>>> In addition to tomorrow’s Crazy Tuesday City Council Shitshow Showdown (which we’ll be talking more about today and tomorrow), this week, voters will casting in a much more sane, arguably more necessary but certainly less sexy election: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judges. We couldn’t be more in the dark on those races, but [...]

Outside Circle Thrift on Frankford: There is some larger — in fact, quite giant — metaphor here, but damned if we can tease it out. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

FRIDAY: >>> Last month’s field research indicates: Nobody goes to England Belongs To Twee at Kung Fu Necktie anymore. But let the non-wisdom of the crowd be your gain. These people are true blue real deal heads and they throw a party you can get truly wild at, even if it’s just you and your [...]

RECOMMENDED: Is it an abiding love for directorial offspring like Sofia and Roman Coppola that draws us to Cracks, the directorial debut of Jordan Scott, daughter of Ridley? Or is the creepy Heavenly Creatures-ish vibe that seems to prevail here? Or is it really just the fact that we’ll watch anything with a British accent [...]

Steve Odabashian: Just another part of Crazy Tuesday.

PhillyClout has the scoop. What impeccable timing!

In the interest of presenting the opposing viewpoint of someone who seems like a reasonable person: Look, this is a PR nightmare, and a poor move in my opinion. Working at Comcast has many downsides, but it’s only a lucky few in the entire world who can love everything about their job and their employer. [...]

It’s Good To Be Here by Jay Yo Here’s the new mixtape from Jay Yo, entitled It’s Good To Be Here. For sure, this is little more, um, CLUB BANGERS than we usually get over here, but we figured, hey, let’s broaden our horizons a little bit. (Maybe that trip to Zee Bar had more [...]

You could have one thousand monkeys in a room full of computers working around the clock for six months and still not come up with a more singularly annoying idea for an event.

You know, for all of the cornpone jokes about it on 30 Rock, Tina Fey and company have gotten one thing totally right about Comcast: They’re a fundmentally un-classy operation. Usually, that’s evidenced by things like secretly throttling your Internet connection if they think you might trying to download The Hangover II, and so on, [...]

… the Burning Brides, no less! It would be maddening if it weren’t so saddening. She should make good on all of those promises/”threats” to move to Austin. That would be… gladdening.

By the way, Arrow Swim Club opens today. Also, this.

This is a payphone on 3rd and Market (well, it’s on 3rd, between Pizzicato and Farmicia). Not sure what if anything you might be able to use this for. I just love passing by this artifact and I love its condition, too. Maybe I will put a coin in one day, just for kicks. Perhaps [...]

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This is the new Jeff Hornstein ad, currently running on MSNBC and presumably elsewhere. As you may recall, Hornstein is the First District City Council candidate currently in a field of four, all vying for Frank DiCicco’s seat. Hornstein’s messaging seemed a little off before, and this new ad is no exception. Arguing a lame [...]

If you’ll allow us to nerd out with you all for a moment, we just got a press release about this and instantly envisioned real-deal lazy, laid-back, air-conditioned mid-week summer fun. Over three consecutive Tuesdays next month, the entire Lord Of The Rings trilogy will be shown on big screens across the country for one [...]

· Remember back before Comcast was NBC, and they used to get in trouble for blocking/”throttling” users who liked to file share, stupidly thinking that nobody would noticed, only to get dragged into court and then slapped on the wrist by the FCC? Shades of that all over the place today, as rumors and speculation circulate [...]

WEST PHILLY: “Knock, knock! We’re your neighbors and we’re crazy coons, West Philly woman!” Noisy raccoons have moved into an abandoned home in the city and they aren’t giving up their loud country livin’ ways for nobody. [MyFoxPhilly] OLD CITY: Ok, so the weather forecast for this upcoming weekend is calling for rain. 40% chance [...]

>>> There should be a whole subcategory or microgenre or term for music you listen to so constantly in private that you eventually have no idea of whether the artist in question is popular in the real world at all. So it goes with David Vandervelde, whose “Jacket” has been a living room seven-inch session [...]