>>> First convened in the late 1960s, The Flower Travellin’ Band (video at right) are a part of Japan’s long, strange hard rock and psychedelia trip — the kind of weirdo freakout music that resonates perfectly well with today’s stoner rock scene. In an unlikely turn, FTB have reunited and play their first-ever Philly gig [...]

After a brief hiatus, Foggy Notion, Philebrity’s monthly rock ‘n’ roll dance party, will return this Saturday at The Barbary. As always, admission is free, there’ll be cheap-as-hell drink specials from 9-11PM, and DJs Mickey Walker & Joey Sweeney will be spinning classics from across the decades. This month, we’re proud to present The Lemon [...]

Hundreds of Toads Migrate Across Hagy’s Mill Road Toward the Reservoir PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 16th) – The Philadelphia Streets Department just issued a permit to close Eva Street and part of Port Royal for the annual toad migration in Upper Roxborough. The streets will be closed during the main migration, one spring evening when the [...]

That would be Arianna Huffington, who will indeed be guest editing Wednesday’s Metro U.S. newspapers (including Philly), thus creating the very strange meta-conundrum of then linking to the stories on The Huffington Post, and having her get all pissy with herself when she presents her own content as her own content. Hiyo! But really, we’re [...]

>>> Sony and Comcast: Two great giant corporate monoliths tastes that taste great together? Um, maybe. We’ll find out for sure when the Sony Style Comcast Labs store opens tomorrow in the Comcast Center. On display and for sale will be products that share synergy between the two companies, such as laptop/broadband services, and so [...]

Above, Vincent J. Fumo and that time he said (rather truthfully) that, given the chance, the PA State Assembly just might go for a slavery bill. Sigh.

Well, it’s official: The Vince has been found guilty on all 137 counts. But just as news was breaking of the verdict this morning, another story ran in the Daily News about the Facebook-ing/Twitter-ing juror who’d apparently been posting status updates regarding the trial since September. Last night, Fumo’s counsel filed a motion to stop [...]

Guilty on at least 30 counts, we’re hearing from The Clog. KYW confirms. We’ll have more as news breaks, but in the meantime, catch up with Conor Corcoran‘s coverage of the trial, Vince Macchiavelli. UPDATE: FUMO GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS! And, somebody was messing with dude’s Wikipedia entry: (Click to enlarge.)

Someone mentioned this in the comments, but we almost don’t wanna believe it: According to Michael Klein, longtime Action News goofball Don Polec will indeed be leaving the station, rather fittingly, on April Fool’s Day. Entire generations of Philadelphians grew up watching Polec’s “offbeat” segments on everything from weird products to weird people, all delivered [...]

THE ROOTS LAUNCH SECOND ANNUAL ROOTS PICNIC! Starring THE ROOTS TV ON THE RADIO, THE BLACK KEYS SANTIGOLD, ASHER ROTH & MORE And a special performance: PUBLIC ENEMY performs IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK backed by ANTIBALAS and THE ROOTS PHILADELPHIA’S FESTIVAL PIER AT PENN’S LANDING Saturday, June 6 @ [...]

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FRIDAY: >>> We suppose we should start out by telling you that Beer Week is still upon us (picks here), the Backseat Film Festival is still going on, and starting today, it’s Foie Gras Week! >>> But other than that, not a whole helluva lot doin’: The Feelies reunion show at Johnny Brenda’s is way, [...]

RECOMMENDED: We’ve not yet seen Mark Webber‘s Explicit Ills, but suffice to say, our curiosity has been piqued: It’s shot and set in Philadelphia, boasts a cast that includes Rosario Dawson, Black Thought aka Tariq Trotter from the Roots( and, we’re pretty sure, Dookie from The Wire), and uses as its plotlines the social justice [...]

We would have gone with a headline more like, “Mind If I Finish?,” but whatevs. [Hat tip: The Fightins]

Philly’s own Three Times Dope, makin’ us all weepy, yo.

You know that MTV show From G’s To Gents? Sure you do: It’s the one where they take self-deluded dudes who’ve listened to too much gangsta rap and fashioned it into both a patois and faux-lifestyle, and then MTV hires some jerk who “knows that street life, son” and then they convert all the Fake [...]

We can’t possibly be the only native Philadelphians to ever find themselves in the midst of a full-on Thin Lizzy jam/freakout session in the living room and think, “My God, this band knows everything ABOUT me.” Could be all those references to back-street bars, dead-end jobs, mystifying neighborhood girls, drink, drugs, and well, we could [...]

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Remember what happened to Tucker Carlson after Jon Stewart went on his show and shamed him for making the news more stupid every damn day? Remember what happened to James Frey after Oprah let him feel the full wrath of What Happens When You Make Oprah Look Stupid In The House Of Oprah? Some version [...]

>>> The New Zealand-by-way-of-Canterbury-by-way-of-Berlin country punk band The Renderers (pictured) make music every bit as ominous and real as that commute sounds. They haven’t passed through these parts in quite some time, but these days, weirdly enough, they have a Philly drummer: Jason Kourkounis, whom you may recognize from Burning Brides, Delta 72, and so [...]