I got up bright and early to vote, lungs filled with the righteous air of freedom. Lockingmy door, I noticed my neighbor sitting on his stoop with suitcases. It looked like maybe he was getting thrown out, waiting for a cab. As if there wasn’t enough anxiety out there already. I felt terrible for him. [...]

Philebrity needs you to know something: Are you ready? It’s this:

>>> Well, for one, we suppose you could go to Hollerween, the mischief-night installment of Hollertronix, but know this in advance: You’re gonna have to dodge art school graf kids who’ll wanna break a Steel Reserve bottle on your face to prove they’re hard, art school hard, as well as innumerable Margot and Richie Tenenbaum [...]

Now look at what those mean old Quakers are doing now: Harassin’ the former Miss Arkansas (1958!!!), who, yeah, does sound a little batty. How’d they twist her up so bad? With old-man porn! And pamphlets! And truly horrendous fashion advice.
Daily News: Knockin’ Boots With Bill Killed My Quaker Career
Related: The Official [...]

Ah, that brisk autumn air, those falling leaves, and the accompanying City Paper/Philly Weekly shuffle. Besides Duane Swierczynski finally taking Howard Altman’s ed-in-chief seat, it also looks like PW’s Mike Newall is now switch-hittin’ for CP. (Not to be outdone, PW takes a swipe at Newall’s, uh, what? Mannish good looks and sexy Brooklyn accent? [...]

Little birdies tell us the following: Sometime in the last few weeks, Bob Dylan agreed to be interviewed on NPR, presumably to once and for all demonstrate the sound of one hand clapping. But his agreement came with a proviso: He wanted the interview to be conducted by Inky music scribe Tom Moon, who, sure [...]

Just when you thought there wasn’t a piece of shit left to sling, the election starts happening. Silver lining: At least, for once, Philly is corrupt for the right side.
Eugene, OR Register-Guard: Huh?
Inky: Surrogates Trotted Through Philly. On Spikes!

This dude missed Cute Boy Alert by this much. Check out him and Royalty as they go nuts with references to bones, Jesus and grass. Not for those with an aversion to the mellow.
Adam Arcuragi & Royalty: “Dog Is Dead Amen”

I keep staring at this graphic, man, and it’s kind of blowing my mind. I mean, look at that arc: Is the world getting more uncool, or less uncool? I mean, because if this means that less people are shopping at, like, Old Navy, that’s good, right? Because, like, Old Navy clothes make you look [...]

Sorry, Karen. Usually, your stuff is heartwarming, well-thought out, and generally nice to read, and we know it’s Jude Law and all, and we are certainly not prudish and don’t expect you to be, but lady, it’s the paper of record. Keep it in your pants.
Inky: OMG! OMG! JUUUUUUDE!

Cigarette-Burned Dog Capture’s The Area’s Heart; Local News Executives “Stoked”
While it’s one thing to know that Channel 6 news was pretty much created to do stories on pitbulls horribly, cruelly burned by total fucking dicks, it’s far another to actually catch such a story. And man, these guys are right: I moaned all the way [...]

The first in a series, with deep homage and love for all those who went before. This week’s cute boy is Art Andrews, WPRB DJ, doctoral student and immaculately cool dresser. He digs The Electric Prunes, Gary Glitter and Minor Threat; he also likes to write reviews of breakfast cereal on MySpace. He is [...]

But you’ll still love free beer.

Apparently, singles are still reeling from the pheremones Bill Clinton released into the atmosphere on Monday. To wit:
Craigslist: Where are all the cute boys who were at the Kerry rally?
Craigslist: Missed connection: Love Park Rally coincidence…
Craigslist: You: Black suit, green-blue tie, white hair, shaking hands and smiling.

10:01PM: “I’m learning about my SEXUAL SELF!” Vonda discovers that it’s high time she started acting like she wasn’t a total ice queen with a thing for lameass white dudes.
10:03 PM: What the hell is MJ’s tattoo hiding? A pentagram? His redneck serial number?
10:04 PM: Jones appears for no reason whatsoever. Melanie: still lame.
10:05 [...]

This guy pretty much altered the aesthetic course of the Western world. For the better. Here’s a bit of what he left behind:
Peel Sessions: The Fall Link via Stereogum
Guardian Obit

You still haven’t gone to see the Bo Bartlett show at PAFA. It’s up through November 14th.
Bo Versus The Ramones (To Stink, To Cheat, To Torture)

Stare mistily into the fire as you and your sweetheart gather around the radio and contemplate the blunted sounds of Dalek.
Dalek on WPRB (Keeping Score At Home)

Our man on the scene reports:
Thousands of white people took to the streets of Center City Monday to witness the greatest stump of them all. That’s right, slick Willy Clinton was in town to lend his support in the final days of John Kerry’s presidential campaign. Most people arrived promptly at 10AM only to learn [...]

We’ve been to Grace a few times now, and for that reason alone, we must surmise that it has to be good — no one in their right mind treks all the way up to 23rd and South just to dawdle, dig? In any case, you also may not know that it has some of [...]