Archive for April, 2009

From The Vaults: Bryan Trackstar Will Debate The Shit Out Of You

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Ladies 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 [...]

Note To The Philly Booking Community: If You Cannot Bring The It’s Always Sunny Live Show To A Philadelphia Stage, You Are Not Worth A Damn

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

On 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 [...]

Readers Cameraphone: Ohhhhh YEAH!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Says 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.

Captain Freeshit: Win Tickets To See Of Montreal Tonight At The Troc

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

What 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 [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: Grace’s Mom Wanted The Wedding In Philly.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Well, so much for that.

Readers Cameraphone: Sixers’ Weird Donnie Darko Mascot Stopping Traffic In Center City On A Double Decker Bus Originating From Hell Itself

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Is 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.

Road Trip Alert: Maya Lin At Storm King Debuts In Less Than A Month

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

It’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. [...]

Brian Tierney Pentagram Of Doom: In Which Our Hero Goes Before A Congressional Subcommittee, Mumbles Something About Craigslist, Barfs Chicken Feathers And Finally Disappears Under His Cape

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

File 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 [...]

City Bitchslaps Eagles In Legal Filings, KYW Produces Amazing Howling Eagle Photoshop

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Who’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 [...]

If You Mean To Tell Us There’s A Coffee Table Book With Lots Of Pictures Of Dr. J-Era Sixers AND Dirty Hippies AND Monster Trucks…

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 [...]

This Evening: Please Join Us For A Fine Spring Evening Of Gin, Conversation, And The Preferred Music Of American Intellectuals For Nearly The Last 100 Years

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

And we did mention gin, right?

Right Now On Phoodie.info: OCTOBAGELS

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.

Oh, Snap: Tina Fey’s Fancy Schmancy New Apartment Is Nice And All, But There’s No Plastic On The Furniture, And I Can’t See Any Delco Shrimp In Any Of These Pics

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Not 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.

Dept. Of New Philebrity Theme Songs: Chain & The Gang, “Trash Talk”

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Chain & 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 [...]

Update: NoLibs JumboTron Said To Be Carrying The Flyers/Pens Game Tonight

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

No, 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 [...]

Philebrity Wonders: What’s In Nutter’s Doomsday Budget?

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

As 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 [...]

Reminder: Philebrity Salon Starts Tonight!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Won’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 [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: The Roots, “Proceed”

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Circa 1995, from Do You Want More?!!!??! So young!

Rumor: TLA Video Chopping Heads And Other Things As We Speak

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

We’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, [...]

Raw Video: Lily Allen’s Cheesesteak Eating Contest Onstage At The TLA

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

This is so much better than the Katy Perry roast beef eating contest they had the week before. HIYO! [Hat tip to PhillyEdge]