We asked you yesterday which news anchor you would stalk if you absolutely had to. The male and female winners fell in at the predictable Cecily Tynan and the wildcard Jim Gardner (it has to be the ‘stashe). But we here at Philebs, we have a newfound love for Joyce Evans: Happy Friday everyone.

So here’s what we understand happened last night: >>>The Occupy Philly protesters marched up towards 30th Street Station where they stopped traffic on the Market Street Bridge and had a bit of a standoff with police. 24 arrests were made. >>>At a three hour meeting, the general assembly voted 76-64 in favor of moving camp [...]

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.

>>>It’s boy/girl duo night at Union Transfer! Phantogram (above) is playing in support of this month’s Nightlife EP, with support from NYC-based duo Exitmusic. >>>If all of this cold outside made you want to get somewhere and sweat, Steve Aoki is DJing at the TLA. Note: If you go and plan not to sweat, at [...]

Starting last May, the Mayors Office of Transportation and Utilities began a pilot program to see if a bike lane could work on 13th Street, between South and Hamilton Streets. In a report compiled by MOTU, it was decided, “The data collected during the pilot validates the public and our intuition: vehicle traffic flows well [...]

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PHILEBRITY’S HARVEST MOON COTILLION · Friday, November 25th, 9pm @ Johnny Brenda’s On Thanksgiving weekend — indeed, Black Friday and the beginning of the holiday season in earnest — join us as we host Philebrity.com’s (mostly) very proper homecoming dance. Punch (and many other drinks) will be served, both fast and slow dancing will be [...]

Say it Ain’t So, Joe! by Josh Fox/Bill McKibben from JFOX on Vimeo. This coming Monday, there will be a vote in New Jersey to decide whether or not to frack the Delaware River Basin with 20,000 fracked gas wells. The video above explains it all, and urges you to help, by petitioning the one [...]

This is something we’ve suspected on and off for a little while now about the WXPN audience in general — like when we requested that the station add every song off Watch The Throne last summer and IT DIDN’T HAPPEN — but we think that if you read the tea leaves of the conversation above, [...]

Look at that nicotine-stained sky, patched together out of old receipts, looming over blight. It’s called Be The Void, for Chrissakes, and it’s the next album by Dr. Dog, to be released on February 7th on Anti-. (Look, even the release date is BLEAK.) It’s the first album by the group with new drummer Eric [...]

>>>The retired Philly police chief we told you about yesterday was arrested in NYC. According to Occupy Philly’s Facebook page, he has been identified as Ray Lewis. So far, no reason has been given for his arrest. >>>As we reported at the end of the day yesterday, and as the Wall Street Journal reports today, [...]

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.

Just in from City Hall: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA POSTS NOTICE OF DILWORTH PLAZA CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT START IS IMMINENT Philadelphia, November 16, 2011 – The City of Philadelphia today posted an Official Notice advising the public that the $50 million Dilworth Plaza construction project is imminent. The notice was [...]

As we approach a season in which the Muppets will return and potentially become so Disney-fied that even Jason Segel’s penis won’t be able to save them, let us pause for a moment to remember: Jim Henson was a straight-up freak, yo.

Wacky Wednesday indeed. The cover of today’s Daily News teases a story about “how the homeless hijacked occupy Philly,” and it’s a bit sensationalist (sensationalism? From The Daily News? NO WAY). As we mentioned briefly below, some occupiers, according to the DN, claim there are anarchists in their midst. Some even claim outside anarchists were [...]

>>>As we mentioned earlier, Police made two more arrests at Occupy Philly yesterday and found, “someone painted the concourse walls below the plaza with feces and graffiti.” Painted with feces. They’re nothing if not artsy. According to The Daily News, “City officials gave the occupiers a blank permit for a possible new location for their [...]

Desert rockers Tinariwen (who really have quite the interesting biography) are touring behind their 5th studio album Tassili, and are playing the Troc tonight with Sophie Hunger & The Psalters, and we have a pair of tickets to give you. To enter to win, email ihopeiwin[at]philebrity[dot]com with “Desert Rock” in the subject header. You’ll automatically [...]

We feel that by posting this, we are doing our part in exorcising the civic demons that have overtaken us all in these last weeks. Also, this is is from a concert that was broadcast live on Thanksgiving Day in 1987 on MTV. Crazy to think of the pull the Hooters had, ain’t it?

For once, someone besides us gets to say it. Responding to Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus (totally shite band, BTW) putting Kurt Vile on blast for allowing Bank of America to use Vile’s track “Baby’s Arms” in a new ad, Vile’s manager Rennie Jaffie told Billboard: He’s not Fugazi. He’s a songwriter who’s worked for [...]

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