It’s right about now that we’d like to stand up and give some big props to the Philly edition of the Metro, the Swede-owned free daily that has — credit where it’s due — at this point completely re-invented itself since the days when it was the SEPTA freeb. Metro corporate has just announced that, [...]

You may remember the news story last year about how local tour guides were going to be forced to take tests of basic Philadelphia historical knowledge in order to be licensed guides. The reasoning for this is pretty simple, really: One of the The City of Philadelphia’s principal attractions to tourists the incredible wealth of [...]

Look, we know you don’t care, in all likelihood. But you need to. Take a long, hard look at the people currently running for District Attorney in the City of Philadelphia. It’s like friggin’ happy hour at Finnegan’s Wake in there. And we get a deeply dirty, old-school Fumo vibe from just about every one [...]

If your worst casino nightmare ever included the local, national and international economies tanking, which would be followed by a desperate last-minute push to get casinos pushed through in your town — immediately following the moment when it finally seemed like local casinos might be dead in the water — well, um, welcome to your [...]

Love, Soccer and Other Catastrophes … follows the intertwining lives of a five-man Italian intramural soccer team. Each member of the team brings a little piece of their personality to the field, just as they take a bit of their playing style to their drama filled daily lives. Sex, job stress, sex, girlfriend-stealing, more sex, [...]

FRIDAY: >>> SPRING BE UPON US. We just rocked a two-drink-minimum lunch, the sounds of Paul Simon’s Graceland are wafting through the house (don’t be like that, or we’ll bust out Rhythm of the Saints next) and all is right in this big ol’ goofy world, you big ol’ goofy girl. We only hope that [...]

Duchesses? Douchelles? Whatever, if the events of the last two weeks have taught us anything, it’s that we really need to sit down and write the definitive treatise/field guide on The At-Large Douche Culture. PS, coarse language in this clip.

Earlier this week, we lamented the cruel and unjust fate staring the SS United States in the eye. Once the pride of the nation, the SSUS has been sitting in the Delaware in disrepair and neglect since the mid-90s. And if you’ve ever eyeballed the ship from the Ikea parking lot, you know that’s a [...]

>>> Who could have ever known that Philadelphians would be into this thing called silence? On April 6, SEPTA will be expanding its “Quiet Ride” services for the tired, the studying, and the people who commute with their significant others each day in howling, stinging, hateful silence. [PBJ] >>> And it’s here that we have [...]

· The DJ in the Grand Ballroom at XIX played “Jump Around” by House of Pain; we also saw a woman in her 40s play righteous air guitar to “Super Freak” while simultaneously conjuring Elaine Bennis. We credit the latter to the ubiquity of Guitar Hero, but we loved it anyway. · For anybody who [...]

Overbrook High School teacher Bonnie Breeze, representin’.

>>> The weekend seems to be starting early: In addition to the Film Fest kicking off tonight, there’s also Primal Scream, and that Foreign Service thing we told you about. The opening night screenings are sold out, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t prep for the rest of the Fest. >>> Meanwhile, the shoegazey Ports [...]

It’s been over a year, and we still love this big guy.

· Sour Batch Kids · O HAY-IM! Celebrate Passover At Alison Two And Zahav · Local Breweries Ready To Mac Off At The POPE · These Donuts Were Made With LOVE · New York Bagels Not Just For New Yorkers All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the [...]

For over a decade, The Farrelly Brothers have been trying to bring The Three Stooges to the big screen, and it finally looks like the project is gaining some traction. And guess who’s playing Larry Fine? The one and only Sean Penn, fresh off an Oscar win for his role in Milk. And we can [...]

Craig Carpenter‘s Workingmen’s Blues is a doc about the current shapeshifting of the music industry — especially as regards this being “the era of live music,” and even more so, this being the era of live music here in Philly. Along the way, he interviews lots of local industry people. Should be interesting to see [...]

Autosave, dawg! Get to know it! On the other hand, you may not need to: Apparently, Philly.com commenters crow whether you post actual words or not. Nice to know the bar is so high, is it not, Bunchy?

Once a month, longtime buds Laris Kreslins and Al Paschyn have a DJ night called “Foreign Service” at the 700 at Second and Fairmount streets. The criteria for what they select is fiendish in its simplicity: No English-language music whatsoever. Naturally, that opens up a wider playing field than you could possibly imagine, so for [...]

So you’re one of the millions upon millions of Americans living without health insurance. Howdy, partner, so are we! And as you probably know, living without that kind of net teaches you all kinds of skills you probably never knew you had before, like getting through a sinus infection without the aid of antibiotics (they’re [...]

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