Archive for April, 2009 Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Ladies and gentlemen, in case you somehow needed further proof that the Internet is God, behold the above video clip. In 1994, Bryan Poerner was a student at Lacey Township High School, and a star member of his high school’s debate team. He had not yet started Trackstar Records. He hadn’t yet been in The [...] Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009On Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles, the cast of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (even Danny Devito) performed last season’s finale, “The Nightman Cometh,” live on stage at the Troubadour. It was way sold out — and apparently pretty great — and we weren’t there and neither were you. Which brings us to our [...] Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Says reader Joe Mcnulty: “This is just over the Gray’s Ferry Bridge on Paschal. I’m guessing the Kool-Aid Man is their pimp.” Says us: Haaaahahahahahaha. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009What a long, strange trip it’s been for Of Montreal — from Elephant 6 young’n’s to their current vibe of hyper-intelligent glam-dance noble savages. We can dig it. And we know that a lot of you can, too. Of Montreal plays The Trocadero tonight with Fire Zuave and Sugar & Gold, so let’s get on [...] Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Is Hip-Hop not the worst mascot in all of professional sports? Discuss. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009It’s like a mantra you can roll around and smoke a doob on. Storm King Art Center is this amazing plot of land up in New Windsor, NY, that is dedicated to exploring the relationships between art and nature. There, 500 acres of land are punctuated by enormous contemporary sculptures in an ever-changing outdoor gallery. [...] Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009File under, “Oh, You Sad Fucker”: Bri-Bri went down to Washington, D.C. yesterday to testify before a congressional subcommittee on why the feds should de-regulate the newspaper biz and let batshit millionaires from all over the place blow each other’s money however they want without fear of violating some jerked-off antitrust laws that were made [...] Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Who’d-a-thunk it? Turns out, when you play a few rounds of “I Don’t Trust Either Of You Motherfuckers” with the Philadelphia Eagles and the City of Philadelphia, you get awesome, hilarious results. When we last checked in on secret robotic villain/Iggles owner Jeffery Lurie, he claimed that he struck and “oral deal” (snarf) with John [...] Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009… then we mean to tell you this might be best book ever written. God Bless the Spectrum — a commemorative tome celebrating the Spectrum — just hit the streets, and if you’re an old, old person who saves newspapers and has your woodshop lined with old magazine covers and Mummers record albums, then this [...] Tuesday, April 21st, 2009And we did mention gin, right? Tuesday, April 21st, 2009· Phoodie’s Great Bagel Debate · Of Pitas And Politics · La Chula es Puebla: Mas Macho! · OCTO To Finally Save Hellaware Avenue From Itself All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food and drink blog from Philebrity. Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Not Philebrity Cribs material, per se, but you have to wonder about a U-Darby chick who grows up, makes the big time, and doesn’t even offer the aforementioned Delco scrumps to the photog. Poor form, Lemon. Gawker: No Stucco “Hollywood” Ceiling? Laaaamers. Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Chain & The Gang is the new band from Ian Svenonius, who over the years has been everything from “The Sassiest Boy In America” to the singer in The Make-Up and lots of other bands and the host of Vice TV’s Soft Focus. His new band, however, is already one of our favorite things he’s [...] Tuesday, April 21st, 2009No, seriously, after the game is over, can we hook this thing up to YouTube and watch the “Oh, Don Piano” clip? A lot of people have been asking us since we posted about the Northern Liberties Jumbotron — known to some in the comments at the “JumboJawn,” an idea we wholeheartedly support — if [...] Tuesday, April 21st, 2009As you know, the City of Philadelphia is, to put it charitably, strapped for cash. As you also know, the rest of the state of PA hates us because (they think) we are Satanic gays who like to burn fetuses. When you put these two together, you get a cosmic fart like the one pictured [...] Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Won’t you join us tonight at 9PM at 700 Club for the birth of Philebrity Salon? In addition to being a sweet, mellow, low-key, twice-a-month hang, it really is what the flyer says it is: A place where people can meet up, gab about what they’re working on and, at midnight, enjoy twenty minutes of [...] Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Circa 1995, from Do You Want More?!!!??! So young! Tuesday, April 21st, 2009We’re hearing right now that stalwart Philly cinephiles TLA Video are downsizing today in a response to major downturns in both the home video and cinema markets. We know of at least one layoff today for sure (though we suspect more), and we are also hearing that TLA Releasing USA, the company’s film releasing wing, [...] Tuesday, April 21st, 2009This is so much better than the Katy Perry roast beef eating contest they had the week before. HIYO! [Hat tip to PhillyEdge] | | |