As you may know already, Crispin Glover is performing at International House tonight. Sensing the crazy in the air, we inquired what, if anything was on his rider. Turns out, Crispin keeps it real — no rider! Rather, insisting that he procure his own food, the R5 Productions day runner just took him to the [...]

How else to explain this?

Suuuuuuch a jerkoff move: Oh, hey, let’s have a press conference about all of this awesome news about the new Creative Sector Report, oh, and hey, by the way, E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES! Dude. What, are you 13? Jesus Christ. And then, this: “Let me talk about a little bit of artistic creativity that we saw yesterday,” [...]

Aw, Tommy. We still love ya.

>>> Holy shit: Just months after longtime publisher Paul Curci left City Paper, now comes the news that editor Brian Howard is jumping ship as well. Good luck with all of that, CP. Sheezus. [TheClog} >>> And Brownstoner Philly just gave up the ghost, citing some total horseshit about how they couldn't sell ads (because [...]

Aw look: Both Buzz Bissinger and Joe Queenan dipped their quills (literally, that’s what these old farts use to write) into the whole Cliff Lee thing over the past few days. Both of them used the opportunity to highlight Philly’s Increasing Relevance In The World Of Things While New York Continues To Suck The Balls, [...]

Now, listen: You know, we know, we all know, that New Year’s Eve is a great social burden and amateur hour and each year, it is quite a feat indeed for professional alcoholics such as ourselves to do something that is not completely annoying. That’s why this year, we partnered up with some of the [...]

Trudy Pitts, a legend in the Philly jazz scene and one of the great practitioners of the Philly Hammond B3 organ sound, has passed away at the age of 78. In addition to making a series of recordings for the highly regarded Prestige jazz label in the 1960s, Pitts and her husband, Mr. C (drummer [...]

Because for a few hours, it made Facebook even more unbearable than usual. People of Earth: Can you stop liveblogging major sporting events on Facebook, please? (Unless, of course, it’s the Phillies. Double standards exist for a reason: The world is a meritocracy, bitch.) Anyway, we’ll re-run the link below just to let you know [...]

Ever wonder what homeless people do in the winter? Hell, I’d stage an all out war-zone in my head too, if that was all that was gonna keep me warm. Now, we know we’re being cynical by posting this video, and you may laugh at it, but we often times think about those that suffer [...]

In response to our last post Attn. Suburbs: The Feeling’s Mutual, and to all your comments – here. A new study done by Campus Philly reveals that more Philadelphia college students are staying here than ever before. This past spring, a survey was conducted of 4,600 students, and they found that 48
% 
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non‐native
 Philadelphian [...]

I don’t think the announcer knows what the hell is going on here, and neither do we. It looks like they’re having fun though, and that what counts. This is Nerd Island, a new group to the Mummers Parade, also those guys that staged that protest against fracking back in April. Most people think that [...]

I have been waiting for someone to tell an enraged biker tale since Story Slam started. And, of course, Amanda here wins Best Story Teller In Philadelphia. In case you missed it, the above video is of the winner of the 2010 Fall Grand Slam, part of a festival we mentioned in November. Here, we [...]

The live nativity set, a holiday tradition, returns to Old City’s Old First Reformed United Church of Christ. This life size Christmas manger (photo by Newsworks) has recently been stocked with real farm animals, including a donkey, a small cows, two goats, and two sheep. I passed by it the other day and NO, the [...]

Whybdesign – We love these handmade blank books from Beth Van Why, who happens to be programming director for Design Philadelphia. They’re great for all your buddies who love to sketch or write on the fly, and carefully sewn and laced with lovely images/photography taken by the designer herself. Elizabeecreativity – We heart neck-warmers. We’re [...]

If you’ve got no money to spend this weekend, because you spent it all on holiday shopping, no worries, Philly’s giving back a little with some fun and cheap things to do this weekend. FRIDAY: >>> STARTING WITH: Making Time’s 3rd Annual Holiday Freakout with special guests Sun Airway and Light Asylum (ONLY$2!). Turnaround vs. [...]

Even before the shift toward “truthiness” in media, Andrew Jarecki showed interest in the murky relationship between fact and fiction. His directorial debut was Capturing The Friedmans, an accidental documentary that ushered in the era of titular, voyeuristic self-filming. David Friedman was New York City’s most revered party clown, and all was right in his [...]

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