Sunday night. It’s time.
FRIDAY:
>>> Dear God, that forecast. Let me now predict your weekend for you: Maybe you’ll go out and do something tonight. Maybe. But then, that’s it. You have a Wii, right? Or some kind of Netflix thing? And a liquor store close by? Yeah, I thought so. Hit me up on iChat! [...]

Customers in the ‘Record Joint’ in Progress Plaza. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. March 14th, 1975.
We know we’ve mentioned this before, but you should totally follow Urban Archives (Paley Library, Temple University) on Facebook. They just dropped their “Friday Photos” album, and the above pic was in it, along with other photos that reminded us in a [...]

RECOMMENDED: From Romania comes Police, Adjective, a Kafka-esque dramedy directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. (You Romanian film buffs might remember him from 12:08 East of Bucharest.) Following the travails of an undercover cop who’s unwilling to arrest a pot-smoking teen, knowing full well that by the laws of Romania, he’d do seven years in the clink [...]

Just now at 30th St. Station. We’ll let you know about the disco later.
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But the whole point of things like the Philadelphia Auto Show is to show us that they’re not supposed to be. The auto show opens this weekend, and amidst a media kit packed with photos of boring sedans and borderline offensive SUV’s, we found some of the stuff that people actually look forward to this [...]

Philly’s often-slept-on The Chimeras celebrate the release of their latest album, Her, tonight at The Khyber with Busses and Caterpillar. Best as we can tell, each song on Her bears the name of a different lady; along with “Britney” (whose minimalist video, above, best describes our emotional state today), there’s also odes to “Lila,” “Gladys,” [...]

Hey everybody, this is Robert Cox: Robert is what the police usually call a “piece of shit.” Rob is kind of a junkie, and like junkies do, sometimes he’ll steal or rob to support his habit and imagined “edgy” Stone Temple Pilots lifestyle. Rob’s thing these days is traversing the mall-ish suburban terrain and wandering [...]

As anonymous, would-be bidders begin the process of signing non-disclosure agreements and investigating PNI financial records in anticipation of an auction later this year, one not-so-anonymous potential bidder has emerged: Stern Partners Inc., of Vancouver. In this Daily News piece, a delegation from Stern is revealed as having visited Philly last week to check out [...]

Good news for people who like to gamble either before or after they buy their tax-free computers and booze: The State of Delaware has approved table gaming legislation. The decision comes on the heels of a similar one made here in PA recently, about which readers of this site know all too well. What’s more, [...]

And so the volley begins. When TLA Video and the Philadelphia Film Society had their acrimonious — and some would argue totally unnecessary — split last year, a loose bargain was ultimately arrived on: The TLA’s Cinefest would be held in the spring, and the Philadelphia Film Festival, which the PFS retained the rights to, [...]

Sophia, Linnea and Alana — otherwise known as the unrepentant Stevie Nicks fans who make up Lights — play Johnny Brenda’s with The Entrance Band. Entrance, who emerged a few years back at the height of the New Weird America folk craze, have since evolved into a freaked-out power trio whose latest has an oddly [...]

You could argue that City Council’s lack of term limits has kept Council chambers the kookiest spot in town for centuries now, and the very thing that has given us folks like Thacher Longstreth, who became more like movie characters than politicians after a while. (R.I.P., Thach, we still rock the argyle in solidarity with [...]

Today marks ten years of the Metro publishing in Philly, and to celebrate, they hired illustrator Jay Bevenour to do the above cover image. (There’s also a “Swedish Meatball Burger” special at P.Y.T. if you really feel like celebrating.) Just so we all know that we are seeing the same things, above, look for:
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We know what you’re thinking: Sen. Pat Browne (R-Lehigh County) was probably only just sucking up to the NRA when he suggested that the state of PA should have an “official firearm.” You know, like a state bird (pigeon) or official beer (Lion’s Head Lite). After all, no state actually has an official firearm (only [...]

J.D. Salinger has died, and Philebrity salutes all who have sailed in him. Without being a bunch of big phonies about it, we can honestly say this: Salinger’s goddamned writing has influenced us more than we could ever say. He was our first literary love. May he rest in peace.

Honey & the Bees were a girl group from Philly that released a string of singles from 1966-69, and in some ways are a direct predecessor to the Gamble & Huff sound that would dominate the pop charts in later years. In fact, Leon Huff played on some of their sessions, as did many others [...]

We’re not sure why this wasn’t in the comments, but one reader writes in concerning one of Philly’s native sons last night:
So the speech was great, but Chris Mathews had what I call a Norfeast moment in his discussion of it. Here is the TPM take (which I like):
Chris Matthews: He did so well [...]

It’s getting to be that time again, and it’s not like we care about any of this shit, so we might as well ask you…
We promise that we will do what you say.

Amazing quote, Foxwoods attorney Fred Jacoby! Jacoby uttered this memorable bon mot whilst pleading his case before what is being characterized as an “increasingly impatient” PA Gaming Control Board. Now, before we go any further, can we all take a moment to appreciate our “increasingly impatient” PA Gaming Control Board? You know, the one [...]

Uhh, well, this is a little awkward and all, buuuut…. we didn’t watch the State of the Union last night. We were hosting some friends from out of town, and while we all talked about what might be happening while the speech was airing, we did not turn the TV set on. It would have [...]