Sordid Assortment

Let your freak flag fly! Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to open "Freedom of Speech" tour at the Tweeter Center in Camden on July 6. First time in four years the foursome has hit the road together. I knew there was some reason I listened to this over the weekend.

NY-based Al Jazeera correspondent travels to Philadelphia on the trail of Benjamin Franklin and pronounces our city's Benergy to be "brilliant."  Of course he was writing in the UK's Guardian, where that word showed up 12 other times Monday, including a description of a newspaper column, a soccer lob and Tony Blair.

New Jersey blogger disses Camden, but concedes never having been there. My Garden Statement, out of Brigantine, is working hard, but somebody lend her a Google map: "To be fair, I haven't exactly been to Camden. But I have driven through it on I-95, and I can tell you it looks like a real hellhole. Picture the slums of Bombay, only with more graffiti and fewer live chickens." I-95, hon, runs through our hellhole.

Dil's musings - why the Stanley Cup quest is better than any other sport's playoffs except college basketball's. This was written before last night's game. You want a post-game blog? Try Clarke's Boys this morning, with its conclusion: "The curtain has been pulled on the wizard."

If you're curious just what flavor of profanity Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock used, in response to Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff's calling the Philadelphia skaters "Idiots," this account in Canada's National Post, leaves little to the imagination.

In other positive Flyers news, Michal Handzus made the Top 10 list - as in Top 10 Mullets. Hockey guy Barry Melrose made the stylish picks for ESPN. The copy that goes with the picture: "One of the most underrated players in the NHL. Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock loves this hairdo!"

Liberal saved by his Volvo. A tale from Swarthmore.

"Free speech" saved by guys who fork out $30 to see Tucker Max in action. The living-out-loud lout throws a Philly party to pay for his Philly lawyer in the libel suit filed by Anthony DiMeo III.

Sal's Pals: The light-hitting, heavily follicled cult of Sal Fasano look-alikes. (via the 700 Level.)

Liz Spikol, profiled on Blinq a couple months back for her Trouble with Spikol blog, is an official honoree for the 10th annual Webby Awards. Yo!

Ever wish you could hear what a music critic was writing about -- as you were reading it? Peter Dobrin's review of Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Curtis Institute of Music's orchestra has sound clips imbedded into it.

Early Word fact checks WIP-AM's boob report.

Boss nearby? Don't shut down your Web browser. A judge says surfing at work is just like reading a newspaper.  But if your boss is, say, an editor, maybe you should stop blogging.

I can't wait to see Sal's Pals in a drunken fracas with Meyer's Friars. Hopefully it happens around August, that way the Wolf Pack, the Bonner boys, and the SJ Prep kids can join the festivities. It will be a real smackdown WWE style.

Note to any fine gentleman’s establishment in the tri-state area. Want publicity?

How about ‘Charlie’s Angels’… Three amply proportioned Daisy Duke types cheering for poor Uncle Charlie Manual.

Hey now!

Will, I think you are on to something brilliant.  I'm sure they could coordinate their efforts with dollar dog nights.