Archive for August 31st, 2005

This Evening: Dogs, Daughters, No Big Whup

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

>>> 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 [...]

ATTN: THOSE WHO LIKE TO ROCK

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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

Readers Write: Racist Bias In Katrina Coverage?

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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 - [...]

Captain Freeshit: Let’s Go See Xiu Xiu!

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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 [...]

Northern Liberties: Umm, Can The White People Get A Little Help Over Here? Hmm?

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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 [...]

Pressler’s Miscellany, RIP

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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 [...]

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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