>>>Remember The Figgs? Of course you do. Or maybe you don’t. “Regional Hits” (2006) tend to fade from memory, but the trio’s potent power-pop will never lose its hold on our most shakeable parts. Still, this is not exactly that kind of show. Coming off the heels of his mellowed-out solo release, When You Come [...]

Less than a week after announcing his platform as “No Plea Deal For Sansuky and Hershey,” former Philadelphia District Attorney candidate Dan McCaffery has ended his campaign to be Pennsylvania’s next Attorney General. We’d say we’ll miss him, but we won’t. Plus, we’re sure we’ll hear a lot from him by the time those trials [...]

Not real, you ask? Oh no, baby, it’s real! Look at the silver lining, though: Milton Street is exactly the kind of man those Pennsyltuckian freaks out in Harrisburg deserve. Also: Here is a chance to actually get this motherfucker out of our hair for a while. Mind you, that’s not an endorsement, it’s just… [...]

After a hairy last month that saw them temporarily relieved of their liquor license (and quickly become the city’s best-loved BYOB club), Kung Fu Necktie announced that they’re now double-back in business. Having regained said liquor license a week or so back, today the club announced they’ve opened a second bar in what was previously [...]

Lest we get too weepy about the general disrepair of the Market East corridor, where discount stores rub elbows with city/state/federal buildings and Things That Aren’t There Anymore, let us be mindful of this: For a lifetime now, ’twas ever thus. And while there are fits and starts of “improvement” in the area, maybe, just [...]

We swear, it isn’t as sad as it we made it sound in the headline. That dreaded day is quickly approaching: The Hallmark-holiday of all Hallmark-Holidays, Valentine’s Day, will be here in only a few weeks. So what should you do if you have no one to spend it with? Stay home, save a ton [...]

What do you do when a tree is crushing the girl you are crushing on? Summon your Superman instincts and save the day with Bernardo, last night’s winning storyteller from last night’s First Person Arts StorySlam. The theme was “Against the Odds.” The next First Person Arts StorySlam is on Tuesday, February 14th at World [...]

>>>The Philadelphia Union will be hosting the MLS All-Star game, which is mostly notable because it brings a foreign club to the US to play against the All-Stars. [SB Nation] >>>Turns out the NFL isn’t the only sport with a concussion problem. An NHL season filled with concussions has notably effected six Flyers this season. [...]

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