Some folks at the American Journalism Review seem to think so, if only because, well, there’ll be no one left in the newsroom. Which kind of makes sense when you think about it.
Sure circulation is down, and the ad climate isn’t robust. But putting out an inferior product ó and that’s [...]

dr philebrity-
†i NEED to know- are cowboy boots in?
love always,
strappy larry!
Larry, here’s the deal, even though your question is obviously fake and you’re doing a little self-hating hipster-baiting on your coffee break at the tattoo shop. Boots on women are always hot, pretty much. So even though the cowboy boot thing may be going into [...]

>>> How our own Julie G. got to be 45 years old and still have an ass that fine is anybody’s guess. But our bet states that she’s done it primarily by sucking the blood of rail-thin hipster boys and distilling discarded elements of her record collection into fine, mercurial liquid bocaine (a mutant strain [...]

Let us now turn our attentions to Philadelphia Weekly’s latest foray into the hot-blooded blogosphere, Beanie Blog. An exhaustive and frequently updated blog devoted to nothing but Beanie Sigel’s retrial for attempter murdah, Steve Volk mires through the legalese and hassle of having to be in a smelly courthouse so we/you don’t have to. Which [...]

Dear friends,
You are receiving this email because you are friends with, or have once been in the company of a very special woman named Uzoamaka. As you may already know, Uzo was trying her hardest to get US citizenship, and was following all of the necessary steps to do so, including paying hefty legal fees.†In [...]

For real, it’s hard to find a track on this record that isn’t at once impressive in its craft and deeply lovable on a sensual level; you don’t even need to skip around to sing its virtues, you can just go down the track list in order.
Aww, we’s so proud, fellas. To Q-Jam and Mickey [...]

Church to Grand Jury: Oh no, yes, we were quite serious, yes, very serious indeed… about essentially running a child molester cover-up ring.
…Krol, who served as archbishop from 1961 to 1988, and Bevilacqua, who served from 1988 to 2003, left abuser priests in parishes where they had access to children, or reassigned them to other [...]

Dr. Philebrity,
†
I have a two-parter arising from last Fridays Making Time:
After the jump, perhaps the greatest Dr. Philebrity session of all time. Subjects discussed: Hardcore and its after-effects, Neil Diamond, the art-vs.-commerce conundrum, why people suck and why it’s goood to sleep with the drummer.

Well, God bless ‘em, the Philadelphia Weekly is already all over this shit like white on rice. Leaked memos, buyout options and like whoa, it all seems to be adding to a new double-A-side single called “Don’t Let The Door Hit You In You In The Ass” b/w “So You Wanna Be A Blog ‘N’ [...]

Woo, this is gonna be good one. As some of you may have already noticed, tonight at Stay Loose at The Khyber, Philebrity is proud to host a screening of Finisterre: A Film About London By Paul Kelly & Kieran Evans, presented and soundtracked by Saint Etienne. It’s a beautiful film. Haunting an eclectic mix [...]

What with slain Hallahan girl Kayla Peter dangerously close to becoming the new Daniel Faulkner ó†a fetishized totem of Philly’s on-and-off-again class wars that angry white working class folks can run up the flagpole as a symbol of just how much they don’t care about us ó†it’s no surprise that even with tons of media [...]

>>> Is Lauryn Hill a fan of Saucony rock darlings Hail Social? We bet she likes their ill na-na’s. [Dan Gross, 3rd item]
>>> Lil’ Kim takes the Chinatown bus… to jail! [DN]
>>> And tell the truth: How psyched are you that you didn’t get picked for Beanie jury duty? [DN]

Hi there,
We want to apologize for this past Friday night at the Mansion.
And thank you for your support by leaving and not giving any more of
your dollars to The Mansion!
Mark and I were getting some bad vibes from management of the Mansion
last month.
So we were not surprised when they pulled that stunt. I did not [...]

Oooh, baby, baby, it’s a wild world. When Lil’ Kim got ganked for perjury and conspiracy earlier this year, we bet the last thing on her mind was how close her prison cell would be to Brave New World. But as it turns out, she’s going to be very very close, thank you very much. [...]

Ladies love him, dudes adore him. And when ex-Cute Boy Alert (and bassist in The Wrist And Pistols) William Pym starts flipping out about a new band, errrrrbody better start listening. And here is what Pym has to say about Hot Chip, who play at the First Unitarian Church tonight with another one of our [...]

This weekend, Angelo Yap was everywhere you wanted to be. And he’s got the pictures to prove it. Friday night, Angelo hit up Making Time at Pure (confidential to Pure bartenders: okay, we get it, you’re not exactly psyched to be serving straight, or even semi-straight, people); Saturday, he kicked it hard with us at [...]

Leon Logothetis, a television
documentarian, began quite a different kind of travel journey Sunday morning.
Leon started a trip today that he is filming for his documentary
“Amazing Adventures of a Nobody.” He is traveling from Times Square
to the Hollywood sign on only $5 a day. This adventurous journeyman
is allowed to have things [...]

From: Lord Whimsy
Date: Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:49:35 PM US/Eastern
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: WHIMSY GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Friends and fellow rascals:
I’ve just heard from my trusty skipjack agents: the deal has been closed, at long last. What might this mean, you ask?
Mr. Johnny Depp has officially bought the film rights to my book. I sign next week.
Those [...]

This just in:
Actor SYLVESTER STALLONE will be a tragic widower in the forthcoming film ROCKY VI following the death of his screen wife ADRIAN.
The 59-year-old is currently in training to begin shooting the sixth part of the iconic boxing series - and the movie will open with ROCKY BALBOA grieving by his late wife’s [...]

Friday:
>>> Making Time at Pure with Tom Vek: Seriously, we are still hungover from last weekend. But we’re just calling it a wash. Partytrainsoldiers can do no less. Onward and upward.
>>> Meanwhile, Dungen returns to the First Unitarian Church with their Norse soundwaves and psychedelic mudplunder. Look into the eyes of the elf and see! [...]