>>> How stoked are you that Autumn (we put in a Wikipedia link just to remind you that, yeah, it’s a real thing) finally decided to show up? Among the things to be thankful for: The First Unitarian is no longer a schvitz of ballsweat, so you can go see the boss Swedes who are [...]

>>> This Halloween, we’re pretty sure Philadelphia is dressing up as a mystical, semi-real land we call EMPIRE OF THE STRETCHY FACE. At least that’s what we thought when we scoped these photos of Suzanne Roberts, Carol Saline, et. al. at the grand opening of the Suzanne Roberts Theater, which, apparently, is not one of [...]

In the wake of the discovery that Comcast is blocking some peer-to-peer traffic (and even blocking some Lotus Notes e-mails), the company is attempting to keep the PR machine well-oiled by giving customer tech support reps some talking points. And if they deviate from the script and admit that Comcast has been using Sandvine to [...]

You don’t feel like working together, either? Iain Levison takes us inside the offices of Gyro, Beyond.com, and other “the atmosphere is less high-powered business meeting and more free period in high school” workplaces for the Best Places To Work issue of Philly Mag. So if you still think that absolutely nothing is accomplished at [...]

Inky: Squeeze A 9/11 Reference In There And I Smell Licensing Deals, Martina!
Full turgid lyric sheet after the jump.

In my favorite episode of Scooby Doo, the Freakout Five get stuck overnight in Al Capone’s old prison cell, and after a series of madcap hijinx, they wind up discovering that much-rumored Fairmount Dog Park Monster is not actually Ralph Cipriano, but rather Ed Rendell, who shut down the dog park so that he can [...]

Jens Lekman and band, joined onstage by Philly a capella group The Silver Ages, Friday night at the First Unitarian Church.

Any savvy student of media, the long tail and good ‘ol redneck outrage could have seen it coming: How the City of Philadelphia’s rent hike to the Boy Scouts of America would become a national talking point for people whom you absolutely do not want to hear talk. At issue, of course, is the BSA’s [...]

“While sources close to City Hall claim the Mayor was in a wheelchair all day Friday
‘just to see what it what like,’ many political watchers also speculated that Street merely figured,
‘Fuck it, the City’ll pay for a wheelman all day while I play Tetris on my iPhone.
Friday is all about Mayor John’s new high score.’”

>>> After spamming your inbox with 1,000 AP articles about that Travel & Leisure shit storm, shove it back in that out-of-town friend’s face. Maxim stuck out their thick, masculine necks to get our back. We’re not exactly thrilled with the fact that most of the girls are either from Jersey or have since [...]

FRIDAY:
>>> One thing we didn’t mention on the FAQ about our big Halloween Party tonight at Johnny Brenda’s with Sorted! DJs was one of the most obvious questions: Where the Nutter is the afterparty? Glad you asked: It’s DJ Frosty’s $9.99 Discount Graveyard up at the Arts Garage, 1533 Ridge Ave. Goes ’til 4:30AM, has [...]

People (like us) who basically move from one free drink to the next for a living are abuzz with snarky dread today. Like, you know, more than other days. For immediately after work, they’ll line up on Broad Street and slowly ascend to local ad agency Red Tettemer’s 2wenty5ifth Floor Party. (Oh God, whoever made [...]

So what’s up with your Halloween Party tonight?
Glad you asked! It starts at 9pm at Johnny Brenda’s, and we are very pleased to have music provided by Sorted! DJs and DJ Diamond Girl. Cover is a measly five bucks. There will also be BOBBING FOR APPLES.
Are costumes required?
No, but they are encouraged!
Are there prizes for [...]

>>> Vandals deface, remove and run over with a car the new plaque proclaiming the existence of the “Ninth Street Curb Market”. We’re gonna side with the vandals on this one, and you know why? BECAUSE THE NINTH STREET CURB MARKET DOES NOT EXIST. It’s the Italian Market, it always was, it always will be, [...]

The Kelly Writers House presents
MUSIC WRITING IN THE AGE OF CONVERGENCE
a panel discussion featuring:
BRIAN MCMANUS / music editor for Philadelphia Weekly
TOM MOON / former music critic for Philadelphia Inquirer
AMANDA PETRUSICH / contributing writer at Pitchforkmedia.com
ANTHONY DECURTIS / moderator
co-sponsored by The Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing
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Thursday, 11/1 at 6PM
3805 Locust Walk
This event is free & [...]

“Philadelphia is already reaping the benefits of revenue from casinos in other parts of Pennsylvania [...] These benefits are too important to the city, the region and the
commonwealth to be delayed indefinitely by government inaction.
“Everyone had an opportunity to be heard. The gaming board made its decision as to the location of [...]

>>> Feelin’ scurred yet? Does the rain beating down on the roof of your Le Car sound like Ol’ Black Death beating down your door? We call it PHILADELPHIA, folks, but if you need some background on that, there’s candlelight tours of the Poe House at 6, 6:30, and 7pm. (No, we’re not speaking jive [...]

Public Access Bills are Unanimously passed by City Council
MORE GREAT NEWS FROM PCAC!
This morning Bill Nos. 70793 and 70794 were unanimously passed by Philadelphia’s
City Council. The first bill approved the public access amendments to the City’s
Franchise Agreement with Comcast and the second approved the leasing of the
City-owned property at 2531 Lehigh Ave to the future [...]

While we have a hard time believing we’re the first people to break this [Ed.: Whoops, we're not - Metro had it a couple hours ago.] indeed it does appear that HSP Gaming Inc. — corporate parent company to the much-debated SugarHouse Casino — has filed suit against the City of Philadelphia in a beef [...]