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I had heard a while back about ads funded by readers of some liberal blogs running against Democratic Rep. Chris Carney of Pennsylvania. I didn’t know until today how awesome they were. Ha ha, Monopoly photoshops and scary voiceovers about Bush and Cheney. I think I can safely say any increased influence of the Internet on politics is going to be great.
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dmac | 1:06 PM | 0 Comments
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Jan
23
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Yesterday, veteran Philadelphia newsman Larry Kane blogged about the reaction to his comments on Giants coach Tom Coughlin and how the post got more traffic than anything else he’s ever posted on the site.
After Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes missed the first of two field goals in the fourth quarter, Coughlin screamed at his kicker on the sideline. And Larry Kane was having none of it, writing “his actions diminish sports in general.” I’m not sure how Coughlin yelling at his kicker diminishes my daily run, but whatevs.
Well, apparently, it generated a lot of responses and Kane realized he could get another post just by writing about the comments. He’s getting this blogging this down pat already!
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dmac | 1:00 PM | 2 Comments
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Jan
20
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Little inside secret how this business works: Somebody sends out a blast email or Myspace to all the people in the entire world and all the regularly-updated Philly blogs see it and we all post it. If it’s not Milton Street knocking over a state store, sometimes I just don’t update it even if it’s a good story. (Here’s an exception.)
By inside secret, of course, I mean common sense; yes, this is why everyone’s going to have to start doing more of their own reporting or telling the best lame jokes and posting puppies. (Dibs on the last one.) Some fun changes are coming and that is why things have been somewhat slower, blah blah blah; yes, I will update my links list.
Anyway, Philebrity posted Down The Shore With Jen before I did a while back, and so I didn’t. (I knew they were going to beat me to it, too.) And I read it again today and it looks fun and it’s a book about the Jersey shore written by a young person in Collingswood. Yeah, it’s a guidebook, but, uh, how useful. Here’s an Amazon pre-order link. And it’s fun and well-reported and it’s the Jersey shore. “This is a great way to start your Sunday,” Jen Miller writes. Oh, look, it’s tied all together.
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dmac | 10:30 AM | 27 Comments
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Nov
1
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When I make a mistake, I usually simply correct it in text, note it, and move on. Sometimes if it’s a spelling error nobody’s noticed I don’t note it, but, you know, there are plenty uncorrected spelling errors on this site that make me look stupid enough. I mean, who knew there were two i’s in missile? Anyway, sometimes the errors I make are so egregious a full post is necessary. This is one of those times.
Actual email received earlier this week from one Warren Hoffman, dramaturg for Philadelphia “Theatre” Company:
As the dramaturg for Philadelphia Theatre Company and speaking on behalf of our staff, I’m writing to say that we take great offense to the “obviously” factual errors in the recent posting about Edward Albee (link). While the cracks about Oklahoma! and Virginia Woolf are obviously wrong and “silly,” the presentation of such factual errors in conjunction with Mr. Albee’s career does a disservice to him and to us, Philadelphia Theatre Company. While we are aware that there is a “free-spirited nature” to blogs, insofar as this particular blog is affiliated with Philadelphia Weekly, a newspaper with which we have a strong professional connection, it is upsetting to have one of our nation’s most esteemed playwrights be treated by your paper in this disreputable way. We would like, please, either the erroneous facts to be corrected immediately or a retraction printed.
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dmac | 3:36 PM | 4 Comments
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Apr
27
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The above is a commercial for Phillies blog Beerleaguer, run by the Reading Eagle’s Jason Weitzel. It will be airing on Channel 69 (WFMZ-TV). On TV!
“The spot includes overlays of all the praise the site has received over the years, a shot of me at a bar with a laptop and some dynamic screen captures of the blog,” Weitzel writes on his blog. “[I]nstead of that shot of me in a bar, a more realistic depiction would include a shot of me in boxer shorts sitting in a dark office, hunched over a laptop and a ham sandwich, shaking with anger.”
Fortunately, there is no praise from Philadelphia Will Do/Philadelphia Weekly included in the ad, because such an event would probably cause the entire Philadelphia blogosphere to implode and shower the Internet with pieces of jaded comedy, incomplete thoughts and pictures of Kerri-Lee Halkett.
Commercial makes Beerleaguer sound friendly, sexy [Beerleaguer]
Feb. 16: Beerleaguer Previews Spring Training
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dmac | 12:36 PM | 2 Comments
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Apr
27
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While Jon Corzine is doing better and recovering from his car accident (caused by Don Imus), he might have to dig deep into his pockets sometime soon.
A blogger by the name of GadFly actually left his house and issued a citizen seat-belt complaint against the governor.
