>>> Shadow World is back with their 11th episode. They explore life under the train tracks with their usual focused gaze. In this clip, the camera lingers on the kind of this that would usually go by unnoticed. [...]

>>> Nutter gets all tripped up about It Is What It Is, a new movie which is set in Philly but is being filmed in New York. He thinks if a movie is set here, it should be filmed here, and wants to bring this idea to City Council. The plan is to give financial [...]

That’s right, you heard the official word here first. Those local heartbreakers make the news public, and it couldn’t happen for nicer guys. Their newest full length album Silver Storms will be released on August 28. Check out their myspace to listen to two songs from the upcoming album.
Peep the full press release including upcoming [...]

From the Inky Newsdesk:

John S. Carter, the former Independence Seaport Museum president, had taste, a great job, and bosses who didn’t watch him very closely - three things he used to live the good life.
Prosecutors charged Carter yesterday with swindling the museum out of more than $1 million worth of top-shelf goods between 1997 and [...]

Casino Free Philadelphia released its results from the unofficial ballot box poll about casino placement yesterday. The poll asked voters whether or not Philadelphians wanted casinos within 1500 feet of schools, homes, chrurches and other public places. The boxes were placed outside polling places on election day, and the poll was also available online to [...]

This week, it’s a birthday bash freakout. Two major players in the game of party-time-excellent are celebrating anniversaries the only way they know how: On Wednesday, Fluid dusts off ten years with a Ritz crackers rager, beats provided by Claude Von Stroke, Dave P., and Diamond Girl. Come Friday, it’s Making Time in your blood [...]

>>> Yup, it’s making its debut with elbow pads, tattoos, and grrrs galore. Today, we have the premiere episode of the Philly Roller Girls show. Get the best seats in the house as the Heavy Metal Hookers face-off against The Hostile City Honeys.
>>> Collateral News is back on the front lines tellin’ it like [...]

>>> Our gal pals at Sugar Town are throwing a benefit for Girls Rock Philly this Saturday at Tritone. You can give money to little girls while checking out their older sisters! Perfect!
>>> The Paines Park Project is having a little happy hour time party and discussion tonight to talk about plans for a Philadelphia [...]

Philadelphia’s own Moe Tkacik becomes a Gawker media darling as the Editor at Jezebel, their new site dedicated to all things girly in that Sassy Magazine kind of way. From their Manifesto:
To put it simply, Jezebel is a blog for women that will attempt to take all the essentially meaningless but sweet stuff directed our [...]

Attention SweeneyStalkers®: We’re getting advance word that dude is even taking a break from his vision quest to drop a record or two at this as well.

From the desk of Christopher Doyle, friend to Philebrity, server of fine Margaritas:

THATS RIGHT, AFTER 22 YEARS OF BUSINESS WE WILL BE NO LONGER. AS A VIBRANT PART OF THE CENTER CITY COMMUNITY IT’S A COMPLETE BUMMER. HAVING BEEN A PATRON THEN A STAFF MEMBER IT DEEPLY SADDENS ME TO SEE THE PLACE GO. LISA [...]

>>> Today, we have a clip from the upcoming Pilot TV Festival. Over 200 artists and activists descended upon Chicago to collaboratively produce television shows and here is a clip of the event.
>>> MTV.FU gives a high-five to Dan Deacon. Prepare to have your mind blown.
>>> Local Color features a clip from Bob Brady’s concession [...]

>>>With a homicide count like ours, it’s only a matter of time before Thriftway has to stop banning children wearing Heelys in the store. [DN]
>>>The Pill for pigeons? What, you guys didn’t pick up PW’s pigeon issue last year? Where’s the love? [Philly.com]
>>>SEPTA wants a one-year stand with a “building wrap” ad, but Zoning board [...]

When we arrived at the Trenton Ave. Arts Fest, we passed by a group of white kids in XXL tees and heard their thoughts on the proceedings:
“Snippety ass yuppies.”
As the Kinetic Sculpture Derby passed us by on the tail end of their circuit through the ‘hood, another gang of gawkers in white t-shirts shook [...]

Corporal Cuffs the cat is missing, and police at the South Street ministation just want their feline friend returned.
“He’s our sunshine, and someone took him,” 34-year police veteran Andrew McDonald said.
Look, crusties, he’s NOT a stray. Bring him back and you can have the corner of 11th and South for the afternoon. Sound like a [...]

Lloyd Alexander, a National Book Award-winning author of fantasy novels for young people whose work was noted for its romantic locales, complex characters and barely concealed allegorical depictions of the struggle against tyranny, died on Thursday at his home in Drexel Hill, Pa. He was 83…
…For Mr. Alexander, the uses of enchantment were clear: fantasy, [...]