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add to facebookWhat with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week.
By Jake Dobkin
All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing!
Although the TLA's re-branding doesn't officially happen until tonight, Wednesday's show's venue was listed (on Phillyist and elsewhere) as the Fillmore at the TLA. That depressed us here at Phillyist. But then I walked in that night, and I've gotta say that, at least from an aesthetic point of view, I'm not nearly as sad anymore. There are wood floors and chandeliers and the the bathrooms (previously discussed in Royal Flush) are if they wanted to buy some more comfortable bar stools). And I know that I'll still probably call it the TLA anyway. Moving on to the show...
You may have noticed that yesterday's video post has been taken down. It should never have gone up. That was a huge, huge oversight on my part, which I am completely mortified by.
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Okay, so this error isn't actually Philly-related. But it was submitted to us by Phillyist reader Christina, and it comes from this article in . We know we're not infallible (which you commenters don't hesitate to point out to us!), so it's comforting to know that the "big dogs" sometimes have trouble with little things like subject-verb agreement.
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Since the powers that be have reassigned Blinq editor Daniel Rubin to the metro desk, we're left with the Inky's 9 other blogs for unique online content. We decided to browse through them so you don't have to.
In their continual attempts to protect us from annoying and horrible spam commenters, our tech guys have decided to change the commenting system such that you will no longer be able to post full URLs (either in the body of your comment itself, or in the URL field of the comment form) unless you are logged in with typekey. If you really need to put a URL in your comment, and you really don't want to use typekey, try shortening the URL, or writing it another way.
Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to.
Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend is really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’d say that they’re doing a fine job of it.
As we sat down to write this week's Best of the -ists post, a car blaring "21 Questions'" passed by our house. And that started us thinking about how some of the best -ist posts out there have at their hearts questions, some of which are answered, and some of which are left open. Check out the Best of the -ists from this week, and see if you agree.
Breaking
the law, breaking the law. We -ist folks love us some crime, and no
misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week,
join us for a rogues' gallery of miscreants major, minor, and alleged.
Gothamist gets us started with
"Law
& Order", muppet style. Oh, you know what isn't a crime? Taking
pictures on the MTA. So, why
are cops stopping photographers? In other Gotham crime, a group
of Asian men was attacked
by a group of white guys in Queens. Finally, Boy
George reports for his court mandated community service. Sweet.
Londonist brings us the tale
of poor Bob Hoskins, shaken
at his near-miss with terrorists. Meanwhile, Interpol
sweeps in to reclaim a lost Peruvian artifact. Then, there's the
slasher
who claims he got his weapon from President Bush. Ouch!
Phillyist's bus system, SEPTA,
is fighting
crime in a whole new way, and it would be a crime in and of itself
for you not
to read this story about Oreo the cat. Oh, and can
we agree that requesting "Piano Man" at a piano bar should be
illegal?
Torontoist's thorough
coverage
of the XVI
International AIDS Conference, doesn't fit into the "crime" theme,
but it's too great to pass up. But we're back on track with their
on bike rack vulnerability and an
interview with a controversial crime fighter.
DCist brings us a murder
that gets more mysterious by the day, and we're considering a life
of crime ourselves, if it'll allow us to dine
out like DCist. And if it's not illegal to sell
soiled mattresses, it should be.
SFist muses on the negligent behavior of a public transit employee, covered the
questionable confession of a man arrested for the murder of
JonBenet Ramsey, and delineated the highway robbery that is the Bay Area real estate market.
Shanghaiist brings us this
video of "one
of the worst cover bands we have seen in China", which isn't
illegal, but should be. We're unclear on the legal status of an "invisible
monster cock", and we'd prefer to stay that way. Price
gouging on drinks is a criminal act, in our opinion.
Chicagoist gets thrown in the
hoosgow by readers
who hate the Annual Air & Water Show. Should bottle service be illegal? Chicagoist's commenters debate that,
too. And the criminally overdiscussed (and we say this even as we
trotted this out as a theme last week) gets the Chicagoist
commenter treatment, as well.
