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Archive: November, 2009
As Stewie might say, "as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity," but there's a fine line between dated and retro, and we say time's ripe for a Ren and Stimpy revival.
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| Photos | Serlingrod |
| Stimpson J. Cat and Ren Höek |
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Stewie Griffin Makes an appearance in the Philly Graffiti Scene somewhere North on 2nd Street. I'll snap a photo with address when I drive past it next.
Ren & Stimpy = Timeless.
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| Little White Bag: Joey Ryan (behind cloud) hits Necro Butcher with a bag of "cocaine" in a November Ring of Honor bout. |
| Photo | Neal Santos |
As a companion to this morning's cover story by Shaun Brady on the South Philly indie wrestling scene — there are no less than four independent promotions working The Arena — we had our vid-man Neal Santos and intern Scott Yorko head down to the Nov. 5 Ring of Honor show to take some pics and record some audio to give a better sense of the scene.
Watch and enjoy.
Yes, it's difficult to argue that the Phils need fixing per se, but the need to do a little something something to get back to the World Series and get over a hump we'll call the Yankees.
Here at The Clog, we've isolated four main areas the Phillies need to lavish a little TLC on over the off season:
- Third Base (Feliz has to go)
- The Rotation (Is Moyer the best we can do at fifth starter? Will Happ repeat his strong rookie performance?)
- The Bullpen (Can we count on Lidge to recover? Should we sign free agent? Should we groom hard-throwing youngsters Scott Mathieson and Antonio Bastardo for bigger roles down the line?)
- The Batting Order (Can we really thrive with a .290 OBP at the top of the order? Can we please split up Howard/Utley vs. lefties?)
- The Bench (No more Bruntlett?)
and have concocted a poll with what we believe to be the main options for the team.
Take the poll after the jump:
The winners of the Internet Baseball Awards — essentially the MVP, Cy Young, Rookie and Manger of the Year awards as chosen by stathead fans — were announced of the last two days.
More than 1,200 ballots were cast in this year's installment. The hometown nine fared well in the National League though, much like this year's post-season, nobody took home any hardware:
MVP:
Chase Utley and Ryan Howard finished 4th and 10th respectively in the MVP voting.
Jayson Werth (20), Raul Ibanez (24) and Cliff Lee (28) also made showings
Cy Young:
Cliff Lee finished 9th in the balloting, which is not bad considering he put in less than a half season of work in the red pinstripes. J.A. Happ placed 16th with Cole Hamels clocking in at 19th.
Rookie of the Year:
This was a nailbiter, as J.A. Happ finished 2nd to the Braves' Tommy Hanson in a photo finish. Happ racked up 5,473 points to Hanson's 5,487. To my knowledge, no other Phils rookies received votes.
Manager of the Year:
Charlie Manuel finished 4th, behind Jim Tracy (whose miraculous reversal of the Rockies season was deserving of praise even if his handling of the NLDS was not), Joe Torre (who's kind of coasting on reputation at this point) and Tony LaRussa (see Joe Torre).
Julia Harte with your morning fix.
Water cascaded through the streets of the Southwest Philly Eastwick neighborhood for three hours after a 30-inch water main broke around 3 a.m. this morning.
After an enormous 17,000-megawatt hydroelectric dam abruptly went off the grid last night, large parts of Brazil, including its two major cities, underwent a blackout for two hours.
The Vatican commissioned scientists from around the world to study the possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe, and its implications for the Catholic Church.
For the first time, the Mormon Church has announced its support for gay rights legislation, specifically Salt Lake City laws that prohibit discriminating against gays in jobs and housing.
To mollify Iraqi officials upset about the fatal shooting of 17 civilians in 2007 in Baghdad's Nisoor Square, the security contractor group Blackwater tried to pay off those officials with about $1 million in bribes, according to former executives of the corporation.
"Predatory towing" companies are marauding the streets of Philadelphia, according to the City Controller, charging residents exorbitant fees to get their vehicles back.
it's pretty scary to think that computer hackers have causes such a sweeping blackout
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Here's the setlist from Saturday night's Morissey show in Liverpool:
This Charming Man, Black Cloud>bonk>splash>show's over.
Saturday night Morrissey was hit in the head with what appears to be a plastic water bottle.
Now, I don't think it's cool to throw anything at performers, but I have to think Morrissey came up really small here. Sure, have security remove the person who did it, even chastise them publicly as they are escorted out. I know he's has been sick lately, but punish all the other fans? Weak.
I just watched Morrissey get hit in the head like 10 times in a row, and let me tell you... it's kinda funny. First of all, it really does seem to be plastic. It bounces like a plastic bottle and Moz has to figure out what's going on. If it were a glass bottle, he'd be like, "Ow! Fuck! I just got hit by a glass bottle."
Like I said, I'm not condoning the action and I understand why he was upset. But be a pro man, hell, remember rock 'n' roll from your youth a bit. One of my favorite bands has glow sticks hit them regularly, sometimes they improvise with them. The intent behind the actions is different, but it's just a show, and the show must go on.
Am I wrong? What do you think your favorite performers might do?
h/t Erika
Julia Harte with your morning fix.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa., expanded its Weatherization Training Center with federal stimulus funds to teach students about the installation of green technology in low-income households.
The president of the Maldives, a collection of islands in the Indian Ocean that is the world's lowest lying country and may be entirely submerged by rising oceans by the end of this century, censured rich countries for doing too little to stem climate change.
Marine scientists were summoned by the Environmental Protection Agency to study the Chesapeake Bay and understand why it remains polluted and unhealthy even after billions of dollars were spent to clean it up.
Though Democrats by and large celebrated the passage of the health care bill in the House of Representatives last weekend, a subgroup within the party vowed to fight an amendment inserted to avoid further delays in its passage: a clause that limits abortion coverage even for women paying for it by themselves.
The American Public Health Association is holding its annual meeting in Philadelphia this year, discussing topics such as H1N1, water safety and public health at the Convention Center.
As per NBC, the TWU and SEPTA have reached an agreement, and service will resume for the Monday commute.
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Friday: Head over to CP's neck of the woods for a little First Friday action; Carolyn Huckabay's got the goods on what to see (we've also got some sweet new gallery listings you gotta check out). But art in Old City? Old news. Be bold and try another artistic locale with the Strawberry Mansion Art, Jewelry and Fine Craft Show.
Saturday: Esquire writer A.J. Jacobs wouldn't miss the First Person Fest for the world, even after he met A.D. (who also rocked this week's cover story on the Top 10 Spectrum Music Moments). Show up in style by traveling along with the Tweed Ride. It's a good this thing is happening on today, rather than tomorrow because these riders would most certainly have to start a to-the-death brawl with the participants in theâ¦
Sunday: â¦Snuggie Crawl. Do not scoff, haters. Mama Omnibus alway, always, always wanted a Snuggie and it wasn't until Art Department angel Allie bestowed one upon me that I felt my life was complete. Needless to say, it's glorious. But too many Snuggies and not enough substance leads to trouble so check out Life Without Parole, where excerpts of Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars by the incarcerated Kenneth Hartman will be read.
(VIDEO) Philthy Blog goes to F1RST FRIDAY in Philadelphia!! With a look at the new exhibitions at VOX POPULI. An interview with tyvek artist Tory Franklin at BAMBI GALLERY. And your first peek inside of Fishtownâs newest artist-run space EXTRA EXTRA and a chat with two (of the four) owners, Derek Frech and Joseph Lacina. We also have reviews and commentary by Andrea McGinty... CHECK IT OUT... http://blog.philthy.us/?p=504
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