Archive for March, 2011

Kurt Vile Added To Pitchfork Music Festival

Friday, March 25th, 2011

So far, KV and Sun Airway are the only Philly acts on the bill. But it’s still being put together…

Just Think: Ten Hours From Now, You Could Be Shaving Off Michael Prince’s Filthy Moustache… For Charity!

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Do you know Michael Prince? Sure you do: He’s served you drinks, he’s played in that band you liked, he dated that girl that one time, and, oh, yeah, he’s also Mr. America Philly Fishtown. Well, today, after work, he’ll be DJing happy hour at Johnny Brenda’s, whereupon they’ll be running a raffle to benefit [...]

And Now, The Stupidest Piece Of Reportage We’ve Ever Seen On A Local News Broadcast, Ever

Friday, March 25th, 2011

View more videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com. Admittedly, the bar is pretty high, and yes, we are also regular watchers of Fox29′s Good Day Philadelphia. But this piece that ran on the 6 o’clock news on NBC10 last night was like a long fart across the airwaves that simply refused to stop. In anticipation of Kate and [...]

Dept. Of Middlebrow Nerdgasms: Tina Fey, Garrison Keillor Headline Philadelphia Book Festival

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Call up your cousin in the hinterlands — you know, the one that still believes she turned you on to the Decemberists and has listened to every episode of A Prairie Home Companion — and let her know that she’s got to get to Philly next month. It’s the Free Library’s fifth annual Philadelphia Book [...]

PHILEBRITY RADIO IS ON THE AIR AT 3PM!

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Or click here to listen with iTunes. ON THE BIG SHOW TODAY: MUSIC TO DANCE (AND DRINK) UNDER YOUR DESK TO. EDDIE AND JOE WENT CRATE-DIGGIN’, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY FOUND.

Readers Fwd: Arrow Swim Club Trolling For Orange Bodies On Local Mailing Lists

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

So….if it’s invitation only, why are applications available? Moreover, why did something that is billing itself as one of Northern Liberties’ most exclusive destinations just invite all of Manayunk, Sea Isle and Avalon to apply for said invitation-only memberships? Two of those three ALREADY HAVE A BEACH, and the other has the Schuylkill, which, for [...]

The Philebrity Index: Scot Free or Flee

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

· Number of drunk getting off easy due to a faulty breathalyzer: more than 400 · Number of candidates running for council and other positions that refuse to provide info to Ethics Board: 47 · Number of students Temple U evacuated from Japan due to radiation fears: 200 · The price of Mayor Nutter’s Sweet Tooth: $10 Million [...]

Important Update: One Of The Contestants In The Sad-As-Fuck Inside Edition Philly’s Hottest Bachelor Contest Is Macy Gray’s Brother!

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

See if you can pick which o-… oh, screw it. Why did I even show up for work today at all. Previously: Oh Look, It’s Like American Idol For Local Men’s Chests [Photo credit: ArtChick/Kristine Paige]

Avert Your Eyes, Puritans: The World Series Tickets For Sex Lady Is In Philly Mag, Topless

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

We’ll spare you the postmodern gore that is PhillyMag itself, and instead just link to the photographer’s blog. It’s the only way we can be sure this isn’t a trap. [h/t 700Level] Previously: Sympathy For The Craigslist World-Series-Tix-For-Sex Lady UPDATE: Link now mysteriously down. Really, PhillyMag? Really. You people suck at life. Give up. Quit. [...]

Say, Is That Kung Fu Necktie For Sale On Craigslist For $650K?

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Sure looks like it! And unlike some other bar hoaxes of the last few years — remember that time somebody tried to tell the Standard Tap and the 700 on Craigslist? — this one seems pretty plausible. We tried to reach a rep from KFN for comment, but he was unavailable. We’ll keep you updated. [...]

Oh Look, It’s Like American Idol For Local Men’s Chests

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

New York, NY – March 23, 2010 – Philadelphia’s hottest bachelors pose for local photographer Kristine Paige for a story to be broadcast on INSIDE EDITION, Friday, March 25 at 6:30 PM, ET on Fox 29. Bachelors range from a local actor to a medical researcher at Children’s Hospital. Um, when they said “Philly’s Hottest [...]

Submitted For Your Consideration: The Hands & Knees Party Trailer

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

It’s the party that wouldn’t die. And it seems to be back on the regular now. With pretty high production values for a video trailer for a party at the Barbary, too.

If I-95 Becomes A Toll Road, It Will Either Be The Best Or Worst Thing To Ever Happen To Philadelphia

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

As legislators consider the viability of turning I-95 into a toll road as a measure to make up for lost federal funding, we’d like to consider the cultural effect it could have: Surely, someone at GPTMC is probably already crafting some kind of statement on this, as it could conceivably have some kind of affect [...]

Readers Cameraphone: The Unbearable Lightness Of… Geno’s

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

The most annoying xenophobic fat slingers in Philadelphia just added some even more annoying lights to their pile. These seem to have no other purpose than to blind pedestrians. I wish they could spend some of that money on customer toilets. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

At This Point, We’ll Do Anything To Never Have To See A Planned Parenthood Canvasser Ever Again

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

We thought it had been well-established that canvassing is basically a lightweight form of human trafficking. So it’s been a kind of insult to injury to see all of those poor kids hawking the merits of Planned Parenthood out the street, as if any of us here in this major urban center need to be [...]

Right Now On Phoodie.info: Fever Dog

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

· Dapper Dogs Derailed · Passover Menus Around Philly · KFC Comes Back to Meritage! All this and more on Phoodie.info, the food and drink blog from Philebrity.

Delco Nightingale Tapped To Play TCM Film Fest

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

“Hey guys, look! It says here that Robert Osbourne has been cryogenically frozen since 1970!” Local swing/rockabilly band Delco Nightingale can boast one of the cooler strange bookings we’ve heard of recently: The band has just been lined up to play the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival at the end of April, which we already [...]

Tonight At Philebrity Salon: Original Recipe

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

No grand themes. No special personal appearances. Just the old Philebrity Salon crew, plenty of booze, and a bag of truly great jazz and “other” records from around the world. You could do much, much worse. In fact, you have.

Denzel Washington To Advise Penn Kids

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Denzel Washington will speak at University of Pennsylvania’s 255th commencement ceremony on May 16th, to the delight of People With My Dad’s Taste In Movies everywhere. We can’t help but wonder if the main gist of his advice on post-graduate life will be not to take gay roles, like he advised Will Smith back in [...]

Captain Freeshit: Win Tickets To The Caravan Festival With Devotchka, Mariachi El Bronx & More!

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

This Friday’s a big night for our good friend/Grammy-award-winning producer/Gypsy music enthusiast Aaron “Luis” Levinson. Levinson’s first-ever Caravan Festival — a concept so good friggin’ Dave Matthews, of all people, just lifted it — finally touches down at the Electric Factory on March 25th with a truly wild bill including Devotchka, Mariachi El Bronx, Mischief [...]