Death At, Erhm, Hobo Camp

Six were killed in eight hours last night. Let’s read the Inquirer story about it.

Violence in Philadelphia last night left five dead and an armed man wounded in a span of eight hours. Another death in a West Philadelphia hobo camp is under investigation as a possible homicide.

Wait, really? HOBO CAMP? Well. There is a National Hobo Convention, so I guess it’s accurate. Erhm.

Yeah, I never really thought I’d see the words “hobo camp” in the newspaper. I’m not quite sure how to react.

Update: Google News shows three instances of “hobo camp” in newspapers this month.

Eight hours, six dead in Phila. [Inquirer]

We Talkin’ ‘Bout Stoppin’ The Violence, Here

Okay, so a couple of musicians are making a “stop the violence” CD. Whatever. Good, actually. But, uh:

They don’t need to practice because they’ve been living everything they sing, they said.

Yeah. I think it might be better if you practiced. Unless, of course, you’re Allen Iverson.

Local Musicians Cut Anti-Violence Song, Video [NBC 10]

This Sounds Like A Fun Way To Spend Friday Night

Moore says at a Friday night skating party at the Elmwood Skating Rink, a funeral wreath will be on display as well as an urn containing the ashes of a youth shot in a senseless act of violence[.]

Well, it’s still better than skating at Palace.

Activist Gives Phila. Teens a No-Nonsense Antiviolence Message [KYW 1060]
Related: Milton Street Does The Same Thing, But With A Coffin

Leftovers: Two-Bit Bong Merchants, Unite!

• Thanks to Brad Maule for wading through Phillyblog so I don’t have to and finding this gem about a new smoke shop on South Street. To recap: Smoke shop owner introduces himself, anti-drug advocates go nuts, smoke shop owner goes nuts, somebody posts an article saying this guy and NJ Weedman lit up in front of Liberty Bell, smoke shop owner says, “I must ask the people opposed to my store in any sense, are you against the War in Iraq?” Gold, Brad, Gold. And I’m only on Page 7 of 21! [Phillyblog via Philly Skyline]

• Gee, thanks, Apple and Sony. However, major kudos to KYW 1060 for the graphic (pictured). [KYW 1060]

• A City Paper correction today says that an article on Aug. 3 “contained several inaccuracies. Morjorie Newlin was 71 when she started lifting weights; the trainer who entered her in her first bodybuilding competition was Robert Rivers, the founder of Rivers Gym; Newlin trains four days a week at Bally and did not appear in commercials in Barbados, but rather a television talk show. City Paper regrets the errors.” [CP]

• When he’s not wondering what to tell his son why cartoon characters kiss, J.D. Mullane of the Bucks County Courier Times fights back at a journal that gave him a scathing mention in an editorial. His retort: “Do you know what would happen to this country if we gave up eating beef ? We’d be overrun by cows. They’d be blocking the streets.” Uh, indeed. [BCCT]

• When guns are illegal, only criminals will have guns. Or they’ll kill people by dismembering them. Something like that. [Inquirer]

Midnight Basketball’s Logical Next Step

Damn. Why didn’t we think of that? Coulda made a fortune!