Poor baby. You missed the Thrilladelphia/Hancock St./Philebrity Block Party jawn back at the end of April and you didn’t even get a lousy t-shirt. Well, payback is a bitch, for this Saturday, NoLibs itself will become a living, breathing testament to the notion of “The Jumpoff.” As if the Liberty Lands Music Fest and The [...]

>>> It breaks our heart to tell you that tonight is the final installment of Julia Factorial’s long-running DJ night, Radio On! JF is moving outta town for a spell ‚Äî we here at Philebrity stand firm in our belief that everyone comes back to Philadelphia, eventually ‚Äî so get out to 700 and remember [...]

Now, don’t get us wrong, we love us some Beanie. Love him like a rock. The dude is unstoppable. Hulk smash and all that. And we mentioned this yesterday, but today the chatter continues: Why is Beanie’s shooting so damned mysterious? After all, if YOU got shot up, drove your own damn ass to the [...]

Imagine, if you can, that you are Cardinal Bevilacqua. You have inherited a grisly priests-raping-little-boys-in-the-ass scandal that’s at least 30 years old and still going on. The Christian thing to do is:
A. Voluntarily — not under threat of subpoena — turn over all relevant evidence to the District Attorney’s office, answer all their questions, [...]

>>> Blind item: Which guy who used to book The Trocadero who then went over to EFC/LiveNation to is now leaving said concern to book we-don’t-know-what? Oh, we give up already. It’s Jon Hampton. Festival bookings? Some other house? Sounds like errrrbody’s got a theory.
>>> Man Man, Bardo Pond, Jack Rose and the Sun Ra [...]

That wasn’t embarassing or anything. No, not at all.

And the [Philadelphia] Bar Association has forever been associated with the term “Philadelphia Lawyer.” The term actually predates the nation’s founding, having its origins in 1735 when Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton traveled to New York City to defend a poor printer, John Peter Zenger. Hamilton actually acted pro bono and accepted a case that no [...]

¬? Backstory: Jannie Blackwell is the majority City Council leader, which means she is like the queen of the dunces. It’s not a lot of power, but sure, there is a kind of power. Up until recently, was also an avid John Street supporter, playing fiddle to his Nero.
¬? But not anymore: Jannie feels dissed. [...]

On May 22, the polleros allowed a reporter and photographer to view their world up close. The men, many in their 20s, earn about $100 a head for sneaking mostly Mexicans into the United States. From there, the illegal immigrants will fan out to look for work just about anywhere they can find it.
After first [...]

You know how, like, when you’re at work, everybody shits all over the IT guys? You know, like, “Oh, hey Larry, Photoshop keeps crashing my machine, can you take a look and, while you’re at it, maybe clean off my hard drive and update Outlook for me?” I mean, half the time, they deserve it [...]

Perhaps you are thinking to yourself, Oh no, it was only a matter of time before they went the singer/songwriter route with this whole Philebrity Player thing. But just stop it right now. Adam Arcuragi is not a singer/songwriter. I mean, he is, among other things, but people, keep in mind that technically, Ozzy Osbourne [...]

We have it on good authority that this is 99% a done deal: The Lips-headlining Southern Comfort Music Experience stops here July 16th. Bill is also rumored to include Big Star and De La Soul. Hooray! Developing…
The Flaming Lips: Getting Statues High Since 1983
Southern Comfort: Getting Prom Dates Laid Since 1874

>>> Greg Dulli: The man won’t quit. Twilight Singers show up at the TLA, drink everyone under the table, and disappear into another town before you can even tell the ex-grunge icon how much you just loooooooooved his cameo in Beautiful Girls. Another time, sweet girl. For the road is long.
>>> Pop in for one [...]

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Pennsylvania man who jumped overboard while returning from the British Virgin Islands on a Carnival Cruise Lines ship with his family.
Ramesh Krishnamurthy, 35, of Doylestown, Pa., [NOT PICTURED, RIGHT] had been arguing with his wife over the bar tab early Saturday when he [...]

Fresh Air has Al Gore on to talk about his new global warming fear factor & by-the-way-how-you-like-me-now? flick, An Inconvenient Truth in, like, five minutes. While we’re at it, might we direct you to two GREAT hours Marty did yesterday. The first with eminently wise Kwame Anthony Appiah, about his book Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a [...]

‚Ä¢ U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah. “He’s been a mediocre congressman… . Now, to Chaka’s credit, he’s tried to do some decent things with public education. But he has been more of an insider who’s willing to play ruthless political games… . I sense in him an old-school political cynicism, that he wants this job for [...]

Philadelphia Business Journal today reports that the Knowledge Industry Partnership is well on its way to becoming a proper non-profit, which basically means that if the brain drain continues (and oh, how it continues) someone will soon be directly to blame. And while we congratulate the City on finally putting together our first official Stop-The-Bleeding [...]

Lobster is bronzed with exotic garam masala curry alongside a pouf of lemony creme fraiche. A cute little apricot macaroon is served alongside a demitasse of powdered green matcha that gets whisked tableside for a mini-tea ceremony. Then comes the foie gras flan topped with slices of shabu-shabu poached duck breast. And then a slice [...]

¬? Madonna Michael Prince at The M Room: Packed and redder than usual. [Flickr]
¬? Angelo Yap heads to NYC, only to realize that Motherfucker is the poor man’s Making Time. And you do not want to be at the poor man’s Making Time on Memorial Day Weekend. Because that’s just not right. [YapSnaps]
¬? And last [...]