Tom Knox got pretty seriously heckled last night at the Penrose Diner. He looked really nervous about the whole thing. One guy called him corrupt and said he was a Nutter man. Another guy asked Knox who he had to screw over to make so much money. He went up to this table of two [...]

>>> Gail Shister can breathe easy for a second and take a break from whining about how her column got killed: She’s currently mired in a controversy regarding her piece about how Katie Couric is box office poison at CBS News. Like a bunch of idiots, CBS is denying it all in total and throwing [...]

When The Ministry Of Information first opened, Northern Liberties still had that wonderful Wild West feel, where anything could happen and often did. And while the seeds of gentrification had already been sewn (we credit the 700 with that, way back in ’97), the Minfo, as it was affectionately known, was something different: It was [...]

This just in: Philadelphia Magazine is endorsing none other than Michael Nutter for the May primary. Which is important, you know, because they have so many readers who live within the city limits and all. But never mind all that. Here’s why they’re throwing down: [...] there is one candidate in this race who has, [...]

Video footage of Morrissey and Mel “Toxic” Taylor at Tower Records, South Street, 1994. Captivating. Philebrity.com/Mozblog: We Built A Blog To Better Understand Him

· Fucking hell, so much Jarvis manlove we cannot even take it: “Common People,” the documentary AND, this just in, JarvPorn. [Tripwire/Pitchfork] · People thinking that the Man Man publicist email was a belated April Fool’s joke. If we were this clever, we’d have real jobs, people. · Getting really into the The Style Council [...]

>>> Among the top signs that the Zoloft is working and helping you to really get down to business on this whole enforced-idle-time thing: Riding the PATCO line, drawing the people sitting across from you, and then taping said portrait to their empty seat when they get up and leave. And then doing a blog [...]

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We’ve been hearing tales of bike punks with extremely tall bikes joy riding the streets. Our first instinct was to file it away in Dept. of Ask Us Why We Care, and chalk it up to heatwave hallucinations. Then our close friend who has never been caught tripping on acid admitted that the ripple was [...]

Dear Philebrity, You’ll be happy to know that Casi and Awesome were reconnected. I was the friend that got the phone number who was supposed to pass it on to her. Then, last night as we were pre-gaming for a night of serious party, someone was talking about that letter he wrote to you, and [...]

>>> The New York Times takes the bait and advances this whole Brian Tierney Journalist-As-Brand concept and wonders aloud if “sponsored columns” is, like, some new thing they can look down on or something. [NYT] >>> A message to Dwight Evans:OK, look. We have as much distaste for Tom Knox’s mayoral-office-as-vanity-plate as the next guy, [...]

Usually it’s mom we worry about when someone swings by the crib and things are looking rather scummy. But who’s on our case now? It’s none other than Mayor Nagin. After a visit to the city last week where the Nag thanked us for sheltering Katrina victims and played nice to our faces, he scurried [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Art lovers, we’re pretty curious about the “TODT AFTER NEXT” show at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery that surveys the Germantown art collective TODT who, like all the cool bands, got together in 1978. Reception from 6-8pm. >>> Then, Sex Dwarf is back at Fluid. Theme this time out: “Pretty In Pink.” You know, it’s funny, [...]

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1. “Do you ever hang out at McGlinchey’s?” 2. “Yew, I’m toadally straight up Delcoe!” 3. “Do you ever get confused with Philadelphia Weekly columnist Liz Spikol?” NBC: 30 Rock Video Blog

We just wanted to take a pause for a moment, and smell the flowers, as it were. In the next month or two, a triad of the city’s Sparksiest weekly DJ nights are about to go under. You may not care, but trust us, we’ve got a point here. As of this writing, Paradise At [...]

Q: So why do so many people say Craigslist is hurting newspapers? Newmark: It’s largely publishers who have, I guess, missed the boat. Sometimes it’s easier to say something like that instead of taking responsibility. Actually, not very many people say that. It’s usually the same people repeating it over and over. Sometimes when you [...]

Are TV On The Radio indie rock’s answer to the eternal question, “Do I like Peter Gabriel or not?” OR, are they simply the Matt Pond PA you can dance to? Never mind, and hush all that noise, because the groop is playing a sold out show at The Trocadero tonight! And it could sound [...]