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>>> This is it: Your last weekend before the deluge of holiday parties begin to rain down on you like so many tears. Make the promise to yourself that we’ve already made this season — you’re gonna hold it together, you’re not gonna flip out and give in to the seasonal affect disorder that wants […]

It was the lede that made a thousand heads scratchy, and in a week full of consterningly (is that a word?) dumb news stories, it easily took the cake:
A potent type of marijuana known as AK47 - so strong that some users have been treated in emergency rooms for overdoses - has hit the Philadelphia […]

Oh, we know you want the M.I.A. tickets, we know you do, baby. But real quick: What’s better than the party? That’s right, it’s the AFTERPARTY. And besides, if you wanna see M.I.A. perform live, all you gotta do is wait ’til the end of The Hills. Rather, on Saturday, Paper Street’s Mad Pussy is […]

Behold, the trailer for John Rambo. Warning: Throat-ripping towards the end of the second minute.

When you want to run an illegal poker machine set-up in the back of your Italian Market shop, simply refer to it as Variety Store and the gamblers will come. And as is widely known in this city, whenever someone is making money off of something, be it underage, not entirely lawful, or as we […]

Beanie Sigel has had a rough couple of years since his last album, 2005’s The B. Coming: A $26K child support bill that landed his ass in the hoosegow, two years probation for popping some sucka in the eye, a shooting that may or may not have been a hoax, and having a judge call […]

· The PA Gaming Control Board are named “People Of The Year” by none other than Casino Journal magazine. Sayeth the mag: “If you want an example of how hard work and dedication can overcome sizeable challenges and result in true, measurable progress, you’d be hard pressed to find a better example than the Pennsylvania […]

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>>> Silky songster Richard Swift, who’s a bit like a sadder, cooler Randy Newman, opens for those odious Cold War Kids at Fillmore at the TLA. Bring him flowers and gently funny cards of condolence, then split right after his set for pastures less shitty.
>>> Such as: Kinski, who dense cosmickrautpsychswirl is still goin’ […]

Seeing as how Wikipedia is crumbling around itself and the Internet at large is all lies, is it time to look back to the dusty elegance of a physical encyclopedia? More to the point, if Cleveland and Chicago have their own and New York is cruising towards two, why are we sitting on our […]

It’s Talkin’ Shit research time. See how far you can get around Philly with an 8-ball. It depends on what kind of 8-ball you have, what kind of operating system you’re running on, and whether anyone really has any answers. They don’t, but they have blogs. And only as much cred as you give…

• Sad but true: The inventor of Gatorade has gone to the big sports bottle in the sky. But as in life, he brings us joy by inspiring a bouncy obit with such phrases as “cunning dashes of whatever.” Truth be told, Gatorade will always remind us of a simpler time, before VitaminWater and […]

VINELAND — Dot Emeigh worries about what’s to come.
The Hance Bridge Road resident said she’s not happy about plans for a three-day outdoor music festival on a 570-acre farm across the street from her home.
The inaugural Vineland Music Festival, to be held Aug. 8-10, is expected to draw at least 10,000 to 20,000 people over […]

1. Brian Christinzio is presently co-scoring an English film with Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy.
2. Christinzio toured the states in 2002 with Bill Ricchini, Chris Doyle (A-Sides) and our own Joey Sweeney. Doyle fell asleep onstage in Denver, and Ricchini’s career has still not recovered. Christinzio often took to wearing a Zorro mask in […]

Did you know that there are local designers by the names of Rust Belt and Loop? Well, you can brush up on your label-ese at one of this week’s many trunk shows. Arcadia Boutique is throwing an artist reception and designer show tomorrow from 4-9pm with your real friends: drinks and 10% off. Those are […]

>>> Here’s one way to spin the whole Fairmount-Lollapalooza-lost-to-Vineland-NJ meme: Local politicking cost us not just the festival but also a hearty spotlight for local bands. Maybe, but something tells us Man Man/Dr. Dog/A-Sides just might make the long trek across the Delaware anyway. Added bonus: Our own Sweeney being quoted about how much he […]

We like ice. We like ice cream cones. This is probably only a Christmas gift that would work in theory, for the Million Dollar Ice Cream Cone that will be unveiled on Friday at the Jeweler’s Row Robbins’ Diamonds is just a 20 oz piece made with 630 diamonds, and we really don’t deserve it. […]

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>>> Lots of good music to see tonight: The Tough Shits headline the Khyber. For those new to the Shits’ ouvre, check out this here primer courtesy Philebrity.tv.
>>> Sondre Lerche, currently enjoying a media jolt having to do with his tunes all up in Steve Carrell’s new movie, plays the World Cafe Live. We can […]