part of "Shut The Duck Up!" the mini-documentary shot by Drexel filmies and posted this week to YouTube. It could be that Walt Sherman, the ex-Independence Park ranger whose life was nearly ruined... [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2008, 1:27pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • A Salty Local Custom

    One more story on behalf of disabled people -- this one from Kathy Bright of Wayne, who complains of a particularly inhospitable Philadelphia habit: My brother, who lives in North Carolina, comes to visit sometimes. He has been in a... [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 8:42am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Disability Rag

    It's easier to take a hit when the person delivering it has such a gentle voice. "Hi Dan, the message on my voicemail began. "This is Beth Sutter... I really appreciate your article, your commentary, 'Philadelphia is a rough ride... [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 5:57am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • It's Tough All Over

    Monday's column on Cliff Roberts' wheeling his chair through The Inaccessible City caused my phone to ring enough to think I'd hit a nerve. "It's just as bad in the suburbs," said Barbara Quinn, 60, of Aston in Delaware County.... [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2008, 6:00am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Inaccessible Suburbs

    Monday's column on Cliff Roberts' wheeling his chair through The Inaccessible City caused my phone to ring enough to think I'd hit a nerve. "It's just as bad in the suburbs," said Barbara Quinn, 60, of Aston in Delaware County.... [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2008, 6:00am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • I Don't Like Mondays

    Tell you why? Because the fresh start of the week means a blank sheet of paper for me. I've got two columns due and no plan. Do I follow up on the Inaccessible City, the piece that's in today about... [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2008, 7:24am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Hey Mister, Can You Spare A Column Idea?

    Tell you why I don't like Mondays? Because the fresh start of the week means a blank sheet of paper for me. I've got two columns due and no plan. Do I follow up on the Inaccessible City, the piece... [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2008, 7:24am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Not Just Hugs

    Thursday's column about the Wawa in the Northeast Philly that has a hugging problem prompted this email from Cindy Newman, which she allowed me to post: As a recently retired law enforcement officer having read your column today regarding hugs... [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2008, 8:42pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Report This Column

    Thursday I've got an appointment with Clifford Roberts. And I need some help from you. I haven't seen him in about a decade. The piece I wrote in November, 1998 was headlined 'Working the Wood While He Can." It was... [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2008, 5:44pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Ringo Walks, Dave Stewart Dishes

    We love it when a star shucks his handler and speaks his mind without a script. David Stewart, the former Eurythmic, said this about Ringo Starr's walking off the "Live With Regis & Kelly" set yesterday after a producer ruled... [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2008, 7:41am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Podcasts Worth The Time?

    Calling all podcasts: Can anyone recommend some portable audio worth the time? I'm afraid I don't know where to start. I wrote about them in their infancy, more than three years ago, when my fave was this lo-fi creation called... [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2008, 8:05am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • History Slows a Casino

    If a Revolutionary War fort can't stop the SugarHouse casino, it surely can slow it. Yesterday casino officials confirmed they're putting the breaks on excavation of the site after the Pa. Historical Preservation Office opined that no digging should begin... [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2008, 7:46am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Can a Revolutionary War Fort Stop a Casino?

    Forget the red-bellied turtles. Could a long-razed Revolutionary War fort stop the SugarHouse casino from rising on the river? That's a question raised by today's column. I have no idea, but I'm a sucker for history -- particularly history skipped... [...]
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    Posted: January 10, 2008, 9:26am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Downloading Didn't Kill The Rock Star

    MIT's Technology Review sifts through the wildly differing accounts of just how many people downloaded Radiohead's In Rainbows this fall -- and just how many people paid. Did they pay $8 on average, as one Brit company reported? Did they... [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 7:46am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Chasin' The Trane, VintageTV

    I'm off this week, a stay-at-home holiday. Watching sublime stuff like this, from 1958, Miles Davis playing "So What." At about two minutes, Coltrane starts in. Those watching from the wings are so entranced that they almost stop smoking. [...]
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    Posted: December 27, 2007, 11:38am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Chasin' The Trane, VintageTV

