Hey, remember that time the City of Philadelphia told the Boy Scouts, “No you can’t have free rent and hate gays at the same time?” God, that seems like forever ago: And it’s still dragging out — but not for much longer. Next week, both parties will stand before U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter [...]

Wawa Welcome America, I’m gonna punch you in the balls. Your brain must be going to mush from all the drugs you did at HoagieFest. Straighten up and have some fucking sense already. Previously: Entire City To Whoever Booked The Goo Goo Dolls As Welcome America Headliner: Really?

Temple Station: Maybe one day soon, it won’t be the loneliest place on Earth. Later today, Mayor Nutter will announce “a mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented development near the Temple Rail Station.” Located on 9th Street between Berks and Norris, the proposed project is to include “164 rental apartments available to a mix of household income levels, [...]

In accordance with oldies stations all over the country, WOGL 98.1FM, Philly’s longstanding Oldies radio station, has recently opened up their format to allow — “allow” doesn’t really cut it, though, since they’re clearly doing it with purpose — hits from the 1980s. Technically, of course, they’re right: A song like “Borderline,” for instance, which [...]

As you may know, TD Bank, everyone’s Least Favorite Bank That Used To Be Commerce, sponsored this weekend’s big bike race. But that wasn’t the only news they made in the last few days. At a presser for the bike race, TD Bank took the opportunity to unveil its new mascot, named “TD.” (Really?) As [...]

FRIDAY: >>> By the time Philly Beer Week 2010 has come and gone, the city will have hosted 5,439 beer events (with 300 featuring beer that is actually drinkable)*, and we will hold the Guinness World Record for the highest number of white men wearing cargo shorts in any one place, ever. We know it’s [...]

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Broken Bells, of course, is the collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and Dangermouse of Gnarls Barkley, The Grey Album, et al. Their songs are everywhere right now, so chances are, one of these tunes has already wormed its way into your head. They’re playing the Electric Factory on Sunday night with another band [...]

RECOMMENDED: Slim pickin’s this week, so hey, have you heard about this movie called Get Him To The Greek? Haha, yeah, we know: You already know the entire plotline and have probably seen most of the jokes already. Still, though: Love that Russell Brand character. I mean, how could you not? ALSO NEW IN THEATERS: [...]

Since news of the tragic death of Sabina Rose O’Donnell (pictured) broke a few days ago, people all over the city have reacted in a variety of ways. Here’s a quick rundown of some of them that have come across our desk. · Many parties around the city this weekend will be donating their door [...]

We heard wows from a bunch of you — even Man Man’s Honus Honus — last time we ran a video clip from Fishtown’s Grubby Little Hands, who’ve been quietly mining a spooky/pretty part of the indie sound spectrum. Here’s their latest. Enjoy. Video directed by fishengine.

Nice People Theatre’s new play, Love Jerry –- a musical about two brothers and the long-term effects of child abuse –- has philly.com’s panties in a bunch for using the word “pedophile” in an otherwise tame video advertisement that the theatre company wanted to display on the site. The ad’s scandalous diction can be seen [...]

>>> If you are fan of the weird caverns of the 1980s — that strange place where post-punk met goth and synth-pop before all parties concerned decided that they were mutually exclusive and that no one, not even “industrial,” could tear their love asunder — then you might already know about Land Of The Lost, [...]

From the minds that brought you “Jesus Is My Homeboy,” “Ghettopoly,” and like half of Philebrity’s daily reader base, please welcome the pro-anorexia t-shirt. If we weren’t trying to sportfuck your entire workforce, we’d be angry. But whatever.

And we can help you do it, too.

· Proposed oil drilling has earned the Delaware River the coveted title of “most endangered river in the United States” from environmental group American Rivers. Natural gas extraction activities targeting the Marcellus Shale — a 1.2-million-acre geologic formation that underlies about two-thirds of Pennsylvania and parts of surrounding states — could pollute the clean water [...]

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WARRINGTON: Students at Titus Elementary became so obsessed with nationwide tweenage phenomenon “Silly Bandz” –- plastic wristbands that come in various shapes, sizes and colors -– that the school’s principal recently starting asking for donations to Haitian earthquake relief in exchange for permission to continue wearing them. As a solution to classroom distractions caused by [...]

You know him, you love him, you do things you can’t remember at his weekly Friday night party, Robotique: He’s Billy Werner, he’s easily one of the best DJs in the city, and tomorrow, he’s gonna turn Octo on the waterfront into Ibiza 1996. Love is in the air, people.