Local guy Erik Miller would seem to have found one of the handful of messages-in-bottles that the Discovery Channel has hidden in a few major American cities to promote the ever-popular Shark Week. In the bottle: Broken glasses, a bow with some hair, a scented letter and a police report. Somehow, this will unlock one [...]

Ever since we first told you about their new album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix back in April, we’ve been cranking Phoenix. Actually, it’s been much longer than that, but they’ve really nailed something on this new record. Anyway, France’s answer to New Order will be playing the Electric Factory on Monday, September 28th. Tickets go on [...]

Dennis, I mean, Glenn Howerton went ahead and posted an invite for Thursday night’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia wrap party in L.A., complete with the phone number to RSVP. Brendan Newnam, we’re looking in your direction. In related news, we’ve reserved September 17th at National Mechanics for the second annual It’s Always Sunny premiere [...]

For the sake of argument, what’s worse: Not being allowed into the pool because you’re black, OR then having that guy who dresses like old black ladies in all of his movies pick up your tab at a non-racist pool and then immediately alerting his publicist? Naturally, one cannot exist without the other. And racism, [...]

A few years ago, before the recession and long enough after the Internet bubble and 9/11 that it seemed like America was always gonna kick ass (again), I was asked (for reasons still unbeknownst to me) to be a judge at Delilah’s annual Diamond G-String Contest. It was a memorable event, not just for the [...]

The Philly P.D.’s Department of Internal Affairs has found Officer Alberto Lopez, he of the Lukoil beatdown, guilty of putting a gun to some girls’ neck, verbally abusing her, and leaving his assignment at the police station without permission. And then he might get sued on top of that, as well. Next up: Bears. Do [...]

Jack Nicholson, who we remind you is NOT Bill Murray, went to the Phillies game last night and wore this white Yankees hat like he was some kind of dickbag Penn student. Later, the Phanatic dressed up as Batman and parked his ATV right in front of where Nicholson was sitting, until Nicholson made just [...]

>>> Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing being staged somewhere on a soundstage in deepest Texas with Johnny Goodtimes, Danny Ozark, Chip Chantry and a host of other Philly comedians at the Khyber as they compete in “One Giant Laugh For Mankind.” The rules: All bits must be about space, and incorporate Ring [...]

We’re not sure what’s more telling about the April Margera/Bam Margera dynamic these days, which to us was always the most interesting part about Viva La Bam: The fact that she’s pretty much unfazed by Bam’s hospitalization for “dehydration” over the weekend, or the fact that she listens to WMMR. (Finally, ‘MMR’s target audience revealed!) [...]

Oh, that PA state senate: It is a mighty, shit-streaking fiefdom these days, innit? First, those little fuckers stop cash flow to the City of Philadelphia; now, they’re dragging their feet on extending unemployment benefits to, well, you, your friend, your friend’s friend, and everybody else you know who’s making 2009 an art installation called [...]

· Finding it hard to say what you really feel? With Jac Vanek’s “statement bracelets”, you can let the world know what you think without saying a word. Vanek’s bracelets are on the rise, and collaborations with pop-punk bands All Time Low, Cobra Starship, and Push Play have put Jac on the map. Scenesters, despite [...]

>>> Great Moments In Press Photos, Philly Rock Edition: Goldiebox (pictured) seem to be intimating what we imagine to be Mad Men: The Wives’ Later Years here, but in reality, the hard-rockin’ all-female power trio that features Ali from Unlikely Cowboy plus her sis and gal pal don’t seem to be the crying type. They [...]

Or maybe we can put it in a more pragmatic manner: How long before the glut of news stories portraying Philly cops as racist bullies makes it into the regular rotation on cable news networks and beyond, thereby forcing the mayor and police Commish Ramsey to address this all in a way that actually affects [...]

Been an age since we last checked in on the Bob & Barbara’s house band.

Don’t cry for him, Philadelphia: Jonny Makeup‘s continuing strange adventures in Hollywood have landed him a recurring role on the reality show Kendra (she’s the one that’s got gold grills and was on The Girls Next Door and as such, probably touched Hef’s wang at some point or another). (You’re welcome.) Anyway, Jonny’s recent appearance [...]

Over the weekend, in the wake of the passing of legendary TV newsman Walter Cronkite, Philadelphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal sent out an email blast recounting his relationship with Cronkite (reprinted in full after the jump) and the circumstances surrounding their first meeting in 1973. Segal was the leader of an activist group called [...]

Somewhere between the aggravated cries of WTF and the Canine Fecal Death Act lies this softer touch. Says our reader: “Someone at 2601 Pennsylvania has an awesome sense of humor… I think the sign would have made sense even without the poop!” It would, but we also kinda love the idea of the some guy, [...]

Thought you might want to give my fellow apartment seekers a heads up. This company eRentalApplications.com looks like they’re reposting ads at a couple hundred bucks lower than their first (presumably legitimate) post, then asking for *ton* of personal information AND a $14.95 “application fee”. Below, my reply to their scam email. Below that, their [...]

The above ad (view it larger here) ran today in both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Pittsburgh Post. Signed by 106 PA mayors — PA has 106 mayors! — it takes Democratic senate candidate Arlen Specter to task for proposing to gut currently-existing PA gun laws aimed at getting guns out of the hands of [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Folks, we are really down in it now: That lonely mini-epoch of deepest summer. Nothing coming in, nothing going out. Perhaps it was Yo La Tengo (see video above) who articulated the feeling the best: “on darkened streets tonight/i make a wrong turn right/take in the lonely sight/and the summer comes undone.” Then [...]