>>> Oh, sweet Illadelph justice! You know that FX show “Starved”? It sucked and it got the axe. However, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” gets picked up for another season. Boo-ya! [CNN]
>>> “Ghost Of Broad Street”-scribe and friend to Whitaker Bruce Buschel said to be working on a magazine piece/book about “The New Philadelphia.” And [...]

Oh man. Right now, I am sitting in this coffee shop, and all around me, everyone is m-e-l-l-o-w. Dudes doin’ spreadsheets, some lady studying for the GRE’s and the drum circle brahs just left to go play hackey sack in the foothills of their minds. ‘Cos it’s beautiful outside today and shit. Everybody’s happy, the [...]

And yo, while you’re behind the bar, can I get a NASDAQ-uri?
With the change in direction, Tasty’s new symbol will be NASDAQ: TSTY, effective Oct. 21.
Or Ms. Jackson if you’re nasty.
PBJ: TSTY 420 USA!

Funny shit happens when you ride the El with a camera phone. Yesterday, we peeped the too-funny for words Solomon Jones Verizon ad, and today, well, you see it: SEPTA’s new ad campaign, which has switched in tone considerably. To wit:
THEN
Ad Campaign: “We’re Getting There”
Era: Early to late ’90s
Subtle Message: “Bitch, don’t even look at [...]

The wizards over at The People Paper have done it again. As word leaks out about the monstrosities that await us in Rocky VI ó whoops, it’s called Rocky Balboa ó the DN stokes the old-guy jokes by, well, just look at that cover. Well done, lads. Stalberg would be proud. Maybe.
DN: Don’t Call It [...]

>>> Oh me oh my this might be your one and only chance to ever see The Hairy Fairy Band ó that is, the musical groop that breathes life into Cripple Crow, the new album by Devendra Banhart. And we’re not even like big hippy dippy fans of “Dev,” as he is known in the [...]

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) — General Zod launched his 2008 Presidential bid yesterday, greeted by a crowd of over 25,000.
“I am General Zod!” he bellowed, surveying the masses. “Listen to me, people of the Earth! Today I bring a new order to your planet! Your lands, your homes, your possessions, your very lives — all of [...]

Spotted on the Spring Garden el platform. What they don’t tell you is, well, see that notebook? Dude totally doodles Dashboard Confessional lyrics in there, like, all day.
Related: JonesWorld!

PHILADELPHIA - The bar is packed, the floor is wet, and dozens of glassy-eyed young people are squeezed around tables trying to lob Ping-Pong balls into cups of beer.
[...] A beer pong tournament this month at Finneganís Wake, a bar in Philadelphia. Some bars have beer pong leagues and keep baseball-like statistics.
“It’s awesome,” said Chris [...]

As we predicted, Friday night’s first-ever PalarÈ was intense and seriously quite possibly the feel-good event of the monsoon. A quick thanks to Roy Batty/TT Creed/Julia Factorial and Rory from Trash UK for hooking it up so sweetly. The PalarÈ crew have retained T.O.’s agent (he likes Erasure, who knew) and are currently in negotiations [...]

Asked a few years ago what he thought his greatest achievement had been, Mr. Bacon replied: “Philadelphia.”
And he was not bullshitting. Philebrity mourns the passing of a truly monumental and inspiring Philadelphian. If by some strange stroke of fate you are not aware of Mr. Bacon’s feats of civic daring, we heartily encourage you to [...]

Friday:
>>> Ok, so here’s the story: This week, Philebrity turned a year old. And the thing about being one year old? You shit all over the place and every time the wind blows, you have a crippling anxiety attack and it’s all you can do to howl and weep to the heavens. So naturally, we [...]

>>> J-Live wonders: Is a lukewarm Pitchfork review more like a fish, or a bicycle? [Pitchfork]
>>> Like OMG! The People Paper speaks PalarÈ! [DN, 3rd item]
>>> And finally, J-Press: She’s left the building, but her obsessive freak anti-fanbase remains. On Missed Connections, that is. [craigslist]

If you are among the very young at heart, you’ll remember this whole Danz Jerzinand thing we’ve been doing. Well, tonight is the big show, and we are happy to report… we have some winners! Alison Hastings! Katherine Blumm! Monika Bullette! Yan Xuan! Michael Smith! Come on down! Meet us at The Waterford for pre-game [...]

But sadly, his blow dryer does not.
Wilbur Mills: What do you think of philebrity? Isn’t he a wuss for not taking comments online?
Michael Klein: Let’s see. Joey surely will cut-and-paste whatever I say, and turn it into something preciously snarky…. Philebrity is the very best.
Inky: Rappin’: This Movie Had To Happen
PhiladelphiaWillDo: Willlll-burrrr!

NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Jessica Waltz, a bartender at Ten Stone, Philadelphia, won the U.S. National Title for her Belgian beer pouring prowess in the Stella Artois Draught Master competition, held recently in New York, NY. Waltz, 28, who lives in Philadelphia, will now go on to represent the U.S. and compete [...]

>>>First it was creepy fake bro/sis pairings, and now it’s fake mom and dad. Tonight at the Khyber Vivian Sarratt and Ed Hallas bring their punk pop project Mommy and Daddy to the stage. $6. 8pm. It’s a robot disco dance party. Get into it. Upstairs get all junior high with our friends Jam [...]

Oh, yes, they’re the darlings of the Arthur set, but don’t let your lack of beer belly or original pressings of Dead C records stop you from loving the best brother/sister band since Gene Loves Jezebel, The Fiery Furnaces. A groop that uses both of the o’s, the Furnaces are the sweetest kind of [...]

“Here’s your favorite part,” one crows, crouching behind a chess player whose back is split open to reveal his spinal cord. Her friend ambles over, Timberlands clunking heavy with each step, and kneels beside her. “Duuude, you are messed up,” he snorts. She’s pointing at the plastinate’s asshole.
Seriously. We had no idea there [...]

Just a quick shout-out for everybody who came out to the Philebrity Huckabuck/My Morning Jacket show last night. A good time was had by all, and my God there was some serious hair in that room. A quick programming note: We’ll be moving offices over the next few days, as well as drinking ourselves into [...]