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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Owl "Hoo" Likes TV
Dewey, a Spectacled Owl, finds visual stimulation from watching television. The tropical owl is part of the Philadelphia Zoo collection.
Posted by Bob Moran @ 7:38 AM  Permalink | 1 comment
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Combat Zone Wrestling
DJ Hyde is a star villain in Combat Zone Wrestling, which holds matches every month at the New Alhambra Arena in South Philadelphia. The contests range from the routine to the comical to the extremely bloody. CZW touts itself as "ultraviolent." It is. Yet the audience includes families with young children who cheer the drama and spectacle.
Posted by Bob Moran @ 7:58 AM  Permalink | Post a comment
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Philadelphian Turns Web Video Star
Seattle-born Amy Walker, 25, posted a clever video on the Internet of her performing 21 English-language accents not long after moving to Philadelphia recently. Last weekend, someone put the video on the Web site Break.com and it has since generated 1 million views across the Internet and mainstream media interest.
Her personal web site is www.amywalker.info.
Posted by Bob Moran @ 7:35 AM  Permalink | 1 comment
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
School of Rock plays Yes
Rock legend Jon Anderson of Yes has joined with Philadelphia's Paul Green School of Rock All Stars for a tour that started in Philadelphia and will stretch from New York to California. Anderson served as "guest professor" during a sound check Tuesday night at the Trocadero in Chinatown.
Posted by Bob Moran @ 7:00 AM  Permalink | Post a comment
About Robert Moran
Staff writer Robert Moran has been making videos for The Inquirer since late 2006. He was hired by the newspaper in 1992 and has covered crime, state government, and for two months in 2004, the war in Iraq. E-mail him at bmoran@phillynews.com.
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