>>>Right now at The Standard Tap, local hero Maxx Stoyanoff-Williams is bartending and selling “Philly Sports Team” t-shirts, along with giving out free beer and auctioning off some pretty great stuff. It’s all to help Maxx with some large medical bills, so don’t be a Scrooge, and who knows … you could win the Golden [...]

O Holy Night by Allures “O Holy Night,” one of our absolute favorite holiday jams, has been recreated above by Allures (Thomzilla of Broadzill and Cheryl Vu). If you’ve ever wondered what “O Holy Night” would sound like as a Krautrock hit, your answer is right up there. Previously: Holiday Jam #1, Holiday Jam #2, [...]

El Malito wishes everyone a “Feliz Navidad” Once again, we would like to throw out a gigantic thank you to everyone who made this year’s Philebrity Awards and Christmas Pageant the great event it was. The good people over at BITBY were on hand to document the show, and you can see some video and [...]

Continuing MTV and MTV-related people’s odd love affair with Shampoo, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, or as we like to call him and all of his comrades, “ugh” will be hosting a party this Thursday. Mark your calendars, assholes. DJing will be Marc Sorrentino, who we can only assume is Sitch’s uncle, or cousin, or brother, [...]

As the NHL began to take over Citizens Bank Park today to build an ice rink on the diamond, they also released the above rendering of what it will probably look like and we gotta say, that’s just gorgeous. If we get some snow, just enough to cover the field, and it looks just like [...]

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Well, two added benefits of the 3-year/$33M Jimmy Rollins deal: One is that, for at least three years, we’re pretty much guaranteed no pieces by high-bro sports writers whining about the Philadelphia/Phillies’ existential/identity crisis that will no doubt begin the day J-Roll leaves the warm embrace of Ruben Amaro and last anywhere from 12 weeks [...]

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FRIDAY: >>>Johnny Brenda’s is hosting WXPN’s The Key Studio Sessions Live, with Summer Fiction, Pink Skull, and Attia Taylor. The show is free (you need to RSVP in advance) and the sets will be made available as free downloads after the show. >>>Deerhunter‘s Bradford Cox is receiving heavy acclaim for his newest album, the side-project [...]

Once again, we would like to thank everyone who came out to the Troc last night to celebrate with us, and everyone who voted in the polls. Good times were had by all thanks to co-hosts Joey Sweeney and Juliet Hope Wayne, interjections from Conor Corcoran and Fergus Carey, and performances by Arctic Splash, Schoolly [...]

RECOMMENDED: It may come as a shock, but we’re not kidding here when we say Mission Impossible IV: Ghost Protocol is on of the better action films we’ve seen in a very long time. We can only speak for the IMAX screening (seriously, if you can, see it in IMAX) but the scenes were shot [...]

Arbor Records Christmas 2003-2011 by Ages Today’s Holiday Jam comes from Ages, and is a collection of Christmas tunes recorded from 2003-2011 for the annual Arbor Records Christmas Show, which goes down tomorrow night at The Auction House in Audubon, NJ. Ages are also playing an all-holiday show tonight at Milkboy with Atomic Square. Also, [...]

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who came to the awards last night and made it the great event that it was. We really can’t thank you enough, but as a token of our appreciation, enjoy the new video above from Philebrity Awards nominee/performer/and fan favorite El Malito, who brought the Chritsmas joy to [...]

And that step is into a television studio posing as a courtroom. According to the Daily News, former mayoral candidate Karen Brown was out in LA yesterday filming an episode of Judge Judy. Brown was brought to court by Stuart London, her former campaign treasurer and (SPOILER ALERT) she lost. Brown is responsible for paying [...]

Or click here to listen with iTunes. Got an HD radio? Tune in to 88.5-2 FM HD! Woooooo! EXCITING! Join Joey Sweeney and Jim Adair as they close the polls live on the air, talk about winners and the big show at the Troc tonight! And as always, TWEET US YOUR SHOUTOUTS @PHILEBRITY!

According to the American Tort Reform Association, Philadelphia is, for the 2nd year in a row, classified as America’s biggest “judicial hellhole.” According to Business Insurance, the annual report by ATRA, “highlights jurisdictions where the civil justice reform group holds that ‘judges systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner, generally [...]

Jerry Sandusky, for claiming he showered with young boys to teach them about personal hygiene. This could be comical if it wasn’t all so very disgusting. UPDATE: According to Philebrity Awards nominee Tara Murtha, Sandusky’s defense could be helped by weird provisions in PA’s law.

Also, there’s no way it actually looks anything like this, right? According to Philly.com, what was once to be known as Philly Live!, the entertainment complex/eatery/mall thing, is now going to be known as Xfinity Live!. The name switch is fitting, since Comcast’s name is gonna be smeared all over this thing anyway. More features [...]

For Christ’s Sake by The Bigger Lovers Today’s holiday jam is a bit of a throwback, coming from The Bigger Lovers‘ 2004 album, This Affair Never Happened​.​.​. And Here Are Eleven Songs About It. In the tradition of “Blue Christmas” and “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” “For Christ’s Sake” begs for a lost lover to [...]

Continuing the trend of constantly having construction and roadwork on any and all locations on the Turnpike, the PA Turnpike will soon have spots set up for you to charge your electric car. And by soon, we mean in two years. According to My Fox Philly, “The state Department of Environmental Protection announced a $1 [...]