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CURATOR: Would you give Hitler a jetpack?

POSTED: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 4:00 PM

Every Wednesday, Critical Mass pokes around the blog world so you don't have to.

â¤ Tool alert via Philebrity: In what may be City Councilman Jim Kenney's most recent conversation with Satan, he decided it might be a good idea to give the PPA legal domain to check business licenses. This recent move falls on Kenny's resume, which also includes trying to sue the internet for causing a snowball fight and making bike fines similar to those incurred from bad driving. As Philebrity notes, this bit of legislation requires us to trust the PPA, something that simply goes against any sort of logic. It only took one trip to the PPA when I was 20 to know I shouldn't trust them, and the further from their Big Brother-like grasp I could be, the better. It would be one thing if they did their jobs well, but when I accidentally show my voter registration card and they say it checks out as car registration, do we really want them to have more power? Would you give Hitler a jetpack? I don't think you would. â¤ So much of what makes a memorable Super Bowl has to do with the quality of the commercials. With a game that never really felt that close until the end, and not to mention a clusterfuck of a halftime show, the ads become more important than ever. This week, Phawker provides a nice wrap-up of the evening's best and worst commercials on a 1-to-10 scale. I've got to say I wasn't very entertained this time around. It's possible a claymation Eminem trying to look hard for Brisk was enough to ruin everything that followed it. â¤ Lastly, we've got a new track from the pretty new Philly band Work Drugs via Phrequency and Soundcloud. Besides confusing my Google search into thinking I was trying to figure out "how drugs work," Work Drugs provides a nice reminder of some of the lazy pop that came out this past summer. "Rad Racer" reminds me of a less-lazy Philly-version of a Small Black song. With surely at least one good snow storm left in this winter, some summer tunes may help. Wanna find out about artsy haps around town? Check the Galleries listings in our events database.

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