>>> That’s right, Philebrity Salon, armed with two bags of American jazz from the mid-20th Century and an assortment of other musics, will be back at 700, from 9pm until close. We’ll be watching the State of the Union, so if you would like some company with whom to groan at the TV, feel free [...]

It’s like you already KNOW the entire nation’s media are a bunch of 13-year-old boys.

Here, then, is our friend James Doolittle‘s annual State Of The Union mash-up video, wild in scope and ambitious in its description of the human/political condition. If you watch one video today that features John McCain fantasizing about an elephant being electrocuted, an awkward sexual moment between Barry and Hillz and a “stay gold, Ponyboy”-style [...]

From the very same fateful night as this business. For those of you for whom this is before your time, let us tell you, PHILLY WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY WEIRD.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND ANNOUNCE FIRST US LEG OF 2012 ‘WRECKING BALL’ WORLD TOUR Coming to Philadelphia for TWO SHOWS March 28 & 29 // Wells Fargo Center Tickets On-Sale this Saturday at 9am Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band launch the first US leg of the 2012 ‘Wrecking Ball’ World [...]

While cars are, in fact, still mostly boring, the Philadelphia Auto Show is trying to inject a little fun this year. According to a press release, the Auto Show is adding “multiple Ride and Drive experiences, including a first-ever indoor hybrid ride experience hosted by Toyota, to its 2012 event.” The indoor Ride and Drive [...]

Back in December we told you about a 13-year old kid denied admission to the Milton Hershey School because he is HIV-positive. The school claimed the case was murky because the Hershey School is, “a unique home-like environment, a pre-K -12 residential school where children live in homes with 10-12 other students on our campus [...]

It’s official: Bus-wrappin’ and train-wrappin’ — all of it! — is totally legal and kosher in the state of PA, and SEPTA is taking advantage. What this means for you is that, in all likelihood, your first encounter with one of those too-long-in-coming Silverliner V train cars will provoke a double whoa: One that it’s [...]

The Artist, Moneyball, The Descendents, Midnight In Paris and the friggin’ Help, of all things, cleanin’ up. See the whole list here.

Longtime Phillies broadcast announcer Andy Musser passed away on Sunday. Musser worked with the Phillies alongside Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas from 1976-2001 before retiring. On top of the work he did with the Phillies, Musser broadcast two Super Bowls (1972, 1974), two Masters tournaments (1972-73), two NBA All-Star Games (1966, 1970) and one NCAA [...]