Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh play The Trocadero tonight, and you can bet that they’ll be performing the above utterly timeless statement of coolness.

>>> This could get really, really good: The SEPTA Failblog. [SEPTAfail] >>> And speaking of SEPTA fails, that SmartCard system just got delayed a little more. But, like the poster says, we’re getting there. [Inky] >>> And in case you missed this one a little earlier, some of that stimulus dough should going to repair [...]

· Phoodie Exclusive: Details On Varga Bar · Introducing The Locavore iPhone App · Scrapplefest Announced, Serves As A Timely Reminder That If The Scrapple Eaters Among Us Are Not Free, Who, Then, Is? · You Wish You Had This Dish: Potatoes Au Gratin At Johnny Brenda’s All this and more — plus the Phoodie [...]

From Laan Labs, the same local gents who brought you the Remote Sound Box for the iPhone, we’re getting our first look today at the Lightwriter, or POV Message. Basically, the app recreates the persistence of vision effect to mimic an LED-type display, where you can write messages and display them by simply waving your [...]

It looks like Metro spilled the beans on Johnny Goodtimes‘ secret identity. Byline credit on the pot article to Jerome Nottingham IV. Bizarre, Somewhat-Awkward Name the Fourth… you alluded to as much here. Major oops by Metro? Sweet fancy Moses! DMac‘s gone, Clockcleaner‘s breaking up, and we finally know Johnny Goodtimes’ real name. This spring, [...]

FRANKLY, i care only about the titties and flannel. however, tyler kids are just so good at writing letters and building horses that i can’t help but like them the best! also, they’re smarter. and EVERYONE gets into UArts (with a $10,000 scholarship. so gay). HOWEVER, that is not to say that everyone who goes [...]

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We only mention it because, like you, we just don’t understand why Ira Glass is not our BF/BFF/soulmate. And if January’s appearance at the Kimmel Center was anything to go by, any evening spent with Ira and the This American Life crew is an evening well-spent, indeed. TAL is doing their “This American Live – [...]

Sez our reader: “I have the Inquirer as one of my news feeds on MyYahoo (yeah, too much of a luddite for anything more advanced). They usually have a bizarre selection of stories pushed through, but today they went with the obits (see attached screenshot). Yup, that’s gonna drive traffic.”

· If, like us, you’ve got a longstanding Helvetica Fever — for which the only cure is more Helvetica — definitely wing on over to the Philly-based Typography Shop online store, where you can scope their current line of “Descending Helvetica Neue” t-shirts (pictured). Geeky, I know, but like they say: Helv is other people. [...]

South Philly’s wonderful and effervescent Lemon Treasures will be the guests of honor at this Saturday night’s Foggy Notion party at The Barbary. We’ll have some mp3 action on the site tomorrow, but until then, they told us to say hi. So, hi!

>>> Is it a full moon out there? Two fire trucks collided in Center City around 8th & Lombard, en route to a fire at 12th & Locust, resulting in at least seven injuries. We here at Philebs wish a hearty get well soon to all. [CBS3] >>> Meanwhile, just before Mayor Nutter delivered his [...]

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It’s official: Vincent J. Fumo will be sentenced on July 13. Until then, he’s free on bail — but he’s looking at a ten-year stint in Federal pen. During that time, it’s safe to assume that much of Fumo’s day-to-day will be taken up with sorting through the $4M worth of forfeitures the feds are [...]

For a little while now, we’ve heard people half-jokingly mention here and there that one sure way to get at least a little piece of the economy moving again would be to finally, sensibly, legalize marijuana. And hot on the heels of the New Jersey senate’s push to legalize medical marijuana, PA State Rep. Mark [...]

So, The Dude is getting ready to roll out his new budget in front of City Council tomorrow morning, and he just leaked some of the details. And look! It’s frickin’ magic! · All libraries will remain open · All recreation facilities will remain open with no reduction in operating hours · All eight community [...]

>>> Since Kung Fu Necktie opened, we’ve been hearing reports that the space would eventually sprout both an all-ages space in the basement, and a gallery on the second floor. Tonight, one of those promises comes to fruition, as Shadow’s Space gallery opens. The gallery’s inaugural show, “Seriously Stupididity,” was curated by Adam Wallacavage and [...]

“You want to step outside and talk about this?,” said one of the other reporters at my desk. I thought that my career was over, that no one would ever want to hire me because I was the intern that got into a fistfight with a reporter twice his age. I tried to diffuse the [...]

We all knew Pat Croce was an eccentric super-ginger, but to what degree? Would you believe that the Flyers trainer turned Sixers owner is a SUPER Pirate Geek? Yar, Croce is intensely involved in buccaneering on all different types of levels: He’s written juvenile literature on the subject; he’s opened a $10 million Pirate Museum [...]