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NYC-by-way-of-San Francisco band The Morning Benders have a new album, Big Echo, coming out in March (they’ll also play in Philly then). This song, “Excuses,” is on that album.

Yesterday, fearing that the Inky and Daily News wouldn’t be able to be delivered due to road closings all over the Delaware Valley, PNI publisher (for now) Brian Tierney issued a statement “strongly urging” the governors of PA and NJ to make an exception for PNI and allow their trucks to use the roads. As [...]

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Michael Griffin caught this bit from his perch in Doylestown yesterday. OMINOUS!

Our good buddy/regular Phileb commenter Lord Whimsy writes: I’m getting bummed out by seeing all that dreary gray Philly snow: Imagine walking two miles in the woods to reach a creekside cabin. Then imagine kicking back in front of your friend’s wood stove with a tumbler of whiskey as you listen to Seamus Heaney recite [...]

CBS news just called it. We have broken the old accumulation record of 65.5″ set in 1996. Meanwhile, we can only post from the phone cos all wifi is lost. We’ll be back with ya soon as we can.

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B-more bans all travel. Chris and Snoop disapprove, advise accordingly.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, our first-ever Enchantment Under The Sea Dance at 2424 Studios — based of course on the legendary dance held in the greatest American movie of the last 50 years, Back To The Future — will be held this Saturday night, and PEOPLE ARE PSYCHED. There will be ocean-themed decorations; there will [...]

Even The Chicken Man‘s ghost is quieted by this wintry blanket, yo. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Your Philebrity Headquarters for the Storm of Ages. · This much we know: As of this writing (1:36PM) the Market Frankford Line is running. We just took it, it was great. Here’s the link for SEPTA closings, visit it often because it’s only a matter of time before SEPTA shits the bed completely, just like [...]

“I’d like to think growing up in Michigan gave me snow super powers,” says Theresa. “But I still stocked up on beer and canned soup like everyone else.” Photo: Playing at the Starr Garden playground at 6th and Lombard. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

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Er, yay! YAY US! YAY PHILADELPHIA! We’re at Johnny Brenda’s, there’s a DJ here playing the Beach Boys, and the snow just keeps fallin’, fallin’, fallin’. We hope you’re safe, and we hope you have stuff to send us. Holler with pictures, snow tips, warnings, etc., at tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. In the meantime, we’ve got some pics [...]

Send your amazing Storm of Ages photos to: tips@philebrity.com. We’ll be posting live today from Johnny Brenda’s “EMERGENCY BRUNCH.” If you’re in the area, do drop by!

As I type this, the Philebrity email box is filling up with postponement notices for things that were supposed to happen today and tomorrow, from film screenings to school to WWE professional wrestling. The mayor is slated to make an announcement at 4pm regarding other snow announcements. That said, Philebrity goes hard: If you won [...]

>>> The people of Port Richmond might finally be getting actual justice, as now-ex police officer Frank Tepper is being charged with the murder of 21-year-old Billy Panas last fall. By every account we’ve seen and read, Tepper fits the classic piece of shit profile: rageaholic, thinks the rules don’t apply to him, (allegedly!) shoots [...]

We’re still thumbing through the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative Public Opinion Poll (download the PDF here), but one thing we’ve noticed for sure: Most of you are stoked about the casinos. This poll revealed a 51-to-34 advantage for Gambly McGamblors over Whining Crypantses, a spike from previous polls. And that’s not just among [...]