    I'm off this week, a stay-at-home holiday. Watching stuff like this, from 1958, Miles Davis playing "So What." About two minutes in, Coltrane starts in. Those watching from the wings are so entranced that they almost stop smoking. [...]
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    Posted: December 26, 2007, 11:38am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • When Not To Fly Into Philly

    Ever get the sense that arriving in Philadelphia International Airport in the early evening gives you a very good chance of finding your dinner cold? The Avoid Delays web site confirms. The hour between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. is... [...]
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    Posted: December 23, 2007, 1:09pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • When Not To Fly Into Philly

    Ever get the sense that arriving in Philadelphia International Airport in the early evening gives you a very good chance of finding your dinner cold? The Avoid Delays web site confirms. The hour between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. is... [...]
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    Posted: December 22, 2007, 1:09pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • It's All About the Chumby

    If only I could get this virtual Chumby to work in the paper. I keep pressing it, squeezing it. Nothing. Here's Thursday's column: ... Yesterday I woke up to the future. Its name is Chumby. The Chumby turned on at... [...]
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    Posted: December 22, 2007, 10:21am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Waking Up To The Chumby

    Go ahead, click the snowfall. If only I could get this Chumby to work like this in the paper. The beauty of the blog .... Here's Thursday's column: ... Yesterday I woke up to the future. Its name is Chumby.... [...]
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    Posted: December 22, 2007, 10:21am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • It's All About The Chumby

    If only I could get this virtual Chumby to work in the paper! Here's Thursday's column: ... Yesterday I woke up to the future. Its name is Chumby. The Chumby turned on at 6:50 a.m. as electronica pulsed from the... [...]
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    Posted: December 20, 2007, 5:21am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Now THAT'S Disgusting

    Maybe you read today's column about the Neti Pot and wondered, 'just what was that video like?' [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2007, 7:20am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Delicious For Chanukah

    Courtesy of The Consumerist, whose shooter found this at a Balducci's market in Washington, D.C. and files this under the Dept. of Monumental Cluelessness, Well-Meaning Division. (Spotted by Gail Shister) [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2007, 6:37pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • A Good Chanukah Ham

    Courtesy of The Consumerist, whose shooter found this at a Balducci's market in Washington, D.C. and files this under the Dept. of Monumental Cluelessness, Well-Meaning Division. (Spotted by Gail Shister) [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2007, 6:37pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • "The Curse of Billy Penn"

    Not sure how a singer-software engineer from Flatwoods, Ky., could understand our suffering so well, but Ryan Parker posted a painful ditty on his blog last night, exactly 12 hours before A.J. Feeley found Seattle's Lofa Tatupu for the first... [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2007, 6:45pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • "The Curse of Billy Penn" - A Song of Suffering

    Not sure how a singer-software engineer from Flatwoods, Ky., could understand our suffering so well, but Ryan Parker posted a painful Philly sports ditty on his blog last night, exactly 12 hours before A.J. Feeley found Seattle's Lofa Tatupu for... [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2007, 6:45pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Boston Fans

    Sure they have two World Series rings and three from the Supes just in this decade. They also have too much time on their hands. Witness the winning attitudes when A.J. Daulerio pokes a stick at Belichick and Brady, and... [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2007, 6:13pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • New England Fans

    Sure they have two World Series rings and three from the Supes just in this decade. They also have too much time on their hands. Witness the entitled attitudes when A.J. Daulerio pokes a stick at Belichick and Brady, and... [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2007, 6:13pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Maple Showers

    One of the benefits of parents who live in Florida is the weather report. My dad, the amateur meteorologist, will go like this: "It's hot today. Not a cloud in the sky. Really beautiful." "What do you expect," I mutter.... [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2007, 9:02am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Turkey Tunes

    It's started. WXPN's got some listener's holiday playlist on, and it begins well enough with Cheryl Wheeler's "Driving Home," which is appropriately dreamy, but it moves like a car stuck in traffic. Next comes a version of "Tobacco Road." This... [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2007, 10:11am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Thanksgiving Playlist

    My favorite goes back to 1988, a 90-minute mixed tape called Music for An Expectant Thanksgiving, and it was -- the whole extended family gathering in Connecticut and surrounding my wife who was pregnant with twins. It was a vibe,... [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2007, 7:56am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Tunes For the Turkey