Wait, you can do this? Can I go cite Ed Rendell for saying he drives around 80? Anyway, the ticket for driving (or riding in the passenger seat) without a seatbelt is $46, which should be pretty tough for the multimillionaire governor to pay.
On his blog, Gadfly — aka Larry Angel — discussed the citizen complaint. To note, his blog contains the following phrases: “THE CORRUTP [sic] MULLICA 5 AKA IDIOTS R US,” “glen THE AUTO INSURANCE FRAUD KING forman,” “jimmy THE ETHICALLY CHALLENGED curcio,” “steve THE SCOFFLAW waszen.” I don’t know who these people are, but it seems they’re all pretty evil.
His post about the seatbelt complain:
The statue of Justice is blindfolded as a symbol that laws are enforced impartially…that Lady Justice does not peek, to see how thick one’s wallet is or the color of one’s skin. Given the minor nature of the fine for not wearing a seat belt the State Police do a disservice to us all in not citing the Governor…as such inaction allows the perception of special treatment. It is further noted that the following day a seat belt ticket was signed by larry THE MISANTHROPIC PEDANTIC S.O.B. angel with the cooperation of Galloway officials.
Hm. Good… good to know.
Subject: Buck(l)ing the system [Gadfly]
Corzine gets citizen seat-belt complaint [AP/Philly.com]
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dmac | 10:45 AM | 0 Comments
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Apr
9
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In case you didn’t notice it, former mayoral candidate Sam Katz wasn’t all that happy with my post about his mayor’s race blog for Phillymag’s website. Apparently, I didn’t take his blog seriously enough or something. Here’s what he wrote:
Sorry you don’t like the blog but that’s why there are plenty of choices for you to post your thoughts on. Notwithstanding your historical re-write, my perennial runs were in 1991, 1999 and 2003. Dilworth left office in 1962 (I was 13). In any case, I will try to keep your suggestions for more insightful analysis in mind though, I suspect, you are not one whose mind is open to insight. As for wishing I didn’t know anything about blogs, rest assured that won’t be the case. I can live with the critics. Can you?
I usually don’t respond to critics in the comments, because they’re usually either (1) right or (2) Barbaro/pet lovers threatening to kill me. Also, there’s usually more important things to do, like play Final Fantasy. But after confirming it was actually Sam Katz — I was kind of hoping for a Katz impersonator myself1 — I decided to respond. Additionally, I added some explanations in footnotes at the bottom of the post in case Sam Katz decides to read my blog again.2
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dmac | 3:10 PM | 8 Comments
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Apr
6
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Hey, everybody: Remember Sam Katz? Wait, no? Oh, come on. Until this year, he ran for mayor at the end of every administration since Richardson Dilworth. Still no? Damn, you people have no memory.
Anyway, the former perennial mayoral candidate now has a blog, even though he “didn’t really know much about blogs before.” (Hat tip to Sam: Give it two weeks and you’ll be ready to wish you were back in the time when you didn’t know much about blogs.)
Katz is doing his mayoral blog for Phillymag, which means he should be doing an advertorial for the magazine in a few months. Oh, I’m sorry, that’s article subjects who get to do that.
So what wisdom is the former next mayor imparting on us?
It’s still too early, though, to make any kind of prediction. Voters haven’t focused and don’t know these candidates very well. Nothing has crystallized, and no one has really laid a glove on anybody else yet…. this is an election that will likely be decided by a few thousand votes, or fewer. It could end up in court, just where it began.
To recap: (1) The mayor’s race is still wide open. (2) The mayor’s race will be close. Thanks, Sam!
The Katz Report [Phillymag]
Ex-Mayoral Candidate Sam Katz Has A New Political Blog [KYW 1060]
Related: Hoagie Dip 12/25/2006
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dmac | 10:20 AM | 4 Comments
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Mar
30
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Selected offerings from the blog of one Gionni, which appears to contain all posts about Dorothy Krysiuk:
Dear Producer,
My wife and I find the transition from Sue to Dorothy, a bit generic or boring. Allow me to explain. My wife favors Dorothy Krysuik a whole lot. Myself and her staff of 30 people agree. So we all made a game out of this similarity to see if my wife can dress exactly like Dorothy everyday, down to the shoes. So every morning myself (1), my staff of 50, my children’s teachers (4), my wife (1), her parents (2), my parents (2), and my wife’s staff of 30 watch the traffic to see how the roads are but also to see what Dorothy is wearing. We began this game when the transition from Sue to Dorothy started with a full view of Dorothy and then panned in. I believe it was around March 2006. It was very exciting because when these 90 people would see her during the course of the day, the universal response would be “Oh my God. She even has the same shoes” Everyone loved it. Can you please go back to the full view and then pan in to Dorothy.
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dmac | 3:54 PM | 11 Comments
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