Yesterday might have been one of the silliest days in Philebrity history, as we all bailed before the power of The Philadelphia Internet Meme Now Known As Black Taco. While some quibbled about the term, and others intuitively understood the phrase’s power as a rallying cry, still others got to work on expressing their own [...]

Philly’s own — and he was pretty much always ours — Al Martino lived the kind of life you just can’t live anymore; as interesting as these times are, they’re just not that interesting. Born and raised in the Philly area — Springfield, to be specific — Martino topped the first-ever New Musical Express singles [...]

>>> So there’s that, but there’s also some other fun/interesting stuff tonight: Advance tickets to IgnitePhilly — where the Philly tech scene comes together to blast out ideas and knowledge in fun, five-minute chunks — have sold out, but they’re releasing 100 more at the door, so if this is your bag, get into it. [...]

Because real talk: The “Black Taco”/Ryan Howard mashup mascot that one reader came up with in like five minutes is still better than that dumb Dippin’ Dots Dinosaur the Rockies have had since ever. Still, though. Wow. Just… wow. Update: We’re still considering this: Is it racist to put a taco on a black man’s [...]

The new Levi’s campaign — which features Camden, NJ’s own Walt Whitman‘s Pioneers! O Pioneers! — got a lot of play over the weekend. The NYT says it’s all part of some mass commercial redefinition of America but really, we’re just stoked to see the young people running around in the out-of-doors with some fresh [...]

Hey, remember this thing? Well, it happened last night, and when you think about it, it had the makings for some good clean fun. Six people, six gallons of milk, one hour to drink each gallon at a bar in Fishtown; what’s the worst that could happen? This? Oh no, friends, what happened last night [...]

Thanks to your valiant efforts in forwarding and re-Tweeting (as well as the magical Google algorithm), our post from this morning, “And Now, Black Taco, A Spontaneous Poem By J.M.M. Sweeney Jr.,” is now THE NUMBER ONE GOOGLE RESULT FOR THE PHRASE “BLACK TACO!” Thank you all for helping us make Black Taco a metaphor [...]

Here lies Brian Tierney. He sure was a sweet ol’ bitch. OK, so maybe we shouldn’t bang the funereal drum just yet, but here is the deal: In all likelihood, Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.‘s various properties — which include the Inquirer, the Daily News and Philly.com — will go up on the auction block next month. [...]

You know, we’d just as easily accept “Freak Train” as the rallying cry for the 2009 post-season Phils. And weirdly enough, if you take Kurt’s new album, Childish Prodigy, and spin it backwards every time he says “Freak Train,” he’s really saying “BLACK TACO.”

We received the photograph at right on Friday evening, when we’d already shut down the shop, and like most things Gosselin, we forgot about it almost as soon as we became aware of it. But then, this morning, like a dream after which you have to check in with your friends just to make sure [...]

Over the weekend, diving into Bicycle Diaries, the new book by David Byrne — which is an utter joy to read, by the way — we stumbled across this passage in Byrne’s chapter on American cities, and boy, did it ever sound familiar: [...]There is often a highway built along the waterfront in many towns. [...]

>>> Philadelphia, the underlings of Tina Brown have decided you are the 11th Smartest City In The Country. But please let that be tempered by the fact that they said Raleigh-Durham, N.C was number one, and that these are also the same folks who like to let Jeff Deeney stand in front of the mirror [...]

Spotted at 15th and Spruce. There is something so unspeakably filthy about this that it was taking every force of our being to not say what we thought this looked like. And then we just went ahead and said it. Whoever left this bike lock around this tree — sometime in the mid-1990s, we’re gonna [...]

Holy shit! That was NEARLY 24 HOURS OF CORONARY-INDUCING POST-SEASON BASEBALL! And can we start off by saying FUCK THE TBS ANNOUNCERS AND ANYTHING THEY EVER DO AGAIN! And that TBS strike box thing! Fuck that! What was that! Also, FUCK MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL! You have made your feelings known about us! So why shouldn’t [...]

Like many government offices, banks and other arcane institutions, Philebrity will be celebrating its Italian heritage by taking Columbus Day off. While we’re gone, we will remember what-a mamma said and participate in the annual shaddap-ing of the face. We’ll be back bright and early tomorrow, and boy, do we ever have a lot to [...]

FRIDAY: >>> At some point, you must have had this thought: “Because I consume the popular culture, I know in some vague way that Samantha Ronson actually has a job (sort of) and that job is DJ. But what on Earth does she spin?” We’re as stumped as you are, so when Samantha Ronson spins [...]

RECOMMENDED: Ever read Coco Chanel’s Wikipedia page? You should try it sometime; you may not like everything you find there — to be sure, Coco herself probably didn’t (cue scenes of Nazi sympathizing, dead lovers and other non-delights) — but it will put into perspective that whole thing about life being long and all of [...]

DesignPhiladelphia has a robust schedule of events this weekend, many which dance the spectrum from academia to plain old shopping. Here are a few that look enticing, but you don’t have to take my word for it: Tonight (Friday, October 9th): Whiskey tasting and glass-blowing $40 admission fee for a Whiskey tasting session in a [...]

I realize that a ton of hard work was put into making this event happen on budget. That said, next time, I deserve a real bathroom, not a Mr. John Porta Potty. This isn’t an outdoor festival. This is a celebration of fashion. How many of us left because we had to relieve ourselves with [...]

It’s so weird: When you look up Leif Ericson, you don’t find anything about Fred Perry or Skrewdriver or skinbyrds. All you get are these awesome pictures of this dude who rocks a really earthy Fairport Convention vibe and might have “discovered” North America or something. So why are Keystone United — the Philly area’s [...]