The Newsstand Association of Philadelphia

The Newsstand Association of Philadelphia (NAP) was formed by newsstand owners to provide solidarity and support for each other, while providing a much needed service for the general public and business community.

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IDEALIZATION OF YOUTH

I recently visited the downtown Barnes & Noble store to loiter around its music magazine section. So many of the covers were honoring The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Elvis Costello et.al... acts that saw their heydays a half-century ago!
But what was really weird to me is that most of the images of these giants of entertainment were ones taken of them fifty years ago, when these guys were in their pristine youth. (The exceptions were Costello and The Stones.)
It's funny to me how the Baby-Boomer Generation has been celebrated for helping greatly in pushing the envelope for respect and equality to be given to people of all skin tones, all ethnics, all sexual preferences, etc.
But the idealizations of Youth are still placed at the top of the social totem pole.
Paul McCartney has gotten a lot of flak over not being to sing the way he used to... though the dude is now EIGHTY!
But McCartney, himself, asks for this blowback: What's he doing still playing humongus arenas? Why can't he play smaller venues? Tickets would not only cost a lot less, it would also be an actual musical show instead of "An Event!"... to see one of The friggin' Beatles... before he keels over.
The Stones play this ridiculus game too; charging outlandish prices to us plebes so as to witness Mick Jagger run around on some mind-boggling glitzy stage like he was 25 (he's actually 79).
Why can't The Rolling Stones cool down the dopey theatrics a bit and just play shows of a more intimate, and aesthetically satisfying persuasion?
Trust me, it will still be rock and roll.
Expecting senior citizens to act like the teenagers they once were is like demanding that black Americans still be cast as butlers and maids in films and theater the way they were... eons ago!

Jeffrey Slotnikoff

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THE CITY IS COMING BACK

The return of Comcast employees to the office signals a noteworthy moment in Philadelphia’s pandemic recovery, bringing thousands of people back into Center City after more than two years of working from home. Comcast employees’ return “is a significant impact,” said Paul Levy, president of the Center City District. “It’s great they’ve come back. It’s important to set the standard” for other employers.