Fishtown shoemaker Edward Staniszewski — a legend in the neighborhood as well as a sweet, sweet man and proprietor of one of Girard Ave.’s longest-standing businesses, Star Shoe Service — passed away at the age of 88 last week. He will be missed, not just for his cobbling services, but also for his inspiration to [...]

It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it.

Whoops! There but for the grace of God go all of us. In fact, hey: Is Philebrity live where you are? OK, just checking.

As part of a court proceeding to restructure and reorganize their debt, The Trocadero has taken a jab at ticketing overlord Ticketmaster, whose fees, the Troc claims, have kicked them when they’re down. According to the Inky’s PhillyDeals blog: In her filing, Pang notes the high cost of cutting Ticketmaster a share of the proceeds [...]

Only, because, well, you know.

DesignPhiladelphia, the annual festival that considers all things “design” and Philly, has rolled out their schedule of events slated for this year’s fest, to be held October 13 – 23. There’s a lot to take in here, but one cool thing we noted was “The Design Lot,” at 313 S. Broad Street, described as “a [...]

Ben Maser, photographer, c. 1957. Courtesy: Fairmount Park Commission This NewsWorks story about the return of the Philadelphia Police Mounted Unit jogged our memory about something we’ve always been curious about the Fairmount Park Mounted Guard. Wikipedia traces the origins of today’s Philly Mounted Unit to the Fairmount Park Mounted Guard, created in 1867 and [...]

Now that our soon-to-be dearly departed TLA Video is on its way out, we can hopefully still look to TLA for OH MY GOD WHAT THE SHIT IS THIS? It seems TLA is now interested in being your very own porn middle-man with TLA Ready Disc. Got content to sell? TLA will mass produce it, [...]

If there was a time when the NFL had a soul and did not continually remind us of everything awful about contemporary America, Pete Pihos played in it, as an Eagle, from 1947-1955. He passed away today. Long may you run, old timer.

Maybe it’s just a sign that summer’s winding down, though, but doesn’t a 4-degree overnight sound really, really enticing? Like pot-of-grog and oil heat and Nick Drake enticing? Oh well, soon enough, right?

Northern Home for Children has begun their 100 School Uniforms in 100 Hours campaign. The campaign lasts from today to Saturday and the goal is to clothe the many students who cannot afford to buy their own uniforms and may be turned away from school because of that. According to the Northern Home for Children, [...]

Shaking Through Vol 2 Ep 7: Sweet Lights from Weathervane Music on Vimeo. We’ve got a bit of a love/hate relationship with these Shaking Through videos, but we really enjoy the latest edition. This month, the music comes from Sweet Lights, the solo moniker for former The Capitol Years singer Shai Halperin. The result is [...]

>>> Hey, buddy. C’mere. You look like you might be having that thing where it’s the middle of August, the air’s been hanging on you like a noose for days if not weeks, and the humid has made you stupid. Here is our advice for you: Embrace it. Just give yourself over to the fog. [...]

Longtime Philly sportsmouth Howard Eskin just semi-retired during his show on 610 WIP. A tearful Eskin said that he’ll be giving up his 3-7PM shift, but will stay on as a contributor to Eagles coverage as well as some undetermined special projects. “I Brett Favre’d ‘em, I Mike Schmidt’d ‘em, I was almost there!,” he [...]

The First Annual Philly Geek Awards, which desrcibes itself as “the local daytime Emmy of the Webby Awards,” will be taking place this Friday at The Academy of Natural Sciences. Presented and judged by Geekadelphia, the Philly Geek Awards will do their best to recognize the greatness coming out of Philadelphia’s burgeoning geek-tech scene. The [...]

Hahaha. Thankfully, there’s those links to Philly Will Do and Phawker to pick up the slack. Thanks to the lovely @WorkDrugs for noticing. And while we’re on the topic: We’ll be retiring our long-out-of-date blogroll forever in the coming weeks. Previously: Dept. Of Oh, That Philebrity Micropond: Who In This Dan Gross Tweet Is Most/Least [...]

Hi Joey, NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley (Sir Charles) was spotted at Del Frisco’s in Philadelphia this weekend celebrating his daughter landing her first job (she graduated from Villanova in spring) with a party of 10. Please let me know if you are interested in running an item and if you want menu details [...]

Hey, remember World War Z? Yeah, that’s not happening here anymore. They’re shooting it in Glasgow now. And while this person in us likes the idea that Philly and Glasgow are in any way interchangeable, this is still a bummer. Suck it, Pennsyltucky.

A reader tells us: Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church (the one with the always-irritating illegal parking problem on Greys Ferry) looks like it’s vacating that bit of land. Realtor: “Only one previous resident, but in all honesty, He did have hundreds of people over every weekend.” Question is what it’s going to turn into. Demolition [...]