According to the Inquirer, Septa’s TransitView service, which is already set up for the Regional Rail system, is now available for the bus and trolley lines. The service allows visitors to the site online to see when the next bus or trolley is scheduled to be at their stop (it does not however, say if [...]

For those of you who do not know, our own Joey Sweeney is on vacation in Cape May, NJ this week. And since he just sent this to us, we’re not sure if he knows what to do with himself. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. Since Philebrity Radio will return [...]

We’re hearing rumblings that two reporters for NBC 10 have been let go. We don’t know much more than that, but add that to Aditi Roy heading out to LA and we may start to see a bunch of new faces over at NBC 10, or at least stop seeing some others.

As we told you back in April, the Philebs is a media partner of Journeys South, a groundbreaking new temporary art project from the City of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program. Well, the event has run its course, and Journeys South is hosting their closing event next Thursday, June 9th. We would also like to say [...]

According to All Hip Hop, Philly’s own Beanie Sigel has apologized for dissing Jay-Z after nearly two years of feuding. All Hip Hop quotes Sigel from XXLMag saying, “What Mike Epps say? ‘Gangstas f**k up too.” He continued, “Whatever I felt this dude Jay did wrong to me, it can’t outweigh the one thing he [...]

Irish indie-rock/new wavers Bell X1 are coming to the First Unitarian tonight in support of their newest album, Bloodless Coup. You wanna go? We can help. To enter to win tickets, email ihopeiwin[at]philebrity[dot]com with “BLOODLESS COUP” in the subject header. You’ll automatically be subscribed to the forthcoming new Philebrity Reader weekly newsletter and win chances [...]

As a few of you have tipped us off to, the New York Times is reporting that a musical version of Rocky is in the works. The plan is to have it ready to premiere in Germany (Germany?) in 2012 and move onto Broadway in 2013. Thomas Meehan, book writer for the future musical, told [...]

Lewis and Clarke – Comfort Inn >>>Lewis and Clarke, Daniel Knox, Judson Claiborne at Kung Fu Necktie. Come out to KFN and check out some great low-key folk music from Lou Rogai and his ensemble of talented musicians. 7:30PM $10 >>>Against Me!, Screaming Females, Lemuria at The Troc. On the louder side of things, veteran [...]

As of today, it has been one year since the death of Sabina Rose O’Donnell. The story of her murder shocked the city last year and stayed in the headlines long into the summer. Oftentimes in cases like that, the life that is lost becomes forgotten in the mish-mash of reporting, commenting, and court cases. [...]

Ars Nova Workshop presents Great Black Music from June 4-13. Great Black Music is a festival of performances and public discussions with scholars and writers celebrating the past and present work of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). The AACM has been “nurturing, performing, and recording serious, original music” since 1965. And [...]

I Dreamed A Dream from The Silver Fox on Vimeo. We here at the Philebs appreciate the written word in its finer moments, and with Walt Whitman’s birthday yesterday, why not give a short listen to part of one of his finer works.

Next Thursday, DJ Too Tuff‘s new monthly event at Kung Fu Necktie, called “DETONATION TECHNICS: A History of Hip-Hop” will be debuting. It goes down the second Thursday of every month at KFN with a new guest emcee each time, with the inaugural guest being Phileb’s own Schoolly D. The event will start at 10:00PM [...]