In the video above, The Black Keys talk about the whole “your songs are in tons of commercials” thing, and even brought up the Titus Andronicus vs. Kurt Vile thing we talked about a little bit ago. The dudes put the whole thing in pretty good perspective, and at least they can make fun of [...]

The Roots undun Def Jam On the national scale, for better or worse, there is no musical act more identified with Philadelphia than The Roots. That had already been the case when they were brought in as the house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in March 2009, and the identification has only strengthened [...]

The BBC says, “changes being considered [in England and Wales] include giving the police the right to impose curfews over large areas to tackle any disturbances, as well as imposing curfew on known troublemakers.” The curfew would be based on the model set in Philadelphia, with not only a curfew being in effect, but rec [...]

>>>Chase and Jen Utley welcomed a baby boy, Benjamin Cooper Utley on Friday afternoon. >>>The Miami Marlins managed to convince Jose Reyes and Heath Bell to squeeze into those god-awful uniforms, and word is they’re going hard after Albert Pujols as well. The Phillies are reportedly looking at Aramis Ramirez and trying to ship Placido [...]

You know, we’re really not sure how much more of this we can handle, but according to an audio clip from Newsworks, some people think OP wasn’t covered correctly in the media. At an OP press conference this past Friday, concerns were brought up about accusations from OP of police brutality and the lack of [...]

From left to right we have Big Ben, B. Franklin Dogg, and Phil E. Moose, and that’s it. Our options are a mascotted version of Ben Franklin, Ben Franklin’s dog, and a moose? A MOOSE? If we want a grey-haired out of shape guy in shorts, can’t we just see what El Wingador is up [...]

Above is the red-band trailer for Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, the new feature film from semi-locals Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. Featuring Robert Loggia and the bad guy from Ghostbusters, the film only seems to stray from the old T&E formula in that, well, it seems to have a plot, which reads something [...]

Oh, no, wait: It’s The Lorax. Duh! What: DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX Special Appearanceat 18th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at LOVE Park with Mayor Michael A. Nutter and his wife Lisa. Mayor Nutter will turn on the lights of the annual holiday tree at LOVE Park. When: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 5:00 PM Where: LOVE [...]

Ryan Howard, who will likely see little to no action this upcoming baseball season, isn’t letting that stop him from helping out Philadelphia. Through The Ryan Howard Family Foundation, Howard is donating $1,152,000 worth of athletic apparel to the School District of Philadelphia. The money donated will allow 57 high schools with athletic programs to, [...]

Leading up to next week’s Philebrity Awards, we’ll be breaking down some of the categories and nominees for you, in case you don’t know too much about them. Here are the nominees for the best not-for-profit of 2011:

One group of vibe sherpas communicating on an open line with other distant vibe sherpas over a desperate D.C. night. As the reader who sent this in put forth, “Seriously, this happened.” The WoD boys finally come home from tour and play at Union Transfer on 12/17.

Generally, we side with Ol’ Bunchy on a lot of things, but this “What The Media Can Learn From Occupy” piece stinks to high heaven with presumptuous bullshit and obvious claims (“they don’t talk in soundbites!” and “silly media, homeless are people, too!”) and then basically ends with Bunch daring Larry Platt to fire him. [...]

As expected, the United States Postal Service just announced a massive, historic round of cuts, and it’s not pretty: First-class letters will now never ever arrive the next day, and your Netflix cue (if indeed you still are in the habit of receiving little red envelopes) is totally borked. It will take you longer to [...]

It really is a beaut this year. If you’re looking to make a little tour of it, hit it on Wednesday night and see the lighting of the Love Park Xmas tree as well.

In the future, the entire city will be rendering with brilliant Photoshop greens. We have no doubts about this much: We are a city that is obsessed with Rendering Porn. You know what we’re talking about; those images, like the one above, that take a familiar dirty/blighted vista, spruce it up with some trees and/or [...]

Must be a sexy driveway. 1700 block of Ellsworth. Meanwhile, if there’s anyone out there who could cockblock an entire driveway, do get in touch; we know a couple ladies (and a few gentlemen) who’d like nothing so much this Christmas. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

FRIDAY: >>>The Broadzilla lads will be doing their thing at Teri’s (1126 S 9th Street). Your pre-night warm-up is still over here. >>>The 4th Annual Bigger Lovers/Photon Band Holiday Spectacular on Ice is going down at Johnny Brenda’s tonight with music from … well … Bigger Lovers and Photon Band. This is our first holiday [...]

Our First Friday Listings are up for your perusal, but you shouldn’t forget about all the other great things happening after today. Tons of local craft bazaars and other holiday events are taking place in the next few weeks, to help you with your last minute holiday shopping. Get out there and support your fellow [...]

RECOMMENDED: The Other F Word, a documentary about punk-rock parents opens at the Ritz Bourse, and … well … that’s pretty much it. However, if you plan to stay in some night in the next 20-some days and watch a holiday film, the good people over at Cinedelphia have some recommendations. They asked some people [...]