Previously: Philebrity’s Greatest Hits: All Things Diplo

I work in a NoLibs coffee shop and this morning, a regular customer and friend of mine came in complaining that he had been ticketed $46 for parking in HIS OWN DRIVEWAY. How hysterical/really terrible is that? Even though he OWNS his house, the part of his driveway the extends through the sidewalk [...]

Dennis P. Coltrane’s time-lapse of our fair city. Enjoy.

Anastasio Claims A Partial Victory for the People and
Responsible Development Reform
For Immediate Release — September 21, 2006
Vern Anastasio, the Philadelphia real estate attorney who has helped lead the push for responsible development and zoning reform in City Hall praised the announcement of a package of legislation to be introduced in City Council today that will [...]

>>> The Philadelphia Orchestra launches DRM-free mp3 store, which is sure to make Bill Gates go ape crazy because, you know, he’s dying to know exactly what classical music you’re listening to, and how you listen to it. Stick it to the man, French horn enthusiasts! [BoingBoing]
>>> Can’t get enough of local film critic/jazzbo Dan [...]

By now, you’ve no doubt seen the video of Durwin Jones getting tossed ‘n’ tasered all over an Old City street corner last weekend. We’re pretty sure we broke the story, but from the outset, we also knew that this one would go straight to local TV news, since local TV news was pretty much [...]

>>>Blue Oyster Cult and Cactus and Vanilla Fudge are playing in Glenside at the Keswick. Ladies, we only mention this because we predict a 1:18 female-to-grey-haired- ponytail-record-store-guy ratio. It’s like sadsack husbands are growing on trees! But all joking aside, Cactus is fucking awesome. You didn’t just hear us say that.
>>> Kasabian plays a hotly-tipped [...]

All you Loie types ‚Äî Perry Milou, Kelly Boyd, the whole lot of you ‚Äî had better watch out. We hear there’s a new sheriff in town and all the Kiehl’s samples in the world won’t save you from the wrath of this not-really-very-funny and way-inside-baseball-but-still-the-names-are-changed-to-incredulously-protect-the-guilty anonymous blogger.
ThePhiladelphiaDiaries: Gee, We Wonder Which Pissed-Off Publicist’s Assistant [...]

Center City Building Evacuated After Underground Explosions
PHILADELPHIA — Crews are evacuating One Penn Center, an office building at 15th and Market streets, after multiple underground explosions.
NBC 10 has learned that PECO is on the scene and there have been at least three explosions, all underground. NBC 10 reported that an underground cable malfunctioned.
Chopper 10 shows [...]

Hear ye, hear ye! We live in crazy times, people. Killer spinach. Cops gone wild on YouTube. Graf kids on Myspace. It all kind of makes you happy that there’s still some good ol’ dangers around, such as dengue fever ‚Äî both the ailment and the band. Dengue Fever, in case you didn’t know, are [...]

The Nazz are here to give you some fashion tips.

>>> Our bud Enrico’s head nearly explodes at the hands of two heinous Bill Conlin crimes: 1) Dubbing Ryan Howard “”the Rhynamiter,” (which, yeah, is bad) and 2) not actually reading the blogs he claims are ruining baseball. Don’t worry, Enrico: We hear PNI cryogenically froze Conlin a few years ago and now they just [...]

In the wake of the latest iPod upgrade, a new sex toy has the blogosphere abuzz. It’s called OhMiBod, and while it’s not the first music-driven vibrator to exploit El Conquistador’s ubiquity, it is the first insertable version.
Suki, mother of two and the brains behind the New Hampshire-based company, debuted OhMiBod in July, promoting the [...]

Breaking News - Yankees Farm Team To Play Here
Thursday, September 21, 9:20 a.m.
The Lackawanna County Commissioners announced Thursday that the New York Yankees Triple-A farm team will play at the stadium next season.
On Monday, the Yankees ended their 28-year relationship with Columbus, Ohio — the previous site of their Triple-A team.
Commissioner Robert Cordaro met with [...]

>>> As Freeboob’d earlier this week, Soulwax Nite Versions tour at Pure tonight! Perhaps the best chance all year you may have to play “Gay or Eurotrash?”
>>> This was mentioned on The Illadelph, and we would like to chime in: People, the Phillies are in a shit-hot wild card freakout right now, and it’s a [...]

Their bid to bring the Summer Olympics to Philadelphia in 2016 may have failed, but city boosters have regrouped and are working to lure other international sporting events.
And yes, they said Tuesday, maybe even, some day, an Olympics.
The Philadelphia Sports Congress said the same people who led the 2016 Olympics drive — Philadelphia found [...]

>>> Ed Rendell gives $5M to Philly for 100 more cops, which is like giving someone with a massive head wound a box of Tic-Tacs. I mean, is this going to stop Kia Gregory from buying a gun? Seriously people! [DN]
>>> The difference between Philly cops and suburban ones? Well, in Bensalem, for instance, cops [...]

Listening to the ease with which gun-shop guys seem prepared to take someone’s life, and knowing the ease with which criminals are prepared to take mine, I’m not sure if owning a gun makes me part of the solution or part of the problem.
But until the state Legislature and the city stand up against gun [...]

It’s just that this YouTube tribute makes it feel that way. Geator, if you’re out there, get in touch. It’s high time we took you out for a steak dinner, bro.

In which we analyze Pitchfork’s ongoing love/hate affair with our fair city.
YAY: New Plastic Little track with Ghostface, Amanda Blank and Bahamadia rocks 3.5 stars, even if the writer is waaayyyy uptight about the emerging East Coast party rap scene — dude is a little too concerned about who can outrap who, and besides which, [...]