Some poor, lost soul just uploaded a whole grip of 1987 Frank Rizzo campaign ads to YouTube. Frank apparently ran on the “Doesn’t anybody pick up the fucking trash around here?” platform. He lost, somehow, to Wilson Goode, even after the MOVE disaster of 1985.

For twelve glorious weeks this fall, the FX network has confirmed that It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia will be dropping sweet new episodes starting on September 17, 2009. (You know, these ones.) And that’s about as much as we know, other than this: The Paddy’s t-shirt is like some weird meta thing that is kind [...]

While some muggers are still relying on cell phones to make a dime, a new wave of muggers has adopted a new(er) technology: Craigslist. Once an innocent playground for those seeking mind-blowing NSA sex or slightly used waffle irons, Craigslist these days in entrenched in a seedy reputation whose poster boy, of course, is Philip [...]

Robert E. L. Taylor, who once published the Philadelphia Bulletin during those long, great years when Philly was weird as hell and had lots to show for it and it was a Great Thing, this newspaper business, died last week at the ripe old age of 96. And his Times obit could not put into [...]

Welp, Jacko’s already in the ground – sans brain, mind you, and let us not even ponder the significance of that — but KYW 1060 is not letting the story go gently into that night. After all, there’s still a lot of stupid shit left for people to say about MJ, and trust us, competition [...]

Forwarded from the 6th District police blotter: On Wednesday, 07/01/09, 11:45 PM, out-of-town complainant’s were walking along the waterfront in the area of the Seaport Museum, 201 S. Columbus Blvd. when 3 males approached them, one male knocked one of the complainant’s to the ground.. The male took the complainants’ cell phones and wallets and [...]

>>> As we mentioned earlier, Philebrity Salon is back tonight at the 700 with a very special drink menu; before that, watch the Phils play the Reds on the JumboJawn at the Piazza. Above, Cal Tjader works it out so you don’t have to. Ah, summer. >>> Or, got an idea? Need to flesh it [...]

As of this writing, it would seem that citywide community messageboard PhillyBlog is horribly, inexplicably, awfully down. In lieu of this inconvenience, Philebrity recommends the following last-ditch measure so that we can all hold on to the last remaining hopes of civilization: Actually speaking with your neighbors. Or just moving it on over to PhiladelphiaSpeaks, [...]

Recently in West Philly the city has hung bright colored flags along Baltimore Avenue proclaiming the area as University City. This morning on my way to work (I work at Penn and live at 45th and Osage) I noticed some very humorous signs had been put up on almost every light post that I could [...]

Like a treehouse re-imagined by the Design Within Reach catalog, the Caterpillar is “a modular performance space that could be easily disassembled and relocated for outdoor shows” that made its debut last Friday as part of Frankford Ave. First Friday (more pics there). And it is cool as hell. Designed by the ISA and presently [...]

Still watching the Michael Jackson Memorial? We are (see post below). One of the surprises — other than Magic Johnson stating the eating KFC with MJ was “the greatest moment of my life” — was native son Kobe Bryant, talking about his relationship with the King of Pop. What? No, really: Kobe told Time that [...]

Philebrity Salon — our twice-a-month foray into jazz, tropicalia and other musics, coupled with school-night drinking (but civilized, man, but civilized) — returns tonight with our main barkeep Anders Larson pouring the rather ambitious drink menu you see here. This is always a sweet, mellow time, so if you’re of the mind, please do drop [...]

Saying. Programming note: Like every other media outlet in the world, Philebrity will be carrying the Michael Jackson Memorial Service live, starting at 12:55PM.

On Friday afternoon, as metaphor death vessel/creature that lives on only 30% of the oxygen it takes to keep humans alive Sarah Palin alerted the world that she was leaving her gubernatorial post with a year and a half to go, we sat in front of the TV gleefully wondering what you wondered: What in [...]

In case you missed it on every local news broadcast of the last 14 hours, check out SportsCenter’s Highlight of the Night above, in which the Phillies handed the Cincinnati Reds what is now their worst loss since the club formed in 1882. iSportacus has a stats rundown that’ll make your head spin on the [...]

As we speak, Mayor Michael Nutter — perhaps shedding his “Michael Nada” identity for the moment — is at the Criminal Justice Center with D.A. Lynne Abraham, along with a panel of judges, announcing the creation of the City’s first-ever Mental Health Court, which “will provide alternative supervision to eligible offenders who need specialized mental [...]

Being fat: It’s nobody’s own fault! (Except when it is.) And, uh, since it’s not really anybody’s fault, why don’t we, uh, celebrate it, you know, in the same way that kids nowadays get trophies in Little League even if (especially if) their team loses? This is the only string of logic we can put [...]

In the last few weeks, we’ve all seen a lot of public personages glom on to the press tide in the wake of Michael Jackson — from people who should know better and don’t really need the press to people who don’t, and apparently do — but surely, some special recognition needs to go out [...]

THURSDAY: >>> I don’t know about you, but it somehow feels important that Kurt Vile (not pictured) is both opening up for Sonic Youth tonight at the Electric Factory and thereby kicking off the holiday weekend for all who come within contact of his uniquely American, free-associating space blues. It’s like America’s third eye is [...]