As the traffic agent who had both of her legs broken when she was run down while issuing a ticket to a double parked car recovers, the local priest of the man accused of doing it is coming out to defend him. Anthony Grullon has been charged with attempted murder for mowing down Sabrina Rosada and is being held on $100,000 bail. He was supposedly inside Heavenly Vision Christian Center in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx when he came rushing out to hop in his Ford Taurus. Grullon, who is 5'8" and 250 pounds, was caught on surveillance video racing out to his car. Robert Pinero, the pastor at Heavenly Vision, says that the collision must have been an accident. He told the Post, "This guy's like a big baby. Everybody loves him. I don't believe he meant to kill that officer. He was trying to flee from getting a ticket." Rosada is still in guarded condition at St. Barnabas Hospital, where her aunt says she is doing much better. more ›

Paramore Arrives One of our favorite albums of the year is by these girl-fronted teenage pop-punkers, and they were in town this week to headline their largest local show yet at Roseland Ballroom. It was the last show of a massive national tour, but you wouldn't know it seeing front woman Hayley Williams running around stage with the rest of her band. Paramore may not win any originality contests, but they've got more fire and... more ›

Gothamist is feeling a bit under the weather today, literally and figuratively, so we'll just get straight to it, if you don't mind: more ›

"My son, Russell Jones, passed away. To the public, he was known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, but to me, he was known as Rusty, the kindest, most generous soul on earth. I appreciate all the support and prayers that I have received. Russell was more than a rapper, he was a loving father, brother, uncle, and most of all, son."

We're not going to pretend we know where to begin with Ol' Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Old Dirty Bastard, Dirt McGirt, Osirus, Cyrus, Dirt Dogg, Big Baby Jesus, Unique Ason, Joe or Russell Tyrone Jones. However, new blog, tale of two cities (one person blogs from NY, the other from LA - get it?), has a review of ODB's CMJ performance ("unpredictable, terrible, amazing, hilarious, sad, depressing and miraculous") at the Bowery Ballroom Knitting Factory. It almost reads as a cautionary tale about drug use: "ODB was so high and drunk that it seemed like he would pass out any second. For minutes at a time, he just stood in the center of the stage and stared straight ahead to the back of the crowd, not moving or saying anything." Plus, there's a fat dude rapping AND sucking a woman's breasts on stage. Thanks, TOTC, Gothamist feels like we were there!
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