>>> And so Halloween actually comes to Halloween: There’s a ton of parties going on tonight, from the stoop at your friends on down to the clubs, and you know what? It’s nice to go to parties during the week, on a Tuesday night. People should make more excuses to do things like this. Perhaps [...]

This week’s record on The Philebrity Player feels super-appropriate for Halloween; after all, it’s The Walkmen masquerading as none other than Harry Nilsson. (Note for the trainspotters: Harry is a house hero here at the Phileb, and if you so much as squint at us in the “he’s just a poor man’s Randy Newman” way, [...]

ROLLING STONES FACE $51 MILLION LAWSUIT FOR CANCELLED SHOW
Disgruntled ROLLING STONES fan ROSALIE DRUYAN filed a $51 million class-action lawsuit against the band for canceling their Friday show in Atlantic City and causing fans to lose money on nonrefundable travel costs. “People came from all over to see the Stones,” Druyan said in a statement, [...]

Fairmount has a dirty little secret, but today, we’re gonna try and use the Internet to throw the hot white spotlight of shame onto a tradition so antithetical to everything we are, that we can hardly believe it still exists: White-Ween. Never heard of it? Consider yourself lucky. It’s a hold-over from Philly’s less-than-enlightened white [...]

From the Inky:
The owners of The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com and leaders of 10 unions at the papers today agreed to a 30-day extension of contract talks, citing progress in the months-long negotiations.
After the jump, the Guild memo that preceded it. Ooh, look, A GUILD MEMO!

¬? Number of flights ascended to reach the Klip Collective’s Faux Daft Punk/Grave Rave on Saturday due to busted elevation: 8 and we’re still feeling it.
¬? Ingredients combined and chilled in fridge for Tricked Out Pumpkin Dip that will taste wicked with gingersnaps and Nilla wafers: 1 (16 ounce) container of thawed Cool Whip, 1 [...]

From Blow Out. Creepy and beautiful.

When W. Thacher Longstreth died back in 2003, it was our belief that a certain part of the Philadelphia social strata died with him. You know, the kind of loopy, compassionate Republican who wore argyle everything who you thought was wildly out of touch right up until the moment you come across a picture of [...]

There was no immediate motive, but she may have been killed simply to keep her quiet . According to reports, [she] frequented the bars in the area and might easily have met a stranger and been raped and murdered. The newspapers did not discuss the possibility of prostitution, but as more such incidents unfolded, this [...]

Every few years, a bunch of new people move into town, and Mikey Wild — poet/artist/savant/punk rock architecht — has to be explained all over again. Long story short: Mikey Wild was a young man in the late 70s and early 80s, when both punk rock and South Street were still relatively dangerous and exciting [...]

¬? Yesterday, we launched our listings section. As you can see, it is a work in progress. But we are committed to making this useful and part of your life. So use them. Bookmark that shit. It’s only going to get better each day, until we drive the weeklies (who invariably fuck them up and [...]

As time passed and our skepticism was getting the best of us, we decided to join a ghost hunting organization in Philadelphia. Our logical thinking was to prove that ghost photos were fakes and misinterpretations of naturally occurring mistakes. Unbeknownst to us, there were no ghost hunting groups in Philadelphia or surrounding areas, thus the [...]

>>> Insufferable blogrockers of the moment Cold War Kids touch down at Johnny Brenda’s.
>>> And likewise, the Noel Gallagher-crowned IV Thieves are at the North Star. Maybe it’s just me, but isn’t having your band touted by anyone in Oasis in 2006 kind of like… oh, never mind. We’ve already pondered this too long. Just [...]

>>> Hip-hop nation calmly alerted that the Philly blunt ‚Äî the regular kind, not the “special” kind ‚Äî may be getting the Love Park Treatment: You know, where you take a thing that made us famous as a cool outlaw place and pass a law against whatever that thing is, thereby making sure that it [...]

You’re right now sitting at the center of Philadelphia top-shelf, A-list hipster power.
Oh Jesus Christ. This is totally the last time we let Wonks talk to the press on our behalf.
PhillyMag: If You Wear The Same Outfit All The Time, People Will Remember You Better

If you’re broke and if you make things ‚Äî or if you think you might ever fall into either category ‚Äî this is an essential (and sad) read.
UniversityOfThePoor: If You Can Read This, You’re Already Screwed

According to Editor & Publisher, for the six-month period ending September 2006 ‚Äî the same six-month period that has seen Choochy Face come and save the day, a resurgent media interest in the admittedly woeful and boring “Future Of Newspapers” beat, and of course, the whole strike that could happen at any minute now ‚Äî [...]

There had better be a pretty good explanation for this, fellas. By the way: 332.

It didn’t matter what grisly game you got sucked into this weekend: They were all equally horrific in that you would have crawled under your seat if you weren’t fucking numbed by depression. The sitting ducks who saw the Flyers get rammed by a bunch of Penguin pre-schoolers ended up cheering for the opposite team. [...]

House of Blues Entertainment Inc. said it will open its planned live-music venue in Philadelphia late next summer.

The venue will cover five floors and include a 500-seat music hall, 300-seat restaurant, retail store and a private club called the Foundation Room.
“There were a number of things going for [Philadelphia],” said Liam Thornton, senior vice president [...]