There but for the grace of God goes Seth Williams. Maybe someday, he’ll be rolled into a joint! A LEGAL joint, even!

First Person Arts cracked open the “Ex-Files” at last night’s anti-Valentine’s Day Slam where we learned ex-husbands mean ex-homes. Load up your Uhaul and scan the classified ads with last night’s winning storyteller, Sarah, for a new home fitting for a recent divorcee. Oh, and be sure to steer clear of mobile homes rendered in [...]

A jury is currently deliberating the fate of Temple student Gerald Ung (pictured), on trial for attempted murder after he shot a fellow Old City drinker a little more than a year ago at 4th & Market following last call. In testimony that made neither the accused or the victim sound particularly sympathetic, Assistant District [...]

Philebrity Radio 2/11/11 w/ special guest Schoolly D! by philebrity On the show this Thursday from 3-5PM: We don’t know yet! Previously: Introducing: Get Schoolled, Philebrity’s New Weekly Column By Schoolly D!

Directed by Frederick Wiseman, High School was an early cinéma vérité documentary shot at Northeast High School here in Philadelphia. Due to its frank depictions of high school life at that time, however, the film was banned from being screened in Philadelphia for years. We just discovered it, thanks to a reader tip, and it [...]

Future POTUS Donald Trump has unloaded his ailing Trump Marina Casino in Atlantic City to restaurant-and-retail company Landry’s, who will turn that shit into a Golden Nugget. The Marina got about one-eighth of what it was worth three years ago, when somebody got the idea to turn it into a Jimmy Buffet-themed thingy.

In advance of yesterday’s protests in response to pets left behind in the wake of last month’s massive fire at the Windermere Court apartments in West Philly, the following email was circulated. It details the various failings in the wake of the fire not just by Windermere Court management, but also by L&I and the [...]

Just thinking out loud here.

Indeed, it has been ascertained that over 170 guests at a recent party at the Playboy Mansion have fallen ill with Legionnaires’ disease, possibly due to a fog machine. (There is so much amazingness in that series of nouns that we ask that you close your eyes, and simply pause for a beat to visualize [...]

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Good ol’ ENIAC — born and raised here in Philly, doncha know — is now on Twitter. One problem: You’ll need a binary translator to understand it. The above tweet, for instance, says, “Interview me?” To which we say: No. You are old and all you will do is complain about Justin Beiber but be [...]

Best of Philly Disco Vol. 2 by DJ Apt One And apparently, he wants you to make babies. Previously: Scope This Mixtape: DJ Apt One’s “The Best Of Philly Disco”

Get Schoolled: A weekly dispatch to the city of Philadelphia from the original gangster, Schoolly D. Philadelphia native Schoolly D is widely considered the original gangster rapper. Schoolly has recorded nine studio albums, including PSK, Saturday Night, Smoke Some Kill and Welcome to America. He has scored numerous films, such as King of New York [...]

I was at Reading Terminal Market today for the Valentine’s Day Weddings that happen every year in center court. I couldn’t help but notice that the first groom was texting on his blackberry during most of his short wedding ceremony. You stay classy, Philadelphia! It’s like my pappy told me: Marriage begins at the moment [...]

You may know the work of local comedians Nick Murphy, Paul Ritchey, Mike Sadorf, Luke Brown, Josh Henderson and Dominic Moschitti from previous YouTube videos such as “The God of War Trailer,” “The Star Wars Christmas That Everyone Always Wanted,” and “Inglorious Plummers.” This is their new one, which cleverly takes the basic tenets of [...]

Philly’s beleaguered Sheriff’s Office gave itself a little love today by participating in a city-wide sweep, in coordination with Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties, of deadbeat moms and dads who owed between $200 and $200,000. (Oh, to be that poor sonuvabitch who got hauled in for $200.) The sweep began at 3AM and ended [...]

For longer even than he had dreamt of putting an Italian IKEA piazza in Northern Liberties, developer Bart Blatstein has openly dreamt of putting a Soho House-style exclusive pool club in the ‘hood. Just a few problems, though: No pool, and not enough rich assholes. But with the inevitable trending of NoLibs now fixing that [...]

And to think, we gave it all up for the “Homeless Poo” Starbucks and that towering monument to corporate ennui, Centre Square. We can tell just by looking at it that the Fox Grille & Bar probably had a bangin’ grilled cheese and no-tell policy on getting completely hammered at lunch. Oh, Philly: Don’t know [...]

The Philadelphia Spectrum: Yep, they are still tearing that shit down. But enough already. At noon, and after months of demolition already in progress, the Spectrum’s main structure and vertical columns will be attacked by Geppert Bros. of Colmar, PA. The exterior columns will start to crumble and collapse closer to 12 p.m. The roof [...]