According to an article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the PA State Senate has approved legislation that, “prohibits motorists from sending, receiving, or reading text messages while driving.” According to the article, the senate passed the measure 45-5 and sent it to Gov. Tom Corbett, who is expected to sign it into law. Texting while driving [...]

Now: Even if we did not hate the fucking Eagles — and even if this t-shirt did not seem to confirm our fears of the “Red Eagles” sensibility, wherein the Philadelphia baseball culture has been co-opted by those among us so dead in their souls as to believe in American football — the fact still [...]

>>> Need a dose of emphatic-vocal-dramatically-tinged-folk-pop? Fanfarlo is playing at Johnny Brenda’s tonight with Steven Vega. >>> If you’re still into the idea of hanging out with people in costumes the day after Halloween, check out the UniverSoul Circus at the Mann Center tonight. After all, everything’s better fused with hip-hop, right? And now, tonight’s [...]

Matthew Devlin, who was piloting the tug boat that hit the Duck Boat when they collided was sentenced to 366 days in prison by a Federal judge today. According to The Inquirer, Devlin was also sentenced to three-years probation and will report to prison on January 5th. Devlin is quoted as saying, “”I know what [...]

>>>According to an AP report, the protesters at Occupy Philly “have not reached a decision yet” on whether they will leave City Hall so the planned Dilworth Plaza renovations can take place. According to the report, “The group also said it plans to consult with unions about the benefits of the renovation project as it [...]

This, of course, is the scene of the remains of St. John Neumann, preserved as they are today at 5th and Girard, where anyone could go see them (and in fact, people do). Now, we won’t get into the weird Catholic-ness of it all (we already bashed our own kind once today, on this, the [...]

According to a state commissioned consultant’s report that was released last week, the potential loss of state revenue by privatizing the liquor industry could actually be recouped through the auctioning off of licenses and charging liquor retailers annual fees. The report, ordered by Gov. Tom Corbett and produced by consultants at the PFM Group in [...]

According to The Inquirer, surgeons at University of Pennsylvania completed a “very, very successful” double hand transplant on a quadruple amputee. The article stresses that, while successful, “It will take about a year before nerve regeneration would be expected to give [the patient] finger movement and sensation … she has been in rehab for several [...]

If you’ve been following the Phils news lately (and did not, as many did, shut the TV off and stop paying attention immediately after The Nightmare That Was Game 5 Against The Cardinals), this won’t really be news to you, but it is worth noting. For the fourth year running, Sports Illustrated has published baseball [...]

Joey – Did you read this hornet’s nest of shit? To know him is to loathe him. And this time – it’s not just the prosecutors. I can only imagine that upon combing through the cacophony of Vince Fumo’s correspondence from the hoosegow, the U.S. Attorneys did their own tawdry version of the Truffle Shuffle, [...]

>>>Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert are speaking at the Merriam Theater tomorrow night and we’re giving away tickets. >>>Phoodie.info is co-presenting some rare Uyghur cuisine with National Mechanics on Sunday. This event presents what is possibly your only chance to try Uyghur cuisine from the Xinjiang province of China, presented by a master of the [...]

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Also, what happens when Occupy, a terrible economy and Halloween join forces. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Merry Christmas indeed The late Clarence Clemons may best be known for his work with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, but he also had his fair share of side work; from solo albums to books to being excellent. It only makes sense that since his passing, some new artifacts from his career have [...]

Deerhoof – “Song of Sorn” at World Cafe Live from Fractal Circus on Vimeo. The fine folks over at Fractal Circus never fail to impress with their video coverage of concerts, events, and the in-between. About a month ago they were invited to film Deerhoof at World Cafe Live along with Scrapple.tv, and the end [...]

View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com. Anybody else catch this last night? Weird scenes inside the goldmine for Fast Eddie, in a segment that really raised more questions than it answered (because it didn’t answer any). Such as: Is it really a good look for Kirstin Snow to look that theatrically bored by the rumors of [...]

This is excluding, of course, the actual saints we already have: Frances Xavier Cabrini, Katherine Drexel and John Neumann. 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 [...]