The venue at 334 South has had a few since the turn of the 20th century. It was Crystal Palace and New Palace Theatre in the 1940s. In the ’50s, actors Anne and Logan Ramsey turned it into Theatre of the Living Arts, a repertory house whose reputation was furthered in the ’60s by director [...]

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>>> Somebody call up the Eastern State Penitentiary and give them a prize for the funniest stone-faced line we’ve heard all week: “People are sometimes surprised to find that many of Eastern State’s former officers and inmates are still quite young, and enjoy returning to the cellblocks to remember old times.” Ladies and gentlemen, we [...]

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“I’ve never been called a c— so many times in my life,” says Steven Grasse, referring to a nasty word rhyming with hunt, which he says has been tossed at him by a fair share of Englanders of late. The marketing maven behind Gyro Worldwide, Grasse cleverly began promotion of his new book, “The Evil [...]

Ya heard? Check out our childhood twist that dates back to the uh..early 1990′s? Walk into any deli, corner store, or pizza shop in Ftown or PoRich, and ask for Pizza Nuggets. The youth in these hoods consider this delicacy to be a complete gourmet meal. A soft pretzel is topped with pizza or tomato [...]

Philly isn’t known for its runways. Or its sample sales. Or its fashion parties. (The toothpicks at Hands & Knees don’t count.) Amazing. CP: On The Plus Side, The Style Issue Contains Few Words Related: The Compleat Philebrihands & Brityknees

First Jarvis, now this: Do you remember when mind-blowingly awesome records weren’t coming out every week? My name’s Joey Sweeney, and I don’t. To local music fans, the name Hail Social should not be new, but tell you what, hoss: Their sound is. On their sophomore LP, Modern Love And Death, the band distills that [...]

>>> Moist at 700 promises “just the tip”, which is probably all you really need to be satisfied on a rainy Wednesday night. >>> The last night with DJ Julie G at the long running weekly Driz Horse upstairs at the Khyber, go give that little lady a high five, and wish her luck in [...]

South Philly’s Rarebirds are one of those bands we worry about: The name is too good, and hopefully, there are no other Rarebirds out there claiming the name, so hopefully, you kids have your copyrights in order. It comes up now because the ‘birds are having their record release tomorrow night at Johnny Brenda’s, and [...]

I gotta say, people, I have not seen a news day this slow in quite some time. Not sure why, but while God sleeps, the Gail Shister “Katie Is Doomed” thread continues to grow cancer-like, sucking the blood out of us as we read: So are the boldfaced names of CBS reaching out to reporters [...]

From “Bob Brady is too dumb to be Mayor”: Have you ever caught this guy’s act? He is so inarticulate it is scary. He just keeps working in that he is a son of a Police officer. He is a dope who makes all his money through croneyism. Even his family all have State and [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, Rick Fontaine and our favorite couplet of the week. [NSFW]

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>>> File under “You’re Never Gonna Live This One Down, Honey”: Straight from the commentary pages of the Inky, “Why I Remain A Virgin” by one Rebekah Zumwalt, communications major at Atlantic Cape Community College. So, uh, thanks for that, Inky. The comments are veritable feast. [Inky] >>> Poor Sal Fasano: Gets booted from the [...]

PHILADELPHIA – April 24, 2007 – He lived the good life in the fast lane, traveled with the rich and famous, but it all came to a dead end for Peter Brotman in federal court today. Brotman’s family and friends packed the courtroom asking the judge for leniency. The 47-year-old resident of Newtown Square admitted [...]

Ham·mers · noun, pejorative. Classification of white males (mostly suburban) from roughly 1979 to 1990, frequently spotted in “DELCO” and other lower-middle-class suburbs. Term is derived from hammer-like motions produced in HEAD-BANGING along to heavy metal style music. HAMMERS were noted for their devotion to this style of music, as well as ROLE-PLAYING GAMES and [...]

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>>> They never really did survive the move from 11th and Spruce over to the Bellevue: On Sunday night, Zanzibar Blue shuts its doors forever. [MyFoxPhilly] >>> And these guys never did survive the ’90s, but luckily, look out: The ’90s are BACK! Weston (pictured) gets resurrected. DVD, reissues and tour cannot be far behind. [...]