>>> Definitely do check out Steve Volk PW cover story this week on the present state of the Inky mess. It’s as good a read as you’re going to get on what’s going on right now.
>>> But wait! Everything just changed AGAIN! Soon-to-be striking Guild workers launch plan to start competing paper online during the [...]

Seriously. Look at the intensity here. How could something so right go so wrong?
Inky: Milton Street Through The Years

>>>We’ve been looking forward to Comedy Night (By Non-Comedians) more than you know. The brainchild of one Laris Kreslins ‚Äî the man behind Latvian Happy Hour, Peirogi Night and Majictas On Acid ‚Äî CNBNC promises to be “painfully awkward and probably funny!” And we agree: Among the non-comedians participating are Sam Schwartz (n?©e Mattathias), Killroy, [...]

¬? Our pals at the City Paper are pretty sensitive, so don’t tell them that some Haverford kid dashed off a way better Thanksgiving list than their whole staff did, probably in like 5 minutes, too. [ThePublicationsOffice]
¬? And dear Lord, we know it’s wrong, but we cannot get enough of these Loren Hunt Horoscopes. [DailyMiltonian]
¬? [...]

From 2000 to 2004, Milton Street received about $2 million in consulting and other non-vending income, none of which he reported to the Internal Revenue Service, the grand jury charged. He was hired by a company called Philadelphia Airport Services to be a consultant for $30,000 a month, the grand jury said.
Ouch, dude. But we [...]

Guild Bulletin
Take personal stuff home
Please remove personal items that you use or value from the workplace before our current contract expires at midnight Thursday, November 30. If a strike becomes necessary, you will not be allowed to enter the building to retrieve your belongings.
Your bargaining committee is working hard to avert a strike. If one [...]

Ooh, whoops! It’s actually the Robbins mascott.

Believe it or not, we here at Philebrity have a pretty heavy heart about the Inquirer/DN’s looming strike, and before the strike news cycle whips out from under us, we figured now would be as good a time as any to let you know the prism from which we’ll be viewing the strike.
In short, we [...]

>>> Earth to whoever’s in charge of making The Gallery and its surrounding environs not even more of a hot mess than it is already: Wish as you may, you’re not only not getting a Nordstrom’s, you’ll also have to worry about people getting shot in the elevators of that cool new Strawbridge’s/Family Court thing [...]

Wednesday morning, Nov. 29, from 9AM til 11AM at Len Ellis Funeral Home for anyone who wants to go…
Len Ellis Funeral Home
529 Rising Sun Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Inky: Nate Wiley, Institution
Previously: Nate Wiley, 1923-2006

But have to say, we do like the looks of this lineup. See ya, Randy.
Adam Eaton replaces Randy Wolf — who is expected to join the Dodgers — and fills out a starting rotation of Cole Hamels, Brett Myers, Jon Lieber and Jamie Moyer. Eaton is the third offseason signing for Philadelphia, who also retained [...]

>>> Movie Monday in full effect, yo: This Is Spinal Tap is at the Trocadero, and for once, overexposure to Tap could actually translate into fun ‚Äî we imagine a whole theater full of half-lit folks reciting the lines into their PBRs. If that’s not pathetic-rock-dork enough for you, then scope ‚ÄúMission of Burma: Not [...]

Full disclosure: Inquirer publisher Brian P. Tierney is an investor in TrumpStreet and one of five board members. As you read this analysis, how you factor in that conflict of interest is up to you. Know, however, that the publisher had no input into these ratings, and did not see the editorial before publication. Another [...]

>>> Dave P and Matt Werth’s RVNG label gets some hot international mp3-bloglove over at HeadphoneSex with their latest outing, Betty Botox. [Headphonesex.co.uk]
>>> Menawhile, the Crimp Yr Hair DJs continue on a more remix-friendly path with an edit of a Flin Flon track on their MySpace page. Art school funk like whoa. [MySpace]
>>> And the [...]

On the other hand, it’s nice to know that what you wear (or don’t wear) to the Grape is also now Tiki Bob’s/Lucky Strike- appropriate.
Previously: Ape Rage At The Grape

Ticking off union work rules that he regards as archaic, Tierney asks: Why should he have to pay overtime to ad salesmen to take a client to a Phillies baseball game? Or to fly to Chicago and take an advertiser to Morton’s steakhouse? He also wants to merge certain Inquirer and Daily News departments, saying [...]

A few months ago, we were hanging out with DJ A-Trek, Jay-Z’s DJ, at the Rub with Cosmo Baker. Fast Forward to Jay-Z’s new record, which bites the
1989 Tuff Crew track “Soul Food.”
Nice respect in the billboard.com article.
Too Tuff got out of CFCF on Monday, but they slapped a detainer on him for
Montgomery County [...]

Just a snippet of Philly’s golden professional wrestling history, folks. Stay with it, it’s a good’un. If the names Rik Flair, Dusty Rhodes and Baby Doll mean anything to you, you’re gonna be psyched.

Before I explain what happened, let me say that my opinion has changed about how I feel about the incident. And if someone named Bethy (or Ryan) is reading this, it was me who got hit with your laptop. Your laptop is safe. It’s broken, but it’s safe. Actually, only the screen is broken, [...]

It’s because of moments like this that The Colonel hardly ever misses a Penn game at The Palestra.
PennAthletics: Yes, He Is The Bomb
PS. Remind us to tell you about The Colonel, Tom Sheehy sometime. This guy’s got stories that’d make Quincy Jones blush. And yes, that’s right, Readers YouTube. You know you wanna: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.