Red Sox owner angers many with black power salute


Boston Red Sox owner John Henry decided to celebrate his team’s second World Series win in the last 4 years by raising a gloved black fist to the sky. It was a brazen move by the rebellious owner, and Red Sox nation is not exceptionally pleased. “Hey, it’s great that he’s built a winner here in Boston,” said Sox fan Davey O’Brien, “But does he have to remind everyone that he is a Marcus Garvey disciple who believes in black nationalism? On today of all days?” Added Brian O’Davies of nearby Worcester, “He looked like a nerdy white John Carlos out there. We’ve come a long ways since the 1968 Olympics, and his black power salute was not wicked awesome.”
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Week in Review


O’NEALS
Young Old and Restless 100
Dork Sided 97
Freshly Shorn 96
Corn Bread Mafia 95
Above the Knees 82

THE BARDS (TUESDAY)
Sofa Kingdom 104
Intravenus de Milo 98
Ards 79
Spongeworthy Bob 78
San Diego Flames 78

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS
The Last Rat Packs It In (aka Jams) 110
Ellen Stole My Dog 98
Ask Me About My Hawaiian Shirt 97
1022 94
Ladies Night Out 76

BLACK SHEEP
Duane’s World 102
Crazy for Swayze 99
Nice Camo, Johnny G 92
But My Mom Says I’m Cool 92
I Don’t Drink Anymore or Any Less 85

GOOD DOG
O’Henrys 96
Should We Stay 70
By the Name of Awesome 61
Approaching Alarm 61
C+ Average 60

BARDS (THURSDAY)
Hurtin’ Bombs 110
Terminator 4: Flames of Autumn 101
Malibu Sands Beach Club 84
M Triple X D 79
Three’s Company 75

Rock to the Raven

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Edgar Allen Poe, Allen Iverson, and I all followed similar paths from the streets of Virginia to Philadelphia. And as the sole remaining torch bearer of our little triumvirate, I feel it is my duty to inform you that the band Glass Prism is performing manana at the German Society in a benefit for the EA Poe National Historic Site. They are best known for taking the poem The Raven and setting it to music. Anyway, should be a fairly intriguing Halloween party.

In the 7th grade, I memorized the entire poem The Raven for a middle school oratory contest. I got dressed up like Poe, put a plastic raven over an actual door, and performed the poem splendidly without a hitch. And when I didn’t win 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or honorable mention, my mom was pissed. Especially when J.D. Outten got Honorable Mention for doing some dumb “radio broadcast with an alien” sketch. And judges, if you think that I or my mother have forgotten this little slight, you are wrong. Dead wrong.

Around the Horn, brought to you by Menudo

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-Inky scribe Inga Saffron pulls no punches when describing the hideous Symphony House on Broad Street.

-In better Broad Street news: With the 425th anniversary of William Penn coming to Philly being tomorrow, the gang decided to clean the old fella up a bit. Here’s some pretty cool photos the cleaning job, including one from inside his face. Here’s a bunch more photos from Philly Skyline. These are even cooler, but there are a lot more of them.

-Sugarhouse doesn’t have time for community activism, democracy, etc. It needs to get people hooked on gambling right freaking now! Therefore it is suing the city to stop dilly dallying and get out of it’s f****** way.

-Any Glengarry Glen Ross fans out there? If so, this is a must see. Hilarious (but Not Safe For Work!).

What classic movie should I watch?

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Trivia Art got the sweetest high def TV ever last weekend for the crib, and with the Eagles being unwatchable, I need something else to watch on that giant beauty on weekends. So I got to thinking, and realized that I have not watched a lot of the so-called “Greatest Movies Ever”. I thought a good way to motivate me to do so would be to watch some of these films and write my reviews of them afterward. And I want you guys to help me figure out what to watch. So I’m posting a poll below of some great movies I’ve never seen. Let me know which one I should watch this weekend. I’ll check the standings at 5 p.m. manana and watch the one with the most votes by then.

Quizzo News and Notes

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-The Evil Empire is expanding! JGT to begin hosting quizzo at the Draught Horse (1431 Cecil B. Moore), near Temple’s campus, on Monday, November 5th at 8 p.m. More details to come next week.

-As for the MyFoxPhilly quizzo: the first two shows were kind of trial runs to give us a chance to improve it and work out the kinks. We’ll have a new one up soon, as soon as we can get a few things put together. If anyone has any suggestions, please make them below. Here’s what we’re working on: constructing a scoreboard to see how you do against the other players, getting prizes for the high scorers, and a few other wrinkles that we’re kind of keeping under wraps for now. I think we’re on a good track, now we wanna take it to the next level.

-Good quizzo tonight for both the casual player and the hardcore quizzoite: the title at Good Dog (15th and Locust) is wide open, as there is currently no dominant team. If you wanna test your mettle against the big dogs, go to the Bards (20th and Walnut) and go up against the Sofa Kingdom and the Hurtin’ Bombs, two of the toughest teams on the quizzo circuit.