And if not, DN staffer Jason Nark has a hell of a lotta ‘splaining to do. UPDATE: Nark tweets again: “Daily news will become an insert in the Inquirer by the end of month” 6 minutes ago from TwitterBerry UPDATE 2: Daily news will not be inserted. Just called an edition. It will still be [...]

>>> And how sweet it is, because who doesn’t love heading off for a pint or five in the crippling snow? If such a person exists, we don’t wanna know about it. Also, we’ve been looking to see UK instrumentalist James Blackshaw for a while now, opening for Meg Baird and Dave from Arbouretum at [...]

They’ve had mirrors like this in Australia for years. Drexel Mathematics professor Andrew Hicks has been setting the nerd-blog community reeling with his series of unusual mirrors. Hicks has designed a half-dozen new types of reflective surfaces that may or may not have any true application. He created a mirror that doesn’t reverse its image, [...]

UPDATE: Whoops, that was fast. We even missed the date! We’ll have it for ya in a moment. Here we go: 5/14 · Phiadelphia, PA · Keswick Theatre · Tickets on Sale 3/6 10am EST. More info here.

Lest we come off as utter, unapolagetic fanboys, let us just say this: DJ Ian St. Laurent aka DJ Diabolic has been on quite the run of inspired mixtapes lately. After two really, really intriguing pyschedelic/hip-hop/soul/WTF offerings in his WISL series, he just threw down Facerockers Vol. I, a 31-minute, collaborative, all-original effort between himself, [...]

· The City Of Philadelphia would like you to know that the STATE OF SNOW EMERGENCY is now over, meaning that you are now even more on your own than you were a few hours ago. Also, FYI, the City can totally write you a ticket if you shovel your sidewalk snow into the street. [...]

>>> It looks like longtime Inquirer book critic Carlin Romano has been demoted, Gail Shister-like, to the ranks of a lowly reporter who has to go into the yucky field and talk with all the boring, lame people on the street and then report back his dungheap-of-humanity findings. Here he is, reporting on how now [...]

…in every sense of the word. In her latest blog posting, February 25, our favorite chick lit author sadly notes that “Last week, my neighborhood coffee shop closed.” Why is this so particularly disruptive for her and her fans? Well, “The coffee shop was where I worked, five days a week, usually from one in [...]

Ah, yes, that would be Danny Bonaduce on what looks to be a building on either Strawberry Street or Bank Street in Old City, accompanied by some bros and an insane, high-pitched whir that could only be the sound of all the gods in the heavens, screaming, screaming, screaming. Damn if that ain’t a man.

Though we may presently be asea in slush, our old friend and contributor Doug Wallen is in sunny Australia, where, if his recent Facebook statuses are anything to go by, he’s bracing for 90-degree-plus weather. However, Doug is nothing if not a loyal Philadelphian. We just go the following email from Doug, who would seem [...]

We’ve been a fan of David Kessler‘s Shadow World since we first learned of it (and shared it with you) a year or two ago. Since then, Kessler has won loads of accolades, and rightfully so: Shadow World takes one of the weirdest (and sometimes ugliest) places in the world — Kensington, specifically the area [...]

God save Penn Praxis, and all who sail in them; and while we have no idea exactly how or why the City of Philadelphia had the good sense to start chumming up to a bunch of design and planning nerds from Penn, more and more, it becomes apparent that we should all be thankful they [...]

Local photog Gary Wilpizeski went out walking just now, and was kind enough to share these shots with us. They’re gorgeous. View more after the jump, and even more at Gary’s Flickr stream.

NOW we are cooking with gas, people! We hope, at any rate. Here at Philebrity, we are keeping a keen eye on THE BLIZZARDOCALYPSE, or, should you prefer, THE BLIZAPTURE. We have fortified ourselves on knee-quaking weather reports; we have made snowsuits of milk, eggs and bread; and we are readying the PHILEBRITY BLIZZARD CAM [...]