First, the good news: Those of us here in the Philly/South Jersey area have “the lowest propensity toward military service in the nation,” which has got to count for something. But the bad news is, well, you know that big video-game tent in the Franklin Mills mall called “The Army Experience Center?” Well, as far [...]

And you just watched it.

A screen shot of the site just a moment ago.

There’s just a few blurry photos of it on Facebook and no video on YouTube (yet), but we’re pretty sure it happened: The Dead Milkmen showed up at Pi Lam’s Human BBQ XXI, the Penn freak-frat’s annual daylong rager that, over the years, has hosted hundreds of underground legends. Though not advertised on Saturday’s bill, [...]

Which, we suppose, could allow us to file this post under “GOOD NEWS,” but then again, maybe not. PhillySlut began following us on Twitter over the weekend, and with a handle like that, how could we not start a-clickin’? But what we found there made us kinda sad. On what at first sight sorta looked [...]

Our reader spotted this piece of fresh graf around 9th & Fitzwater, noting that its writer might still have time to get rid of that last “e” somehow. We’re saying run with it, though. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

And we’re guessing that it’s going to look like the image on the right, balancing on a bed of infirm mud, skirting an historical site, with each point of light that emanates from it actually being either a security camera or a roving laser trying to penetrate the minds of all those within a 90 [...]

FRIDAY: >>> There’s so much going on this weekend that we’ve had to get a jump on some of it already, posting about it throughout the week: So you probably already know about the Garotas Suecas show we’re presenting at Kung Fu Necktie tonight, as well as First Friday and Cinefest ’09. >>> But what [...]

Philebrity.com/FirstFriday is alive and kicking. If for some reason we’ve missed your gallery, let us know at listings[at]philebrity[dot]com.

It’s like Oprah up in here! On account of this weekend being chock full of shows (we’ll have Weekend Picks ready for ya shortly) and us just being super resourceful accruing as much free shit as possible that we can then pass on to you, the reader, in an elaborate and craven scheme to get [...]

Crocodiles are this heavily Jesus And Mary Chain-influenced band from San Diego who just signed to Fat Possum; we’ve been digging them a lot lately. They play tonight at 9PM at one of our favorite book/record/etc stores, Juanita & Juan’s, at 11th and Cherry in Chinatown.

While it’s probably pretty safe to say that Daily News City Hall correspondent/anger management refusenik Chris Brennan hates us in our stupid fucking faces, we must give credit where it’s due: In this piece in today’s DN about attorney Joseph Santaguida, who was visited by the Sheriff to collect $154,831 in business privilege taxes, Brennan [...]

Our man in Los Angeles Brendan Newnam has been, as they say on the Left Coast, “hella” busy lately. In addition to his weekly podcast, The Dinner Party Download, being named one of iTunes’ top podcasts of 2008, he’s also been releasing some music. So you’ll pardon the lag in correspondence. In today’s letter, Brendan [...]

No matter. (Although Wikipedia says “yes.”) The Last Waltz came on TV late last night, and man, this version of “Helpless.” Still slays. Hey, it’s raining.

So says that bastion of human wonderfulness, TMZ.com. And just what kind of person, you ask, would stalk Jamie Foxx, revolting ham and unapologetic hack that he is? Surely, it’d be a woman in the throes of his utterly disgusting charms onscreen? (OK, he actually was pretty good in Collateral, but that only makes the [...]

Because in addition to drawings like the one above, it also has what is clearly one of the world’s most exquisite collections of drawings of Van Halen, Hall& Oates and Freddie Mercury. Fall into the Thom here.

>>> This is a show we have been looking forward to for a while now: Jean Grae and Hustle Simmons at The Balcony. Regular readers of this site should already be familiar with Hustle Simmons, and Jean Grae is herself a kind of cult sensation (dig her cover of Biggie Smalls’ “Hypnotize” here). >>> And [...]

Although the direct translation of the title is “shit” in Bulgarian, this film mostly portrays the metaphor of “shit” in our lives. We recommend that you watch this movie strictly for its artistic license (it’s set in pre-communist Bulgaria, but there’s a scene with a Moog Synthesizer–so try not to judge its accuracy), neo-noir tone, [...]

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As you may know by know, Officer William Thrasher (pictured) is the Philadelphia police officer who was abruptly sent to desk duty after he allegedly used racial epithets and voiced lots of things you never want to hear an officer of the law say, when he took Temple University journalism student Shannon McDonald along for [...]