>>>Say, can we get new cancer treatment equipment that weighs 110 tons and have the Mummers serenade its arrival at UPenn? Can we then send the brigades back to practice holes for the remainder of the year? [KYW]
>>>Will the Eagles ever see the $800,000 that T.O. still owes them? Hey, dudes? Take the loss. [PhillyBurbs]
>>>What […]

Just how cold, calculating, and precise does one have to be to divide a woman’s body into eight trash bags and dispose of them along the highway in four separate counties? In Stroudsburg, Pa, an unidentified woman has been hacked to pieces, many of which state police believe they have not found yet. While it’s […]

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And it is… Invincible! So on Thursday night, Philebrity and TLA Video will be proud to present Mayor Michael Nutter introducing and saying a few words before a free screening of Invincible as part of the TLA Philebrity Screening Series at National Mechanics, 22 S. 3rd St., at 7:30pm.
And we’d like you to join us. […]

>>> God, take a listen to these James Blackshaw tracks and tell me if it doesn’t feel like the ol’ gray wind blowing straight through you. But you know, in a good way. (There’s some mp3s at Hype for the curious, we think.) The experimental London guitarist (pictured) plays at Brickbat Books, 709 South […]

After the jump, BJK bids a fond adieu to Digital Rights Management, but not to Lars Ulrich. Hell, no. Never!

Sean Agnew risks life, limb and mudbutt once again to bring the Wing Bowl to your computer monitor as it happens. Stay tuned for more details as they emerge.
Previously: Agnew Goes To The Wingbowl 2007

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ROCKY PROPOSES TO ADRIAN IN NEW VALENTINE”S DAY SPOT ON PHILADELPHIA ZOO’S WEBSITE
Who: Philadelphia Zoo – 3400 West Girard Avenue – Philadelphia, […]

Yoe! Yiz knowe what? If aye combined my thuggish union ways with some bowne-in’ up on some-a dis lawr bookreadin’, I could be rye-din’ as high in da saddle as that friggin’ pansy alpaca farmer VINCE FUE-MO! Tell the troof dough: Deez glasses mayke me look all DISTINGWISHED an shit, don’t dey? Maybe I’ll get […]

· So as we noted yesterday, Philebrity moved into its new HQ (top secret, don’t ask) and as such, we didn’t cook. But for people who were supposed to be moving, we sure did eat a lot. For lunch, after we dropped off a bunch of donations at Philly AIDS Thrift (we were considering dropping […]

The story of one man’s lifelong battle with Riding The Ducks.
Previously: We Built This City On Schlock And Roll

I’m hearing a lot of rumors that Philadelphia Style is about to be sold to Niche Media. You’ve probably heard the same things, too. Niche Media is that Jason Binn behomith that started Capitol File in DC when DC Style came out (and killed DC Style). He was also rumored to be starting a magazine […]

We know, we know, but we can’t help going back to the well with cop messageboard Domelights every time something goes down inside the Philadelphia Police Department: It may be the only way us citizens can get a read on what cops are really thinking at any given moment. (Plus, like on any community messageboard, […]

Buried at the back of Steve Klinge’s review of Saturday night’s Super Furry Animals show at the Starlight, comes this bit:
A Canadian quartet with an unprintable name opened with a set of frenetic dance-oriented instrumental grooves that mixed bumping techno rhythms and pulsing Krautrock with swirling dub reggae effects that recalled the late, lamented Tackhead […]

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>>>You should be resting, because Madeleine Albright is coming and you’ll want to appear wide-eyed and sassy for her tomorrow. Did you know that she can leg-press 400 lbs? Wtf. [Uwishunu]
>>>But if not, Jang House at the Barbary and Back 2 Basics at Silk have rejuvenating effects on the soul.
>>>From 5-8pm, Cocktails For a Cause […]

My inbox is like a bottomless pocket of the finest golden SEPTA tokens to ever produce the sound of clinking change. One email in particular wants to take me the extra mile, to employment at Comcast. It seems that there is an opening there, and not just any opening. Have you ever wanted to be […]

From the mouths of KYW’s babes:
NJ Legislator Wants Law to Finger Beer Keg Purchasers
Can we focus on the headline, appreciate the use of “finger” there? No, we can’t, because we like to read. Check this nugget.
Conners says his bill would nab the person who bought the keg:
“I believe what happens is, the kids will approach […]

We’ve been waiting on a new water-billing system for 20 years. What we got instead was….the past 20 years that featured everything from flaky Wi-Fi proposals to the Disney Hole until the city’s major theme was: We’ll Get It Done…Someday. Well, this is kind of that day, and get used to it. Dude Mayor puts […]

>>>So, one time, in a club, someone came over to us and said
“Hey, YOU, don’t write anything bad about Adam Sparkles.”
And we’re not sure that we ever have. But it was like a curse, and we’ve been on board the Sparkles train ever since. That’s why we geeked out when Adam sent us […]