“Rave is peace! Rave is unity!” Channel 10 report circa early 1990s that has aged like a fine, fine wine.

So, Bloomberg came down to Philly today to stump for Joe “Kind Of An Asshole” Sestak. Not a bad move. And here’s the best that Pat Toomey‘s mouthpiece, Nachama Soloveichik, could come up with: “An endorsement from a New York City mayor and a Yankees fan can’t hide the fact that Joe Sestak voted with [...]

His condo is getting foreclosed and he doesn’t wanna talk about it! It’s a shame Carl Greene‘s the Executive Director of our Housing Authority. Otherwise, this wouldn’t be that big of a deal. Now, there’s a massive media beaconing for him. Every blog and news outlet is asking the question: Where is Carl Greene? (Though [...]

Confidential to the world: Please stop making the Phillies go to fashion shows.

God damn, these dudes were corny.

Joe Sestak might have defeated the withering giant that was Arlen Specter. And he’s also the only hope anybody has against being annoyed by this fuckface Toomey for years to come. He might even have a decent platform in spots. But you know what? He’s still kind of an asshole. Sestak just used an arcane [...]

Culturally and aesthetically, we’ve loathed McMansion merchants Toll Brothers for years. It’s a part of who we are. Now, we have another reason to despise this giant corporate totem of Dumbfuck America: They just chipped in 20% on a deal to buy a $1.7 billion portfolio of distressed loans and properties from the Federal Deposit [...]

Hi, Kohl’s is having a contest where the 20 schools that receive the most votes on Facebook win $500,000 each. The contest ends on September 3rd. Right now, 18 of the top 20 schools are private schools. Some of the schools are bribing for votes by giving away iPads. Currently there is not a single [...]

The state of PA released its tax delinquent report yesterday, and it contains a lot of the usual: Big companies not paying their taxes, often in league with big mahoffs doing the same. This time around, the state also released a list sorted by lien amounts, a whopping 1,483-page affair that you can download as [...]

Click to enlarge Don’t make Heidi Hamels choose between Philly schools and Malawi. Just don’t. Also, if you see someone in pleated denim at this, drink twice. Three times if it’s Gervase.

>>> Antifolk hero Kimya Dawson plays Space 1026. >>> And up-and-comers Javelin (total hipster weirdo R&B) and Warpaint (think a more punk Cocteau Twins) and Beach Fossils (stoner surfy stuff a la Real Estate) play Johnny Brenda’s. Hey, go to this show, and you won’t have to read any mp3 blogs for six months!

are the ducks coming back? what are they doing? got this pic at 2:48 today under the BF bridge…. coast guard with them and looked like only a few ‘official’ looking men on the duck boat WEARING life vests… We’re gonna go ahead and guess that is related to one of several ongoing investigations into [...]

>>> Congrats to blissed-out Philly bros/A-Sides alumnae Sun Airway: They’ve put pen to paper with the Dead Oceans label (also home to Phosphorescent, The Tallest Man On Earth), and their debut long player, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, will be out in the U.S. on October 26th. [Myspace/Pitchfork] >>> Meanwhile, we’re hearing that Nightlands, the [...]

Something tells us it’s all happening at the zoo. [h/t Boing Boing]

The 49th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival will be setting up camp in Schwenksville, PA this weekend, with a lineup that’s as strong as any we’ve seen in a while. Among the acts performing will be A.A. Bondy, Bonnie “Prince” Billy & the Cairo Gang, Erin McKeown, Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Iain [...]

Just in time for a new school year, the Lower Merion School District — now infamous for its dada-esque Justin Beiber webcam chatroulette stunt — is locking down new policies regarding student laptops. Rule one: Make rules. Rule two: Only access a kid’s laptop if you have permission from their (idiotic) parents. Rule three: Collect [...]

From the looks of our YouTube crawl today, apparently everyone who attended this show has a phone that shoots decent-enough video.

A kindly reader forwarded this 2004 piece in The American Spectator musing on the U.S. Senate race in PA back then, between Arlen Specter and Pat Toomey, who’s currently running against Joe Sestak for that same seat. You will be amused to find out that, back in ’04, that then-senator Rick Santorum actually backed Specter, [...]

Um, whoa.

It’s not news or anything, but every time this lady appears on the TV, we are mesmerized. (At first, we didn’t even notice the dude in the back airhumping.) We just felt like we needed to get that out in the open. Phew. Thanks.