That is not a tasteless joke. It’s just our surprise that Lucky Strike Lanes was robbed at 3:15 am on Saturday morning by two men clad in black face masks, gloves, and guns, all of which we are know are not viable dress code options for the Cashman-esque lounge. It’s challenging enough to gain entry [...]

>>>Dude has just named his new Commerce Director and Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Whew. Andrew Altman, welcome to the team. Here’s what we can leak about him thus far: Alt’s a Germantown native and Temple grad, and was the founding President and CEO of Anacostia Waterfront Corporation in DC. The very second [...]

We’ll always have Wing Bowl, but we’d like to reserve a bit of hometown pride for the Biggest Game of the Year. First, for helping the roman numeral system maintain some kind of relevance throughout the years. The real winners in this thing are Global Spectrum, the management firm that operates under Comcast Spectacor. The [...]

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>>> I have dipped my finger in the honeypot of this weekend’s doings, and I am proud to proclaim to all within earschot: NOT BAD. NOT GREAT, PHILADELPHIA, BUT NOT BAD. And as befits the January tourfreeze, both of your leadoff Friday night scenes emphasize local talent, community-building and housebound afterparties fueled on whatever the [...]

Big week for Dude — sorry, I mean, Mayor Michael Nutter — this week as he took on some major lions, even though there are some kitties lying in wait, ready to pounce. The headline, of course, refers to the post-Street vengeance on previously bought and sold interests that Nutter is sweeping out with a [...]

Those of you who enjoy sweating out in fields and paying lots of money for bottled water might want to pour a $5 Aquafina out for the first festival to bite the dust in 2008: The Vineland Music Festival, which was set to bring bands to Vineland, N.J. between Aug. 8 and 10. A rep [...]

From last year’s benefit show for Pig Iron Theatre Company. Tonight, though, check out “A ‘For the Love of Pig Iron’ Event: The Swining. Pig Iron’s First Intentionally Scary Benefit Cabaret & Auction” at the Trocadero.

This is the part when we explain to all of our readers over 23 (HI MOM! HI DAVID! HI TONY AND MAUREEN!) that Holy Fuck is a band. But as this blog bears witness, it’s also a way of life; hype’em here — you’re sure to dig if you like early Stereolab, crusty Canadians or [...]

>>>We are sad to report that production of Hershey crack has been halted after a cave-in to pressure from Philly’s narcotics squad and fear-mongers. Rather than pull Ice Breakers Pacs from shelves, Hershey will let the candy sell out. They’re already going for $9.99 on eBay. America’s Next Top Street Drug, we will see you [...]

We’re not logging in enough deep sleep, D-Mac’s not, either, but is it all because of our super phones? Oh, those scientists and their zany studies. Temple University’s sleep program with Dr. Wissam Chatila found that exposure to radio frequency in cell phones for three hours or more resulted in interrupted sleep cycles and less [...]

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King Britt introduces our screening of The Wiz at 7:30pm sharp at National Mechanics, 22 S. 3rd St. in Old City. It’s free, and is part of the TLA Philebrity Screening Series. For more stuff to do tonight, check out our listings.

For days now, our thoughts have been dominated by this one truly bizarre post tucked in late last weekend on Philadelphia Will Do. Why? Because while it is our chosen profession to witness (and yes, produce) blog meltdowns day in, day out, we hardly ever see one that is actually, truly, a real live meltdown. [...]

>>> Seems like old times: Marah implodes on eve of national tour. We can’t say this didn’t take us straight back to 1998, when Ma(d)rah(ma) was a legitimate occupation for A.D., yours truly and anyone else who wanted it. We actually heard about this last Friday, promptly ran into Jamie Mahon, decided that we’d volunteer [...]

Ironic that Paris is in the same room with the lady who didn’t know what a muff was, much less whether one should shave it or not. Ahem.
Previously: Paris Hilton Slated To Be Completely Grossed Out By Franklin Mills Patrons In Roughly 24 Hours

And before I knew it, it was 2am.
I know that Into the Wild is one of those films that you only watch as an in-flight movie and then never mention it or let it be known that you were touched by it, except during phone confessionals with Burger Boy. He does not have a [...]

>>> Math problem: If a plane carrying Hillary Clinton is travelling to Philadelphia at the same time a bus full of Hillary Clinton press is doing the same, if you poke a hole in the airplane’s tire, which one gets there first? Answer: It doesn’t matter, she still gets a halfhearted Dem-machine endorsement anyway. [PhillyChitChat]
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You’ve really got to hand it to Anne Dicker: While she is in so many ways the underdog in the PA State Senate Race, she’s proving herself to be whip-smart at best and at least, not very easy to push around. Dicker, you may be aware, is running against Vince Fumo for the Senate seat, [...]

MEDIA ADVISORY
EVENT: FROM RECESSION TO “BULL MARKET” … LITERALLY! … 2000-LB LIVE BULL TAKES TO FLOOR OF PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE TO RING OPENING BELL
“TC THE BULL” JOINS LOCAL COWBOY TO BRING U.S. OUT OF RECESSION FOR ONE DAY [...]