Fun With Newspaper Leads

“Have a nice day” was not exactly what Jon Bon Jovi said to the former sales manager of the Philadelphia Soul, who alleges that the rock icon and his partners in the Arena Football League team have not paid him nearly $125,000 in wages and commissions

“It’s my life,” said Bon Jovi, claiming that he did not owe the sales manager any extra money. He added the manager did not do a good job and was “a little runaway,” frequently missing meetings, and would “never say goodbye” beforehand. He said they had a little saying at the office about this guy: “Wanted: Dead or Alive.”

Jovi added several other statements about his time with the Soul. “Everyday” and “Always,” he said, was this guy paid his money, adding the team even bought his wife a “Bed of Roses.”

Later, Jovi seemed distraught. “Say It Isn’t So,” he said, adding that he needed “Something for the Pain.” He did add, though, that he was going to “Keep the Faith.”

Suit: Phila. Soul partners owe nearly $125,000 [Inquirer]
Image by Anirudh Koul used under a Creative Commons license

Bon Jovi Leads Phils To Scoreless Tie

Hey, we’re two innings in and absolutely nothing has happened. The highlight: Ryan Howard worked a walk and Pat Burrell hit into a double play on the next pitch. Cole Hamels has like 100 million strikeouts.

But, Oh!, TBS played a Bon Jovi video before the game, because one of the teams is close to New Jersey. A screencap is above.

The Best Headline You’ll See All Year

This is on the front page of this week’s Center City Weekly Press. I’m not sure if this is as good as the time the paper ran a Super Bowl preview from the game three years earlier, but it’s certainly close.

Larger scan of the front page after the jump.

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Wealthy Man To Improve Philadelphia In A Way Other Than Running For Mayor

Recently, the Inquirer’s Marc Narducci’s talked with Philadelphia Soul owner Jon Bon Jovi (right, with Michael Jackson) about the team’s upcoming fourth season. Oh, yea, Bon Jovi is also a multiplatinum recording artist, a millionaire, etc., etc.

Bon Jovi’s one of those rare rich people who, when you hear them talk, you actually kind of start to like them more. (Actually, scratch that. Bon Jovi is one of those rare people who doesn’t seem like a total asshole. There we go.) Part of this, at least for me, deals with how seriously he takes his role as owner and president of the Soul. He doesn’t meddle in the football decisions — so he’s a smart owner — but he does seem to really get pissed when the team doesn’t do well. And he had a television monitor set up on his tour so he could watch the Soul while he was playing.

He’s also building 21 homes in Philadelphia because, well, he has the money and he can, which is nice.

“If I build 15 houses on that block and you have people who take pride in ownership of houses, they will watch the block,” he said. “The bad guy who wants to deal crack to the neighbors, you watch grandma come out with her broomstick and chase him away.”

Bon Jovi: Making the city safe for grandmas to chase people with broomsticks. Until they’re shot.

Bon Jovi still happy to put his heart into the Soul [Inquirer]
[Photo via Michael Jackson Fan Square]

Karaoke Will Never Get Old

The 10! show is holding a contest this week where you take a video of yourself singing along to Bon Jovi’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” You can win tickets to his show at Citizens Bank Park and a chance to sit on stage.

Apparently, the entries are rolling in. Here’s a clip from yesterday:

She totally deserves to win.