>>> Danish weirdos Efterklang check in to Johnny Brenda’s to add some creepy romance to your rainy season. Elsewhere: Rogue Wave and Midlake at the TLA; Margot & The Nuclear So-And-So’s at First Unitarian; and Stars at the Trocadero. >>> And for some reason, the last-ever Jerks at Lucky 13 in South Philly!

Brownstoner reports that the South Street Walgreen’s (which used to be Tower Records and we still miss on Christmas morning when there’s nowhere in Center City to buy last-minute gifts) has done what all South Street big-box businesses do these days: Suck, then die. Now, we have something of an obsession with the bottoming out [...]

In Japan, Jersey Shore is called “Macaroni Rascals.” That is all.

10c. by Kyle-m The long-in-coming Ten Commandments mixtape was done live-to-tape, using exclusively vinyl records and analog effects that harness the night’s melange of roots reggae, funk and soul. Ten Commandments the party is back at the Barbary this Saturday night, and lest you give way to that boring trope about the Barbary being the [...]

Teach premieres tomorrow night. Saying.

Happy Banned Books Week, everybody! Time to dust off that copy of American Psycho

As you know, Parx Casino continues to have a stronghold on the place to go in the Delaware Valley when you want to gamble and traumatize your children by leaving them in your car. But did you know it’s also a good place for off-duty cops to get caught with Internet-bought card-counting devices? ‘Tis true, [...]

You will die. Or, someone will. So get to dyin’ already.

Captain Gary Fox, who was operating the Ride The Ducks boat when tragedy struck in the form of a towboat last summer, has brought suit against K-Sea, the company contracted by the City of Philadelphia to operate towboats and not accidentally kill people. Fox says he can’t work, and that he’s got emotional and physical [...]

Brimstone Blaine – Alexis Gideon from alexis gideon on Vimeo. >>> Um, OK: This Alexis Gideon guy is a weird genius or something. See his and other 1026-related music videos tonight at Copy Gallery’s Music Vid Jam. >>> Moon Women (pictured), another new Philly band we dig (it feels so convenient that all the new [...]

Get psyched a little, people: Philadelphia is now in first place in the public voting among U.S. cities for the United States’ bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cups™. If you haven’t voted yet, you should. Now that’s some football we are ready for. So there you have it: The world is [...]

The above graphic comes to us via the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia, who note some figures the U.S. Census Bureau released about biking to work in major cities. As you can see, Philly enjoyed a small spike in bike-to-work-ness in 2009, but geez-louise, take a look at Portland. They’re killing us all! And no longer [...]

Like we’ve been telling you, this Friday night, we’re celebrating six years of Philebrity at the Trocadero with some of our favorite things and people in the world: Lots of beer, The Tough Shits, DJ Eddie Austin and all the way from Scotland, Teenage Fanclub! Now, the afterparty in the Troc Balcony (set to kick [...]

Reading Rainbow @ Mercury Lounge from Patrick Duffy on Vimeo. Reading Rainbow, one of our favorite new(ish) Philly bands, rock out in NYC. They also do a pretty great cover of the Velvets’ “Stephanie Says.”

From a think-piece in today’s Wall Street Journal about the bastion of lunatic wonderfulness, The Philly Football Psyche: “…one reason sports teams are so popular here is that Philadelphia ranks high in “collective rootedness,” or the proclivity of people who grow up here to stay put.” Hey, they said it, not us. We would have [...]

We give Will Bunch, blogger at the Daily News‘s Attytood, the business on here every so often for being a little dry, but real talk: We’re currently immersed in his new book, The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama, which we’re only putting down when it’s time for [...]

Saw this sign a block away from the Fishtown McDonald’s. In defense of the crackheads: They did just eat McDonald’s, after all. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

The Bed Bug Registry, of course, collects reports of bed bugs from users all over the country and seeks mostly to make you go insane. As it turns out, Philly is not quite lousy with the things just yet, but know this: It’s only a matter of time. Previously: Is Drexel Buggin’ Out?