C I T Y O F P H I L A D E L P H I A Office of Inspector General Amy L. Kurland, Esquire The Curtis Center Inspector General Tuesday, September 15, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITY EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR RISKING A CATASTROPHE AND TAMPERING WITH GAS METER Philadelphia, September 11, 2009 – [...]

The One Book, One Philadelphia Selection Committee has just announced that for this year’s title — which is traditionally read by literally thousands of people in the Philadelphia area — they’ve chosen Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel/coming-of-age-in-revolutionary-Iran tale The Complete Persepolis as the featured selection for 2010. Which is great, because we’ve been wanting to check [...]

It’s definitely fall: Here in the office, we’ve been working like crazy to invent all kinds of fun events that will pretty much stretch through the entire season, until it’s January and we all go back on Zoloft. We’ve got a ton of MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS coming up in a bit, but before we do, we [...]

VILLLLLLLE from Yours Truly on Vimeo. Nothing you can say or do can stop us from posting Kurt Vile nugs in anticipation of the release of Childish Prodigy on October 6th on Matador Records. [clip via YoursTruly]

You know, in the fast and furious crush of all of this ever-shifting, speculation-prone Plan C/Doomsday info, we don’t think anyone’s had time to ponder what this all means for the city on an emotional level. And sure, emotions won’t keep 3,000 city employees at their workstations, but it’s worth considering; as Conor pointed out [...]

Oh, West Philly, the more you change, the more you stay the same. We want to love, but sometimes you just make it so hard.

Spotted yesterday afternoon at 4th and Spring Garden around 3PM, the Google Streetview car is apparently giving our fair city another look, which will no doubt produce more Streetview fun here on Philebs, as you just know they’re gonna catch all kinds of weird shit like bums doing Tai Chi or someone racing chickens. So [...]

Like we were saying last Thursday, the gathering storm that is the Nutter Administration‘s Plan C/Doomsday Budget is already sounding a not-very-distant thunder. This, of course, has come most notably in the form of letters sent out each affected city agency in a co-ordinated effort last week. (Which, BTW, was matched by a phone call [...]

[Via @shitmydadsays] As part of the last run of Spectrum shows ever, Hall & Oates, The Hooters and Todd Rundgren will perform at the venue one last time at a show entitled “The Last Call” on Friday, October 23. Tickets go on sale Saturday, September 19 at 10 a.m., and you know, we’re perhaps a [...]

>>> We’ve had it bad for English blue-eyed soul kid Jack Penaté ever since we scoped his first singles, a couple years back. And while it seems like just yesterday that we had the pleasure of bringing his first-ever Philly show to Silk City when his debut Matinee came out, the fact is, in the [...]

I had lunch at the Gypsy Saloon in the borough of West Conshohocken, PA around 11:45 am today, and Pat Croce was at the table next to me, along with what I assume was a business partner/employee. A third man stopped by their table to say “hello” and discuss recent business plans, investments, family issues, [...]

As you may already know, Saturday, Sept. 26 is The First-Ever Philebrity Record Fair! And tables are getting snapped up pretty quickly — but we still have some! If you’ve got music-related wares you’d like to sell, get at us at tips[at]philebrity[dot]com with “RECORD FAIR” in the subject header. Table charge is only $25, and [...]

>>> Have a few thousand dollars just lying around? Then you can probably go to a fancy-pants dinner with Barack Obama at the Convention Center on Tuesday night! Bonus: If you go, you get a free picture with the President and Arlen Specter; no word yet on if you’re allowed to give either one bunny [...]

As Philadelphians, will we be left with many reasons to smile by October? Conor Corcoran examines our future relationship with Harrisburg, and the rest of the state, after the jump.

We feel like the recent coverage about the end of Guiding Light is justified, given the monumental nature of its 72 year long lifespan on both radio and television, but we’re also kind of skeeved out by reading how the actors talk about the show as if it were reality. But then we thought, you [...]

It seems that, once again, former Philadelphia Phillie Lenny Dykstra‘s life is continuing its downward spiral to new and embarrassing lows. Not only is he apparently living in his car and trying to challenge the insurance industry, blaming them in part for his current state, now he’s trying to hawk his 10-karat, blinged-out, 1986 World [...]

We’ve been talking quite a lot lately about how this Summer 2009 was basically 3 months of the Most Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Summer Ever, but we have hope that the coming of fall will begin releasing more good vibes into the atmosphere and help to heal the wounds of the last, oh, [...]

Do you like TV? We do. And we especially like it on Sunday nights, when the whole world watches with us. So we’re gonna try a little experiment here. Every Monday — until or unless we know you hate it — we’re gonna do a quick round-up of what we caught the night before, and [...]

Alright, people, here’s what’s up: As we mentioned earlier this week, we’ll be at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival up in the Catskills this weekend, dispatching photos and news and whathaveyou. As such, we’re in a frenzy right now: Records to pack, sandwiches to make, turnpikes to hit. If you read this site regularly, you [...]

Next Friday here at 2424 Studios, Philebrity is pleased to present what is shaping up to be an enchanting fall evening with three of the Philadelphia area’s most alluring folk acts: Lewis & Clarke, Meg Baird and Sir Charles Latham, now performing under the moniker Death Panel. Also currently showing in the gallery space at [...]