LAist exposes the questionable ethics of 's marketing, tells us how to make the
criminally tasty Moscow
mule, and creates
a criminal amount of garbage.
Houstonist blows us away with
the announcement that they
wear pantyhose. Someone call the fashion police! Houston's city
council takes a bite
out of shoddy newspaper rack crime. The only real criminals in
Houston seem to be flying
roaches. (No, not those kind.)
Those miscreants at Bostonist
take their shot at our
newest public enemy number one, Mel Gibson. Public enemy number
two? Gold
bricking spammers. Number three? Bad
mergers.
Seattlest gets a
photo of missing person Bettie Page, breaks some laws of their own
by getting "drunk
on clandestine vodka, and yell(ing) at passing cars." When is
domestic violence kinda understandable? Now.
Austinist's lovable rogues
tell us about issues in their
state's gubernatorial race, eagerly anticipate the arrival of the
criminally hilarious Onion, and bemoan
the firing of a teacher who committed the crime of (gasp!) partial
nudity.
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God, we're so sick of
that we want to kill anyone and everyone that
makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that
there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't
beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the
theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post.
Austinist makes it easy for
us, with Candidate
on a Civic Building,
on a Blank, and
on a Freeway (warning: sad).
Can we force SFist into our Noun
in a Noun box? Hell, yeah! We got us a
on a Laptop,
on a Plate, and the
on a Tear.
Phillyist brings us
on a Set of Stairs (or not),
Towels on a Phillyist and
Benefit on a Thursday.
We always look forward to
week is no exception as one of our favorite -ist columnists, Shanghai
Fag Hag Tiffany, tells us about
on a Night Out. Stick around for
Animals on a Limited Lease, an
on a Shanghai Street and a
on a Rampage.
Oh, no! It's
on a Listserv! DCist also
features Logo
on a Boob,
Side Standers on a S**tlist,
R. Rees on a Furlough From The Nuthouse,
on a Break, and
on a Sign.
What does LAist have for us? Oh,
there's Dogg
on a Mike, a
on a Generation,
Style on a Double Double, and
Boots on a Bunch of People.
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Houstonist is full of
Houstonny goodness, what with
Sentiments on a Wall,
Plans on a Table (from which they can, apparently, never be
removed), Penguins
on a Freeway Again (warning: still sad), and
Chicks on a Shortened Tour.
Seattlest does a public
service by pointing out some
on a Child Molester's Identity, rocks out to
on a Stage, sees
on a US Tour, and folks flying out of Sea-Tac (hahahahaha)
on a Plane.
Oh, Torontoist, why so
cranky? They
on a Lame Movie, and it's pretty damn funny. Also:
Bush on a Billboard,
Theft on a Guarded Block, and
Parade on a Deadline.
Chicagoist is
the
the best
time
as they Muse
on a Fest. Oh, god, it's
Francis (allegedly non-consensually) on a Drunk Woman. How about
Beloved
DJ Not on a Radio? Finally, look at
on a City-Wide Scale.
We round out our week of Something on a Something with some links from
Gothamist. They bring us a
nightmarish tale of
on
a Train
Platform. Easier to take are
on a Crime Wave,
Flower on a Web Cam, a
Leopard on a Mission (thankfully, NOT sad), and, last but
certainly not least,
Hype on a September Evening.
Tomato photo by Melissa
Schneider, Pink boots photo by LAist Sarah
Links compiled by SFist Eve "Too Much Email on a Motherf**king
Saturday" Batey
People, people, people!
As we've been reminding you, Phillyist turned one almost three weeks ago, and to celebrate, we're having a little party to show all of you how much we appreciate you as readers, commenters, and even critics. (Critics beware, however: the throwing of tomatoes at Phillyist contributors and editors -- especially editors! -- inside of Devil's Alley is strictly prohibited.)
LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow.
Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-wielding and London's mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much.
SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake...at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines.