Hey, remember when we were telling you about this? Well, it’s happening again! Philly Double Shocker January 18, 2011 – Kristen Toland. 2400 block of South Street (first half of block/North side of street), Philadelphia, PA. Weather: Damp and chilly (low 30s). Unconfirmed. My dog and my friend’s dog were both shocked. Just jumped, tried [...]

Words cannot really express the unexpected soft bomb of joy I just experienced while looking for a Yo La Tengo video to post. The Hoboken band, of course, is an American treasure, having been in existence since 1984 and having had a hand in inventing (and lots of times breaking) most of the better conventions [...]

In case you missed this on constant loop on the local news, it’s pretty chilling.

>>> Hey, nerds: While everybody else is spending this winter wrestling with seasonal affect disorder and crippling anxiety attacks, YOU are out making the scene and being all kinds of social. How’s that for justice? For instance: On the first Saturday in February, there’s the The Philly Type-In at Fergie’s, which celebrates/fetishizes/revels in the old-school [...]

Attn. out-of-work (or soon-to-be out-of-work) alt-weekly editors: Having covered the Midwest and other parts of the country with its mix of syndicated fake news stories and indie rock concert previews, The Onion is now slated to come to Philly to add insult to the already injured weekly rag business. And by the looks of what [...]

Gas Explosion Displaces 75, Red Cross Opens Comfort Center Good Morning, Yesterday evening, more than 75 people were displaced from their homes when a large gas main leak caused an explosion on Torresdale Avenue in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. One person was killed and five others were injured. Red Cross staff members and volunteers [...]

Let’s do the time warp, for the first time ever: North Broad Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard in 1916 and 2010. Here, then, is the extent of how hard we geek out on anything to do with old photos of Philadelphia: When we learned of a forthcoming “augmented reality” project between hi-tech map nerds [...]

We blathered on about Another Thing Involving Local Newspapers That You Do Not Care About yesterday — this time, the whole thing with the Dan Gross and the Daily News and the Alycia Lane and the Larry Mendte. At this point, Gross has commented on a partial settlement in the case, and Lane’s attorney has [...]

Cozy Galaxies features ex-members of Philly indie stalwarts The Major Leagues and our own beloved bros in Fishtown Jazz Odyssey. Their self-titled debut came out at the end of the summer (you can get it on iTunes) and tomorrow, they’ll be playing at Kung Fu Necktie with Secret Mountains, Clean Equations and Giant Mind.

We mention it for a few reasons: One is that, even though it seems like there’s a pretty good chance that the Kensgington Strangler has, in fact, at long last been caught (and that he’s confessed), that capture involved precious little traditional (or even “good”) police work. Cops learned the identity of suspect Antonio Rodriguez [...]

And as a direct result, Jenkintown nearly burned! This post had me at hello.

We’ve discussed this before: What the ever-buzzy frenzy over “crowdsourcing” ignores is that, often, and especially when it comes to matters of taste, the crowd is fucking stupid. And, over the last few years, nowhere is this more apparent than on Yelp, which has empowered thousands of Tracy Flicks nationwide to complain about how their [...]

Those dorky kids at Thomas Jefferson University have found a better way to cure your hangover than their usual pre-emptive method of just making Locust Bar so unbearable that you have to leave anyway. Using your friends The Rat and Pure Alcohol, they have determined that the best way to get over a hangover is [...]

So, while you were out there living your life ‘lo these past few years, the legal case between Dan Gross, the Daily News and Alycia Lane was dragging on and on. You know, the one where Gross (allegedly) received, and then published information gleaned from, Lane’s personal emails after her account had been hacked by [...]

We know what you’re thinking because it’s on everyone’s mind right about now: Wouldn’t it be fantastic to get the hell out of here at some point during the winter so as to avoid the deep, existential soulsuck that naturally accompanies any winter in Philadelphia? Bearing that giant “YES” in mind, let us turn our [...]

No, Glenn Beck: Philadelphia is not a place YOU want to be. And even less so now. [Via MediaMatters]

Philebrity joins the rest of everybody who can in observance of MLK day this year. We’ll return tomorrow with a whole bunch of things we’d like to discuss with you. [Photo: WDAShistory.org. Quote: MLK addresses students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967.]

See what we mean about Portland? This video is so cute it makes us want to vomit. Produced by Scott Coffey for Dechutes Brewery, the song is Beach House by The Cave Singers. You can download it here. The Cave Singers will also be playing at Johnny Brenda’s on April 1st. Oh, and we do [...]

Jeff Bridges has been declared the next American Masterto be featured on the PBS series. Uwishunu pointed us out to WHYY’s celebration on Wednesday night at Northbowl. The event takes place in the 2nd floor lounge, with access to four private lanes for your bowling pleasure, costume and trivia contests, with prizes from Little Lebowski [...]

Tonight is the Poetry Slam for the Dream Big Literary Arts Festival which has been going on all weekend. The Philly Youth Poetry Movement has been conducting workshops, spelling bees, performances, poetry readings, and other special events in order to encourage the youth of Philadelphia to find power in their own voices, and with it, [...]