Somewhere in the night, Philebrity turned into a union shop and the first thing they told us was that we didn’t have to work today. We’ll return tomorrow.

FRIDAY: >>> Since we last checked in with In Grenada, they’ve grown a few members, recorded some new tracks and generally made us proud — the baby band we first wrote about a year or so ago is growing into this epic pop machine. Make no mistake: This is one of the most tuneful, fired-up [...]

RECOMMENDED: We’ve had it bad for Clive Owen ever since his droopy-yet-epicly-handsome countenance appeared in Croupier, and there hasn’t been a lot of looking back since. The International is one of those let’s-run-around-awesome-spots-in-Europe thrillers a la Ronin/Bourne Identity, with Owen chasing the principal evildoers behind a hateful international banking scheme, so it’s topical and will [...]

After the jump, Dan Murphy‘s shots from yesterday’s appearance by Patti Smith at the ICA’s Symposium on Robert Mapplethorpe, plus a tune from Patti.

Local guy/A-Sides bassist Mike Fleming is easily one of our favorite young photographers. His new show, “One More Time For Just-In-Case”, opens tomorrow night at B2 Cafe, Passyunk & Dickinson, at 6pm. More info on Mike’s blog.

Larry! Herb! Sherri! Awww.

Oh, Valentine’s Day, Enemy of Love, and farcical object of abject dread! How we want to punch you in your bougie, saccharine face. But we will say this: A) The 30 Rock Valentine’s Day episode ruled, and B) V-Day is one of those weird truth-serum holidays where, given the right circumstances, people’s true colors really [...]

“Oh, what’s up, indie rockers? What’s that? You’re dad’s van broke down? Whatever: We arrived in Budapest WITHOUT OUR TUXEDOS. Pfft.” Props are due to The Philadelphia Orchestra (and conductor Christoph Eschenbach) for repping Philly hard last night, and making us all kinda proud. While arriving for a gig in Budapest at Béla Bartók National [...]

Now, yes: It was kinda stupid for Michael Phelps to allow himself to be photographed horkin’ on a giant bong at some stupid beer pong party a person of his social standing shouldn’t have been caught dead at. But is there anything even remotely legal or constitutional about the Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Office’s [...]

“Vinny Whiteflight is GO EAGLES!” “Hugo Dyenow is works with morons” “Jimmy Mayfishfairtown is meth makes me smile but ironic’lee decaaays muh tEEEf.” “Jenny Jersey is Cuba Libre tonight with my girlzzz!” Ok, the names have been changed to protect the stupid, and I have only seen the first one in reality; however the failure [...]

>>> As present-day rock bands go, you could do a whole helluva lot worse than French Kicks, who headline Johnny Brenda’s tonight; Gildon Works open. >>> Ween-ites, take note: The Gene Ween Band plays an all-ages show at World Cafe Live earlystyle at 6:30pm. >>> No Speed Stick shall be there to vibe you out [...]

We can’t explain it, but good God, the very sight of Mr. Shakey scares the living shit out of us. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Who He Is: Long-hair noisenik from Kensington; moonlights (or, more appropriately, daylights) at Philadelphia Brewing Company. What He Does: It feels kind of weird tagging Kurt with the “Breakout Philebrity” thing, because we’ve known him for years — and maybe you have, too. Vile has been playing low-key gigs and hand-burning CD-Rs in Philly for [...]

There is so much wrong with that headline, we don’t even know where to begin. Let’s start here: On Sunday, April 19 at the Crystal Tea Room, the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Chapter) is hosting a benefit event called “Dancing With The Philadelphia Stars,” based on that show that every old [...]

You know how when you a little kid and something went really, really wrong — like you didn’t get a pony or your father didn’t pay child support for years at a time — you’d throw the classic hyperbolic tantrum in which you’d wish you never even met your parents and that you were never [...]

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Not only does Chase Utley have a new, non-embarrassing haircut, but we also have Australian artist Jamie Cooper hard at work on a 14×4 foot canvas of the 2008 World Series champions, the Philadelphia Phillies. Perhaps you’ve heard of them. Maybe you should get familiar.

>>> That kooky Diplo kid is designing a t-shirt for Playboy’s Rock The Rabbit brand — you know, that whole initiative that wants to introduce a whole generation of young men to Play… Oh, I’m sorry! I totally fell asleep. [Pitchfork] >>> In related news, get a load of the judges’ panel for the Varsity [...]

Pardon us, we slipped into Mayfairish (Mayfarsi?) for a second there. Translation: Philly native Joanna Pacitti has been booted from American Idol by FOX, who ultimately deemed that, indeed, her earlier career of sounding just like everybody else on American Idol would get in the way of her new career of sounding just like everybody [...]

According to this Metro article, eight of CVS’ 40 Philadelphia locations lock up their condoms. Now, CVS brass say that those stores do so because of shoplifting and — pardon the word here — shrinkage history, but the fact remains that this is an awful, awful policy: It puts a barrier between birth control and [...]