That’s because torture advocate/boycott-inducer John Yoo will be on All Things Considered today at 4pm. Make sure you have something you can squeeze to death while listening. But please just make sure also that whatever it is you’re squeezing is not an unwitting Arab who just happened to be in the wrong place at the [...]

While we know — both anecdotally and through first hand experience — that the Weekend Douche Parade in Philly has been aggressively trying to colonize Northern Liberties for a good few years now, its stronghold in Old City is still a force to be reckoned with. (And, as ever, its spiritual home remains in Rittenhouse [...]

Last night, while being riveted by footage of the “I’m With Coco” rallies in New York and Los Angeles, we had a thought: Why is it that there hasn’t been a pro-Conan O’Brien rally in Philadelphia yet? The answer is probably this simple: Because we haven’t set a date and started a full-on Internet campaign [...]

In this video by the guys behind the forthcoming website PhillyBeard.com — which we are assuming will not be a place where closeted Philadelphians can find a false heterosexual mate (consarnit!) — the ever-popular Philly Muslim/Sunni/”Freeway” beard is explained, and parsed, and of course, praised. BEARD PEACE NOW!

Hey, remember this guy? Chris Christie spent the morning going to mass, kissing babies and getting ready to be the first actual 400-lb. gorilla to ever hold the governor’s office. And oh, man, what a sweet ride it’s going to be. Christie, who ran a campaign that was all about garbling stuff about family values [...]

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FRIDAY: >>> Quickly, now: The Fire is open again! NOW WITH MORE PINK FLOYD POSTERS. Just kidding, but this is a pretty good way to make sure your comeback weekend is memorable: Schooly D performs. >>> Down Girard a bit, local moogerfoogers The Elevator Parade celebrate the release of their newest record at M Room [...]

Singer, Teddy Pendergrass, demonstrates his dance style with host Jane Whitney on the premiere of TV 10′s “Morning In Philadelphia”. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, February 11, 1980. Follow Temple University’s Paley Library Urban Archives on Facebook. It will defintely brighten your day from time to time.

The Haitian Professionals of Philadelphia have dedicated the front page of their site with lots of good info on what you can do to send help down to Haiti. Do what they say. Previously: PSA: Help Haiti The Philly Way

With The Daily Beast breaking the news that Conan O’Brien will indeed be leaving NBC, receiving an undisclosed payout for his trouble and will be free to appear anywhere else on TV he so desires, it’s time to start pointing fingers: Could NBC execs have handled this better, considering that Jay Leno‘s 10PM shitshow was [...]

By her own sister’s account, the last time anyone saw Nicole Franchetti (pictured) was “at 2:00 a.m. on New Years, and she was in Philadelphia on the corner of 25th and Girard.” If you’re wondering whether she means New Year’s Eve, or New Year’s Day, you’re encountering but the first of many little inconsistencies on [...]

Philebs, Have you seen the newest Bykofsky clusterfuck masquerading as journalism? I know, boycott and whathaveyou, but in defense I followed the link from PlanPhilly. [Editor's note: We're not boycotting the Daily News.] Bykofsky rips the city report on the Crosstown Connector bike lanes several new ones; fairly sure he compares the deputy mayor’s office [...]

STATEMENT FROM MAYOR NUTTER ON TEDDY PENDERGRASS Philadelphia, January 14, 2010 – Mayor Michael Nutter issued the following statement on the death of Teddy Pendergrass: “Teddy Pendergrass, Philadelphia born and bred, was one of America’s great singer/songwriters who through numerous albums and singles exerted a powerful and passionate imprint on R&B. In the late 70s [...]

>>> Man, a lot of great stuff going on tonight: Our final Grog Party at National Mechanics, which starts in like five minutes. The first-ever U.S. gig by Scottish band The Yummy Fur at England Belongs To Twee over at Kung Fu Necktie. Gildon Works at L’Etage. The Rag at 700. Oh, and Alec Ounsworth [...]

My mother gave me a lot of things — and I’m sure yours did, too — but one of the things I’ve always regarded as special was the luxurious sonic backdrop she and her then-teenage sisters provided for my early childhood. Some of my earliest memories are of house parties at my uncle’s house on [...]

No discussion of Teddy Pendergrass would be complete, of course, without mentioning the automobile accident that injured Pendergrass’ spine in March of 1982. After it, Teddy would never walk again — he’d recover in other ways, and even went on to help others with spinal cord injuries, but in many ways, he was never the [...]

They just don’t make asses like this anymore, do they?

Turn off the lights and light a candle Tonight I’m in a romantic mood, yeah Let’s take a shower, shower together, yeah I’ll wash your body and you’ll wash mine, yeah Rub me down in some hot oils, baby, yeah And I’ll do the same thing to you Just turn off the lights, come to [...]

[H/t to The Daily Swarm]

Pardon the false start, but hang in there: “Teddy Bear,” on some random TV show, with the strangest hair helmet we’ve ever seen, totally delivers. Related: I just threw my bra at the computer.