An Excuse To Run This SPTR Ad

If it’s a day ending in -y (or some other worn out cliche), someone must be angry at American Apparel!

Well, actually, this time American Apparel is actually angry at someone. According to a press release from the magazine he’s angry at. Erhm. Turns out AA is upset about an upcoming parody spread and article from Clamor magazine. It’s some of the same stuff you may have heard before: Several sexual harassment claims have been made against AA founder and CEO Dov Charney, some weird shtick about how Charney isn’t really all that progressive, Alternative Apparel’s stuff is more comfortable, etc., etc. There’s also a series of AA parody ads which are, uh, allegedly funny.

Basically, Clamor wants a little publicity, and I’m more than willing to give it to them, if only to to note: If this magazine is being threatened with a lawsuit, then, man, what’s going to happen to the South Philly Tap Room?

The 10-page spread is here. The full release from Clamor is after the jump.

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Q&A On The Smoking Ban

City Council’s passing of the Smoking Ban (With Exceptions!) kind of took lots of people by surprise, since (a) City Council hadn’t been able to pass it on three previous tries and (b) it hadn’t been publically talked about before Thursday’s final session before summer break.

To help you sort out the smoking ban, here’s a helpful question and answer on the smoking ban, from your friends at Philadelphia Will Do. (Just kidding. It won’t be helpful.)

Q: So no smoking in public anymore?
A: Uh, yeah. According to the law, which still has to be signed by Mayor Street, smoking is banned all stores, offices, restaurants, bars, apartment lobbies and hallways, theaters, stadiums, any workplace and within 20 feet of any entrance to a building where smoking is banned. Yes, City Council has actually stopped you from smoking in your disgusting apartment hallway.

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Blogicized: One Of City’s Top Bars In The Northeast

• Esquire hath declare it: The Grey Lodge (on the freakin’ Avenue!) and Southwark (of course) are our city’s finest watering holes. Fair enough. But no love for Tony’s? Come on, you got so close! [Blinq]

• Cole Hamels has distanced himself from other Phillies minor leaguers, not that it takes all that much to do so. We’ll remain “optimisted but guarded” on Hamels, but if Ryan Madson has another bad start, call him up immediately! [Balls, Sticks & Stuff]

• Liz weighs in on David Blaine as well; she has similar feelings. Next up, Blaine’s going to spend the longest amount of time on the surface of the sun that anyone ever has! [The Trouble With Spikol]

Blogicized: Clearly, Tiki Bob’s was unavailable

• If I’m ever in politics, I want to announce my candidacy in a dive bar — Blarney Stone, for instance — like Anne Dicker. [MyDD]

• Will Bunch waxes so poetic/esoteric about a small newspaper mistake you think I would have written it. [Attytood]

• The most fun comparison I’ve heard of Ryan Howard yet: Cecil Fielder. Let’s hope Ryan stays below 300 pounds, though. [The Good Phight]

• Our new favorite specialized blog — only about one team’s run in one conference tournament — continues as Temple routs No. 6 GW, putting the Owls in the semifinals. Another two wins and they’re in the NCAAs. [Temple 2006 Atlantic 10 Performance]

• Thanks to one man, the important statistics of a social networking program are ruined! Actually, no, wait, this is great. [The Lunabomber Manifesto]