Archive for December, 2010

Readers Cameraphone: Say The Word

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Clearly it was a good night for one Philadelphia couple! Brave guy for waiting for the first snow of the winter…he might have had to wait a long time! OMG!

PHILEBRITY RADIO IS ON THE AIR!

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

On today’s show: Seasonal Affect Disorder – A Musical Salute. Let’s freak out together!

Readers Cameraphone: Progress Plaza Fresh Grocer Throws Up Its Arms And Says, Aw, Screw This Healthy Shit

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

I mean, hell, this country was built on Chubby Kid Soda. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Why Didn’t The City Ask Us To Help Out With The Design-A-Condom-Wrapper Contest?

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

We don’t know, but hey, a good idea is a good idea: Send us your Philly Condom Wrapper Photoshop Mock-Ups and we will run the shit out of them.

Noontime Nuggetz: Reading Rainbow, “Always On My Mind”

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

In which Philly’s cutest band, Reading Rainbow, get all Jean Luc Godard on your chilly ass. The group plays tonight at Danger Danger Gallery with Moon Women.

Philebrity Awards Recap: Mural Arts Ladies Explain How They Came To Be In The Marryin’ Business

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Just a quick note to thank everyone who voted and/or came to and/or performed at this year’s Philebrity Awards. Above, Jane Golden and Jennifer McCreary from the Mural Arts Program accept the Non-Profit of the Year award and explain their next big task, finding a couple to marry on the El. Which, if nothing else, [...]

School District’s Moral Bankruptcy Described Perfectly In One Sentence

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

What could have been a simple act of educational and moral leadership by the District a year ago, instead required over a year of bruising struggle and finally the intervention of federal and Commonwealth authorities. – from a press release issued yesterday by South Philadelphia High School Asian Student Advocates on the occasion of the [...]

The Race Street Pier: It Will Be Like The Piazza, But With Less Failing Retail And More Of The Dirty Delaware

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Ahhhhh, sorry, we couldn’t resist. But with construction having begun on the Race Street Pier, a slew of new details are available on the project at Uwishunu. Grand opening is slated for late spring. [Image: Delaware River Waterfront Corporation]

Kensington Strangler Likely To Have Struck Again

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

This time, it’s a young woman found just 4 blocks away from the original crime. As scrutiny on the Police Department continues in the wake of what seems like a whole new era of corruption — some of it said to be along the very route where the strangler has been striking — here’s hoping [...]

Attn. Suburbs: The Feeling’s Mutual

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

This new public opinion poll commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative confirms what a lot of us who live in the city already know: With each passing day, the cultural/lifestyle/worldview divide between city dwellers and suburbanites grows larger. And while anecdotal cultural trending suggests around the country that cities are once again [...]

POLLS ARE CLOSED! ANNOUNCING YOUR 2010 PHILEBRITY AWARDS POLL WINNERS

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Non-Profit Of The Year: Mural Arts Program New Musical Artist Of The Year: Sun Airway City Publication Of The Year: Grid Magazine Festival Or Gathering Of The Year: Making Time w/ LCD Soundsystem General Excellence In Writing For A City Publication: Tara Murtha, Philadelphia Weekly The Philebrity Award For General Fabulousness: Mike Meech, The Fightins [...]

The Following Post Is In No Way An Endorsement For Drew Lazor In The 2010 Philebrity Awards

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

We’re just pointing you to it because A) it’s the first time anyone made a video about how they should win a Philebrity Award and is therefore notable and B) shame on you all for letting Han from Han Dynasty fall so far behind in the Phoodie Of The Year category that it’s now down [...]

And Now Today’s GOOD NEWS: First Cliff Lee, And Now The Brain Drain’s Over?

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Well, maybe? Or at the very least, look at it this way: When there’s no jobs anywhere else, either, Philly starts to look pretty attractive to recent college grads. Or at least that’s part of the takeaway of a press release issued by Campus Philly this morning, which reveals the findings of a new report [...]

A Modest Proposal: Solve The Phillies “34″ Problem With “Rule 34″

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Here is the dilemma: Cliff Lee‘s number is 34. So is Roy Halladay‘s. Curiously, there is also a “Rule 34″ that states, “If it exists, there is porn of it.” Somewhere in here, there is a solution.

Less Than Seven Hours Left To Vote!

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW! Also, please join us tonight at the Troc — we’ve been putting the finishing touches on the show, and it’s looking like it’s gonna be a whole lot of fun. Did we mention it’s free? And that there will be cheap beer?

And Now, Your Morning Cliff Lee Mass Freakout

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Oh, CLIFF! · To be consuming local morning media in Philly today is to witness a kind of lovefest usually reserved for, you know, that time we actually won the World Series. But don’t get us wrong: WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING. The Fox29 Twitter account has been experiencing a grand mal seizure for about 8 [...]

AYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

COULD IT BE? WITH A $50M FUCK YOU TO THE YANKEES TO BOOT? OH MY GOD IT’S TRUE! IT’S A MOTHERFUCKING CHRISTMAS MIRACLE, SANTA FONZIE!

Apropos Of Nothing, Here’s A Tweet From Mike Vick

Monday, December 13th, 2010

We have to admit: Sometimes we go to Vick’s Twitter account just because we haven’t seen Waiting For Superman yet and we have a feeling it’s about a whole nation of people who express themselves like this.

And Now, A Brief List Of (Mostly) Crap You Can Win By Debasing Yourself In The Wing Bowl

Monday, December 13th, 2010

The mighty Popeye arms of Comcast-Spectacor announced this morning that WIP’s Wing Bowl 19 (19!) will be held at the Wells Fargo Center on February 4th, thus giving both local media and the 14-year-old boy that is this city’s soul a two-month priapism that can only be sated by wing sauce and the chance to, [...]

The Horrible Truth And Wonderful Lie About Band Practice In Philly

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Via Craigslist: On the other hand, if you’ve ever rehearsed at just about any of the other well-travelled band practice holes in Philly, you know that this place, as it happens, is pretty much heaven on Earth, comparatively speaking. Also, not for nothing, we have a hunch we know exactly where this is.