>>> The gracious men and women of Golden Ball take charge of Stay Loose, upstairs at The Khyber. Expect a melange of polyamory Branch Davidian Fishtown new-weird anthems. Translation: lots of T. Rex. Free, $2 Sparks and $1 High Lifes until midnight.
>>> Speaking of melanges, The Melange returns to 700 with a pretty cool evening, [...]

Something those of us in The Culture Industry keep near and dear to our hearts is the idea that it’s not nice to talk shop when the sheep, I mean, the kids are in the room. It makes them feel funny. Like maybe they’re just pawns in a big business game or something. That’s why [...]

Not sure if this is of any use as a story, but I was reading the NME in Borders the other day (it was the Live 8 special with a front cover featuring the one guy in U2 that doesn’t play an instrument, the ponce from the Killers and that guy who used to be [...]

Sundry Philebrity friends and staff either do or have lived in NoLibs over the last few years, and we’ve learned something that maybe other folks have not, and for newbies in the neighborhood, or tourists hoping to cop a feel of that tingly uneasy-gentrification vibe, we’re going to spell out for you: Watch your back [...]

Everyone and their mother reports this morning that ol’ swinger Rupert Murdoch has gotten his grubby lil’ hands on Myspace for a cool, cool $580 mil. This will no doubt lead to a barrage of annoying bulletin board posts in which all your friends announce to the world how they’ve been duped and that NPR [...]

Hey Jason! Tell these good people who you are.
I’m Jason Killinger. I play bass and sing in Birds of Maya, used to be Trauma Queens.
And you’re like Mr. Psychfreakout- redhashandabsinthejams, right?
Exactly! Well, I’d like to think so, but in reality I just drink Lionís Head and listen to Eagles records. But my favorite songs are [...]

You will never see Angelo Dominick Dominick Amorosi (known to you and I as A.D. Amorosi) and Willy Wonka in the same place at the same time.
Why?
They are one in the same.
Look at a picture of A.D., who has graduated to capital letters.
Now take a look at a still from the new movie.
See?
Hmm. We don’t [...]

Oh, yes. The trailer is out for Jennifer Weiner’s adapted Haagen Das Hollywood breakdown. Let the snarfing begin.
InHerShoesMovie.com: More Fun Than A Visit To Curves
Related: Jen’s Yum Yum Hideout

And so do dudes who like mercury-filled cock rings!
Before the viewing, Rieger and his colleagues hooked their test subjects to an arousal-meter of sorts. “It’s quite simple - we put a rubber band around the penis,” says Rieger. “It’s filled with mercury and that’s wired to hardware that goes into a computer.”
[Editor's Note: Yes, [...]

>>> Bain’s Deli at Liberty Place: getting more ass than a toilet seat, or if you prefer, more corned beef than a rabbi convention.
>>> Not to be outdone, there’s also the Sex Dwarf at Transit slide show that’s been making the rounds. This made us feel really dirty, but it also made us want to [...]

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In the cool shit happening in your own backyard dept: The good folks over at Philly’s new-ish label Hot Dog City Records want you to know about some snappy tunes they’re about to drop (like the proverbial bomb). After a bit of a hiatus, the HDC brings you new stuff from Krash the King [...]

Friday:
>>> Record release party for BC Camplight at Indre Studios, down in the heart of SoLibs. (Dig it: Mp3 lives here.) Ten bucks, all youse can drink, and Audible and Cynthia Mason round out the bill. South Philly people, go to this. The people at the Royal Tavern and Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar are sick [...]

Ask and ye shall receive: We asked for your Philebrity Mad Libs and you just blew our minds. You wanna know the crazy part? This one isn’t even the winner. The winner, and honorable mentions, after the jump.

Let’s kick out the jams, motherfuckers! Do you like FREAKING OUT? Do you have a secret, interstellar acid wench inside of you that wants nothing more than to SET THE CONTROLS TO PEIRCE THE HEART OF THE SUN? Oh, god, why are we even asking? Of course you do! That’s why Philebrity and R5 Productions [...]

The Posi Guy reports: It may come as no secret that I love me some sports. I spend most of my workday trying to get blood from stones at City Hall, and sports have always been my foot in the door in that regard. Can you believe Rick Mariano doesnít want to talk about Harry [...]

Well, knock us over with a self-hating feather! Robert Traynham, Director of Communications for Captain Fetus, I mean, United States Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) is out out out!
When asked how a gay man could speak for one of the nation’s most notorious homophobes, Traynham, left, protested that has “been with the Senator for eight [...]

>>> We know you’re wondering: Does Patton Oswalt exude the same magic in real life as he does on telly-vision? You can find out for your own damn self when VH-1’s Best Week Ever hits the stage at the TLA tonight. Oh wait, Patton won’t be there. But I bet some of those people know [...]

Yo, City Paper: You just blew a really funny idea with this whole City Paper mad libs thing, but you gave us an idea. But first, let’s analyze. Ok, so why is this so unfunny? It had all kinds of promise: as good premise (everybody loves mad libs), a decent base (mad libbing a story [...]

We’re not gonna lie to you: We are jocking Philth Magazine like it’s 1997 and our cousin is dating one of the Interpreters. Actually, we’re jocking them even harder than that. The design is sweet, the photography is awesome, and they actually make it look sometimes like good looking people actually live here. (This is [...]