Sondre Lerche: It’s Norse for “swoon.” We can’t front — we kind of love almost everything about this guy, from his indie-pop debut to his soundtrack work to his jazz album to this almost Broadway-esque thing he’s been doing lately. There is no denying it — the man is talented. And having seen him live, [...]

Philadelphia Flower Show Designer Sam Lemheney (tan jacket) and PHS President Elect Drew Becher lead Midler on a tour of the 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show, “Passport to the World,” on March 3. Oh, look, there’s Bette Midler at the Flower Show. We wonder: Do people under 25 even know who Bette Midler is? Here’s [...]

Philly’s own The AKA’s latest clip, directed by Doug Sakmann. RIYL: Chain wallets, goth strippers, chain wallets and goth strippers.

We’re just rats in the cage of the Western world. Though a movement to save the SS United States — that big ol’ bear of a boat across from South Philly Ikea — had been gaining steam last year, the boat is presently being eyed for scrap metal, PlanPhilly reports. As recently as January, there [...]

They think it will be easier this way. We think it’ll be a shitshow, totally confusing for the first six months — the routes will be renamed in July, by the way — and on a more existential level, it will cause a total identity crisis for many in the area. If we are not [...]

A bunch of kids went buck wild at Broad & Chestnut again yesterday, knocking over pedestrians, eventually getting into a fight, and resulting in 18 arrests. And of course, the cops are pissed, promising more beat patrols in the area. Again, authorities and news outlets are calling it a “flash mob,” indicating that it all [...]

Mayor Nutter (shown at right in a happier time) rolled out his new budget proposal this morning, and just as Philly Clout predicted two days ago, we’re looking at: · $300 annual fees for trash collection for both residential and business (starting in July) · and the “Healthy Philadelphia Initiative,” a 2 cents per ounce tax [...]

Says our reader: “No team is a winner, so we’ll see you all next year…” [Photo: Michael McGettigan] Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Join us next Tuesday as our pal Spike Priggen from Bedazzled.tv, the Internet’s home for wild 1960s ephemera and so much more, visits Philly with a special program pulled from the Bedazzled vaults. Refreshments will be served, and afterwards, we’ll play like-minded 45s. As always, Philebrity Salon is at 700 in Northern Liberties, and there’s [...]

>>> Those of you getting ready for Tim Burton’s (reportedly horrible) Alice In Wonderland might do well to check out “A Mad Tea Party at the Rosenbach Museum” wherein first editions of Lewis Carroll’s classic will be on view, along with Carroll experts laying down knowledge. If you wanna go, click on that link and [...]

· Stephen Starr’s Fishtown BierGarten Overwhelmingly Passes Neighborhood Test Of Zoning Meeting Endurance · Man Man Singer Enflames Age-Old North/South Burger War · With March Comes The Madness: Together, This Month, We WILL Decide What Is THE GREATEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN PHILADELPHIA All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar [...]

Everyone hide: The Black Eyed Peas will be in the Gayborhood tonight for the above afterparty. We’re also hearing that ?uestlove will be spinning, and that just doesn’t seem right at all.

Of course, the ship of New York Gov. David A. Paterson (shown as portrayed by Fred Armisen at right) has been sinking steadily for a while now, but the final nail in the coffin could be today’s charge that Paterson got himself and his posse free tickets to the opening game of the World Series [...]

Once upon a time, there was this band called The Beatles. (You might know them from their later, much better band, The Traveling Wilburys, and also for one of them being the dad of Julian Lennon.) The Beatles were kind of big, and there are some old people still alive who might be able to [...]

Sure, we’ve re-ran this a bunch of times, but it’s one of our favorite videos we ever did. And as it happens, The Tough Shits play Kung Fu Necktie with Philebrity Label’s own Blood Feathers tonight. See you there.

Fresh on the news that he’ll most likely be taking over South Philly Foxwoods, gambling impresario/mesmerizing teeth-and-hairpiece Steve Wynn was interrupted by protestors from Casino-Free Philadelphia when it was his turn to speak at a PA Gaming Control Board meeting this morning, Philly Clout reports. The protestor was heard to say, “We do not want [...]

Just a quick note: The Phillies begin exhibition play vs. Florida State today at 7:05PM. Tomorrow, Roy Halladay faces CC Sabathia and the Yankees at 1:05PM. Click here for a schedule: Tomorrow’s game will be broadcast on Comcast SportsNet.

… and a demolition won’t even be necessary at all! We’ll just all sit around in the parking lot, sucking on mustard packets and listening to Grateful Dead bootlegs. (Actually, this sounds like a fucking fantastic time.) Here’s the next item up for sale: Comcast-Spectacor plans to sell 500, 8-inch by 10-inch pieces of glass [...]

On Monday, we passed along an item the originally ran on Gawker, which accused Inky film critic Carrie Rickey of failing to disclose a possible conflict of interest when she reviewed The Art Of The Steal, the controversial new documentary about the Barnes Foundation‘s move from Merion to its future home on the Benjamin Franklin [...]

Whoops, wrong photo! Oh, here is what this is: Christian Sourbrine (left) presents his newly planted sunflower to Sesame Street Live’s Elmo at the Discovery Corner Child Care and Enrichment Center. Elmo is in town promoting “Elmo’s Green Thumb” at the Susquehanna Bank Center Indoor Theater from Thursday, March 4 through Sunday, March 7.