Archive for August, 2007

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Monday, August 20th, 2007

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Readers Cameraphone: Google Streetview Bug Is In UR City, Snappin’ UR Dollar Stores

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Of course, of course the Google StreetView Car comes ’round to Philly on the shittiest, rainiest day of the Summer, thereby making sure that when the time comes, Philly will be forever frozen in a melancholic, aggravated gauze. Damn you, Undead William Penn. Damn you. Previously: Hide Your Weed! Google Streetview Silently Invades Philly

Anti-Casino Forces Rally For A Week Of Public Shaming And Rueful Damnations

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Add these to your to-do lists, oh enemies of heathen gambling! ITEM 1: The Philadelphia City Planning Commission will vote on Foxwoods Casino‘s Plan of Development tomorrow. Hallwatch, Casino-Free Philadelphia and NABR invite you to come see democracy in action at tomorrow’s meeting: What: City Planning Commission Meeting on Foxwoods When: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 [...]

Food Blob: Scenebartalken!

Monday, August 20th, 2007

>>> Jamie Mahon: ‘E’s a fookin’ legend, innit? If it’s not the cake-in-the-pants story, it’s the 500 no-pants-at-all stories, and if it’s not The Three-4-Tens he’s bassing it up for, it’s The Asteroid #4. Mahon’s staying behind for the ‘Stroid’s UK tour we reported earlier today because he’s got his hands full with his other, [...]

Breaking: You Can’t Do Whatever The Fuck You Want On 76 Anymore, And 95 Is Next

Monday, August 20th, 2007

As part of a plan to free up 63 city officers to fight crime and patrol long-neglected Roosevelt Boulevard, Pennsylvania State Police have completed their takeover of the Schuylkill Expressway and will move next to traffic enforcement on I-95. Why, it’s just… un-Philadelphian. Inky: Nice Chinstrap, Who Are You Again?

This Week In Balls: The Scrap Heap

Monday, August 20th, 2007

People talk about speaking with lizards and stuff. You can communicate with anyone, with nature, that’s all that happened there. To me, that’s not a big deal now. I like to astral travel, teleport, travel through time… December 24, 2012, by the way, that’s the number. As seven billion people, the world will rise to [...]

Philebrity World Premiere: New Single From The Asteroid #4!

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Thought it might be a great time to catch you up on those pillars of Psychedelphia, The Asteroid #4. The groop ships off to sunny England today (they’ll be back in a bit though for one of those Philadelphia Weekly Rittenhouse Square jams), but before they left, they dropped a new two-songer on us. “Going [...]

Today on Philebrity.tv: Chocobana = Mucho Yummy, Honey

Monday, August 20th, 2007

>>> This commercial for the ChocoBana candy bar whets our appetite via Mexican wrestlers. >>> Clips We Love has a clip of Dinner With The Band, as indie cuties, Matt and Kim, make almond ice cream. Yum. >>> We have a promo for the new monthly DJ night, Foggy Notion which starts Wednesday, August 22 [...]

Rumblings: We’re The Entertainment Mecca Of The World

Monday, August 20th, 2007

>>>Need proof? How about the second proposal for Phillywood, which would bedazzle us with another film studio besides the one already planned for Norristown? Does this mean we get to erect more tacky statues of movie heroes? [PhillyBurbs] >>> Speaking of the Rockster, his likeness in stone was unveiled last night in Zitiste, a village [...]

Wed. August 22: This Is Foggy Notion!

Friday, August 17th, 2007

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This Weekend: The Long Race To Your Vodka Stolzfus

Friday, August 17th, 2007

FRIDAY: >>> I know, I know, it’s Summer III and it’s sooooo hard to get excited about anything that does not contain Malibu, but let us raise the roof tonight for Sex Dwarf, who celebrate FOUR YEARS of laying down with little people tonight at Fluid. Do you people realize how hard it is to [...]

Kelly White Explains It All: Back To School Edition

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Temple rolls out MyOwlSpace weeks before you want to stalk any of your classmates. If you were readying yourself for social networking backlash, wait for it. We think this is enough to cause a mass revolt. Superbad really shows up. It’s so much better for us than we thought it’d be. And oh, look, it [...]

And Now, The First Episode Of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Season Three

Friday, August 17th, 2007

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Rumblings: Those Crazy Men And Their Incredible Flying Machines

Friday, August 17th, 2007

>>> The longer Bradley Maule does his whole PhillySkyline thing, the crazier the offers get: “Hey Brad, you wanna be the first photog atop the Comcast Sex Toy?” Um, sure! “Hey Brad, wanna fly over the city in my cool glider aircraft thing and take pictures?” Why not! This is a must-look, but holy hell [...]

Readers Fwd: Philly.com Sets New Industry Standard For Ad-To-Content Ratio

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Wow, and we were feeling sheepish about Mozblog. Previously: This Week On Friends: Ross And Joey Hatch A Crazy New Business Plan!

Musical Rumblings: The Horses Are On The Track

Friday, August 17th, 2007

>>>We almost missed this one until FiftyOne: FiftyOne gave the timely reminder: Plastic Little try to throw Vice off the Philly trail by convincing them of the following: There’s no sex with Amanda Blank in the Buddhist Shrine Room. Lindsay Lohan is chills with Spank Rock. Fishscale is low in Philadelphs. Kurt buys acid reflux [...]

This Evening: Simultaneous O

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

>>> Did anybody see that recent episode of What Not To Wear where the shitty hairdresser (what is it with that guy?) gave some poor girl the Karen O haircut like 3-4 years after it was acceptable and did NOT fit her face at all? That was sad. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs headline the Electric [...]

Breaking: Mayor Roused From Slumber To Speak On Transfergate

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

****MEDIA ADVISORY**** WHAT: Press Avail – SEPTA Ruling WHO: Mayor John F. Street and City Solicitor Romulo L. Diaz Jr. WHEN: TODAY, 3:45 p.m. LOCATION: City Hall Second Floor DETAILS: Judge Gary F. DiVito ruled today the City’s appeal is granted and the SEPTA Board’s decision to eliminate paper transfers is vacated. The Mayor and [...]

Spit It Out

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

I have a stutter. In 1992, I decided to become a writer. That means at age 7, I was already storing adjectives in my pockets for later use. Now that I talkalot, my tongue trips me up less. I can tell you’re lying, cause when you’re replying, you stutter, stutter, stu-stutter, stutter…

Philly.com And Yahoo Strike 1999-esque “Synergy” Deal That No One Really Understands

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Among the benefits to Philly.com and Yahoo! are: * Enhancing online revenue for Philly.com using Yahoo!’s industry-leading display advertising technology; * Leveraging Yahoo!’s national online advertising sales force to promote Philly.com inventory to national advertisers; * Having Philly.com’s sales force represent Yahoo! to its local clients; * Implementing Yahoo!’s paid search technology across Philly.com; and [...]