Everybody is it, but nobody can admit that they are.

View Larger Map Hard to say, but if this article is anything to go by, developer David Grasso‘s forthcoming big-box music venue probably won’t be shouted down by Port Richmond neighbors who must have forgotten that they already live by a highway underpass and railroad tracks that bums call “paradise” and whores call “the workplace.” [...]

Echoing that pretty funny time in the 1990s when the Khyber got a makeover and pronounced itself a hoity-toity bruncherie, The Khyber is now making plans to recast itself as an izakaya (translation: Japanese-themed bar with Japanese-themed food). This, of course, comes on the tail end (we hope) of “The Khyber is going to…” items, [...]

She quit the church, is speaking out on Prop 8, and all is well in the freak world again. Phew!

It’s quickly becoming the new Pennsyltucky Dream: Cast off your wonk-job in Harrisburg, working for this governor or that one, and go to work for the rapidly expanding Marcellus Shale gas drilling industry here in PA. There’s gas under that ground, our own version of Texas Tea, complete with the threat of accompanying eco-disaster. Recently, [...]

Because he doesn’t understand what “things” are. For instance, Floyd, who is accused of killing Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, is now officially “boycotting” his own trial as if it were Starbucks, or the Philadelphia Inquirer. But it’s not. It’s his trial, and he’ll probably get the death penalty, even if that means he’s still watching [...]

· Someone Famous Went Somewhere Once (Maybe): Guy Fieri At Good Dog (Baaarf) · Lunchtime Poll: Someone At Di Bruno Bros Is… · Wait, Food Trucks Are Actually Roadworthy? All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food and drink blog from Philebrity.

It’s safe to say that The Moth is easily one of our favorite podcasts — each week, the day it appears in our podcast feed alongside This American Life is akin to what “Dirty Magazine Day” in prison must be like. So imagine our surprise this week, when native Philadelphian Juliet Hope Wayne was featured [...]

Even when confronted with kittens and weed, Rob Jennings is a profile in gravitas.

Surely, at some point in your local browsing, you must have visited The 700 Level. That’s not what we’re talking about today. Today, we are discussing The 701 Level, which is either a joke or the saddest thing we’ve ever seen. With its banner bearing the boast “we still +1 n teh HARDEST CORE SPROTS [...]

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>>> After two many weeks of either going it alone, both of your resident Philebrity Salon DJs, Kyle Andrews and Joey Sweeney are back tonight, with dollar bin jams and high-end gems alike. Come on down to 700 tonight. >>> Or, check out Black Lily’s final program in the Planet Rock Hip Hop Screening Series [...]

Olga Schmutz is the current Best Storyteller in Philadelphia after telling a tale at the First Person Arts Summer Grand Slam about her special friend, Carlitos. Carlitos is there for Olga in good times and bad, when lovers leave and when they aim to please. He’s a faithful, passionate companion. Carlitos is Olga’s strap-on. It’s [...]

Just a quick one for ya, folks: As you may know, Rufus Wainright will be in town tomorrow night, performing at The Mann. And as always, we can and will hook you up. Rufus has a fantastic voice, fingers made of silver, and if you get him in the right mood, he’s positively hilarious. So [...]

We’re talking bikini-clad girls gyrating on the dunk tank, air horns, water and bodies straight up everywhere, so we’re going to review it it soundbytes only. (And with all the FourLOKO in the air — that shit was pouring out of everyone’s ears, no lie — we’re sure that no one wants a fuller recap [...]

The City of Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan — better known as DROP — program is a leftover from the Rendell administration that is as unsexy, in a civic sense, as old genital warts. But it’s worse because, in these recessio-mageddon times, DROP has been helping to suck the City dry. How? Well, here’s how [...]

We think there’s some mention in Lord Of The Rings about this.

Today’s good news, believe it or not, comes to us via the Philly Streets Department: STARTING AUGUST 1: Recycle All Plastic Containers! You’ve been recycling plastic containers marked: #1: Soda, water bottles #2: Milk jugs, detergents, shampoo bottles Now you can add: #3: Rigid plastic containers and juice bottles #4: Plastic tubs and lids from [...]