It was a crazy time, 2005. We still miss it badly. But memories live on, baby, and in anticipation of tonight’s 3rd Annual Belle & Sebastian Dance Party at National Mechanics, we present to you, IN FULL, Lazy Line Times, the fanzine we made for the first annual party. Here, Adam Arcuragi, J. Gabriel Boylan, [...]

Inky: Is It Fucked Up To Bookmark This?

It’s the biggest ongoing, unrectified media blunder in Philly: The PhillyMag website. Draconian policies regarding posting their own content, navigational hell, near utter-uselessness, and a blog? What are you, fucking nuts? Well, maybe not. But then again, maybe you are. After blowing through a mid-May deadline, sources tell us that PhillyMag was slated to finally [...]

>>> Did you know that Spin still exists??? IT DOES! And The Cobbs are their band of the day. [Spin] >>> Hide the drugs, bitches! Spank Rock (pictured here drinking iced tea) just got a major label deal on a secretly major indie, Downtown Records, home to other “indie” bands like Gnarls Barkley and The [...]

The Tales of Colt 45 comic book really exists, and whenever we hear the words “Let me buy u a drank”, the lesson sinks in. Making Time kills babies, but every once in a while it births the ultimate weekend warrior. There isn’t a simpler way to kick it than that. So let’s raise a [...]

>>> Mark and Audrey go to jail! Yup, you read that right. It’s probably because it is illegal to look so adorable checking out Fairmount neighborhood hotspots. See what the fuss is about on the new episode of Cheap Dates. >>> We have a new episode of Mein Haus, the only off-beat interior design show [...]

For years now, we here at Philebrity have been pondering doing a piece or a poll about what the worst mural in Philadelphia is. Much has been said in support of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Project — and yes, it has been a steady force in the fight against urban blight all over town — [...]

>>>Someone steals 20 manhole covers. What we wanna know is, was Sticky Fingers on foot with a backpack full of cast iron? According to Wikipedia, most clock in at 100lbs and, “Despite their weight and cumbersome nature, manhole covers are sometimes stolen, usually for resale as scrap, particularly when metal prices rise.” We guess it’s [...]

There’s a term Constitutional law experts use to describe the effect that violations of freedom of speech have on society — the “chilling effect.” Even if no one is put in jail, laws that constrain freedom of speech cause people to speak up less out of fear of reprisals. Thankfully, the musicians who frequent Rittenhouse [...]

>>>Be sure to catch The Teeth at Jefferson Square Park. Jefferson Square is a highly underused park on the edge of South Philly (3rd & Washington) that is really in need of some music and summer fun. Bring on The Teeth! >>> Baltimore’s own Cullen Stalin drives all the way up 95 just to make [...]

>>> Reactees: All my life, I’ve been wanting to use my body as a cheap tool for driving up my incoming-to-outgoing text message ratio. I just didn’t know it until now. Sorry Mom and Dad! >>>Someone who is way more awesome than us added more Glockenspiel to one of our favorite albums, Springsteen‘s Born To [...]

>>> Vice TV, quit tryin’ to BE us, yo! Although it must be said: Their “Practice Space” segment on Sweatheart is rather amazing, and not just for the part where Amanda Blank is all like, “I ain’t tryin’ to have no babies! I ain’t trying to pay for no diapers!” Swoon. [VBS] >>> On the [...]

Make sure the back pocket on her jeans says BEST OF 2007, dare say that Starbucks is the best coffeeshop, that Rittenhouse is the best place to live, and wonder why we’ve never liked you. Wait, the readers picked these spots? Is this what you simpletons want people to think of Philadelphia? We guess it’s [...]

A new study released on Tuesday examined millions of internet messages from teens and code words used to keep secrets from adults. According to the study commissioned by Caron and released on Tuesday, one in 10 postings by teens on the internet deal with sex, drugs, or alcohol and they often use code words. And [...]

>>> Philebrity.tv kicks off our first ever dating show, Lunch With Shannon. Here’s the deal: She will pick 5 suitors that apply for a lunch date with her. Then, philebrity.tv viewers vote on who she should ultimately end up on a super top-secret grand prize date. Boys: Apply. Viewers: Watch. Capiche? >>> We have the [...]

In case you didn’t get the memo, it’s NEW SHOWS WEEK on PHILEBRITY.TV. Get a taste of the DOZEN NEW SHOWS we’ve got in the pipeline. Also, thanks (about two weeks overdue) to Apollo Audio for making our swank new mp3 player! Have you been waiting for a password to log in to Philebrity comments [...]

>>> The air is weird and thick and gross, you’ve got that mid-week lump in your throat and you have the distinct feeling that when you get home, a utility (you can’t say which one) will be turned off. You reach into your pocket, and oh man: Money made in Philly doesn’t even say “In [...]

Philadelphia is the home of the tie between the Second Continental Congress and the Bank of North America. The founders of the bank, Robert Morris and Thomas Willing, were partners who trafficked in the buying and selling of humans. Morris was the first superintendent of finance and a signer of the U.S. Constitution. Willing was [...]

>>> Steven Bloodbath‘s other weekly, the low key Love Buzz at Bar Noir is boasting “deep Billy Joel album cuts.” You can say the human heart is only make believe; I am only fighting fire with fire. Knowhumsayin’? >>> And Bad Music For Bad People, back at Sal’s, if you must party on a Tuesday. [...]