Sure, in the end, it was the Love Letter Tour/Get Married By The Dude thing that won out, but what if, instead, we had: · “Commitment Ceremony In The Bathrooms At Voyeur With Dave P” · “Free Bridal Shower With Gang At Yakitori Boy, ‘Where Women Go To Scream’” · “Host Your Blood Fetish Commitment [...]

This Twitter account is almost like a pungent, dozen-times-a-day reminder that, ironically, none of us are actually free.

Patti said it so much better than we ever could. Much love!

According to a statement carried on MSNBC delivered live, just now, by Omar Suleiman. Meanwhile, Mubarak has fled Cairo. If there is a TV where you are, you might want to go to it. UPDATE: MSNBC live feed from Tahrir Square. Obama to address at 1:30PM. Complete text of Suleiman’s statement: In the name of [...]

“Tow trucks, PPD, L&I, strip clubs, and beer distributors.” Yep, sounds like it.

So, hey: While we we were out, Donald Rumsfeld visited the National Constitution Center (weird, we get invited to everything there, and we didn’t get invited to this) and didn’t say shit about shit except for maybe that time Sammy Davis Jr. introduced him to Elvis. This, of course, is completely in line with Rumsfeld’s [...]

BIG SHOW TODAY! GET INTO IT!

Pardon the brief lag in posting, folks, as we’re getting ready for today’s big show on Philebrity Radio, with our special guest, legendary rapper and lifelong Philadelphian Schoolly D. Regular posting will resume tomorrow, but today’s show kicks off at 3PM on YRockonXPN/88.5-2 FM HD. We’ll be listening to some new and old Schoolly tracks, [...]

This just in via my favorite URL of ever, geatorgigs.webs.com: WEDNESDAYS 5-7 pm – SUGARHOUSE CASINO, 1001 N. Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia – broadcast live on WVLT Cruisin’ 92.1 FM and wvlt.com. For more info: sugarhousecasino.com We probably don’t need to tell this to the Geator, but we really hope he washes his hands a lot [...]

Jennifer Manfra and Erik Bader, Rittenhouse Square, 1998. It’s been a long, rough winter, and that whole Stereolab/hot-daughter-of-Spock look will be just the mix of hard knocks and dirty socks this spring is going to require. We’re all gonna get totally wild.

Antonio Rodriguez, the 22-year-old accused of being the Kensington Strangler, tried to play off his first victim’s death as choke-sex play gone wrong, and admitted that he had sex with his victims after they’d perished. The District Attorney will seek the death penalty for Rodriguez. Because really.

FISHTOWN: Surprise! Fireworks in February for the residents of Susquehanna and Amber streets. Not a fun surprise, a scary surprise that had sparks shooting out of power lines. One (snow)man was harmed in the laser battle. [MyFoxPhilly] CENTER CITY: Smear cream cheese on my bagel and my art, please. Jenny Drumgoole submitted some awesomely crazy [...]

It is here that we must confess: In a sea of animal-named bands that even we cannot tell apart, we actually like Deerhoof and hope that the rest of the animal-named bands are paying attention to them. Better in practice than wayward winds such as Cibo Matto ever were in theory, Deerhoof do “other” in [...]

We’re a Philadelphia based band that sounds like Steely Dan and The Beach Boys went on a couples cruise, and we’d freak out if we got a mention on your site. We put out an album in 2010 and shot a wild video for our song “Young Rider”. It’s ghosts, it’s murder, it’s parties, it’s….baseball? [...]

This just in: Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Richard Hayne, the President of Urban Outfitters, Inc., and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) announced that Urban Outfitters will acquire and redevelop two Navy Yard buildings totaling more than 100,000 square feet, investing about $30 million in the expansion. This transaction will allow Urban Outfitters to expand [...]

Here is 34 seconds of a semi full of Phils gear leaving the Bank for Clearwater. Here comes the sun. Here comes the sun. And I say: It’s alright.

The last time Elvis Costello brought his ”Spectacular Spinning Songbook” — aka the “Wheel Of Elvis” — to Philly was April 24, 1987 to the UPenn Class of 1923 Skating Rink — we know because we were there (thanks for the tix, Dad!). The wheel is what it sounds like: A giant, carnival-style stage prop [...]

Something about this just reeks to high heaven: On Monday, February 21, the National Constitution Center will host something called “Call to Action: A Congressional Town Hall Meeting.” For one thing, we just might be forever damaged by the very phrase “Town Hall” ever since Big Pharma scripted nationwide shout-downs-disguised-as-Town-Hall meetings and whooooops, we got [...]

A reader spots this piece of evidence of the strange spiritual address of “Basement, PA” near 10th and Arch: Pretty sure I lived there for a few months once. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Norristown’s own Jimmy Smith is a staple at Philebrity Salon, our weekly foray into jazz and other music from around the world at the 700 in Northern Liberties. Tonight, the O.G. Salon crew — DJs Kyle Andrews & Joey Sweeney, plus your barman Anders Larson — will all be there, playing deep cuts from across [...]