Hope Moffett (pictured) will meet with school administrators today who are expected to fire her this afternoon. Moffett faces the firing squad after speaking out against Audenried becoming a charter school. After being reassigned to “teacher jail,” her termination seemed imminent and her firing this afternoon seems all but guaranteed. Moffett spent 10 days in [...]

Here’s legendary bruiser/Mayor-for-life Frank Rizzo in an old interview with Larry Kane (he knew the Beatles), from that new NBC Philadelphia Non-Stop thing where they have to fill up 24 hours a day with God only knows what. Rizzo is cringe-inducingly coy; Rizzo is belittling to his host; Rizzo REALLY NEEDS TO MAKE SURE HIS [...]

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>>> The opening beats of “When The Levee Breaks” have served humanity well, after their originally intended purpose: They kicked off Licensed To Ill, they got our buddy Schooly D into some trouble-trouble back in the day, and they even help Chase Utley approach the plate. They’re good beats. Most recently, they’ve been found in [...]

I mean, hey, if you’re gonna earn a regular paycheck, here’s one way to do it. This Just In/Related: Charlie shitcanned!

Nothing gold can stay. And so it comes to pass that one of Philly’s most consistently [GASPS, GRABS FACE]-inducing City Council members would rather just take the DROP money and run, rather than deal with your broke asses for another cringe-inducing term. And it’s gonna leave a huge gap in this sitcom: Who will play [...]

Cyberspace and Reds (Deluxe Edition) by The Streets Cyberspace and Reds is the companion piece to Computers and Blues, the fifth and final album by The Streets. For us, it’s been difficult to truly get on board with any album by Mike Skinner’s nom-du-cockney-rap other than his first, the classic Original Pirate Material. But this [...]

Hey, remember that time a decade ago when Philly heard all about this Mardi Gras thing and then proceeded TO DO IT COMPLETELY WRONG? Tomorrow is the ten-year anniversary of that shameful moment for our city. (And, real talk, South Street is still suffering from it.) Above, thanks to YouTube, a compilation of Action News [...]

Dear Joey: The problem with running a new media enterprise is that there is an inclination to leave the old media machinations of yellow journalism in the dust. The greatest American historical proponents thereof –- Joseph Pulitzer (whose name is now, incredibly, the gold standard for audacious truth in public discourse) and William Jennings Bryant [...]

We’ve had our fair share of fun over the years at the expense of the Hamels family (the wild apex of which had to be this), but one thing we’d never cast aspersions on is their charitable works with The Hamels Foundation, which seem to center around giving big giant checks for things like education [...]

The Inquirer is apparently sending out bags of tea to subscribers that say “We’re pleased The Inquirer is your cup of tea…Thank You for Subscribing!” This is the strangest PR campaign that I’ve ever been the target of. The Inquirer has teabagged its subscribers. This does not bode well for the new ownership team. Indeed. [...]

Having reflected on the Lenny Dykstra/Charlie Sheen mind meld last week on this site, last night, we witnessed the dread reflections of our mind’s eye spring to life when NBCPhiladelphia’s John Clark interviewed Nails. Though we have to give Dykstra credit for an absolute mindfuck of an outfit — that jacket either cost $4,000 or [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Oh, hey, it’s First Friday. We can help you with that. (And feel free to stop by the home office/AKA Music at 7pm to see Kurt Vile & The Violators! For free!) >>> Also, see this post from earlier today about comic duo Meg & Rob‘s final Philly shows this weekend. >>> Elsewhere: [...]

Sad. And to think, this comes in the same week as the one where Charlie Sheen quoted him. Oh, the highs and the lows.

RECOMMENDED: I don’t know about you, but for us, the prospect of George Nolfi‘s adaptation of the Philip K. Dick short story The Adjustment Bureau — a long meditation on paranoia sharing not a little symbiosis with this wonderful new age of American politics in the paranoid style we’re all living in now, masquerading as [...]

We mention it for those of you who like BC Camplight, that Nilsson doc that everybody watched on Netflix streaming, and, er, drinking: Facebook just told us that a special “BC Camplight Sings Nilsson” show has just been confirmed for Johnny Brenda’s on April 28th. Brandy Alexanders all around.

In the vast cultural wasteland of Northeast Philadelphia in the 1980s, genuine celebrities were hard to come by. However, there was a young man, who graced the silver screen, the TV screen, and the streets of Holmsburg. His name is John P. Navin Jr. He made his debut in the military school drama Taps, alongside [...]

Jenn Frederick Corners Charlie Sheen: MyFoxPHILLY.com Also, Philadelphia: WINNING! Hey, Charlie said it, it must be true.

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These Modern Worlds from Meg & Rob on Vimeo. This coming Saturday is going to be a bittersweet occasion for us — probably more bitter than it will be sweet. Tomorrow night, at 11 PM, we will have the honor of opening the last regular show that Meg & Rob will perform together, at least [...]