As you are well aware, even as we head into a new decade, America’s enemies follow it, trudging through the same hateful beliefs that plagued us all through the 2000s. Its terror knows no bounds. We speak, of course, about American Idol, that great scourge upon American music and quite possibly the worst (oh, who [...]

You know, we should really just quit doing this website and get a book deal just for the reader mail and call it a day already. Hi there, I’m not sure if Philebrity can help or not, but I’ll try anyway. I just recently moved back to Philadelphia from the UK. I don’t have that [...]

Our friends at Weathervane Music Organization have partnered up with WXPN to do a new project series that’s jointly curated between the two; it’s called “Shaking Through,” and there’s a bunch of announcements about it slated for January 26th. Weathervane has released this teaser clip, though, of the first artist in the series, Brooklyn’s Sharon [...]

This is a Tefillin. A Tefillin is “a set of small cubic leather boxes painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Bible, with leather straps dyed black on one side, and worn by observant Jewish men during weekday morning prayers.” It’s not a bomb. Not even an underwear bomb. We would [...]

>>> The Spooks are dirty, scary little surf rock band from the Cowabungaville that is Fishtown. They’ve been on tour for a while, and play a welcome-home gig tonight at Bouffant Bangout at the Barbary. >>> Meanwhile, Vetiver plays what is, at press time, a nearly sold out show at Kung Fu Necktie. Might wanna [...]

Philebrity is proud to partner with the Free Library Of Philadelphia on this year’s One Book One Philadelphia project. For the uninitiated, One Book One Philadelphia is a collaboration between the Free Library and the Mayor’s Office that promotes reading, literacy, library use, and community building by motivating tens of thousands of people to read [...]

For years in Philadelphia, you couldn’t even think of getting a pay TV provider other than Comcast if you were a Phillies fan. That’s because the lion’s share of broadcast rights to Phillies games have belonged to the Comcast-owned CSN channel for some time now. But all of that could be changing thanks to a [...]

We hear he’s buying the Newmarket hole in Society Hill and building new stuff there that will be awesome and we will all get jobs and Philly will finally stop being weird and bad. Not bad for a young lad from West Philadelphia who emails into Christian web chat shows.

Sure, we’ve all seen bums masturbating on the El — I mean, we have all seen that, right? — but do you think anyone actually ever finds real love on the SouthEastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority? With thousands upon thousands of riders every day, it seems inevitable. Which is why SEPTA is asking you to tell [...]

If you had dropped a bomb on the North Star Bar on this night in Spring 2001, every rock critic in Philly would have died. As it happened, two years later, the invention of the mp3 blog killed them all off anyway.

Philly-based not-corny comic book artist Box Brown is just about set to release Everything Dies, a comic filled with “comic interpretations of different religious myths throughout the world.” Brown has been working on the project for a while, and notably funded its production through Kickstarter.com, an online fundraising spot for artists, writers and inventors. Brown [...]

Upset that the Iggles season is over, but looking forward — I mean, really looking forward — to President’s Day next month? Have we got the thing for you: America Bowl! The creation of Philly freelance writer Don Steinberg, America Bowl pits U.S. presidents by their respective number against Super Bowl games by theirs, and [...]

It’s good to see that somebody is getting paid around here: The Chronicle of Higher Education just released their annual survey of highest-paid public university and community college prezzes, and Temple University‘s Ann Weaver Hart (pictured) came in at number 28. Check it: Weaver annually racks up a total compensation of $602,403, including a salary [...]

You’ve probably heard: Starting in 2011, the New York Times will be charging for online content. It’s a controversial decision, and we won’t lie: We think it’s dumb. The free news genie is going to be hard to put back in the bottle — a lesson you’d think the NYT would have with its failed [...]

Damned if that sneezy mess isn’t some kind of weird female doppelganger for Dean Clean of the Dead Milkmen. Push fluids, brah! Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

>>> You heard me, punk. Come on down to Philebrity Salon tonight at 700, Second & Fairmount, where each week DJs Kyle Andrews & Joey Sweeney spin jazz and music from all parts of the globe, and order a “Persepolis” from the bartender. FIRST FOUR PEOPLE TO DO THIS between 9:30PM and 2AM (though it [...]

Via Google Street view, the site of Starr’s proposed Bier Garten, which sources say he’d like to open by this summer. We know what you’re thinking: Oh, no. Well… oh yes.

You may wanna stay away from AM talk radio or the Fox/MSNBC talking head circuit for about a week or so, as the Mumia Industry just got a rather large bump: The Supreme Court has rendered a lower court’s ruling that tossed out the death penalty for Mumia Abu Jamal null. Which means that an [...]

Hey everybody: We know y’all are staring down a Valentine’s Day this year where there is a real chance that you will be broke and/or alone. For that reason, we have just booked our first-ever Enchantment Under The Sea Dance on Saturday, February 13th at 2424 Studios — based of course on the legendary dance [...]

Memory Tapes — the new project by ex-Hail Social singer Dayve Hawk that’s been getting much hype lately — played their first-ever live gig The Corner (Trof) in Manchester, UK, on Saturday. A Philly date is coming soon.