We are consistently torn about Philadelphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal: Is he the groundbreaking gay raider of the 1970s to whom we should pay the utmost deference and respect, or is he a political insider who is now more or less a tool of The Man? We’re not asking you to decide right now, [...]

When we arrived at the TLA on Saturday night for the Femi Kuti concert (amazing, btw — somebody book this guy for Welcome America next year, please), it was impossible not to notice how there were nearly as many cops as people. All kinds of cops, too — mounted police, a full brigade of cops [...]

At 12:30PM today, at the corner of 52nd and Chestnut Streets, Mayor Michael Nutter, Chaka Fattah, Bob Brady and lots of other brass as the Philadelphia Streets Department celebrates $3 million in efficiency incentives from PECO by investing $3 million of ARRA Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant funds to convert 55,000 incandescent traffic signals to [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Come one, come all: As the heavens clear out, Philebrity Happy Hour with special guest Sunset of Austin, TX at Octo gets underway at 6PM. Band on at 7PM. Stoked. >>> We like what The Barbary is doing these days where it basically makes mixtapes of popular DJ nights: Tiger Train Social Club [...]

RECOMMENDED: Here it is, folks: Despicable Me is that summer kids’ movie that’s been anointed “OK for adults, too!” Also, don’t forget our QFest Picks. ALSO NEW IN THEATERS: Wild Grass, a stylish Belgian whodunit; and Predators, a special effects blowout/new installment in the Predator series. For more recommendations on films currently in theaters, visit [...]

Friday, July 9, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY MAYOR NUTTER TO HOST ‘POETRY SLAM’ AT CITY HALL

Right-click here to download “Round & Round” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Just a quick note to say: All through the heat wave and for a couple of weeks before it, we’ve been digging into Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti‘s 4AD debut record, Before Today. It is a deeply weird record, but tucked into its surrealist [...]

Now, look: We know that, in the summer, the news/entertainment cycle in Philly has a tendency to slow to a primal crawl — we generally battle it with posts about theater nerds, bikes, bands and, if it gets bad enough, the Tour de France — but this is a little bit ridiculous: And so after [...]

Click here to view in real time. Meanwhile, both of the missing bodies have been found.

Some fun things going on this email: – Whoever penned it can’t tell whether it’s “Dom” or “Don” Giordano. (Actually, it’s “Lil’ Rushypants.”) – Email leads one to believe that WPHT The Big Talker endorses said rally, which may or may not be true. – “Serious” photo of Joey Vento with pencil! – Email totally [...]

NBCPhiladelphia got its hands on a photo of the moment of impact.

>>> Consider this: The boost that Glee has given theater nerds only really works in one direction — towards the young, who have their whole lives ahead of them to dress as ladies and sing classic rock songs in bars. The Olds are still stuck with two options in Philly when it comes to grown-up [...]

The above video, promoting the Mural Arts Program‘s Mural Mile, features movement artist Rhonda Moore leading what they’re calling a “Random Act of Dance (RAD) ATTACK!.” OK, but really, it’s no Adolfo ‘Shabba-Doo’ Quinones.

The real reason for The Great Phillies Slump of 2010? It’s not because they got caught stealing calls, silly! It’s maybe (probably not) because of this (most likely completely bullshit) rumor about how Jayson Werth is having an affair with Jennifer Utley. Now, we don’t want to give any creedence to this — it just [...]

As we were saying last week, artist Claes Oldenburg is in town today, where he announced what his big sculpture will be for PAFA‘s Lenfest Plaza. And as earlier renderings sneakily laid out, it’s a… five-story tall paintbrush! Combine that with Split Button and Clothespin and we can’t help put wonder: Is Oldenburg trying to [...]

Friends, Romans, People Who Like Strawberry Daiquiris: It is our great pleasure to let you know that our good friends Sunset, from Austin, TX, will be visiting us once again, playing Philebrity Happy Hour at Octo, tomorrow evening. They’ll hit the stage at 7pm sharp, and this show is free.

Remember those federal prosecutors whose jaws fairly dropped when onetime Philly patronage king Vince Fumo was convicted of 137 fraud and obstruction counts and received just a 4.5-year sentence? Well, they are still pissed. And today, they officially appealed the sentence, characterizing Judge Ronald Buckwalter’s decision “unreasonable” and “unduly lenient.” (Here, we like to call [...]

While we here at Philebrity can be counted in the “staunchly pro-bike” column, there are moments when we begin to think that maybe Bike Nation, our beloved tribespeople though they are, is a little nuts. Take, for example, the notion of Bait Bikes. Currently, UK police have taken to leaving GPS-fitted, poorly locked and unlocked [...]

With still no signs of those two missing Hungarian Duck Boat passengers, the various controversies and questions surrounding yesterday’s accident are only beginning to bloom. But that doesn’t seem to be keeping Ride The Ducks down. With reports still cycling in the media that the Ducks have suspended operations nationwide, a just-updated note on the [...]

Or maybe it’s “From the Desk of Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy.” By 5:17PM yesterday, when major particulars of the Duck Boat tragedy were still being sorted out, Philly attorney Alan Feldman had his PR team already out querying local media outlets, with a rather, erm, “excited” pitch email like this going around: From: [REDACTED] To: [REDACTED] [...]