Serious, now: Our pal Angelo Yap is everywhere these days. Herewith are his photographs from Saturday’s Making Time with The Rapture. Twilight-licious.
Flickr: Yap Snaps Making Time 10/22/05 [Slideshow]
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Shortly after returning from a two-day, self-imposed, hospital stay, embattled City Councilman Rick Mariano called a friend.
On his radio show, that is.
“He sounded tired,” said Councilman Frank Rizzo, host of a Saturday afternoon talk show on WPEN (950-AM). “He didn’t sound like the Rick we all know.”
Reports are unconfirmed at press time whether or not [...]

>>> Tune into WHYY today from 5-8pm as Team Philebrity mans the phones for the big beg. Oh, like you need a reason to throw these folks some dough? OK, we’ll give you a few. Marty Moss-Coane! Terry Gross! JOEL ROSE!
>>> On Monday, we’ll be dropping the next installment of Erik Bader’s True Jersey. Did [...]

Friday:
>>> After a too-long hiatus, TESTIFY! returns to Silk City, and Lord, you know we lovey-dovey. Russ Alexander and Michael Lo drop the deep stone soul grooves, and be careful because going out into the rain all sweaty like that could definitely bring you the grippe.
>>> When is beard not beard? Freakwater-ish The Fence Bells [...]

[..] Their name comes from singer-songwriter Matt Pond and the state of Pennsylvania, where he used to reside before moving to New York. You have to admit it’s a bold move, naming your band after what threatens to be the least rocking state in the U.S.A. Although Pennsylvania has produced plenty of badass icons over [...]

>>> How to write a piece on Death Cab For Cutie without actually admitting you hate them and want them to die… in just three easy steps! [Inky] (Sidenote: We just noticed this piece was a year old, and somehow running today on the Philly.com front page. Archive-a-riffic!)
>>> Attn. Philadelphia booking agents: Why the fuck [...]

But on the other hand, that t-shirt actually makes Rove look kind of svelte! [Props to Moran's Morass]
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By now, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about Rick Mariano’s brush with permanent Bud Dwyer status ó that is to say, dude totally lost it, almost fatally. And now come the questions and spin: Was he actually suicidal? Is this a crooked ploy for sympathy? Is he pondering a run for [...]

>>> You could always go see The Roots at City Hall with Fishbone, Pepper’s Ghost, Rich Medina and more. But thing about that is, well, like anything to do with City Hall, shit is fucked up and sold out and you have to go here to sign up for a “waiting list.” But if you [...]

Let there be no mistake: “Oh Mandy” by The Spinto Band is quite possibly the greatest song by a Philadelphia band since “Nanny In Manhattan.” (Much love to MarathonPacks for that one, btw.) Before that, it’s kind of all Hooters and Robert Hazard, as the truly most galling thing about our Philly indie heritage is [...]

Dear Mom,
Living in Philadelphia is great! My professors all seem really cool, and I wanted to thank you again for the Target gift certificate. Everybody in English Comp thought my “Where’s The Beef?” shirt was retro and really funny, especially when I told them I was a vegetarian. (LOL) Anyway, I wanted to email you [...]

Jenice Armstrong discovers the phrase “man-crush” and wild idea that men can crush on/idolize other men:
I heard it for the first time last week on NBC’s “The Today Show.”
Well, I suppose that’s better than learning about it out the streets.
DN: Boys Who Like Boys Who Dig Boys Who Like Girls
Bonus Round: A Little More Faye [...]

[..] Tower-bound Franz Ferdinand [*1] caught Fiery Furnaces at First Unitarian before their Upper Darby gig, as well as hitting the 700 Club for a nightcap. After their show, FF hit the Waterford [*2] until 1 a.m. ó grooving to a Queen “Fat Bottom Girls” sing-along while Freddie Mercury-toothed singer Alex K chatted up the [...]

It is hard to tell
what is up with Long Green Hour
but damn it looks rad.
“Long Green Hour” at Morris Arboretum, 7-9pm. Free. Info and directions at ICA Phila.
Me and Julie’s dad
talked for a while about
meats at her pool party.
Driz Horse, upstairs at The Khyber. AJ Ready Write and Julie G. play music from the genre [...]

Oh grasshopper, the pathway to the spacefields of the collective consciousness is narrow. Many fall to the wayside; fewer still can navigate to the icy fortress of peace without forgetting why they left in the first place. But Black Dice? It is Black Dice who walk the righteous mindroad. Listen to the wind on the [...]

>>> Have you taken a moment to peruse the Philebrity iTunes Store? That big red block at the top right! Click it! It may be the only place in the world where Jerry Blavat, Plastic Little and The Lilys can all bro down together. Plus, it’s pretty sweet that we get a nickel every time [...]

[Police Officer Kenneth] Wallace, a 31-year-old Muslim, has asked for an arbitration hearing to challenge the department’s 1/4-inch limit on the length of beards. Muslim city workers sued Philadelphia, the fifth-largest U.S. city, beginning in February to challenge grooming and dress codes they claim violate their rights to religious expression.
“The Philadelphia community has a very [...]

Phillies relief pitcher Ugueth Urbina has been questioned about his role in a bloody brawl Sunday on family property in Venezuela, according to newspaper reports.
The incident occurred after a welcome-home party for the pitcher. Urbina went out to eat, then returned about 2 a.m. with several people to the farm in the town of Ocumare [...]

And never let it be said that it was for anything but totally JV (that’s “junior varsity,” bucko) shit. According to the DN, after being part of a pay-to-play city government since time immemorial, the Councilman has been nabbed on letting some steel company pay off his credit card debts. Which, you know, in the [...]

>>> There’s a mass text message going around that goes a little something like this:
All rise. The Melange returns with coughing, sneezing and runny noses. Bring some tea. DJs Dryw, Mickey Walker and Gabe (aka DJ Funk #49, Challah, et al).
What it doesn’t say is that this is at The 700 and that this will [...]