We know that this is an obtuse and perhaps even meaningless complaint, but here it is: With the facts about The Kensington Strangler revealing that at least some part of his still being at large has something to do with a community so mistreated by police that there’s a culture of actually not reporting rape [...]

Hey: Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang are playing at the 2010 Philebrity Awards & Non-Denominational, Totally Secular Xmas Pageant tomorrow night. We wonder if they’ll play this!

One reader forwards us a note about a holiday party over the weekend near 25th and Brown that enjoyed a little something extra, courtesy of Philly’s finest: “So a policeman comes to my door at 7 pm and tells me I have to move my car due to an impromptu temporary parking regulation. He was [...]

CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW! HERE’S A TEASER: Non-Profit Of The Year: Mural Arts Program has a strong lead. They won you over with the cheer cuteness in that propsal video didn’t they? New Musical Artist Of The Year: Good Old War has a slight leg up on Sun Airway. Get voting musicheads! City Publication [...]

Don’t cave, Philly! You can do it. Resist the temptations that Target and Ikea bring you this year, and remember to buy locally. We have brought to your attention more than enough goodies to choose from. Here are some more: BillyKirk- bags, boots, belts, and other leather goods made by the skilled Amish artisans. Heads [...]

This time last year, after the first 2′ snowfall of the season, we rode our bikes, somehow, god willing, to North Philadelphia’s Bilenky’s Cycleworks to watch the insanity that is the above video. Next Sunday, Dec. 19th will be the 5th Annual Bilenky Junkyard Cross Race. Should you feel like join in on the fun, [...]

I was a second year art school student, when Philebrity talked about this show, in 2006. A fond memory of that year was one night, when a friend sitting next to me in the studio overheard Mogwai coming from the speakers my crisp, freshly purchased powerbook, and asked “Wait… Are you sure you don’t smoke [...]

c60 Redux from IDEO on Vimeo. Echoing last weekend’s post about the death of the Technics 1200, here’s something really cool. Designers at their best! Last year, design firm, IDEO wrote a book called I Miss My Pencil, by Design Director Martin Bone and Materials Scientist Kara Johnson. The subsequent website to this book is [...]

According to Plan Philly, Foxwoods did make their submission deadline with PGCB yesterday. Now, we wait… for a hearing to take place on the 16th. The Office of Enforcement Counsel, the attorney for the Gaming Board, are still defending revocation of the casino’s license, saying they’ve had more than enough time, and that the big [...]

Every now and then, we just type “Philly” into You Tube search and see what has been posted in the past 24 hours. It’s usually nothing special, aside from some entertaining homemade rap videos, and people voicing their opinions about how the game went down last night, but this is one we found pretty amusing. [...]

Contrary to how we all thought it was going to go down, 18-year-old Donte Johnson, admitted killer in the Sabina Rose O’Donnell murder case, did not plead guilty yesterday morning. Though it was agreed at his pre-trial, that he would plead guilty to the rape and murder of the Northern Liberties waitress, he has sought [...]

Oh hey, today’s that day where a bunch of hippies get together and burn a giant wooden bird! Tonight at 7:15pm at the Phoenixville Firebird Festival, the Peace Birds giant puppets parade will lead to and circle around the 28-foot-high phoenix, and you can gather round and watch them light it at 8pm. There’s a [...]

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The listings are out of control this weekend! May you be blessed with all things good, from the moment you read this until the moment you pass out on Sunday night, that is, if you’re willing to get out and bear the cold and possible rain… ugh. FRIDAY: >>> Music: Crooked Fingers, Cotton Jones, and [...]

20-year-old student John Elduff paid $2,000 for the old Collier’s brand at an auction this week. Collier’s, for those of you who don’t know, was “an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier’s. As a result of Peter [...]

The Ikea Bike: It breaks the first time you have sex on it, and good luck reading the instructions. So, IKEA gave bikes to all of its employees for Christmas this year, and of course, there’s already one for sale on Philly Craigslist. What in the FUCK is wrong with us that were like, “Hey, [...]

>>> It might turn out to be dubious achievement indeed for Philly tech startup Xipwire, a pay-by-text-message service, who has stepped in to help people donate money to WikiLeaks after Paypal, Mastercard and Visa suspended operations with the website. On one hand, it immediately shifted their focus from podunk shit like getting people to pay [...]

You may not believe this, but here in Philadelphia, we’re lucky: The debate over bike lanes — and before we get started, we’d like to ask the rhetorical question, “Why in the fuck is there even one?” — is largely confined to an old man yelling at a cloud and Philebrity commenters, er, also yelling [...]

On today’s big show: Blues for Julian Assange; John Lennon remembered; and behind the scenes of the Philebrity Awards.