    It's started. WXPN's got some listener's holiday playlist on, and it begins well enough with Cheryl Wheeler's "Driving Home," which is appropriately dreamy, but it moves like a car stuck in traffic. Next comes a version of "Tobacco Road." This... [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2007, 7:56am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Hy Lit & The $100 Hot Dog

    This one is a gift, from Blinq pal Clark DeLeon, who spent yesterday under the yarmulke, attending the private funeral for Hy Lit. Obits for the speed-talking Philly radio pioneer made reference to his legendary generosity. Clark emailed a tale... [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2007, 6:50am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Hy Lit: A Musical, Link-Rich Tribute

    CALLING ALL MY BEATS, beards, Buddhist cats, big-time spenders, money lenders, teetotalers, elbow benders, hog callers, home-run hitters, finger-poppin' daddys and cool babysitters. Lots of fast-acting words written over the past few days to honor Hy Lit, the pioneering Philly... [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2007, 10:16pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • No 'Ho Ho Ho'

    From Sydney, Australia comes this little gift of political correctness. Santas have been told to find another way to greet children because the time-honored "ho ho ho" might be offensive to women. Comes from a Daily Telegraph report: One disgruntled... [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2007, 8:20am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • For Richard Stans

    I am crushed. Crushed. I was killing time at my editor's desk, impressing her with some of my favorite opening lines from songs, and quoted Lloyd Cole and The Commotion's near-perfect: She crossed herself as she put on her fins... [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2007, 7:29am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Music In A Foreign Language

    I am crushed. Crushed. I was killing time at my editor's desk, impressing her with some of my favorite opening lines from songs, and quoted Lloyd Cole and The Commotion's near-perfect: She crossed herself as she put on her fins... [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2007, 3:29pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The TV Pioneer and The Dirty Trick

    Sally Swift's revealing Brushes with Greatness get around to her Mal Johnson story, on the occasion of the black broadcast pioneer's passing. Sally worked under Mal -- a founder of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists -- while a student... [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2007, 7:13am EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • That Springsteen "Boycott"

    I was so happy to be hating Clear Channel. Reports last week that the radio nowhere giant had issued an edict banning airplay of Bruce Springsteen's Magic, CD gained major traction on good blogs across the land. (See here, here,... [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2007, 7:19pm EST
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The woman behind Obamagirl revealed

    If you fell in love with the young lady who fell in love with Barack Obama - then felt hurt when it came out that she was just lip-synching someone else's words - maybe you want to see the real... [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2007, 5:02pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • 32 Reasons to Love the Eagles.

    Not those Eagles. We mean the Eagles whose peasant-blouse-wearing drummer's 'fro is reason No. 6 Their new record, we're told, sounds like they slept through the last 25 years. Which isn't altogether bad. [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2007, 6:01pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Ailing Philly Bluesman's Pals Dig Deep

    Friends and fans of ailing bluesman "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks flocked to the Commodore Barry Club yesterday, feasted on a lineup that included Shemekia Copeland and David Bromberg and swapped stories of the guy who "did a lot more than teach... [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2007, 10:48am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • We're Not So Ugly After All

    We had found it beneath us to comment on the Travel & Leisure "survey" that voted Philadelphians to be the ugliest Americans -- as if our radiance can be divined by mere appearances. Clearly they've never stopped by The Trestle... [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2007, 7:16pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Do It, Feel It!

    Maybe you've seen this. You probably catch more TV than I do. But this is so bad - and it's very bad - that it's good: Slate on the most disgusting commercial yet. Oh, yes. Do click the video. It's... [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2007, 5:41pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Snark of The Day

    From the 'Couldn't have said it better myself' department, comes Simon Dumenco in Advertising Age: Speaking of standards, thank you, U.S. News & World Report, for your "Rankings and Reviews" website, in beta (with a "Best Cars & Trucks" roundup)... [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2007, 10:51am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Great Jimmy Dugan

    A lot's been written, a lot's been said. But on this Indian Summer morning, when we're nursing some wounds, and looking to winter sports, (not to mention fall ones) we leave it to the great Jimmy Dugan to show the... [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2007, 12:09pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Phightin' Words

