I love the work of Anthony Lane, the film critic for The New Yorker, more than I’ll ever love Speed Racer. The Speed Racer movie, the most recent offering by the Wachowski Brothers, was said by Mr. Lane to be not-so-great (though not-so-bad as V for Vendetta). He emphasized his thoughts on the film by [...]

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>>> Remember a few weeks back, when there were no shows or dumb DJ nights in weekend picks, and instead, it was just stuff to do outside? I handily regard this as the Best Weekend Picks Ever. I’m tempted to do it again, but KYW’s calling for a FULL ON MONSOON on Saturday, so let’s [...]

One of the things we truly miss about living in South Philly is the freak artist/longtime local interface; in any other neighborhood in the city proper, these two groups are eternally at odds with one another, but in South Philly, and especially around the market, there is a vibe of dippy tolerance that is utterly [...]

David Vernitsky is gettin’ sassy! And rightfully so: The erstwhile graffiti artist who had his jaw needlessly broken by two cops now under investigation is getting mad press, and that’s not all. He’s now demanding an apology. (Although you do have to wonder just what kind of apology this would be, no? “We’re sorry we [...]

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And they say that these milennials have no moxie. Yesterday, we linked to a piece about Comcast.net getting hacked on Wednesday night, and just a day later a story that we couldn’t even make up has emerged. Who exactly would do such a thing? Why, it’s quite obvious: Disgruntled Comcast customers. Wired.com scored an exclusive [...]

“When hanging in the park with my moms and Woody circa 1983, I am the portrait of style and comfort in my Gordon Gartrell cargo pants.”
MalcomXPark: Ahmir, IS THAT YOU???
TheDailySwarm: Some Of My Best Friends Are Dead Or Almost-Dead White Rock Critics

Sometime last year, we discovered the King Of Prussia-based web 2.0 startup RedLasso, and thought, “Finally.” RedLasso does for TV on the Web what somehow, some way, broadcast television has not been able to do for itself. The site pulls a feed and streams the gamut of major TV networks and affiliates, as well as [...]

Howdy, stranger! If someone has sent you this link, you are the proud beneficiary of a Philebrity You-Send-Em®. Someone in your life has something to say to you, but doesn’t quite have the courage or time to do it. That’s where Philebrity.com comes in — we have to say totally messed-up shit to/about people every [...]

VIMBY – Sculpture Derby

[Director: Andrew David Watson]

PRESS RELEASE
PHILADELPHIA, PA: May 22, 2008
Review Publishing today announced the appointment of George P. Troyano as its new President and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Troyano most recently served as Publisher of Broad Street Publishing, a division of Philadelphia Media Holdings. He previously held the position of Senior Vice President for Sales, Marketing and Circulation at [...]

We wondered a few months ago what was up with the then-mysterious Reward project, a new shop TBA headed up by longtime Urban Outfitter Shari Roulin. Well, now we know: See that shop at right? Used to be Big Jar Books (adieu, my sweet prince! we shall see you all at Brickbat!), but come mid- [...]

And now, it’s all you can do to wish you just didn’t know.
“THE RIGHT STUFF” RETURNS TO SOUTH PHILLY’S BLOCK AS NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK BRING “SUMMERTIME” TO WACHOVIA CENTER ON NOVEMBER 5
TICKETS GO ON SALE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7 AT 10 A.M. VIA COMCASTTIX
Hot off their hit single “Summertime,” New Kids On [...]

SocialiteReport: Vengeance Now For Slowskys?

An editor friend passed this along: It looks as though 20th Century Fox may not be doing advance critics’ screenings for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening, due out Friday, June 13th. (Spooooooky! Trailer at right.) For those of you not in the biz, no advance screenings for critics is usually the studio’s only option when [...]

>>> If you missed the last Local Music Video Nite at Silk City, fear not. We’re compiling the clips for tonight, and we can already tell you: It’s stacked — expect to see clips from Spank Rock, Plastic Little, The Cobbs, Dark Horse & The Carousels, The Tough Shits, American Buffalo, Mahogany, Jotto, Mixel [...]

>>> Oh man, say it isn’t so: Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince’s classic “Summertime” being used in a Wal-Mart commercial? Are you serious? Wal-Mart? That shit is like school in the summertime. No classsss.
>>> It’s here that we bid a fond adieu to Jimmy McGriff, among the last — possibly the very last? — of [...]

Joceyln S. Kirsch, half of the duo dubbed the Bonnie and Clyde of identity theft, appeared in federal court today on charges that she stole a credit card in California last week.

Although maybe it’s true what they say: Once you go American Express card black, you never go back.
Inky: No, Honestly, You Just Left It [...]

“How CRAZY and PSYCHEDELIC is it that I’m crawling all over you inside this GIANT SILICON BOOB? Cue up the confetti cannons, boys!”
There’s been a lot of these going around the last day or so, so we figured we might as well run ‘em, too. Apparently, things gotta lil’ outta control at the Flaming Lips [...]