Tonight at Philebrity Salon, our bi-weekly foray into the twin charms of booze and jazz records, we welcome our new regular co-host and barman, Anders Larson, with whom we dreamed up the whole night in the first place. Anders, if perchance you are unfamiliar with this lovable Englishman in exile, is one of our favorite [...]

>>> They got firsties: Hoots & Hellmouth, whose new Bright Eyes-ish full-length The Holy Open Secret is just out, are the first Philly band (to our knowledge) with their very own iPhone app (see screenshot at right). The app, which isn’t out yet, includes a virtual washboard, tracks from the band, and lots of other [...]

With many of the big players in the US economy on the sidelines at the moment suffering from bouts of mortgage meltdown (fever), liquidation (diarrhea), or bankruptcy (coma), now seems like a good time to focus on the lil’ guys. Ten smaller businesses are participating in what is being called a “green business incubator” at [...]

The Caps and Yuri The Cat pay homage to Philly’s Constant Hitmaker.

Rich people: They’re just like you and me, except only worse, and crazier. Take, for instance, the curious case of the La Ronda mansion in Bryn Mawr. La Ronda was the last commission of architect Addison Mizner, whose Spanish-style works are largely identified with the early-20th Century grandeur of the American South, and in fact, [...]

So, former news anchor/computer genius Larry Mendte finally had his court-ordered shame-shackle hacked off yesterday, thereby making yesterday the first day Mendte was free to come and go as he pleases since last summer. Understandably, Larry did not Twitter or blog his whereabouts yesterday, but Philebrity has acquired his (completely fictitious) itinerary and is happy [...]

Someday, when all of this is over and we’ve all got a lot of time to sit around and think about what we’ve done, someone will finally penetrate the MTV Cribs hive mind that drives people to say things like, “This party is going to be the biggest event Philadelphia has ever seen [sic] dont [...]

But Dan Gross reports that the Evening Bulletin, that standard-bearer for right-wing-lite vanity newspapers, has ceased publishing. This of course comes after literally years of rumors about the paper’s demise, possibly apocryphal tales of eviction, and no shortage of Herb Denenberg. And it’s not surprising: The staunchly GOP-friendly paper, as you might expect, never really [...]

Writes B&SDP co-selector Will Pym: “27 December 1997, Manchester Town Hall (see above). Been listening to Scottish music all afternoon. Very much looking forward to the jam. Big question: What is the song ‘Tigermilk’???” We don’t know, but by gum, if we can track it down by Saturday, you’ll be hearing it. Just a quick, [...]

Mark your social calendars, local wonks and followers of the (so far) bloodless war that has been the race for District Attorney in Philadelphia. Congressman Robert A. Brady, Chair of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee, has just announced that tomorrow at The Palm, he will gather all of the losing Democratic D.A. candidates — including [...]

Grizzly Bear, of course, are the arty, precious Brooklyn band who get written up in the New York Times approximately every 48 hours (and did not, we repeat, did not release a wild bear onto the streets of Doylestown last week). Their latest, Veckatimest, is in high-hype mode right now, and it’s not without reason, [...]

And yes, that’s Greg Brady taking the first verse. From The Brady Bunch Hour and quite possibly one of the strangest epochs of style and entertainment in this country’s history.

One of the current and more salient gripes these days — made by everyone from Bill Maher to progressive and conservative pols alike — is how rare it is for people to make real sacrifices in times of need. Can we get a what-what and plenty up top, then, for the Philadelphia Orchestra? Last week, [...]

Remember when we told you about that “Paparazzi service” you could engage to follow you around for the night on the off chance that you wanted to add an extra shade of Fresh Fucking Hell to your nights spent fucking the air at Strongbox, G Lounge or Denim? Well, business was so good for that [...]

· Those JAWN t-shirts were selling like hotcakes! Sweeney and Dr. Ward nearly got into a slap fight over the last one in their respective size. · Enough with the birds and owls already. · Kudos to the Art Star ladies, who did the near-impossible: Putting together a huge event that was fun and cool and [...]

And to the entire Fishtown under-25 male population who still do everything they can to emulate this turd: The whole thing with Sacha Baron Cohen landing on you one day with his balls and taint in your face and there being nothing you can do about it except storm off with your posse while the [...]

You knew Twitter was annoying. You knew Twitter was potentitally obstructive. Hell, you even knew Twitter could be fun once in a while, but would you have ever thought that Twitter could be be tool for a swirling crime mob of 14-17 year-olds to wreak havoc on a whole swath of South Philly? That’s what [...]