With the heat up to 94 and rising, let us be the first to tell you: You don’t need a armpit-breathalizer to know that Fishtown is the new West Philly, and people, tonight the anarcho-video-installation-post-structuralist stank is everywhere. Powerful punge! Luckily, Johnny Brenda’s has AC, and sometimes they even turn it on! But it will [...]

>>>A local runner wants to keep homeless on the streets, except in this case they’ll be jogging past you asking for change as part of the Sunday Breakfast Running Club. Like bums weren’t already threatening enough, now they’ll be coming at you like lightning. Plus, if they run 10 miles, they could get two tickets [...]

>>> Try out for “The Real World,” Stak-style. In this episode of the World of Stak, the boys submit their audition tape for the long-running MTV staple with belly-laugh inducing results.
>>> Collateral News is back to probe the fallout of the Duke University scandal. They investigate the biases exposed in the (mis)handling of the [...]

Old man won’t pay for your wedding? Or maybe you don’t talk to your dad because he lures mentally ill girls into his home with bagels? Either way, that Vera Wang knockoff isn’t gonna expense itself, and someone has to foot the bill for the hall where all of your good friends will get trashed [...]

Okay, uhm. Where was this summer camp when we were prepubescent and angsty rockstar-wannabes? Girls Rock Philly, a non-profit rock n’ roll camp, gives chicks age 10 to 18 the chance to trade-in macaroni art for drumsets and campfire sing-a-longs for guitar licks. During the week long camp, campers will learn to play [...]

Does it sound like the latest drink special at Upstairs at Goji Room Lounge? Oh wait, it’s missing the hard stuff. This here sounds like a future Penn kid. We bet he said something akin to “Why does it take you bitches so long to whip out a juicebox?”
A child’s tantrum onboard a Delta commuter [...]

We’ve been sitting on this one for a while because it seemed so funny we were kind of speechless. So please just let us pick up the kidneys we shat out onto the floor from laughing so hard before we tell you that Paper-Street magnate Tommy Up and Philly expat gay-party-rap band V.I.P. (pictured) will [...]

>>> Xpn.org will be silencing its Internet radio streams all day as well as broadcasting a few minutes of silence at 4pm on Tuesday (tomorrow) in protest of the Copyright Royalty Board’s proposed royalty hike that would, in essence, put many of your favorite Internet radio stations out of business in the process. The [...]

Welcome! We’ve got a new sports column for you! After the jump, Michael Fichman gets sporting on your ass.

>>> We have two accounts of the recent 7-Alarm fire that raged through Kensington last week. Both clips use raw footage from the event with coverage from those affected most by the fire.
>>> On a lighter note, we have a documentary starring Philly’s own burlesque act, The Peekaboo Revue, and their quest to compete in [...]

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Damn you Joey Sweeney, going behind our backs to bring your filthy slots to Valley Forge…
“An investor group said today that it will seek a state license to put 500 slot machines in the Valley Forge Convention Center.
The top stakeholder of the group, which is calling itself Valley Forge Convention Center Partners L.P., is the [...]

SEPTA, SEPTA, SEPTA. We know times have been kind of tough lately, but this is no time to start channelling your aggressions out on your riders. Equality Advocates, previously known as the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, has filed a complaint against everyone’s fav public transportation in the southeast on behalf of a [...]

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>>> From 5-9 there is a fundraiser for our friends at Mew Gallery. Stop by the M Room for drinks, an art auction and DJ sets by DJ Beckerlicious, DJ JD, DJ Sara Sherr, DJ Dr. Rick & Joe Lekkas. It’s only $8 and all the proceeds go towards keeping the gallery running. It’s a [...]

>>> We have a brand spanking new clip of the Philly Roller Girls show. In this episode, we feature highlights from their recent exhibiition match.
>>> We have the premiere of the show World of Stak. Basically, Stak is a really awesome dude and his clips are freakin’ hilarious and irreverent. In this episode, we have [...]

Another reason why we need never venture there again. We’ve got an Inga Saffron Fan Club over here, and our hearts weep along with hers. But damn if we don’t love us some of The Optimist Report’s science:
DiCicco = dickbag.
Samir Benakmoume = Napoleon w/ a smaller penis and more VD.
Streets Department = chickenshit.
Wheelchair bound [...]

>>>From the PPA: Parking tickets that you can read along to! That makes us feel a little better about your unrealistic regulations. [Inky]
>>>With your extra free time, you can learn how to speak teen. But don’t attempt this unless you’ve mastered the drug lingo. One step at a time, bucko.[NBC]
>>>You might not want to be [...]

>>> Of course by now you know about the super fun Fans Only Belle & Sebastian Dance Party tonight at National Mechanics. It is free, and there will be some special giveaways for those that deserve them. Read the zine below, get psyched and get ready to dance. This is our favorite party of the [...]