I’ve never been so frightened in my entire life.

That’s what Michael Nutter just said about his experience throwing out the first pitch today at the Phillies home opener against the Washington Nationals. Apparently, Nutter’s first pitch was a wild one, but the second try was a stone cold strike. As we write this, Phils lead […]

We’re working on our Philadelphia Film Fest preview for a little later this week, but this ‘un was a little too good not to let go right away.

When news broke last week that Sean Patrick Conroy, a 36-year-old Starbucks manager from South Philly, was savagely beaten to death on the 13th Street El platform, it stopped us cold. And with good reason: Conroy’s death was a brutal reminder that when you live in a big city, pretty much anything can happen at […]

When it rains, it pours, and right now, PhillyMag would seem to be in the throes of a major personality crisis. And if it’s not pondering what God hath wrought when the pubeless are getting waxed, it is that other Job-like trial the magazine has been enduring for a while now: The web. But for […]

It’s not exactly news that the Boy Scouts have been told that they need to vacate their offices on the Ben Franklin Parkway on or by June 1 — that was reported back in December — but here’s what is: 1) That the City seems to be making a point of getting the Scouts to […]

After the jump, Caitlin Welge’s shots from Friday night’s Turbostation party at The Trocadero.

Philebs was down for a minute there, but we just wanted to let you know we’re alive, just doing some routine maintenance. Check back in a few for more HOT POSTS than you can shake a stick at. We thank you for your patience.

Yesterday morning, when lots of folks were already assuming their positions on places like Lemon Hill, the Mayor’s office sent out a press release: In case you didn’t already know, the drift went, we’re about to blow up Mantua Hall any… second… now. Two minutes later, at 7:38am, another press release went out: It was […]

FRIDAY:
>>> At the risk of sounding like a party pooper, everything there is to do this weekend is something you’ve already done like 500 times, first with wonderment and an open heart, but eventually, inevitably, utterly joylessly. We love weekends like this because they are A) the defining argument against most monthly DJ nights, which […]

RECOMMENDED: We said it before, and we’ll say it again: We will watch ANYTHING that’s about people stealing shit. And this week, we can add another rule to the Philebrity Moviegoing Handbook: We’ll also watch ANYTHING with Michael Caine. We know the risks involved. We’re well aware of what can happen. But look at it […]

After the jump, Dan Murphy’s shots from last night’s Raveonettes show at Johnny Brenda’s, plus an mp3 from the band.

After the jump, Tony Carpenter ponders March Radness, Old Man Arlen, our mysterious non-disappearing basketball team, and some dude named Rocky.

Yes, we’ve had Roots fever all-week-long. So let’s wrap it up this week with scenes from Tuesday night’s listening party at The Studio for the new album, Rising Down.

We’ve been lax thus far on putting April 5th’s Philly CleanUp on blast, but no time like the present, right? The CleanUp is Dude’s making good on a campaign promise to get folks to be more engaged with the beautification of where they live, but it’s much more than that. For entirely too long, whole […]

>>> Oh, snap: Mumia’s death sentence overturned! Cue indignant rage! COP FETISH DUCKIE IS UPSET! And you know what? THANK GOD. Though we cannot say — no one truly can, at this point - whether or not Mumia was guilty, for too long, the Fry-Jamal movement has had a cool, dark place in which it […]

We know it’s difficult, but pay attention to PhillyMag long enough, and you’ll notice an annual ritual: The biting of the luxury class hand that feeds the mag, that has given it succor for so long when no others would, and the awkward silence that follows. These articles are usually muffled howls of frustration — […]

From the ever-entertaining Northern Liberties message board:
Did you all receive this zoning notice for a nudist worship hall? Since i’ve already been criticized on this board for mentioning my views on zoning issues, let me just observe: I wonder if this will be a clothes-ed meeting.
“Ernie Gondola – 620 N. 2nd St. – C2 – […]

>>>> It’s the final installment in the TLA Philebrity Screening Series, which, by the way, has been a ton of fun, and thanks to all who’ve dropped by. Tonight, we slam the door with Greg Weeks of Espers showing the Mexican lesbian naked titty vampire movie Alucarda. At least, we think that’s what kind of […]

>>> The Aussie invasion continues with tomorrow night’s Naked On The Vague show at Big Jar offshoot Brickbat Books, which recently hosted fellow Antipodeans XNoBBQX. Not every Aussie band coming to town gets Wallen’s approval — he hates CW Stoneking — but Naked On The Vague sure do. [Balancing Man]
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