We’ll let Bethlehem, PA’s own Clubber Lang Gang explain this one: True Story: In 1944, the song writing duo of Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane wrote “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” for the opening scene of the motion picture, Meet Me in St. Louis. At the time, Judy Garland and the suits at MGM [...]

Today is a sad day in the Neon Nation, and it’s hard to imagine what a whole generation of Philthy Pauls and Lil’ Conrads and Jay Yoos will do now that their formula has been taken away. For what crack babies were to the 1980s, the Sparks Generation was to us. Illinois Attorney General Lisa [...]

You know them, you love them: Wu Tang Clan. (And if you don’t know them, feel free to spend the rest of the afternoon perusing their quite impressive Wikipedia page.) Either way, they’ll be at the Trocadero on Friday night, and we’ve got tickets to share with you. To enter to win, send an email [...]

God gave rock and roll to ya, gave rock and roll to ya, gave rock and roll… to everyone.

Wachovia settled its suit with investors over terms of their proposed merger with Wells Fargo, thereby clearing the way for a shareholder vote next Tuesday. Money wonks say the deal will be done by end-of-year. Here’s hoping that those cool red wagon things become the new local symbol for “raping you on fees.” [PBJ]

First, an apology: What with everything that’s been going on, we’ve allowed our art listings to slip into disarray. We’ll be working on that today, but while we do and are sifting through the piles of listings we need to update, we came across some images from 222 Gallery‘s Group Show, which opens this Friday, [...]

We’d been holding off on posting about the curious case of toddler Adolf Hitler Campbell, who now famously was denied his name on a ShopRite birthday cake, much like Rosa Parks was denied a seat on the front of the bus so many years ago, except she did not have a batshit pseudo-neo-Nazi dad but [...]

There’s World Fucking Champion Chase Utley headed into a press conference, presumably to discuss the 26 people in the Philadelphia area for whom the word “fuck” and 1950s-era levels of presumed “decency” still mean something. Which we’ll get to in a moment. But first and foremost: Who beat The King Of The White Girls with [...]

All Sweeney wants for Christmas is to win this contest where you can be on a super special limited cover for Belle & Sebastian’s The BBC Sessions. And I mean, c’mon: If THAT does not say “Belle And Sebastian,” what does? OK, OK. It was worth a try. As penance for this ridiculous post, right-click [...]

· Local 44 To Nurse West Philadelphians From Behemoth Barrel Menu · Holiday Cocktail Roundup ‘08 · Breaking: Chocolaty Stars Are SOLD OUT! · Fresh Video: Butcher & Singer In 60 Seconds All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food and drink blog from Philebrity.

Have we ever told you about Brad Neely before? He’s this Philly expat/PAFA dropout who does insane cartoons and this crazy retelling of Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone that syncs up EXACTLY with the DVD. He’s also worked on Superdeluxe, Adult Swim, and South Park. At any rate, he’s featured in We Are Wizards, [...]

Come shake booties and tap Keds to the Brazilian electro-pop stylings of CSS. This show is not recommended for those adverse to neon-accented dancy good times, but for all else it should be fun fun fun. Their fab stage shows incorporate lots of balloons and feathers and you know you love it. They’re catchy like [...]

· Sazz Vintage takes the work out of thrifting. It’s one of those places that sifts through all the crap at thrift stores and pulls out the serious gems for resale at their store in Old City or at their website. That being said, Sazz kinda takes the fun out of thrifting as well. Either way [...]

At Philebs we don’t always write that much about Old Philadelphia, because of its frequently self-inflected backwards-looking stance on all things awesome. But today: >>>The National Constitution Center just put on display the only tea chest from the freaking Boston Tea Party. [CBS3] >>>Penn’s Museum of Archaeology has belatedly realized that it needs money to [...]

PhillyEcoCity, you’ve seen Waiting For Guffman, right? OK. Just checking. File under: Only In Mt. Airy.

Remember last year when we had to go and tell all the transplant artists that even when you are participating in an inherently racist farce/tradition ironically, you’re still participating in in an inherently racist farce/tradition? That was fun. Especially when a bunch of Space 1026-ers showed up in the comments and began whining about how, [...]

Many — perhaps too many — have attempted to pay tribute to Wham!‘s venerable (or venereal) holiday classic, “Last Christmas.” But we like the interpretation put forth by Philly’s own Faux Slang: Drunk, cracking up, and with just enough early Teenage Fanclub sludge to mask the true pain that lies at the core of this [...]

This is only our third entry into our Places We Can’t Understand category here on Philebrity, but already, it’s looking pretty clear that the category should really be named, “Places We Can’t Understand (But Love Anyway).” And while the first two focused on weird corners of the city, for this one, let’s take it back [...]

You know, we really weren’t intending on handing out The Doucheys this year; as good of an idea as it admittedly is, we’d also like to give other awards, based on actual merit and things worth celebrating. But God damn it, Philadelphia, you’re forcing our hands. At lunch time, I’m conveying AN EMERGENCY MEETING of [...]