We know you’re an architecture critic and all, and we appreciate your honesty, but it’s not that bad! Inga Saffron expresses her disappointment over the design of the National Museum of American Jewish History her article today, Building and message at odds: While the museum’s exhibits tell of Jews’ success in America, the architecture is [...]

Brownstoner’s only got two submissions so far, and we know you creatives out there can come up with something cooler!

The battle rages on! Attorneys for the PHA board said they received the “demand letter” this week from Greene’s attorney, Clifford E. Haines, asking for $4 million (probably more) to settle his lawsuit against the agency’s board. When asked in an e-mail to comment about Greene’s demand, John Street replied, in sheer professional brilliance, “Ha [...]

It’s a little warm for tweed in my opinion. But oh, there’s so many of them! Tweeders Unite!

Apparently there is a shortage of priests who can perform the rite of exorcism in America. The Roman Catholic bishops conference on how to conduct exorcisms ends today in Baltimore. According to Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the conference is more about the whether or not the rite should even be performed, more so than the actual [...]

A 94-page a walk-through of Vacant Land Management in Philadelphia: The Costs of the Current System and the Benefits of Reform was was released this week by the Redevelopment Authority and the Association of Community Development Corporations. The Penn Institute of Urban Research used Philadelphia Water Department Records (looking at properties which no longer receive [...]

FRIDAY: >>> It’s a great weekend to be a fan of what was once called “progressive music.” Start it all off with the 8PM or 10PM show of Velvet Underground Film Discoveries at Moore College of Art & Design: Ultra-rare films of the Velvets doing their thing, in a time and place where it was [...]

Lui e lei abbracciati (He and She Embracing), 1968. Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian, born 1933. Painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel, 47 1/4 x 39 3/8 inches (120 x 100 cm). (Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy) © Michelangelo Pistoletto By complete accident, we stumbled into a preview of Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956–1974 [...]

… that’s not a joke. And it’s not an “if,” either. They’re called Freebass (get it?) and we can’t decide if it sucks or not. Sample their track “Not Too Late”, and decide for yourself. Now pardon us while we try to write enough posts to push the above photo down on the main index [...]

Oh, Drifterhouse: The longer you’re open, the more we wonder, “Did you guys know that you were opening a totally ghetto casino that would attract, roach-hotel style, the very worst among us? Or was it just a happy accident?” We’re thinking maybe it was the latter. Because when you’ve only been open for two month [...]

digital ninja from moon stuff on Vimeo. The secret’s out.

We can’t lie: We are deriving an almost sexual level of excitement from watching this place go down like this. Previously: Surprise! The Tenth Circle Of Hell Is A Racist Faux-Irish Pub In Northern Liberties

Lithograph by P.S. Duval & Son, Philadelphia, 1857-1858, after a painting by J. Queen Gift of the Volunteer Firemen’s Association of Philadelphia, 1919 “Prior to 1788, firemen wore no distinguishing badges or uniforms. A convention held in Philadelphia that year urged firemen to wear hats that bore their name and company for easy identification. In [...]

Lady Daydream by Twin Sister from Big Ugly Yellow Couch on Vimeo. >>> Indie bands we actually like: The Spinto Band checks in at Johnny Brenda’s, while The Morning Benders and Twin Sister (love love love them, see above) play First Unitarian Church. >>> Or, visit the monthly West Philadelphia Orchestra Balkan Dance Party at [...]

Perhaps the world is not a vampire. Perhaps the world is a 57-year-old child star who just lost the Eagles-cheerleader love of his life and now finds himself going through the heavy shit all over again. In either case, chin up, Butch Patrick: Your struggle is our struggle.

Currently on ABC News, and including a pretty great statement from plaintiff Michael Bolden: “On a tour of bars and clubs across the country, it is clear that many, if not most, lack the great diversity this nation has to offer,” Bolden said in a statement. “Having worked in the business for several years, it [...]

>>> Please tell us we’re not the only people consulting Wikipedia and morbidly poring over the details of what could have happened over Philadelphia on the morning of October 29th, when a UPS cargo plane could have exploded and wrought destruction of a size and shape we know not. The potential instrument of terror in [...]

If we were wagering people, we’d bet that Governor Ed Rendell spent no less than a combined 24 hours yammering on cable news over the last three months. Hell, for a while there, you couldn’t throw a peanut at your TV screen without secretly hoping that it’d land in Fast Eddie’s mouth. But we’re not [...]

In case you didn’t notice, Philly’s constant hitmaker, Kurt Vile, closed out this week’s episode of Eastbound & Down. It was pretty fuckin’ righteous. “Chapter 13″ Shawn D. Harwell & Jody Hill & Danny R. McBride Jody Hill November 7, 2010 (2010-11-07) #2.7 Kenny and Stevie make their way back to the U.S. Features the [...]

As some of you who grew up Flyers fans might already know, today is the 25th anniversary of the death of Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh in a single car drunk-driving crash. One of our readers put Pelle’s legacy best: “With Lindbergh in net, the Flyers fell to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 1 in [...]