Those of you who regularly follow the M.O.V.E. website (we read it for the LOLcats) would have known that the group, such as it is today, has been planning since march on celebrating the 25th anniversary of the tragedy on Osage Avenue by filing a complaint with Philadelphia Common Pleas Court to lift a ban [...]

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An invitation arrived for lunch last week at the Union League with John Yoo, a man noted in recent years for his torture memos, but also a graduate of Episcopal Academy. (A shimmering scarlet letter of the satanic, if there ever was one. Long live El Mallochio!) It was billed as a “lunch discussion” with [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, the secret weapon of Philebrity Salon, our weekly foray into jazz and other music from around the globe, would you welcome him please: DJ “Wild” Kyle Andrews AKA Ashy K. He’ll treat ya right.

Last night’s First Person Arts StorySlam brought on another tie, but since judging people is so much fun, we’re going to show both videos and give you a chance to weigh in. Did Wayne’s lost ticket adventure on the Turnpike deservingly win or should Shawn’s fecal mishaps along the Appalachian Trail have garnered him more [...]

There is nothing — NOTHING — we like more here at Philebrity than a happy ending. (Ahem.) So, responding to this recent tweet by writer/angryman Buzz Bissinger and this whole non-troversy in general, we figured we’d take Buzz up on his offer, such as it was. And to our delighted surprise, as you can see, [...]

So says The Notebook, and if so, Hulk SMASH! Can something happen today that won’t piss us off?

On the other hand, if Ronnie James D-I-O ever thought that Philebrity shouldn’t be writing about something, well, him, we’d listen to.

Because it just means that we are doing our job and making your precious little Philebrity Commentri-verse an uncomfortable place to be. So whether it’s sports, politics, yarnbombing (full disclosure: even we think we shouldn’t be allowed to write about yarnbombing), or whatever, suck it up. This is America. You don’t like it, start your [...]

YOU DON’T SAY! So finally, some shit rolls uphill: PA state Treasurer Rob McCord is suing the Gaming Control Board for limiting access to its meetings. Awesome.

If it’s not the incompetence or callous disregard for the fates of the kids, it’s the shit they actually know they are doing wrong: [Philadelphia schools superintendent] Arlene Ackerman was testifying before City Council on the district’s $3-billion-plus budget when she was asked about changes at South Philly High in the aftermath of clashes between [...]

Make no mistake: The current Democratic race for U.S. Senate here in PA has quickly gotten ugly, and depraved. And we won’t mince words about this, either: Arlen Specter should not be running at all. He’s 80, he’s been ravaged by cancer twice now, and he’s simply been in the system too long. (We won’t [...]

Real talk: The 1985 M.O.V.E. bombing — and while we’re at it, the way the Philadelphia Police handled M.O.V.E. from the get-go — is perhaps one of the greatest shames this city has ever endured. And 25 years later (the anniversary is this Thursday), the debacle still stands as a testament to how stupid we, [...]

It happens to us almost daily: We’ll be waiting and waiting for a page to load on the ol’ iPhone (it’s good for everything except TELEPHONE CALLS!), only to realize that the little bugger has picked up ye olde Wireless Philadelphia signal and thus, is flat out wasting everyone’s time. Again. Just like Earthlink did [...]

Next thing you know, they’ll be trying to tell us that soda makes you fat, dumb and poor. Oh no, wait, that’s us. My bad. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Alright, gang: Here’s To Taking It Easy, the new album by Phosphorescent that we told you about last week, comes out tomorrow, and it is GOOD. As it happens, Phosphorescent will also be playing The Blockley in West Philly on Wednesday night with The Swimmers, and we’re all making the trek out there as if [...]

As predicted, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound were awesome on Saturday night. Here’s how the show began.

Tiger Woods (and his bulges) are expected in Newtown Square today for a media day for that thing in July he now may or may not play. Will he show? Commence local media clusterfuck. Good luck, everybody!

Right-click here to download. Blayer Pointdujour is a guy who’s been knocking around the Philly scene for about eight years, playing in a variety of acts, including Phil Moore Browne, Miss Argentina, The Ghouls, and Kid Kreyol. For the last few months, Pointdujour has been holed up working on his debut solo demo jawn, called [...]