Jim Carroll, People Who Died.
Poet, author, musician and eternally young punk idol, Jim Carroll, died of an apparent heart attack on Friday in New York. Carroll’s ex-wife, Rosemary Klemfuss, confirmed Carroll’s passing to Reuters today. He was 60.
Incredible heavy sadness.
Free Library to close 54 branches by October 2nd, 2009.
Unless budget funds are made available, all 54 branch locations of the Free Library in Philadelphia will close on October 2nd. Free Library released this statement late last week:
All Free Library of Philadelphia Customers,
We deeply regret to inform you that without the necessary budgetary legislation by the State Legislature in Harrisburg, the City of Philadelphia will not have the funds to operate our neighborhood branch libraries, regional libraries, or the Parkway Central Library after October 2, 2009. Even as we remain hopeful that the State Legislature will act and pass the enabling funding legislation, we wanted to notify all of our customers of this very possible outcome.
If you can help or want to learn more, visit Free Library’s Myspace as well as their Facebook site.
“Patriot” protester in DC yesterday.
Estimates for yesterday’s protest in D.C. put the crowd somewhere between 20,000 – 30,000 people. A far cry from ballpark estimates of 2 million that were predicted by 912.org and conservative columnist Michelle Malkin via her Twatter Twitter.
Not too long ago, I took a break from reading “the news” because it was making me feel like James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. After all the negative events from last week (including the Bellevue School system’s ban of President Obama’s address on September 8th), I’m having a hard time finding my happy place. Even in my own backyard.
Anyway, make sure you check back starting tomorrow (or even later today) as I’ve got a ton of stuff to lay on you that I’m sure you’ll dig. Meanwhile, I’m going to snap out of my funk by starting Happy Hour a little early today. Not only is it noon somewhere, it’s actually noon in Seattle right now. True story.
Posts will be slow today as I’m boozing working on redesigning the site. Thanks for your patience and stay tuned.
Cherrybombed.com is about the music and culture of the Pacific Northwest, as well as other cool happenings around the world. We also shine a spotlight on celebrities behaving badly. Here, you will find videos, low-brow artwork and images, and tattoos only a mother could hate.
If boozing was an olympic event, we would be on a box of Wheaties. If this all sounds familiar to you (and your mother), welcome home.
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