A quick snap (via Guster’s Twitter account) of WXPN‘s Rules of Engagement over the weekend. Check out more coverage of XPN’s Xponential Festival here.

FRIDAY: >>> WXPN’s Xponential Music Fest gets underway in a matter of hours, and we strongly recommend you consider making it a part of your weekend vibration. Things to consider: That totally sweet ferry ride, the relaxed and fun atmosphere of Wiggins Park and the utterly amazing sunset view of Philly and the river just [...]

RECOMMENDED: NOTHING! Every movie that comes out this week sucks giant donkey dick. Read Film Sweat from the past couple of weeks for other recommends. Trust us, there’s lots of good stuff out right now. ALSO NEW IN THEATERS: Orphan, a horror movie that preys on the fears of couples who miscarry that if they [...]

We asked for it, Logo/CBS News found it! Previously: Mark Segal, The Gay Raiders And Walter Cronkite: That’s The Way It Was

Via washwestcivic.org/: (ARREST) On Thursday, 07/09/09, 8:15 PM, a male was arrested at 1200 Locust St. for Prostitution by the City Wide Vice Unit. (ARREST) On Thursday, 07/09/09, 9:10 PM, a male was arrested at 200 S. 12th St. for Prostitution by the City Wide Vice Unit. (ARREST) On Thursday, 07/09/09, 10 PM, a male [...]

I’m sick of the cynical. I’m sick of the fashion show. The vapid and overblown someone someone tells me I ought to know. I wouldn’t stay around if the money let me linger on until the end of December. And waste another year like a minute, trying to forget, but I remember my home. I [...]

And then they issued a funny press release about it, because seriously, it’s the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and how many chances does their PR guy get? On Wednesday, Customs and Border Protection officers at the mail wing of Philadelphia International Airport discovered 100 grams of hashish stowed inside a DVD copy of Bruce [...]

The local ABC affiliate in Los Angeles on Wednesday ran this story a good samaritan who, rather bravely, jumped into the fiery car wreck at right, to successfully rescue a little girl before the car had a chance to fully explode. Pretty cool, right? Well, Philebrity is proud to tell you that the hero was [...]

But you have to admit: There’s something of an artist’s hand here that almost makes you wanna hang that shit on a wall and try to get it written up on ArtForum. Bed Bugs, 2009, mixed media, 54″ x 75″, Artist Unknown. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

>>> Yeah, Kurt Vile’s pretty rad and all, but have you heard of Personal & The Pizzas? They’re pretty much the last word in the world of Pizza Rock. (We hear that Matador and SubPop have been tripping over themselves recently, offering millions and no questions asked in order to capitalize on this whole Pizza [...]

Sad News: Our very own Giovanni’s Room, the oldest LGBT Bookstore in the country, located at 12th and Pine, is having some big problems. They announced today that they’re going to have to re-build one of the buildings exterior brick walls because it has become structurally unsound – to the tune of $50,000. This is [...]

Seeking bankrupt 18-25yos for video (Philadelphia) Date: 2009-07-23, 1:24PM EDT Reply to: gigs-ztx53-1284993424@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] We are looking for young adults (between 18 and 25) who have filed for bankruptcy (or are in the process of doing so) for video interviews about how you and your family handled money when you were [...]

This just in: We’re hearing that several axes fell at Philadelphia Weekly today. In addition to outright layoffs (tally not yet confirmed), there were also announcements of pay cuts and employee furloughs. Sad. Our condolences go out to the PW-ers right now; we regularly rag on PW like it’s the town pump, but it sucks [...]

The Metro ran an absolute humdinger of a lead story today, running down the hows, whys, and wherefores of The Day The Cabbies Stood Still (And Continued To Bitch About Taking Your ATM Card). The protest, led by cabbie union leader Ron Blount, was so absurd it even made the Philadelphia Parking Authority seem like [...]

We were standing around, talking with some friends at Penn Treaty Park last night, and like it always does, the topic of Arthur Kade came up. (We didn’t bring it up; dude is dead to us. No, really.) Anyway, the conversation turned to an interesting question: Who was Philly’s Primordial Kade — the self-promoting ooze [...]

We just received word that Joanie On The Pony is already having fun on her first day off in decades. Last we heard, she got together with a bunch of old friends and took in an aerobics class at Curves, while Mozart hung out in the piano store and Socrates and Billy The Kid tried [...]

It’s been a full five years since the media frenzy over “Brood X,” an enormous group of cicadas that emerged from the soil in 2004 and captivated our hearts. After that beautiful summer spent listening to the charming buzzing sounds of Brood X, we were left saddened when, like a summer romance, the cicadas suddenly [...]

HOT NEWS TIP ALERT!!!! OMG!!!OMG!!! The Jonas Brothers Are Here! All Philadelphia residents are advised to leave their place of work, run willy-nilly through the streets, crying and screaming for one of these Pop Gods to take their virginity!!! (or at least sign a body part!!!) Intrepid Local Reporter Jennaphhhrr Phhrrredricks gave us the inside scoop, [...]

Comcast rolled out a brand-spanking-new fancy Internet speed (right here in Philadelphia!) to let everyone do their beep-boop-bap-boop much faster, to the delight of … uh … you! The blog reader!  Mayor Nutter was quick to praise fawn all over the company, saying “We are proud of hometown companies like Comcast that enrich our lives through their [...]

Which, I suppose, is at least better than that time when the flames rose to her Roman nose and her Walkman started to melt. Nevertheless, a flatbed caused a certain degree of fright when it pulled up outside the Art Museum today and hauled away Emmanuel Frémiet‘s statue of Joan of Arc. Constructed in 1874, [...]