Philly’s own Congressman Bob Brady, like many other pols around the land, is taking the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona over the weekend, as not just an impetus for change in political rhetoric, but also in the laws themselves. Promising to address the topic on the first day Congress is back in session, [...]

Like so many other members of Congress who voted in favor of health care reform last year, former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district Patrick Murphy received death threats, too. Murphy did not win re-election in November (he was defeated by Mike Fitzpatrick, who held the same seat previous to Murphy), but since The [...]

Because, in its soul, the NHL is and shall always remain the desperate teenage boy of the sporting world, they’ve enlisted comics legend Stan Lee to help create “The NHL Guardian Project,” which will hatch a special superhero with qualities corresponding to each team. Not for nothing, is anyone else kind of getting a Dorian’s [...]

Here’s some good news from the Bike Coalition. The Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative, or PCTI, is a funding program aiming to support and encourage local transportation projects that advocate the goals of Smart Transportation. PennDOT received 238 applications from cities, boroughs, townships, and organizations requesting more than $175 million for projects that support local economic [...]

The film is set in NYC, but Philly has seemed so alive these past few weeks, it pinpointed the feeling we’ve been getting recently while walking down the streets. Scott Schuman describes his art as “letting yourself fall in love a little bit everyday.” This lighthearted film about the eye of the photographer makes us [...]

Stay warm and enjoy the snow ladies and gents! We’re about to make a breakfast pizza. You heard right. More on Phoodie later.

FRIDAY: >>>Music: Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger @ Johnny Brenda’s (9pm. $14 21+). Jazz show by Ars Nova Workshop in Residence, making their debut with Agogic @ IHouse (8pm. $12). Carousel, June Divided, Blue Romeo, Jessi Teich @ North Star (9m. $9 21+). Dutch and Kuf Knotz @ World Cafe Live (9pm. $9). >>>DJ [...]

Sweet Lights – A Hundred Needle Pins from Sweet Lights on Vimeo. We’ve told you about this Sweet Lights band before. And now we are telling you again. And also, holy shit, this video.

This is not okay. And we agree: Our Photoshop work here is rather disturbing. Sorry about that. Just trying to make a point.

Oh, dude. No. Oh, no. C’mon. Oh, no.

Many of you might already know about the Justin Bieber Law services currently on offer within the Market-Frankford line’s ad spaces: But did you also know you can get some bloggers to spit out some content for you, too? Sheeeee-it: What can’t you get on the Frankford El these days? Seeing something around town of [...]

Much like Soylent Green is people, Four Loko, it turns out, is ethanol, and is currently being brought back to its proper chemical state in Abingdon, VA. All’s well that ends well, we suppose, but real talk: Sparks would have never gone out like this.

Yesterday, Mayor Michael Nutter and representatives from the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation announced the next phases of redevelopment work to be done on the central Delaware waterfront (think from Penn’s Landing up to Penn Treaty Park). Aided greatly by a new two-year, $5 million grant by the William Penn Foundation that will go towards improvements [...]

On today’s show: That mid-1970s poor-as-hell, colder-than-a-witch’s-teat-but-we-heating-up-anyway vibe, a lil’ Lil’ Mama, and personal message from Marvin Gaye.

Think of it: You get your E-Z Pass thingy, put it on the dash, and when you park in city lots or kiosk/on-street parking, a roving signal detector picks up your car’s registration number, figures out how long you were there, and once a month, charges you accordingly. The ticket-prone among us would sign up [...]

Nothing gold — or a mixture of basketball, jai alai and bumper cars — can stay. Philebrity is saddened to learn that the region’s only whirlyball court — located at the Hollydell Ice Arena in Sewell, NJ — has closed. We spoke with a representative at Hollydell today who informed us that while the Ice [...]

Trailer for the Broadzilla party at Kung Fu Necktie this Saturday.

And we don’t just mean within the natural progression of your own closet space, Mr. Sweeney. Rumors are swirling that two companies are seriously considering acquiring J. Crew: Sears and Philly’s own Urban Outfitters.

· What the pay-for-e-reader/iPad scheme really is is just a super sneaky way for Philly.com to introduce a pay wall without having to say they are. By giving the e-readers that main link from the top left nav, they’re banking that most of their (older) readers will simply think, “Oh, I have to pay for [...]

Since Tuesday, when we ran this clip of the The Richie Antipuna Show — a Kensington-based podcast talk show — we, and some of you, have become increasingly obsessed with the no-holds-barred remarks of one Greg Bucceroni (pictured), a Kensington neighborhood activist with the Crime Victim Services/Youth At Risk Program. In the clip, Bucceroni is [...]