Archive for February, 2009

This Evening: Liars & Thieves

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

>>> We can’t stop talking about Lie To Me here in the office, even though the show’s plotlines are so totally implausible and goofy. Still, Tim Roth is great as this kooky lie scientist (lientist?) and he’s pretty much carrying the whole thing on his shoulders here and as a result, it’s doomed so we’re [...]

Slideshow: Plastic Little/Japanther/NinjaSonic At Kung Fu NeckTie, 2/9/09

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

After the jump, Dan Murphy‘s shots from last night’s sold-out Plastic Little/Japanther/NinjaSonic show at Kung Fu Necktie, plus a tune from the Japanther.

Phashionista: V-Day Special

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Whether you have a significant other, or plan to troll for sexy singles this Saturday, make sure to be clad in these! Philly based designer Callie Konane Rickards makes some pretty fabulous body suits and play suits (pictured) perfectly made to set whatever mood you have planned. [Etsy] For post-coital activities, color each other senselessly–or [...]

WXPN Embarks On Radical New Fundraising Drive In Which They Hold All The Good Music For Ransom

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Now, before we go any further, let us just say that WXPN is waist-deep in its annual fund drive and if, in this crazy economy, you have extra bones or clams or whatever it is you people call them, you should by all means pledge. That said, today has been the worst day, musically speaking, [...]

Dream A Little Dream Of Us

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s opening ain’t got shit on this.

Rumblings: Upper Darby, WTF???

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Upper Darby’s got the weirds right now: >>>Somebody beat up a nun, in a church parking lot, breaking her pelvis, and stealing a purse that was empty of pretty much anything of value. Except, probably, forgiveness. [Inky] >>>A 19-year-old just went around setting a bunch of fires like she was a 9-year-old. Is this the [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: Preston & Steve, We’d Like To Remind You Of The Age Of Consent Laws In PA

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Misstallica — formerly Clitallica, until their moms found out — are an all-female teenage Metallica cover band. They played on Preston & Steve and probably got insanely grossed out.

It Really Is A Beautiful Day: A List Of Miserable Cities Came Out, And Philly Is Not On It

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

So, um, suck it, Chicago. Also, at right, to celebrate, is the World’s Smallest Tug McGraw. That is all. Forbes: Now That Money No Longer Exists, We’re The Nation’s Leading Listicle-Makers

Mark Your Calendars: Jay McCarroll’s Big Dumb Movie In Which He Whines For 103 Minutes About Why He Hasn’t Done Anything Since Project Runway Is Out In March

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Somebody please correct us: Don’t you have to have slugged it out in the fashion biz for a minimum of 30 years before someone will put a documentary of basically you, bitching for two hours, in theaters and expect anybody to go see it? And doesn’t even that rule get amended to simply “NEVER!” if [...]

Blondell Reynolds Brown Has “An Unavoidable Personal Matter That Could Not Be Attended To By Nobody But Me”

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, what are we gonna do with you? On one hand you get big ups for forcing fast food joints to tell people exactly the manner in which they are slowly but surely dying, but on the other, you’ve totally been busted using a city car (and city gas money, natch) to [...]

And Now, Just A Few Of The Things We’d Rather Be Doing Instead Of Fucking BLOGGING On This Gorgeous Fake Spring Day

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

1. Hotbox all the way up to the Princeton Record Exchange, listening to the music of America (pictured). 2. Go to Johnny’s Hot and then sit in the sun at Penn Treaty Park while sausage juice drips all down our ruddy faces, for surely we are children of gods. 3. Shoot a whole new grip [...]

This Just In: Aging Boomer Megastars Teaming Up World’s Most Impersonal Concert, Heralded As “A Woodstock For People Who Like Music But Don’t Really Like Music”

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Oh yeah, baby, it’s on! Thursday, July 30 at Citizen’s Bank Park, these two will wage war in an epic battle of schmaltz and entitlement. Still unaware that THEY ARE THE VERY REASON PUNK ROCK WAS CREATED, Elton John and Billy Joel will vie for an imaginary title the rest of the world forgot about [...]

Right Now On Phoodie.info: Freakin’ & Peekin’

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

· First Look: Chifa Sneak Peek · UPenn Says No To Peanut Butter, Rationalism · Food Truck Vendors With No Internet Access Or Widely Available Phone Numbers, Finally, There Is A Video Podcast For You · And Now, Here’s What We Have To Add Regarding The Foobooz Post About The Union Trust Opening Party · [...]

Rumblings: Happy Birthday, Darwin!

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

OH HAI. It’s Darwin’s 200th birthday or whatever and to celebrate, tons of animals are doing stupid things that are barely worth talking about. Let’s go! >>> At the Philadelphia Zoo, Red Pandas Pip and Jing Li have fallen in love. I guess we know this because they’ve been watching You’ve Got Mail together and [...]

SEPTA Beer Week Promo Shows Us The Philly Skyline We Know And Loathe

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

PhillySkyline: New York’s Alright If You Like Saxaphones [4th item, for the love of God, Bradley, just fucking install WordPress already]

Musical Rumblings: Q&A

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

>>> Question: Are we the only people in the world who know that Patti Smith is playing at UPenn this Thursday afternoon? [ICAPhila] >>> Evening Magazine, the TV show: Responsible for introducing the world to the milieu of Nancy Glass and Ray Murray, two of the most vapid 1980s chat show hosts to have ever [...]

Readers Cameraphone: Take Note Of The Gentrification Wars’ Chalkboard Uprising

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Spotted at Fishtown’s Starboard Side. (Fun trivia: Sweeney’s Grandpa used to own this place and it was called The Shrimp Boat.) Starboard Side, while we think your reactionary tone is kind of whiny, we cannot deny your basic point: Chalk is for everyone. Bonus points for actually spelling words right, something that rarely happens in [...]

This Just In: News Cycle Paralyzed By Boredom, Dr. Philebrity’s Help-line Is OPEN

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Jesus Christ, in the last 24 hours, the whole world just became like your friends’ marriages and children: BORRRRRRING. So to bide the time, we’re gonna rev up an old Philebrity Phorgotten Phave: Dr. Philebrity! For those of you new to Philebrity’s resident psychiatrist/physician/witchdoctor/ombudsman, let’s just put it this way: Any problemz you can has, [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: The Facts @ Punk Rock Flea Market

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Guys Gone Mild, the gents behind that awesome Swimmers video, are back with their new video podcast, The Facts.

More Fun With Public Records: Gay Edition

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Public records of donations are nifty things. Back when, you may remember the time “local man”/weird God, gays and science dude John Templeton Jr gave an estimated $1 million to the efforts to defeat PASS Proposition 8 in California – the discriminatory ballot initiative that united Mormons, anti-gay churches, and douchebags nationwide to quash the [...]