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 [...]

If you are a Philly native reading this, there is a good chance that, like us, you are a member of what will likely be the last generations of kids who grew up during the great “Go play in traffic” era of Philly parenting. There is pride attached to this, but, of course, there is [...]

It seems the world’s billionaires are no longer interested in swooping in and saving newspapers. It is being reported that the Philadelphia Media Network is up for auction. Alden Global Capital, who were one of the 32 investors that bought PMN for $139 million in October 2010, is trying to unload its 30% share, and [...]

… As Mumia Is Released Into The General Prison Population For The First Time: Random Prisoner: Sup? Abu-Jamal: Sup.

In solidarity (which is a word we had hoped we were done typing for a while) with the Occupy Oakland protests, hundreds of Occupy Philly protesters seemingly tried to “retake” Dilworth Plaza last night. According to The Daily News, the OP people gathered at Love Park around 7PM and marched to 15th and Market, “forcing [...]