Archive for February, 2010

This Weekend: Your Blizzard Weekend As Played By Cover Bands Around The Globe

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Because really. We’ll be back next week to tell you all the shit that got rescheduled due to Frosty The Paralyzer. FRIDAY: SATURDAY: SUNDAY: Want more? Check out our nightlife listings.

Slideshow: Wing Bowl XVIII, Wachovia Center, 2/5/10

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Oh, the humanity. After the jump, Olivia Vaughn‘s photos of this morning’s debauchery.

Oh, And Here’s Video Of Snooki Giving The City Of Philadelphia The Finger

Friday, February 5th, 2010

And through the microphone of Jnnnphrhrhrhrrr Frdkdkddk no less. What did we tell you about this woman? She’s a goddamned savage. We’re awaiting more pics and wrap up from this morning’s Wing Bowl via our now lost and presumed drunk coverage team, but in the meantime you can relive it all on our Twitter account.

Readers Cameraphone: Even The Parking Kiosks Here Are Sarcastic Dicks

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Says our reader: “Parking kiosk or oracle? You decide!” Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

LIVE: Philebrity At The Wing Bowl

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Follow @philebrity or #philebrityatwingbowl as Collin Flatt tweets live from Wing Bowl!

This Evening: Do The Right Thing

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

>>> Please join us for a great bill and even better cause tonight at Philly Rocks For Haiti at The Trocadero. West Philadelphia Orchestra, Black Landlord, Get the Led Out, Blood Feathers and Free Energy will all be performing, and afterwards, there’s a party in the Balcony where Jersey Dan is spinning. Proceeds go directly [...]

Accuweather Already Working Overtime To Find Proper Blizzard Of 2010 Hyperbole

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

PARALYZING! Previously: Readers Fwd: Even The Pros Agree That This Weekend Could Well Be BLIZZARD OMG!

Dept. Of Other People’s Hitgrabs: Philly Snubbed In HuffPo Bike Lane Contest

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Sure, Philly was ignored in The Huffington Post’s Bike-Lanes-Around-The-World roundup and poll — even after all the valuable discourse you Philebrity commenters engaged in! — but you could still suggest your Philly faves in their suggestion box thingy. In other bike-related news, David Byrne is in town tonight to talk about his book The Bicycle [...]

Rumblings: The CooperBowl, NJ’s Finest Prize In Sport

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

As a medical doctor, I would like to urge each and every one of you to STAY AWAY FROM NEW JERSEY THIS SUNDAY. >>> Can we just say this? THANK GOD PHILLY IS NOT IN THE SUPERBOWL. For so, so, so many reasons. Among them: You know we’d choke, and now that we live in [...]

Press Release Of The Day: How To Simultaneously Open Up A Hot New Rock Club And Seem Completely, Strangely Out Of Touch

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

You know, we like to give new venues the benefit of the doubt, but there is so much that is so wrong in the first two grafs of this press release announcing the opening of the Rox Box in Roxborough that, well, it’s just delightful: Philadelphia:   Philly indie bands are sick and tired of the [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: Dave P, DJ Statik And The Philadelphia Orchestra Jam For PIFA

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

On Tuesday morning, at the press conference to announce the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), April 7 – May 1, 2011, Dave P, DJ Statik and members of the Philadelphia Orchestra all got together to jam on a little Stravinsky, yo. This is how that went.

J Street To Bring A Little Of That Ol’ Israel/Palestine Magic We’ve Been Missing So Much To Philly

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Like those badass hipster Jews in Munich — actutally, nothing like those guys — J Street, the controversial “pro-Israel/pro-peace” advocacy group, is setting up shop in Philly. Tonight on the Penn campus, J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami will speak, and officially kickoff the Philly outpost for J Street’s new local grassroots campaign. Now, we [...]

The World Is A Vampire: Harrisburg To Declare Bankruptcy?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Well, given what we all went through last summer, it’s not hard to have at least a little schadenfreude about this — or at least appreciate the irony of the PA state capital in the same desperate waters we all narrowly avoided. In any case, Harrisburg is indeed considering filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection [...]

Poll: Wrap It Up, You Will Or Will Not Take It

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

SCRUB — that is, the Society Created To Reduce Urban Blight — are an organization that has its heart in the right place. Really, it does. But often, SCRUB’s general anti-advertising stance rubs up against things that are just a given in modern life. And so it goes with Councilman Frank DiCicco‘s new bill, which [...]

We Like This Guy.

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

We spotted this pink chalk rendering of this Tintin-esque character in Fishtown last night by Palmer Cemetary. Anybody seen any others like it? Send us a snap to tips[at]philebrity[dot]com and we’ll give you tickets to see The Wolfman.

Someone Famous (Might Could Have) Went Somewhere Once: Snooki At Geno’s?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

A friend of mine was told by a friend of hers, who was told by an allegedly reputable source (“yo this kid’s never wrong about anything!!”) that Snooki was supposed to make an appearance at Geno’s [Wednesday] from 6-8. I don’t know if Philebrity follows all things Jersey Shore in a semi-ironic kind of way [...]

Apropos Of Jay Reatard’s Death, Um, Yes: Cocaine Is Bad

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

So, news broke earlier today that the results of Jay Reatard‘s autopsy came in, and rather than an evil garage rock scene plot to murder their would-be king, what really killed Jay was cocaine toxicity. To be honest, other than “being really really fucked up,” we didn’t know what cocaine toxicity really was. Then we [...]

Readers Fwd: Even The Pros Agree That This Weekend Could Well Be BLIZZARD OMG!

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

From a reader who’s on Henry Margusity‘s email list: Here’s my snow map for the storm. Keep in mind, this storm will turn into a blizzard for Philly, Atlantic city, Balitmore and Washington up to Harrisburg, Pa Saturday morning. What that means, as the storm hits the coast and starts to redevelop, it will pull [...]

Captain Freeshit: Go See An Advance Screening Of The Wolfman Next Tuesday Night!

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

While we can safely assume that no wolfman-type movie will ever best the decade-defining performance of Michael J. Fox in Teen Wolf, it looks like this new version of The Wolfman starring Anthony Hopkins and Benecio Del Toro could come close. And just think of all the money they saved on wolfman makeup by casting [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: OK, The Impromptu Temple U. Snowboarding Park Is Pretty Much The Most Awesome Thing Ever

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

As our tipster put it, “In what other major city can you find an abandoned lot to build a world class snowboard park, lite a fire, set off fireworks, obtain a redbull can (legally?), jib a keg – and not hear one single police siren? Hmmm? I rest my case!” [Via YoBeat]