Comments on: Return of the Freelancer http://www.turkeymonkey.com/2005/01/30/return-of-the-freelancer/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:02:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: gwynne http://www.turkeymonkey.com/2005/01/30/return-of-the-freelancer/#comment-173 gwynne Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.turkeymonkey.com/?p=118#comment-173 Great profile Ted. Nice to see you're back in the saddle. I'm not sure what this has to do with anything, but I just learned that Kevin Bacon's dad was a major city planner in Philly. Did everyone know this but me? Great profile Ted. Nice to see you’re back in the saddle.

I’m not sure what this has to do with anything, but I just learned that Kevin Bacon’s dad was a major city planner in Philly.

Did everyone know this but me?

]]> By: Ted http://www.turkeymonkey.com/2005/01/30/return-of-the-freelancer/#comment-174 Ted Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.turkeymonkey.com/?p=118#comment-174 G-money, so glad you asked! Yes, I met Ed Bacon a few years back, when I was working at the City Paper. He's one of the nuttiest, coolest people I've crossed paths with in this city. At the time he was all bent out of shape because John Street wanted to get rid of all the skateboarders in Love Park (you know, the one with the cheesy Love statue and concrete walkways, just north of city hall). Anyway, the news editor at CP, Howard Altman, convinces 85-year-old Bacon that he should skateboard around Love Park as a protest. I have a very vivid memory of the dude teetering around the CP offices, laughing like the Ghost of Christmas Past. What's even more crazy is that he actually did it! They called a press conference and Bacon hopped on a skateboard, Altman and our production designer held each of his arms, and they "skated" around the park -- which is to say, they pulled him like one of those crippled dogs in a children's wagon. (Check out the pictures we got! <a href="http://citypaper.net/articles/2002-10-31/pretzel.shtml">http://citypaper.net/articles/2002-10-31/pretzel.shtml</a> What more?! Last year Bacon got in touch with the Penn Press because he was all bent out of shape about what has happening to Philly city planning. He'd been partially responsible for a lot of planning stuff in the '60s (which, sorry to say, ain't such a grand claim to fame), and he now wanted to publish a book denouncing the city's current notions of urban revitalization. Somehow he'd linked up with this kid from Wesleyan, who worshiped Bacon as an urban planner and skateboarder-rights advocate, and the two of them had cooked up what has to be THE WORST MANUSCRIPT I've ever seen. I felt kinds bad for the kid, who stopped by our office every other day to receive more and more bad news -- kind of like a dog in Kevin Stengle's house. Ultimately, rejected the book, Bacon lodged a formal protest with Judy Rodin (Judy friggin Rodin!), and we had to apologize to him -- and then reject him all over. Ahh, the memories. Sorry to go on so long, but he sure is a fun character. G-money, so glad you asked! Yes, I met Ed Bacon a few years back, when I was working at the City Paper. He’s one of the nuttiest, coolest people I’ve crossed paths with in this city. At the time he was all bent out of shape because John Street wanted to get rid of all the skateboarders in Love Park (you know, the one with the cheesy Love statue and concrete walkways, just north of city hall). Anyway, the news editor at CP, Howard Altman, convinces 85-year-old Bacon that he should skateboard around Love Park as a protest. I have a very vivid memory of the dude teetering around the CP offices, laughing like the Ghost of Christmas Past. What’s even more crazy is that he actually did it! They called a press conference and Bacon hopped on a skateboard, Altman and our production designer held each of his arms, and they “skated” around the park — which is to say, they pulled him like one of those crippled dogs in a children’s wagon.

(Check out the pictures we got! http://citypaper.net/articles/2002-10-31/pretzel.shtml

What more?! Last year Bacon got in touch with the Penn Press because he was all bent out of shape about what has happening to Philly city planning. He’d been partially responsible for a lot of planning stuff in the ’60s (which, sorry to say, ain’t such a grand claim to fame), and he now wanted to publish a book denouncing the city’s current notions of urban revitalization. Somehow he’d linked up with this kid from Wesleyan, who worshiped Bacon as an urban planner and skateboarder-rights advocate, and the two of them had cooked up what has to be THE WORST MANUSCRIPT I’ve ever seen. I felt kinds bad for the kid, who stopped by our office every other day to receive more and more bad news — kind of like a dog in Kevin Stengle’s house. Ultimately, rejected the book, Bacon lodged a formal protest with Judy Rodin (Judy friggin Rodin!), and we had to apologize to him — and then reject him all over.

Ahh, the memories. Sorry to go on so long, but he sure is a fun character.

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