Work Drugs – Dirty Dreams from Thomas Crystal on Vimeo. Above, you can see the newest video from Philebrity Awards nominees Work Drugs, “Dirty Dreams,” in which the Work Drugs guys once again make us pine for the days of summer. The video was posted in celebration of the band’s one-year anniversary, and the smooth-jam [...]

The American Philosophical Society museum is wrapping up its Greenhouse Projects, and to help close everything out, they are giving away a small number of cold frames from Jenny Sabin’s Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils. According to the APS museum, “The cold frames are a great addition to any plant enthusiast’s garden; you can [...]

According to The Inquirer, “WHYY is one of four nonprofit groups that will cooperate with NBC TV stations … as part of an experiment to boost local news coverage.” Why is this happening? “Comcast pledged to seek partnerships with nonprofits during discussions with federal regulators over its purchase of NBC Universal Inc., a deal that [...]

And they’re only slightly worse than the actual ones! Seriously though, will people ever let go of the throwing snowballs at Santa thing?

No More Golden Days by Lushlife >>> Studio magician/illmatic AZN rapper/sweet dude Lushlife headlines this bill at the North Star Bar tonight; he’ll also be the house DJ at the Philebrity Awards & Xmas Pageant next week.

Drexel University! Congratulations guys, you’ve earned it! According to Business Insider (using statistics from Campus Grotto), Drexel is the most expensive school when it comes to net price (tuition minus the average need based grant given). The net price per year at Drexel? $40,491.

Okay, one comment: If you’re going to do it, is that really all you got?

Jerry Sandusky was removed from his home in handcuffs today on two new charges of sexual abuse of a minor. Jim Gardner‘s tweet about the video of Sandusky in cuffs sums it all up pretty nicely:

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has an ad out that seemingly implies that if a woman drinks too much, she could get raped, and that’s her fault. That is already a very problematic stance, but the fact that it is an ad for the people who sell the people of PA their liquor makes it [...]

>>>NPR has opened up their end of the year poll for voting. Under album of the year, they list 250 albums to consider (of course you could also write-in your own), and a few local acts made the cut there. Without using the write-in option, you could cast your vote for Meg Baird, The Roots, [...]

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has announced that he will no longer seek the death penalty for convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, after nearly 30 years of never ending appeals. According to CBS News, Williams said, “There’s never been any doubt in my mind that Mumia Abu-Jamal shot and killed Officer Faulkner. I believe that [...]

The Philadelphia Eagles, who are an absolute disaster on the field this year, have won the Sport Team of the Year award from the Beyond Sport Awards. Beyond Sport, a global organization that, “promotes, develops and supports the use of sport to create positive social change across the world,” recognized the Eagles for creating the [...]

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Every year, around this time, Toys for Tots collects new and unwrapped toys to distribute to needy families at Christmastime. Last year, according to Philly.com, Toys for Tots distributed 113,000 toys, but this year they think they will fall short of that total. Staff Sgt. Marc Palos, the Toys for Tots coordinator for Philadelphia and [...]

OK, so, it took a little digging, but here’s the deal: The Group Image were one of scads of Jefferson Airplane-influenced East Coast psych bands that played Philly probably about as much NYC, from whence they hailed. (Ask your hippie dad, if you have one: Turns out, The Velvet Underground played here as much as, [...]

Look: We’ve (all) probably spent far too much time on this whole CA Conrad and Joey Sweeney (though from totally different angles) versus Philly Mag business. But with City Paper now entering the fray on the matter, we feel it may be a service to our readers to point out where exactly we stand in [...]

IF YOU LOVE THIS TOWN, IT’S A MUST! Meanwhile, the Sixers just released their 2011-2012 schedule, with their first game taking place at Portland the day after Christmas, and home opener on January 6th against Detroit. We’re thinking that NOBODY SHOULD BUY A SINGLE TICKET until they BRING BACK BIG SHOT. I mean, how hard [...]

>>>Dave Hause (former The Loved Ones, Paint it Black) brings his Springsteenian solo songs (his album was recorded partially in Asbury Park) to Johnny Brenda’s tonight. Also playing are Cory Branan and Turning Violet Violet. >>>The Troc‘s movie night presents The Human Centipede 2, as part of the Bloody Christmas series. Show up wearing a [...]

Getting the hell out of town has never been easier.

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