>>> Hit it up after work: Cory Arcangel gives his (rather hilarious, we are told) “I Heart Garfunkel” lecture at 6pm at Temple Gallery, 45 N. Second St., free. Laser pointers and jewfros are very much involved in this event and if that won’t spread a big gay rainbow across your rainy Monday evening, I [...]

A massive thank you to everyone who came out to The Get Down on Friday night at Metro Lounge. It was seriously a blast ó so much so, in fact, that we’ll be back this and every Friday for the rest of the winter! No, seriously. So stay tuned for more news on a slightly [...]

>>> Be Careful Little Hands, R.I.P. Says bassist/Mill Creek booker Ben Morgan: “History keeps repeating itself, and again I have found myself devoted to a project with people whose level of dedication to making it succesful does not match my own.” Owie, chin up, bud.
>>> But wait! There is still room on the magic bus! [...]

Well, it looks like whosoever shall inherit the SteinStalker job is gonna have their work cut out for them. After a wild ride down Booze ‘n’ Pills ‘n’ Tax Fraud ‘n’ Fine Dining Lanes, the one and only Neil Stein is going to Federal pen for a year and a day. And the Inky reveals [...]

Now, what you have here is something you don’t see much of in the modern age: Good ol’ fashion goon-on-wuss small-town coppery. Seems that on Friday night, your pals and ours The Yah Mos Def were playing an old-style all-ages hardcore-type show in Williamstown, NJ. It seemed like it was gonna be a nice time: [...]

Friday:
>>> What can we tell you about The Get Down at Metro Lounge that we haven’t already? Oh, I know: THERE’S A STRIPPER POLE ON THE DANCE FLOOR. Not kidding. Also, for those of you that have never been, the upstairs at Metro is truly a sight to behold. Besides the main dance floor and [...]

Little birdies just blew our minds: According to music biz sources, The Spinto Band have just nabbed a £700,000 licensing deal from Virgin UK. Now, is this true? We don’t know, exactly, but assuming it is, the deal would probably look something like this. First off, in U.S. dough, that’s about $1.2 million, though with [...]

>>> MP3 blogophiles alert: Blackmail Is My Life is back (but yo, um, how about some mp3s, dude?) and The BM Rant is running for office and shit. [PhillyFuture]
>>> “WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QAEDA TERRORISTS THAN WITH ONE SINGLE AMERICAN” No, silly, it’s not the new Philebrity slogan! It’s just a [...]

Not a day goes by that we don’t lament the passing of our old podcast “Today’s Vibe.” The Vibe had it all: Bader, call-ins, Ramones tunes, and not least, the soothing, erudite and sexy baritone of Rick Flom. Well, the Vibe is gone forever, and we need to just get over that. But today we [...]

“I tell you, these are the safest schools in the world,” [Michael Lodise, president of the school police union] said. Then he added, “When you control the numbers, you can do anything.”
Damn, son. You gonna let the man bitch you like that? Or are you gonna meet him after school?
DN: Oh No You Di-int!

Did you see Vince Demiti interview with the police commissoner last night? The comish basically said there was nothing he could do, told people not to rely on police, and then (with the aid of some creative editing) seemed to invite a superhero to take up residence in the city.
It’s true. Dude has a [...]

>>> Paradise @ Key West is back, and sleazier than ever. Our buds Ron Morelli and Mike Trombley drop the deep, crazy sounds of gay nightlife yesteryear. You know: Chicago house, old electro and all of the other wild amyl nitrate dreams that people just don’t seem to have enough of anymore. Key West, meanwhile, [...]

But we have to admit: This is kind of a pisser.
Craigslist: All This Could Be Yours For $900K. Sike.
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What with New Jersey somehow managing to make itself an even shittier place to be in these last days, suddenly, many Philadelphians are asking, “Yo, what the fuck is up with OUR smoking ban?” Here at Philebrity, we see this as a keeping-up-with-the-Joneses of the worst kind. The logic of today’s Daily News editorial presumes [...]

Well, limp-dicked local news media, we hope you’re happy now. Philly’s Zoning Board declared yesterday ó by unanimous, sanctimonious and resume-building vote ó that South Street’s leading destination for flabby soccer mom anonymous trysts is no more. No, silly, we’re not talking about Greene Street Consignment! We’re talking about Club Kama Sutra. Those of you [...]

>>> “It’s a holy land for me.” Me too, Sly. That’s why I’m declaring jihad on your stupid movie unless you let Adrian live. [MetrobloggingPhiladelphia]
>>> “Funnily enough, I just don’t age; prettier I am than I was 10 years ago. How ya like that?” Seriously, Angelo. Do you even have to steal our vampire jokes? [...]

Operation Party Rescue is in effect, people, as we tell you in our best Geator yowlp that The Get Down at Metro Lounge is gonna be the soul-shaker, boyfriend-taker, girlfriend-flaker hot-breakiní-est party of the new bold year! Upstairs we got 60s soul and raw funk courtesy these brosheims: Kyle Miller (Intensified!), Manny (Bleached Black), Mike [...]

>>> How’s that Yah Mos Def tune go? “Free Major Taylor, and bring him up on war crimes…” Well, if you want to, um, free Major Taylor, you can get yours when his band, The Jai Alai Savant returns to The Khyber for the first time in a dog’s age. Also on the bill: Aquila [...]

So last week, there was a book party held for Lauren McCutcheon’s A Virgin’s Guide To Everything. It was at Matthew Izzo, and according to all reports, quite nice. So nice, in fact, that it merits its own link dump! Look:
TheTroubleWithSpikol: Maraschino Cherry Sunrise
Blinq: Blogging About The Blogger’s Book Party Blog
Dan Gross: Tamela Hollers [5th [...]

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? And as always, we’re looking for Dr. Philebrity questions and Cute Boy Alerts. Jeez, on a news day this slow, we’d even [...]