And yet, the fuzz just busted what is said to be “a million-dollar LSD ring that was operating on [Drexel] University’s campus.” After we make the joke that apparently not one red dime of that million was spent on, well, anything you can buy at CVS, let’s get to the real talk: A million dollars [...]

Either do the above, or go see one of our very favorite new (Black Flag-inspired, punk as fuck) bands in the city, the inimitable Dong Johnson.

David L. Cohen, Comcast’s Executive Vice President, spoke today about the controversial “Internet Essentials” program. After complaints and protests where people demanded to see statistics, Cohen laid out nearly every statistic he could think of, the most important being: “[Internet Essentials] connected over 41,000 families (an estimated 160,000 Americans) to the power of the Internet [...]

Tomorrow night at 16th and Jackson Streets, the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia will reveal the first piece in their new “Safe Streets For Healthy Neighborhoods” initiative. Together with a team of urban planners, BCP is out to “suggest infrastructure changes to make South Philly streets safer and more appealing to pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit [...]

Dear Philebrity, You’re the only person I could to with this question, because I’m just so out of touch that I can’t even understand this: I’m in Rittenhouse Square right now, sitting across from a bunch of kids on fixies, and I swear to God, one of them has a Sean Agnew t-shirt on. Do [...]

This week at Penn, one of the world’s oldest issues is coming to the forefront. According to The Metro, “PennBDS, an official university student group, is hosting the 2012 National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions event against the State of Israel Conference this weekend.” In response, the Philadelphia Jewish Federation is sponsoring “We Are One with [...]

You would have said, “What?” But today, we say, “No, really!” Be The Void comes out next Tuesday.

New album from the Philly expat dropping any second now.

Here is some super-spy footage of the Point Breeze zoning meeting we mentioned yesterday. The video above shows some of the end of the meeting, when (in the last minute and a half of the video) a woman gets up to make her point about the proposed development and construction. Her issue? The boys in [...]

In a year where the Sixers are experiencing a bit of a resurgence, things aren’t looking great for one-time face of the franchise Allen Iverson. Iverson has in recent years fallen on Lenny Dykstra-esque hard times: he returned to the Sixers, then left for Turkey, then had some problems with the law, and now, he’s [...]

First, Milton was running for the PA House of “Represtatives” in the 195th District. However, due to a discarded redistricting plan, Street announced he will now be running in the 197th District, according to Newsworks. In the 197th, Street would face off against Jewel Williams, daughter of Jewell Williams (yes, we noticed, but one thing [...]

Real Age claims to figure out what your “real age” is based off of health, diet, exercise, and background information. We took their test and we did not like the results we saw. But that is beside the point. Real Age compiled a list of the 25 Best Cities for Staying Young (aka where Americans [...]

It’s a known fact that if you don’t keep yourself busy and properly socialized around this time of year, we might lose you forever and you will be weird and depressed permanently. Allow us to help you with that this week. On Tuesday, ye olde Philebrity Salon returns with some real deal record nerdery; and [...]

Here’s footage of that fence being torn down. We were on the front lines of last night’s 100-person Occupy protest, which started roughly around 9PM. Chants of “We stand with Oakland!” and “Fuck the police!” turned violent when Occupiers began to push against the Dilworth Plaza fence, escalating to a mosh-style takedown of the symbolic [...]

Middle school parent Adrienne Beyer said she thinks the ban is extreme. “I understand there may be a handful of kids that shove cell phones down their boots, but why does the handful have to ruin it for the other 600 students? But, I said to my daughter, ‘It’s a rule and we’re going to [...]

Pat the Bat retires, 8 homers shy of 300. God bless ‘im! Let’s take a walk down Memory Lane, shall we?

This coming Sunday, when millions of people are crowded around the TV to watch commericals (and take bathroom and beer breaks while football is on), they will see a Philadelphia first. During the game, a Century 21 real estate ad will air, created by Red Tettemer + Partners, the first ever Philadelphia ad agency to [...]

Point Breeze, which has been fighting off the g-word for a few years, is finally staring gentrification right in its face. In an effort to keep Point Breeze for the Point Breezians, flyers are currently circulating the area in protest of a 13 condo complex slated to go up at the corner of Point Breeze [...]

Every band in Philly, please learn this. Thank you. [Via the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) blog]

Just a year after its launch in Philly, there are signs that the Onion‘s presence in Philly may be in jeopardy. Sources tell us that, at the very least, the Onion’s AV Club section — straight A&E coverage, not fake news — is at this point a shell; most of what’s currently posted on the [...]