This fucking city, man. This fucking city.

Hurry up and grab two of everything! Judgement Day is rapidly approaching and Girard Avenue has turned into a river of blood as The Rapture approaches. Oh no, wait. It’s just a water main break outside Johnny Brenda’s. We don’t see The Rapture on their schedule.

That monstrosity at right, folks, is sadly not a photo pulled from the opening montage of Designing Women: It’s a freakin Toll Brothers house, and there are people out there in the world for whom this is every bit as good and desirable as, say, health insurance or a Monday off. Crazy, right? Anyway, because [...]

We’ve been digging for this one almost as long as we’ve been doing Noontime Nuggetz. Behold: The 1980s spot for Frank’s Soda featuring Patti Smyth of Scandal. And we think you’ll see, it’s everything you remember it being.

Remember last week when we were wondering how cool it would be if Philly bicyclists had a few car-free Sundays here and there? Well, it’s not a totally car-free Sunday, but on September 13th, TD Bank Bike Philly will feature 10 and 20 mile courses that will allow you to travel much of the city [...]

We’re not saying “Yes,” but at this point, it doesn’t look like there’s a definitive “No” out there, either. Helen Gym of Asian Americans United — one of the more vocal groups protesting the proposed Foxwoods casino in Chinatown — made this rather interesting post on Young Philly Politics yesterday, detailing Foxwoods’ financial difficulties in [...]

It would not be a stretch to say that much of what we do on this website day in and day out is by some extension a very, very poor imitation of what Dominick Dunne had done for years: Writing about the characters who inhabit a certain rarified social orbit, and what happens when they [...]

Dear Whomever at Philebrity, Thanks for posting a slice of my music on my page. I greatly appreciate this. I am not a mean or ungrateful person. Though, I could’ve done without the posting of an email I sent you, posted for the whole world to see and without a context attached to it: I [...]

Well, the gamble worked — sort of. Mayor Michael Nutter‘s proposed Plan C/Doomday Budget was just armageddon-y enough to light a fire under Harrisburg’s ass, and at around 6:30PM last night, House Bill 1828, granting the City a temporary sales tax increase and a pass to defer pension payments for a while, finally passed with [...]

As you may know, former Phillie/610 WIP Spirit Animal Lenny Dykstra lost all his money, his wife, declared bankruptcy and generally has been living a Job-like existence for months now. And furthering the theory that this man’s entire life is like a bacteria that feeds on whatever the headlines of the day are, Lenny is [...]

>>> One of Philly’s great musical treasures, guitarist Jack Rose does his rescheduled date at the final Waterfront Wednesdays at Penn Treaty Park with fellow vibesmen Birds of Maya. This is gonna be a good one for sure. >>> And as discussed yesterday, The Vivian Girls do an all-ages show at Barbary, starting at 6:30PM. [...]

Via Superpoop. Boo.

>>> Common (but unlikely) Philebrity office gripe: Nowhere near enough reggae events in this old town. So this is why we’re pretty pumped for Philly Reggae Sun Splash this Saturday afternoon in the Piazza At Schmidt’s. And the fact that they made this kinda hilarious trailer (at right) for it just makes it even better. [...]

Hoo-boy, get ready: A long, wet, humid summer is almost sure to produce in some neighborhoods one of the stinkiest autumns on record. From block to block, look up and you’re likely to see very healthy Ginkgo biloba trees like this one we spied on the way back from lunch, about to spread its stinky [...]

Look at this kid shred. [Hat tip: YesButNoButYes]

Awful, heartbreaking fact we just learned: Every year, scores of kids in Philly end up in Truancy Court — not because they didn’t want to go to school, but because they couldn’t afford public school uniforms. Even more heartbreaking still: A public school uniform costs about $20. So over the next few days, Philly’s Northern [...]

Over the last year or so, there’s been enough Dead Milkmen reunion shows that you have to start to wonder: Are they back together for good? And if so, hand that new record over, man! We just got tipped off the the Milkmen will be throwing a spooky extravaganza on Halloween at the Trocadero this [...]

Hands up if you missed the full-page ad in Friday’s Inquirer intended to rally Philadelphians to support Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.‘s new bankruptcy plan. (We definitely did.) It’s all part of a (very possibly harebrained) campaign called “Keep It Local”, wherein PNI is petitioning the populace to testify that without local ownership, the Inky and DN [...]

>>> Remember Allen Iverson? Welp, he found Twitter. [KansasCityStar] >>> And remember how we were telling you about how Alycia Lane flew the coop and is now helping the city of Los Angeles stay classy on the weekends? Here’s a question: Will her homophobia (and the people who notice it) follow her all the way [...]

Dear Philebs, Have you seen the attached part of the With Love XOXO campaign (found on the back cover of AAA World Mag)? Is it me, or does this not seem a bit off in a happy clappy not to be associated with tragic death kinda way? Hardcore Diana fans tend to do the somber-gravity-utmost-respect [...]