“There was beer, and there was weed.” It was our great pleasure to donate our Sweeney to this really pretty funny David Dye clip, promoting the new PBC Broadcaster Brown Ale, made in conjunction with the 20th Anniversary of WXPN‘s World Cafe. Watch the video on Phoodie.info now. (And yes, those are pajamas.)

After much anticipation, Union Transfer opened last night on the site of what was once (among other things) The Spaghetti Warehouse, at 10th and Spring Garden streets. The vibe? Pretty delightfully old-world church-y. Huge rafters hang over the main music room, while two wood-paneled bars (they’re big, too — this is a venue that really [...]

Oh hey, we’re going to try doing a Daily Poll each morning now, wherein we ask you, the people of Philadelphia, random things about your life here, and on Earth. Got a question you want to see the people answer? Suggest it at: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. Yesterday’s Poll: What’s Your Rock Fest Flavor This Week?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2011 Due to forecasted weather conditions and possible flooding at FDR Park, The POPPED! Music Festival has been moved to LIACOURAS CENTER 1776 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA This Friday & Saturday, September 23 & 24 ALL TICKETS FOR THE FDR PARK SHOWS WILL BE HONORED AT THE DOOR Want [...]

Though the band’s later output may have threatened their legacy, we leave you today with a single tear shed for R.E.M., who announced today they’d be calling it quits. And it’s not just for the band — in fact, you could argue an entire subculture dies with R.E.M. Though the group’s run of records from [...]

>>>Obviously the biggest story for the night is the opening of the new R5 venue Union Transfer (1024 Spring Garden St). The venue’s debut show, featuring Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, is sold-out. But fear not if you are without tickets, we will have some images from inside the venue tomorrow, so you at least [...]

According to The Inquirer, even though a fourth area casino in Valley Forge has yet to be built, a state-commissioned study said there is room for yet one more. As if Harrah’s Chester, Parx, and Sugarhouse haven’t helped gambling’s reputation enough, we could have two more examples of places to go and wallow in misery [...]

I thought you guys might be the outlet to give Philadelphia Media LLC (or whatever its current name is) the what for with this– it’s an ad for their new app initiative that carries a glaring, third-grade-level misspelling. It’s been on Philly.com’s homepage since at least Monday. Yes, but really, this is but a speck [...]

A while ago, we asked you to help us name the angriest places in Philadelphia. After months of deliberation, we have whittled the list down to the ten places you should probably avoid if you’re already having a bad day. We received votes for over 50 rage-filled locations, and your ten favorite (or least favorite) [...]

Now, having copped to that admittedly not-OK prejudice, we also agree with what Will Bunch has to say here about Big Media’s total glossover of the protests on Wall Street this week. It’s completely messed up. And while it’s one (still not great) thing for us to be like, “Ew, this is just a little [...]

Pardon us if we geek out a little for a moment: RAY IS COMING. After ill health prevented him from his scheduled gig at the Kimmel Center last November, it’s just been announced that Ray Davies will be performing on Nov. 19th at Temple Performing Arts Center. YES. Ray will be performing live with the [...]

To say it’s been a long, strange trip for these guys is a wild understatement, indeed: Shane M. Bauer and Elkins Park’s own Joshua F. Fattal (at right) were released on $1M bail and left Iran today, after being imprisoned there since July 2009. By now, you probably know the story: Along with Sarah Shourd, [...]

Oh hey, we’re going to try doing a Daily Poll each morning now, wherein we ask you, the people of Philadelphia, random things about your life here, and on Earth. Got a question you want to see the people answer? Suggest it at: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

>>> God bless Girls and all who sail in them. Go see them at the TLA tonight and consider it a plea for tenderness. >>> Also: Philebrity Salon, the city’s only jazz records night, at 700; and Smile, the rock ‘n’ roll party at the El Bar.

So, let’s briefly get caught up on our 2011 predictions to see how they’re panning out: As predicted, NoLibs Pathmark didn’t open (but a Superfresh did); no real challenger to Nutter emerged (though we were tickled to see that one house in Fishtown that was decked out in Karen Brown materials, as if to say, [...]

Hey Rebecca Vandermuelen! We know that Flying Kite Media is part of this new wave of grant-funded publications that, as part of their very sky-is-falling reason for being, do not exist in the real world, but even so: This piece about how ad agencies in Philly are thriving? And the headline tie-in to Mad Men? [...]

Joining the prestigious company of John Ashberry, Thomas Pynchon, Errol Morris, and hundreds of others, Rutgers-Camden History Professor Jacob Soll is one of this year’s MacArthur Fellows, receiving the so called “genius grant” of $500,000. The cash prize, awarded no-strings-attached over five years, is given to people who exhibit three criteria: “exceptional creativity, promise for [...]

Remember that time Stan Lee created “the punishing warrior of Broad Street?” Well, he’s ALIVE now!

Philadelphia, September 20, 2011- Mayor Michael A. Nutter has appointed Dr. Wendell E. Pritchett, Chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden, a respected scholar in urban history and an experienced government policy-maker, to the School Reform Commission. Well, that didn’t take long. It was almost like they were ready for it or something! Rest of the release after [...]

>>> You may remember shamed former PHA exec Carl Greene, who we (all of us in the local media, that is) had much Clarence Thomas-esque fun with about a year ago after it was revealed that he was totally a pubes-on-the-Coke-can type of playa. Well, he’s resurfaced with an early Christmas gift: A defamation suit [...]