>>> Two chances to see Dr. Dog and The Teeth tonight: First, at the Philadelphia Weekly’s concert series in Rittenhouse Square after work, and then tonight at The North Star. Both, it turns out, are free! But definitely not beard-free, if you dig, heheheh…
>>> Why are you looking at a computer? What is wrong with [...]

Up to the minute lineup, etc. after the jump. Get psyched.

A friend of mine just sent me 2 AP photos with captions that break the New Orleans tragedy down into simple black and white terms. The arrows are added for emphasis. [Click to view at full size.]
Photo 1 – a white couple wading through water with bread they ‘found’
in a flooded grocery store.
Photo 2 – [...]

OK, rockers! Heyday Entertainment and The North Star Bar want you to go see the we-still-believe-in-arty-indie-rock event of this Indian Summer! Tomorrow night, the one and only Xiu Xiu is playing at the North Star, with Yellow Swans, Nedelle and Porktamer. You know the drill. Email to tips [at] philebrity [dot] com and you could [...]

The People Paper reports on how, despite one of the city’s swiftest-ever gentrifications, buoyed by a real estate speculation game that would have given Lewis & Clark themselves boners, Northern Liberties still has things about it that make it, in addition to an urban dream of intermingled artists and breeders, kind of a shady shithole.
Even [...]

Tucked into the end of this morning’s Miscellany ó Jessica Pressler’s Weekly savaging of Rittenhouse ne’er-do-wells ó†you’ll find the following scarlet missive:
This will be our last Miscellany. Thanks so much to all of the wonderful (and jerky) Presslerazzi who plied us with tips during the two years we wrote this column, and wrote [...]

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>>> Hard to believe that it’s been two ever-lovin’ years since Sex Dwarf first delivered itself from the sky with its curious mix of gay boys, goth-lite types, hipsters, neomaxizoomdweebies and burnouts. But baby, you better believe it. Head on down to Fluid as Pussy Galore and Robert Drake blow out those spooooky red candles.
>>> [...]

Jon Solomon has been a DJ on WPRB for so long that it kind of hurts to think about. As that station’s stalwart and the CEO of My Pal God Records, he’s kind of the closest thing the Philly indie rock scene has to a John Peel. And true enough, tomorrow, he celebrates his 100th [...]

Here at Philebrity, we believe each one of us are special. Like snowflakes. Or DNA. That’s why we are pleased to announce the latest Philebrity Weekender event: The First Annual Philebrity Weekender Talent Show. Can you juggle dildos? Breathe fire into your cel phone? Maybe even just do an awesome rendition of “The Aristocrats”? Well, [...]

Hey, if we didn’t know better, we’d swear The Spinto Band had a publicist or something. Each new day seems to bring a curious new story or rave, and today, friends, is just another day. Dig the following two artefacts: One, as a college friend follows the Spinto on their tuneful blitzkrieg of the [...]

True, it may not be quite as fugly as the aluminum-strips Ben Franklin that watches over 676, and it may not pack the idiotic wallop of the giganticized board game pieces at the Municipal Building across from City Hall, but damn it if Roy Lichtenstein’s Brushstroke Group isn’t seriously, ridiculously stupid and ugly. (Pictured here [...]

>>> Hit The Deck: It’s back, baby, rocking full Dan The Swede-power at the controls. And seriously: How many summer jumpoffs are really left? Get thee done and quickly!
>>> Chris PowPow of Need New Body also drops a rare DJ set at Johnny Brenda’s. We just like saying PowPow. PowPow.

Faye Flam ó it’s gotta, gotta, gotta be a pen name ó†drops the knowledge about why sluts are sluts, pee-pees are pee-pees and why that’s okay:
It’s possible the female sluts of the world have had a rough time of it since the paleolithic. But if these new ideas turn out to be true, we owe [...]

True confession time: When the Philebrity robots walk down the street, ‘lo it is true that we hold our heads high. But some things never change, and got-damn if we are not still afraid of teenagers. Why are their t-shirts so big? Don’t they know that you can buy cell phones that don’t beep everytime [...]

>>> Embargo schmembargo, there’s units to move! One reader writes: “Retailers in the Gallery are selling the new Kanye West CD Late Registration †now. Somebody broke the August 30th embargo. I saw it there.” Ooooh, I’m tell-linnnn’!
>>> Meanwhile, Spinto Band get the nod from… MSNBC? Like whoa. Dig the Castle Dracula press photo!
>>> Are you [...]

At the reception at the Italian-American Club on Haverford Avenue near 66th Street, the bride and groom both put on biker vests.
The bride wore a denim vest that read “Property of Tack” over her wedding dress, and the groom put his “colors” on over his tux.
By early afternoon, authorities estimated close to 80 Pagans had [...]

Friday:
>>> We were scratching our heads about this one for a little while, too, but we went through the acrhives, and we got it straight: It’s improv comedy that we hate. Sketch comedy, on the other hand ó where you don’t have to take a roll and pretend like it’s a telephone ó is alright. [...]

Only Shai Halperin’s dentist knows for sure. Yesterday, the lead singer of The Capitol Years sat down to see how many Philly band names he could jam into one tune. It went well. He penned the tune, recorded it and mixed it. His grand tally? 35 band names! Not bad. And come to think of [...]

>>> PGW: Sucks to be you. [WPVI]
>>> Mark Allen Hughes to poor folks in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods: Get the hell out. [America's Hometown]
>>> And somebody around the office better get the damn “Will T.O. Get Booed?” Pool going already! There’s money to be made, people! [700 Level]