It is with this post that Philebrity apologizes to its readers for the fact that, in five plus years online, we have not once posted anything about Philly-raised disco chanteuse Evelyn “Champagne” King, who was discovered while working with her mother at Philadelphia International Records as a cleaning woman. She then went on to make [...]

America: We hate facts! And science! Just ask Paul Offit who, just a few years ago, before this country’s War On Reason (of, if you prefer, Operation We All Deserve To Die Because You’re Confused About Jesus), would have been not only patently uncontroversial but also most likely universally revered. Offit is the Maurice R. [...]

“MEMO TO ALL PPA METER MAIDS: First person to bring us a FedEx truck gets first dibs on office Pollyanna this year.” Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. [Photo credit: PhillyChitChat]

Hey, remember Tom Knox? He was the guy who, in the last Mayoral election here in Philly, spent untold dollars on a Democratic campaign that essentially was a ghost vessel for any political ideas whatsoever. Seriously. We spent a year with the man and still have no idea what he could stand for, or in [...]

The news on SEPTA continues to get worse: After a train fire yesterday on the regional rail lines, it’s now being reported that, earlier this morning, a rail worker was struck and killed by a moving R2 train. As a result, services are delayed while police complete a preliminary investigation.

Well, that sure was something. And while we can spend the next five months spitting bile at all those whom we believe should be smited (smote?) from the Phillies roster (and oh, how we will do just exactly that), consider this: Your Philadelphia Phillies are, and will very likely remain to be, an historic baseball [...]

Oh, look: TWU local 234 president and apparent diplomatic genius Willie Brown used his first time in front of the media since the SEPTA strike began to pretty much shit the bed entirely, just like you knew he would. His first target? Mayor Michael Nutter. Roll tape, please! “Little Caesar, as I like to call [...]

Knock knock. Who’s there? Black. Black who? Black Motherfucking Taco, that’s who.

To quote an old hit of his, say it isn’t so! As anyone who’s ever seen Hall & Oates perform live can tell you, the group — even today, where many aging performers feel content to give less than 100% — epitomizes the musician’s slogan “pro gear, pro attitude.” And with a catalog of both [...]

The Men Who Stare At Goats is a movie based on the book of the same name by Jon Ronson about “the U.S. Army’s exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal.” Which really happened! Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, and Jeff Bridges (rocking a strange, military Dude-esque [...]

For those of you who have been wondering if there is anything Cole Hamels won’t sell:

As an addendum to our post the other day about The People’s Republic Of Comcast, hear ye and know this: Comcast has not given up its fight against what Reasonable People of The World call “net neutrality.” Far from it in fact. Still smarting from the wrist-slaps doled out by the FCC after it caught [...]

Oh hell yes.

As you undoubtedly know by now, yesterday, the people of New Jersey resoundingly elected Bobby Bacala as their Governor. And what a difference a few years makes: Last time we checked in with Bobby, he was Junior Soprano‘s errand boy. But since then, Bacala has become a man in full. But does this signify a [...]

On Friday, the University Of Pennsylvania will break ground on the long-in-coming Penn Park, which will occupy a 24-acre parcel of land south of Walnut Street, with Amtrak rail lines to the east and the SEPTA rail corridor to the west and below South Street. It’s a massive project: It’ll cost $46M, feature open space, [...]

Of course you know Albert Maysles. Along with his now-departed brother David, the Maysles Brothers have contributed much to the art of the documentary film since they began in 1962. Maysles — who resides in New York but maintains many local connections here in Philly — has remained a definitely stylish filmmaker up to the [...]

One reader sends us two photos this morning. First up, while the noble rank and file of SEPTA strike, thereby keeping kids from their schools, old people from their doctors’ appointments, and workers from their jobs, you can rest assured that at least SEPTA won’t be taking up any extra parking spac– oh wait. Sorry. [...]

We must never surrender. America will get better. I love you very much.

The 8th Annual First Person Arts Festival begins tonight and runs through Sunday, perhaps as bold and strong and wily as it’s ever been. First Person has always been a heady mix of storytelling and socializing — it was founded in 2000 with the intently amorphous goal of “transforming the drama of real life into [...]

>>> What is it in the air today that some of Philadelphia’s most hated institutions — SEPTA, Comcast, Cole Hamels — seem to be firing on all of their crazy-bullshit cylinders at once? Jesus, one at a time, people. Incoming: Comcast is like this close to owning NBC Universal. Like, closer than it has ever [...]