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Police on my back

Since when do you get busted for playing a Clash tune?
Phillipe & Jorge hear unconfirmed reports that a taxi driver, in one of those Mideast countries run by hirsute sons of the dessert, was charged with being a terrorist, or infidel, or simply just a fan of oldies, for playing the Clash’s “Rock the Casbah” on his car radio.

By PHILLIPE & JORGE | April 27, 2006

Blowed up good

The old Jamestown Bridge is gonzo
We hope Jim Capaldi, director of the state Department of Transportation, doesn’t faint when he reads the following sentence.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 19, 2006

Jamestown loses its erection

The big blow-up could be a spectacle for the ages
Jamestown Bridge is falling down, falling down. Jamestown Bridge is falling down, my fair lady!

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 12, 2006

April fooled

Channel 10 bites on the bogus ’BRU “sale”
Although your superior correspondents don’t know how many people were sucked in by WBRU’s April Fools’ Day joke, the biggest dupes had to be the newsies at NBC-10.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 07, 2006

Talk of which town?

Weldon boogies at Scorsese’s Upper East Side pad
Phillipe & Jorge were lolling in the hot tub the other day, frozen Pernod and grapefruits in hand, perusing the March 27 issue of The New Yorker , when P. suddenly let out a scream.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 29, 2006

Trump at the Dump

The Donald’s minions talk smooth in Johnston
How exciting that Johnston got a taste of the “Trump Magic” Monday night as the mighty capitalist icon with the ludicrous hairdo sent his management team into deepest Vo Dilun, trying to convince the folks there that what they need is a “major destination casino.”

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 22, 2006

Bang the drum slowly

Big losses in the Biggest Little
A staggering week-plus of losses in the Biggest Little.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 15, 2006

Stepping in it

Brown shows how not to build one’s war chest
You’re doing a heckuva job, Brownie.

By | March 08, 2006

Scott MacKay, superstar

The Providence Newspaper Guild Follies hits the high notes
You can take it from these longtime observers of the Providence Newspaper Guild’s annual Follies: Scott MacKay’s performance as co-emcee stole the show this year.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 18, 2006

Do the Donald

Trump’s entry raises the casino sweepstakes
Now that The Donald has emerged as the bankroller of a proposed casino in deepest Johnston — and wouldn’t the landfill be wonderful as a site, symbolic in so many ways — it’s time to get into full Trump mode.

By | February 23, 2006

Hunting with Cheney

It’s no surprise that “Big Time” poses a danger to others
That Dick “Sure Shot” Cheney lacked a necessary stamp for shooting quail when he accidentally plugged one of his hunting buddies sounds about right.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 16, 2006

Chafee protects his liberal flank

His vote against Alito is better late than never
US Senator Linc Chafee — in the ideological hot seat, as always — had to make another tough strategic decision, deciding to vote against confirming Judge Samuel Alito.

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 01, 2006

Tough time for Cheney

The Veep is being punished for his misdeeds
If the national media give attention to the totally demented ravings of the Christian Coalition’s ludicrous God-botherer Pat Robertson — most recently about Ariel Sharon — the Associated Press should pick up this following news.

By | January 18, 2006

Happy Hollandaise

Bidding good night to 2005
Schwarzenegger, torture, cocaine, and college: it must be Christmas.

By | January 07, 2006

More of the same

Let’s pray for an awakened public in 2006
There's a story that famed author P.G. Wodehouse — aged, ill, and confined to his bed — woke up one morning, opened his eyes, and said, “Not again !”

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 06, 2006

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