Everyone, CHECK OUT THIS LITTLE GUY! As-yet-unnamed broheim is the newest addition to the Philadelphia Zoo, and after this post runs, I won’t be allowed to visit him because of MY DESPERATE PRIMAL REACTION THAT MAKES ME WANT TO PUT THINGS THAT ARE THIS CUTE INTO MY MOUTH. Oh. My. God.

Director Victor Quinaz‘s latest installment of his “PERIODS” series finds Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, and Cornwallis sparking up a doob on a hillside for some real talk. We kind of love everything about this.

Via the Inky — in a teeny tiny crime-blotter story that makes zero mention of who the victim was — comes some disturbing details regarding the circumstances of DJ Randy Flash‘s tragic death: Rendell Miller was at a party on the 4900 block of North Camac Street in the Logan section when there was knock [...]

But there’s just one problem, you see.

Although perhaps he doth protest too much? [via Gawker]

Wall Street-lovin’ Pat Toomey is pulling ahead of Earmarkin’ Joe Sestak in the race for a Senate seat, with the most recent Rasmussen poll showing Toomey with 45% of the vote and Sestak with 38%. While Toomey’s campaign asks “Who is Joe Sestak?” (a tax-and-spend “far-flung lefty” and eternal Pelosi patron perhaps?), it’s time to [...]

From Johnny Goodtimes July 20 at 3:50pm: I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you for taking confirmation of my offer of facebook friendship so seriously. I understand that the confirmation process is a complicated one that should not be taken lightly, and simply clicking “Yes” without weighing both the pros [...]

Fox29 is reporting a stabbing on the westbound SEPTA platform at Kensington and Allegheny Aves. For Christ’s sake, Philadelphia. Get it together.

The verdict is in: Despite hard times, University City is glowing. University City District, the area’s neighborhood improvement and economic development organization, just released the 2010 State of University City. The report details all kinds of cool shit about the neighborhood’s growth and development in various areas, like sustainability and commercial vitality. Take for example, [...]

Pretty cool recently unearthed footage of Bowie recording what would eventually become the track “Right” from the Young Americans album, here in Philly at the fabled Sigma Sound Studios.

· Pay increase per person demanded by the cast of the Jersey Shore, who are on strike until they get a guarantee of more money per episode from MTV: $17,000 · Number of monkeys hidden around the waist of a man flying into Mexico from Peru: 18 · Number of plastic ducks that are still [...]

If anything happens to us, please know that we want Eddie to take this thing over when we die.

Randall “Flash” Miller — alternately known for years in Philly’s dance music community as DJ Randy Flash — passed away last night after being shot in a senseless crime by two suspects said to be 15 and 17 years old. Many also knew Randy from his work as a record seller at Philly’s legendary Sound [...]

What we once thought was, you know, just a personal preference is quickly becoming some kind of moviegoer gospel: M. Night Shyamalan is officially a laughing stock. Fortunately for M. Night and all the people here in Philly who work on each-worst-than-the-last movies, NBC Universal has removed video evidence of an audience cracking up at [...]

With a teaser trailer claiming Facebook’s founder is (among other things) a “prophet” (a killer tagline) , a cast list that includes Justin Timberlake, and a full-length trailer with an oh-so-dramatic backtrack, The Social Network, an upcoming film about the creation of Facebook, has only added to the buzz surrounding Facebook as the six-year-old site [...]

Chatroulette is no longer just for the random, more-or-less anonymous connection of lonely people and/or perverts. Now, international users of the webcam matchmaker can connect more methodically through location-based or otherwise topical channels. Localroulette automatically filters users according to IP address (creating, for example, “http://us-pa.chatroulette.com/” — an all-PA chatroom). The only downside: Once you enter [...]

Sounds like Action News wasn’t the only local news that went crazy from the heat this weekend. no need for lawyers to buy ads during Maury and Jerry when you have fox29. the first half hour of Sunday night’s 10 o’clock news featured jon gosselin’s divorce attorney yammering about the mel gibson story, had a [...]

Armed with a Cash-4-Gold-esque logo and dream in their hearts that they can make that pesky ol’ NAACP declaration go away, Tea Party leaders have set July 31st as for their Uni-Tea rally, hoping that the Some Of Their Best Friends Who Are Black might come along and spout the unintelligible party line with them. [...]