Shaking Through – A Classic Education: Live at Bookspace from Weathervane Music on Vimeo. This is a brand new song by A Classic Education, called Night Owl recorded at Miner St. Studios in Philly. However, this video was shot randomly, while shooting some photos for the interview portion of Shaking Through at Bookspace in Philadelphia. [...]

The Low Anthem: Apothecary: A Take Away Show from Adam Hall on Vimeo. The Low Anthem is touring with Iron & Wine and will be opening for them on April 21st for their show here in Philly. The Low Anthem, from Providence RI, whose upright bassist (who here plays the bass drum) reminds us of [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Call me crazy, but the way that it gets school-dance hot in the middle of the winter at Turnaround Vs. Immediate at The Barbary is one very real reason to keep on living. >>> Dept. Of There But For The Grace Of God Goes Philly: Portlandia, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein‘s much-buzzed show [...]

RECOMMENDED, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN UPTIGHT ABOUT ADMITTING YOUR LOVE FOR THE 2000s ROCK BAND THE STROKES: I know that Black Swan will put me in a bad space mentally. I have no desire to see Christian Bale impersonate a cracked-out dreamer because, shit, I just moved out [...]

“Snoh, God! Book II.” But only if it’s two feet.

This bit of news comes to us via the weekly Society Hill Civic crime blotter (bolds are ours): (REPORT) On Sunday, 01/16/11, between 12:45 AM and 1:30 AM, two complainant’s were assaulted after leaving an event on the Belle Paddle Wheel boat, 101 S. Columbus Blvd. One was punched in his head, the other was [...]

At 6PM in front of Independence Hall, no less!

Your complete lack of interest in the present or future of print media in Philly has been so roundly heard that, now, we don’t even run a cute piece of thumbnail art with these posts. However, for the five of you that do care, there’s an interesting piece on the Nieman Journalism Lab that winds [...]

Seeing as how it now snows once or twice a week, we’d love to see more snow-mantic Readers Cameraphone submissions. You know, like reader Bushy here. Or this bit of awesomeness. Either way, the snow is a part of us now: Lovers, it’s time to integrate it into your game. Seeing something around town of [...]

Onion SportsDome That little girl really was a true Philadelphian, no?

Designed by internationally renowned landscape architecture firm OLIN and featuring a new, great big Claes Oldenburg paintbrush and paint glob, Lenfest Plaza will see its ground officially broken on February 2, 2011 at 11 am. The ceremony will be attended by the Mayor, Marguerite and H. F. Lenfest, and various other local dignitaries. Lenfest Plaza, [...]

His new gauntlet: “Fix your city.” As one reader put it this morning, “I want to fight him… If I ever I got close enough, I would have to take a swing. I’m irrationally angry about this.” So are we. In the comments, please help us plot and ploy to bring great embarrassment to Glenn [...]

Oh no he didn’t? Oh yes, he did: “The question is — and this is what Barack Obama didn’t want to answer — is that human life a person under the Constitution? And Barack Obama says no. Well if that person — human life is not a person, then — I find it almost remarkable [...]

… Please accept this video, which we run once a year, as your consolation prize, Philly. Don’t look-a so sad: There’s always next year for us to be WFC’s of Rude. Los Angeles, don’t get used to that top prize. It’s our goddamned birthright.

Sadly, there will be no Philebrity Radio program today — Jojo’s got some kind of stomach bug. However, PR will be back on the air next Thursday. On a related note, we’re well into reviewing the submissions for the MP3 Dizzle, and we’re psyched to say, there’s some great stuff in there. If none of [...]

As a sign of respect for Mark Keeley, a first responder with the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) who perished in Tuesday night’s massive explosion in the Northeast, Mayor Nutter has requested that all City flags be lowered to half-staff until after his funeral services on Saturday, January 22, 2011.

It’s enough to make you wonder: Does the mafia even exist in Philadelphia anymore? You’d be hard-pressed to find proof of it, scanning today’s news stories about the largest federal mafia bust in U.S. history. Nary a Philly name appears in anything we’ve seen — no Skinny Joey (pictured), no Uncle Joe Ligambi, no nothin’! [...]

Kenzo Homme. It’s the scent of… something. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

All the Way by Nightlands from Secretly Jag on Vimeo. “All The Way” is the A-side of a new single Philly’s Nightlands (aka Dave Hartley) will have in tow when they get out on the road this month. The video above was directed by Audrey Smith, who old-timer Phileb readers will remember from Cheap Dates. [...]

Starting tomorrow and running through February 24th at the University of the Arts’ Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery is the exhibition “Angels Without Wings,” a three-person show including 15 original paintings by John Lurie. Fans of both the 1980s downtown NYC scene and the early films of Jim Jarmusch will recognize Lurie, who started out by fronting the [...]