Echo & The Bunnymen: “The Killing Moon (Life At Brian’s Sessions)”
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>>> For some reason, this show listing is saying something to us about the state of indie rock, even though we’ve never heard ANY of these bands. But just read it: “Bears Repeating with The Big Nothing and Nothing But Excuses.” Get more meta than you know tonight at the Khyber. Also, upstairs, it’s Philebrity […]

>>> In case you missed it, here’s The A-Sides’ “Practice Space” segment on the Vice web TV jawn. From the description: “They are smiley, clean-cuttish good-time fellas who use their whole mild-mannered, Eddie Haskell appearance to conceal the fact that they are secretly a band of ragin partiers. They told me some of the foulest, […]

Little appears to have changed at Yuengling since the union got the boot.
The brewery continues to pay 100 percent of the cost of workers’ health insurance, said Casinelli, the Yuengling executive. It also boosted wages by 3 percent last year.
The Teamsters “are hurting their own membership with this nonsense,” he said. “Our brands are a […]

· Alright, listen: John Debella was not funny in fucking 1984, and you better believe this hoser is not funny now. Please stop “teasing” his morning show with “funny” bits from the show in between commercial breaks. “Voices In The Family” is funnier than this guy. Why can’t Debella grow old gracefully, like my man […]

Ever since Robert Palmer hired a gang of fembots to replace Duran Duran as his backing band way back in the wayback, you had to know Client was coming: Cold-hearted English roses designed explicitly to put the OW! back in brown shirts. We could resist, but frankly, it might not be a good idea to […]

>>> Just in time for Memorial Day, Collateral News is back with their 4th episode. This clip examines how members of the US Military are questioning the Iraq War . Tune in and get informed!
>>> MTV.FU spins the mash-up video “Every Car You Chase” featuring The Police vs. Snow Patrol. This song is […]

>>>The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation And Natural Resources made this shit up. No, we’re not making them up, either. [KYW]
>>>Why hike, though? Now that the Inky has discovered fixies, you can, too! [Inky]
>>>And over in Sea Isle City, you can haul your ass around in a Segway at $35-$50 for about an hour. For […]

The tour guide bill in Philadelphia was introduced this spring by City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. She had been contacted by Ron Avery, a former reporter and part-time guide who had compiled a list of what he said were myths and half-truths uttered on local tours.
Among the mistakes: Benjamin Franklin had 69 illegitimate children and […]

If you were stranded in the city all weekend with no way out, at least you were allowed to get naked and play poker.
“I used to take pictures of signs at the entrance to beaches that had long lists of all the things you couldn’t do,” said Dery Bennett, head of the American Littoral Society’s […]

Scarlett Johansson: “Summertime” [mp3]
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If you are feeling patriotic, check out this slide show with info on free events and parades to celebrate Memorial Day.
FRIDAY:
>>> Start it off right with a new dress! Topstich is having a sidewalk sale today from 12-8 with major deals and even a $10 bin. Get there early to get the best stuff!
>>> Of […]

From the Inky Newsdesk:

Rendell urged the SEPTA board not to accept less than the $700 million a year more that he said is needed for transit agencies across the state.
“Don’t settle or you’re blowing our best opportunity to solve this issue,” he said. “Don’t let them buy you off for 12 pieces of silver.”
Wow. […]

Jens Lekman: “A Sweet Summer’s Night On Hammer Hill” [mp3]
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>>> Check out Cue Records for live in store performances from Lifesavas and Strange Fruit Project this evening at 5:30.
>>> DJ Mental Feelings lets it flow on Megawords Radio tonight from 8-10. He promises “boot cuts, illegal vibrationz, beach weirdo, stoned loner, dusty stranger, island casualty, canyon classics, mexico-bound, cargo boogie and QUITTIN’ TIME.” Click […]

From the press release from the National Constitution Center:
BONO AND DATA TO RECEIVE 2007 LIBERTY MEDAL AT NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER

The National Constitution Center’s 2007 Liberty Medal will be awarded jointly to Bono, U2 lead singer and activist, and DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), the advocacy organization he co-founded to combat poverty and disease in Africa. […]

· Number of non-Philadelphians PhillyMag claims were at the Philly Jawn in Austin, TX, back in March: 1*
· Amount of win-a-trip-to-Philly entries reps from uwishunu.com collected at the gig that day/estimated day-long pass thru at the Jawn: 70/350
· Starting budget for uwishunu.com’s first year: $2.5 million*
· Starting budget for Philebrity.com’s first year: $60
· Amount of […]

Grievous conditions you’re more likely to catch accidentally on the street in Philadelphia than you are to get AIDS from a gay man’s donated (and when we say “donated” we mean screened and tested) blood:
* Plantar warts;
* The desire to wear halter tops to show off your back fat;
* Gunshot wound, any type;
* Contact high […]

>>> Cheap Dates is back with their 3rd episode. Join our paramours Mark and Audrey as they go check out all that the Frankford Arts Corridor has to offer.
>>> MTV.FU gives a high-five to The White Stripes’s new video for “Icky Thump.” It’s like a cross between that J. Lo video where she tries to […]

>>> Craig LeBan reveals his list of the best burgers in the city. While Barclay Prime’s Kobe Sliders top the list, he also gave a shout to the our favorite burger joint in town, Charlie’s! [Inky]
>>> Philly Mag interviews one of the owners of the Marathon chain. He says:
Ten years ago, we were a difficult […]