Sorry, everybody, but the only thing allowing us to claw and scrape through these last three weeks of winter is any and all music that sounds like The Jesus & Mary Chain and The Ronettes put together. So yesterday, it was Best Coast; today, it’s Philly’s own Party Photographers. This is real primitive Velvets-styled screeching [...]

Call him Bizarro Nutter, call him The Dude, call him WAKE UP MAN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN FOR MAYOR AGAIN SOON, call him anything you like: But Mayor Michael Nutter cannot catch a goddamned break. Sometimes it’s his fault, most of the time it’s not, but one thing is for sure: A [...]

>>> Phillies legend Jim Bunning apparently has not followed the go-mellowly-into-old-age lesson set forth by übermensches like Richie Ashburn. Rather, he’s gone a more, say, Darren Daulton-esque route wherein his crazy old coot-ness is now threatening to eclipse his sweet old baseball dude-ness. Witness his great political moments of late: He said his opponent looked [...]

The banner above adorns the wall of The Tract House, currently on view at 231 North Third Street, and we have to say: We like the cut of this Voltaire guy’s jib. Together with friends, contributors and a designer, artist Lisa Anne Auerbach has produced about 153 tracts for this exhibit that’s in conjunction with [...]

What in the Sam Hill has Man Man been up to lately? We have no idea: Singer Honus Honus hasn’t been on IM all day (obsessing over ChatRoulette, we bet), so we can only speculate. This photo suggests that a new Man Man record might not be too far off, and a string of dates [...]

Self-proclaimed “King of TV”/Philly comedian Al Wilson will have none of your Rap Snacks and none of your Chumpies. He’s a Bro-Ritos man, you see.

Here, we thought it would just be dog turds and cigarette butts. Turns out, it’s… bodies! Three of ‘em, and counting. On one hand, yes, this is bad; but on the other hand, if we are to truly ever gentrify the shit out of Camden, we’re guessing finding and moving out all of the bodies [...]

· Number of minutes suspect Christopher Cimini (pictured) of South Philadelphia is believed to have been fumbling around the Gamble & Huff offices before the fire began on February 21: 90 · Cimini’s blood alcohol level when he was arrested on the scene: 3.3 · Legal blood alcohol limit: .08 · Age Cimini turned while being [...]

Based on the popularity of both the Gayborhood as a growing gay tourism destination and the success of Mr. Gay Philadelphia in previous years, it was announced yesterday that the Mr. Gay United States competition will be held this year in Philly on November 13th, 2010 at Voyeur Nightclub. Now, in case you didn’t already [...]

Whoa: With Vampire Weekend, Mayer Hawthorne, The Clipse, Tuneyards, Das Racist and more.

Remember that time that design professionals panned the design of the new XFINITY logo? Well, the consumer-issues site Consumerist gave its readers the chance to use their creativity to make the logo a whole lot better by making it more porn-o-rrific (ya know, since XFINITY sounds more appropriate for an adult-oriented business than for a [...]

While Tony Danza is staking his claim for the reality TV spotlight, onetime genre stalwart (and all-time Philebrity fave) Kate Gosselin isn’t ready to relinquish her former glory without a fight: According to multiple sources, she’s set to compete on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. Take a moment to let that sink [...]

Bet you thought this was a post about about Brian Tierney, didn’t you? Nope! Well, it is in that it shows the trickle-down of the Tierney age: Contributors who’ve apparently learned from the old master that it’s not what you say, but the bullshit that is hiding behind what you say. Take Inky film critic [...]

Fri, Sept 17, 2010 at the Mann! Tickets go on sale Friday, March 12.

In what passes as the reality show equivalent of getting tenure, Tony “Daily” Danza has had his teaching contract at Northeast High extended through the rest of the school year. No, not because he has finally found his true calling in life (he actually found that long ago)… the production company responsible for his still-in-the-works [...]

Remember Phawker? Yeah, they still make that. And ordinarily, we wouldn’t bother. But the above headline and illustration on our Google Reader just struck us as totally Creeper Von Creepersberg, and we felt like it had to be called out. Why? Because in his endless reblog, our old boy Valania did something even we can [...]

Er, that would be casino legend Steve Wynn, depicted above in a more soft-focus era. Wynn is the new prospective money guy behind Foxwoods, and well, he’d be thrilled to have the Jews, Italians, and Vietnamese of South Philly in his lobby.

Walkin’ and Fartin’, by Andrew Jeffrey Wright: 1 color screen print on paper, 9×12 inches. Signed, numbered & dated on back, edition of 72. We joke, but we can’t lie: We thought about buying it.

The fuzzed-out, impossibly lazyhazy opening of this track followed us all the way to the office today, like a puppy with a bong strapped to its back. These are facts: The Sunday after next, you’ll be springing your clocks forward, thereby putting sundown somewhere around 7:15PM. Not long after that — Sunday, March 20th — [...]

Hang in there, little guy. It’s like our man Jarvis says: “If your parents didn’t screw you up, you’ll just do it yourself.” In the meantime, there will be further complications.