    "Having seen or listened to nearly every single Phillies game since 1962, this team has just moved into the vaulted spot held by the '93 team as my most exciting Phillies team of my generation. Move over Kruckster, Lenny, Dutch... [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2007, 7:13am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Plastic Poetry

    After today's column -- on a City Council bill to ban plastic bags and polystyrene packing materials -- got a call from Joe Donahue, age 75, of Conshohocken, who wanted me to hear his poem entitled "Paper or Plastic." Joe... [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2007, 2:20pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Britney Speared

    You look at the wreck on the celebrity highway that is Britney Spears, and you wonder just what happened in her formative years, what she inherited from all that genetic stuff, that caused her to flame out so fabulously. And... [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2007, 7:52am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • A Brush With Britney

    You look at the wreck on the celebrity highway that is Britney Spears, and you wonder just what happened in her formative years, what she inherited from all that genetic stuff, that caused her to flame out so fabulously. And... [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2007, 7:52am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Brush With Britney

    You look at the wreck on the celebrity highway that is Britney Spears, and you wonder just what happened in her formative years, what she inherited from all that genetic stuff, that caused her to flame out so fabulously. And... [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2007, 7:52am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Props For Poindexter

    The caller, an African American woman in her 80th year, wanted to know just what I meant when I used the word "Poindexter" in today's column. "I'm not familiar with that term," she said on her phone message. She had... [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2007, 11:51am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Cheap(er) Parking

    With the Philadelphia Parking Authority now working longer hours for the good of the people, here's one of those shiny geegaws to show just where the cheapest and handiest places are to stow your wheels. Best Parking.com looks pretty bare... [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2007, 8:57am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Hire Ed Wade

    Y'all know who's responsible for the Phillies late-season surge ... Ed Wade. Richard Justice, writing in the Houston Chronicle today, gives this view of the former Phillies GM, just hired to do the same job for the Astros: He's a... [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2007, 3:20pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Yale To The Rescue

    O.J.'s got himself a Philadelphia lawyer * (does Cherry Hill count?) [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2007, 2:39pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Retriever Needed

    An odd post, really, on A.J. Daulerio's Philadelphia Magazine blog today. A.J., whose hipster view of sports buffoonery in Deadspin has been a regular read for me, describes an unannounced visit from a NFL security man, who was sniffing out... [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2007, 1:35pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Money Pit

    I was thinking of posting a picture of a fishing hole -- the traditional "On Vacation" marker. Yes, I'm off until after Labor Day. It's the first time I'm pausing the fact parade since the metro column began in late... [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2007, 12:17pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • The Money Pit

    I was thinking of posting a picture of a fishing hole -- the traditional "On Vacation" marker. Yes, I'm off until after Labor Day. It's the first time I'm pausing the fact parade since the metro column began in late... [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2007, 11:17am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Ooh La La

    Pain au chocolat, Brigitte Bardot and, now, universal health care. A Boston Globe op-ed piece explores why the World Health Organization ranked France as the earth's best medical-care system. (We're No. 37!) You thought I was going to post a... [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2007, 9:03am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Ooh La La

    Pain au chocolat, Brigitte Bardot and, now, universal health care. A Boston Globe op-ed piece explores why the World Health Organization ranked France as the earth's best medical-care system. (We're No. 37!) You thought I was going to post a... [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2007, 8:03am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Shadow World

    Each episode begins with the same wail — a child’s? a tormented cat’s? — rising then dissolving into the shriek of steel-on-steel. The camera jitters as it rides under the El, all shadows and light. Then it's showtime: A crack... [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2007, 3:00am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Shadow World

    Each episode begins with the same wail — a child’s? a tormented cat’s? — rising then dissolving into the shriek of steel-on-steel. The camera jitters as it rides under the El, all shadows and light. Then it's showtime: A crack... [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2007, 2:00am EDT
    by Daniel Rubin

  • Blogodelphia

    America's 2nd-bloggiest city? That's us, according to Monday's graphic in USA Today. The stats were compiled by Outside.in. One of their representatives wrote by email that the group has been tracking blog activity in 60 or so cities around the... [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2007, 7:00pm EDT
    by Daniel Rubin
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