The thing about the proposed dream-pop revival that comes up about every 18 months or so around here is that it’s hard to revive something that never went away. But what the new dreampop bands ‚Äî we’re talking like Mahogany and Relay ‚Äî do is constantly shapeshift. They just own too many pedals not to. [...]

>>> Hey, remember when we interviewed Tony Smyrski about that Public Wall Writing In Philadelphia book? That was awesome. There’s a book party for it tonight at 6pm at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery; the party also celebrates the new issue of Megawords, and there ain’t no shame in that game. Afterparty at Bar Noir, we are told.
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We wouldn’t believe it if we didn’t see it with our own eyes. It’s kind of hot, when you think about it. No? Okay, you’re right. It’s fucking gross.
Wookified: City Council Key Party Goes Horribly Awry

>>> Strap yourself in for the next big issue in the Mayor’s race: “56 percent of those polled said they were ‘much more’ likely to support a mayoral candidate who supports the use of anti-crime survelliance cameras.” The other 44% don’t want you fucking with their money or pussy games. [TheNextMayor]
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This will conclude our trifecta of blipster-related posts for the day. Normal programming shall resume shortly.
DailyCandy: Cold Lampin’ With Mer-Lin
Previously: Shhh! Meredith Lindemon Is Trying To Think!

For the love of Planet Rock, someone tell Jessica Pressler to either step up her research or junk her keyboard.
I know, it’s flogging Barbaro at this point to talk about her spiel in the Sunday Times. It was just so lazy though. Maybe she felt she discovered a trend–white people have a shaky [...]

Deep in the heart of Philadelphia, past row houses and vacant lots, run-down playgrounds and dilapidated schools, is a little place called Fletcher Street. It has everything one would expect to find down an alley in the ghetto, with one addition: horses. The men and boys of Fletcher Street have used their passion for riding [...]

Absolutely crazy live performance and interview circa 1986, from Big Fun In The Big Town.

We don’t all have the patience for Crest Whitestrips. So, when some of us off our wives, we like to chase that down with a nice Bleach Cocktail.
Paul Wanyoike was found on the floor in a rear bedroom, with foam and a strong odor of chlorine bleach coming from his mouth.“The guy drank Clorox [...]

>>> This one’s a bummer that affects the overall mood of the Philebrity HQ directly: As of right now, Ground Floor Coffee at Second & Poplar in NoLibs ‚Äî by our count one of the better coffee hangs in the city, what with that big yard and all and the dude from Plastic Little behind [...]

Philebrity is proud to be telling the world today that Philly has birthed itself a brand new music festival ‚Äî Popped! ‚Äî that seeks to showcase a wide swath of the city’s indie/DIY-friendly bands this April 9 through 15. The week-long fest is being sponsored by Philadelphia Weekly, and other than a confirmed date at [...]

If you haven’t yet seen the ad campaign for Plastic Little’s debut album, She’s Mature, do your brain a favor and check it out. (Click the one at right to enlarge, and go here to see the rest of them.) Designed and written by PL emcee Jayson Musson, they’re not a far cry from the [...]

Had enough horsemeat yet? Don’t even get us started on local TV news coverage of St. B ‚Äî which one of you freaks is gonna be the first with a story on how Barbaro’s face will appear on some old lady’s piece of toast? ‚Äî but we gotta say, our local written-word colleagues are working [...]

Upon entering www.GroundhogCrossing.com, visitors find themselves in the driver’s seat of a vehicle on a highway thousands of miles from Punxsutawney, listening to an urgent radio bulletin about the missing Shadow and his Groundhog counterpart in hot pursuit. Site visitors can zoom in on an interactive map, select any of the dozens of video clips [...]

Today on Philebrity, we launch our new weekly poll: Fuck, Marry, Kill. Based on the popular college parlor game of the same name, FMK is a simple concept. We give you three names, and you must order them how you’d act in an imaginary world free of consequence ‚Äî who you’d live out the rest [...]

Helen Leicht spun this on WXPN yesterday, and we instantly had an A’s-induced nervous breakdown. Holy mother of God, that singer.

>>> This one has too many levels of meta-irony to bear: The old gang from late, great Philadelphia Bulletin get together to reminisce about old times, and the Inky sends a guy to “live blog” it. What now? [Philly.com]
>>> And in case you were wondering, we were, too: Philly’s O’Reilly-come-lately Evening Bulletin… still exists! Holy [...]

Philebrity has professed love for The Dog Whisperer, so don’t miss it this friday – Port Richmond philebrities and animal lovers Bob Wolter and Susan Rosetti adopt Patti Labelle’s South African Mastiff “Nasir.”
I think we can all agree that this one sentence raises about five more questions than it answers. The most important of which [...]

12:56:01: HOLY SHIT SPANK ROCK IS ON TV! Look at all those people onstage! He took the whole RUBA!
12:56:29: He’s wearing some kind of fur-collared Joan Collins Jacket.
12:57:04: Spank Rock is getting bleeped on national television.
12:57:41: And kicking the crowd’s ass. These people are going crazy! I wonder if they read the New York Times.
12:58:03: [...]