>>> After a short hiatus that included a few weeks of record gathering, our own Joey Sweeney returns to the 700 tonight for an evening that’s sure to include a little something by this week’s Philebrity Salon cover star, the late, great Sandy Bull. >>> Meanwhile, over at The Fire, raconteur Jonas Oesterle is back [...]

We took a lot of flak back in January when we lamented the sorry state of The Franklin Institute’s off-the-rack “exhibits.” (Damn you, still-missing pre-Disqus comment archives.) Our gripe? That while just about every museum in the city we can think of is in the process of actually stepping up their respective games, TFI is [...]

While we agree, in principle, that the Mayor’s Press Secretary Mark McDonald was kind of out of line when he put Daily News columnist Ronnie Polaneczky on blast (anonymously, even) via Twitter yesterday, we have two larger problems with this whole little media bubble kerfuffle: · Why on EARTH is Nutter apologizing for McDonald? · [...]

Well, here’s what seems to be going down: There is a livestream set up here, by the OP people, that seems to be live only sporadically. Here is a view of what seems to be a large majority of the protest crowd a few minutes ago, here they are in front of a Wells Fargo [...]

As ratified by the U.S. Congress back in 2003, today, May 1, would be St. Tammany Day, a day of recognition in honor of one of the more peaced-out dudes to ever walk these streets, the mighty Lenape cheif Tamanend. Who he, you ask? Allow us to save you the trip to Wikipedia: Tamanend or [...]

Regarding today’s earlier post about the Fast Company piece on Philly’s tech scene, a reader notes that in the comments of the FC piece, one of those profiled steps up and admits that — d’oh! — his company is not actually based in Philadelphia. His reasons? Oh, the usual: While I agree that Philadelphia has [...]

We were greatly saddened to learn of the death of Daniel James Krawiec, known to many as Dan K. Dan, who was a fixture on Philly’s punk and indie scenes for years — as well as a familiar face in Northern Liberties, where he’d worked for Rustica Pizza for several years — passed away on [...]

We haven’t heard from them in a while, but right about now, the Occupy Philly people are on the move. It’s May Day, and they have big plans. Firstly, they are calling on all of the rest of the 99% to skip work, skip school, and do no housework, banking, or shopping. NO LEARNING! NO [...]

Meet Tony Auth from PCK Media on Vimeo. Nice little profile of the legendary Inky/now Newsworks political cartoonist, made in advance of The Michener Art Museum’s “To Stir, Inform, and Inflame: The Art of Tony Auth” from June 2 – October 21, 2012.

After announcing last month that Wilco will headline this year’s XPoNential Music Festival, WXPN has announced the full lineup for this year’s fest, set to take place at Camden County’s Wiggins Park and the Susquehanna Bank Center from Friday, July 20th through Sunday, July 22nd. Acts include: Wilco · Counting Crows · Avett Brothers · Dr. Dog [...]

There are days when we could kiss “celebrity” “boxing” promoter Damon Feldman if only we weren’t so completely grossed out by him. Today is one of those days. On Friday, Feldman will bring to his new boxing gym in Havertown the one and only Dustin Diamond, aka Screech from Saved By The Bell (and yea, [...]

And you know what? Good on the NAACP, who are quite rightly pissed and presently taking both the City of Philadelphia and Clear Channel Advertising to court for blocking the placement of the above billboard at Philadelphia International Airport. The ad is part of a campaign to draw attention to the NAACP’s “Misplaced Priorities” report, [...]

In a move that mirrors both WIP’s jump to the FM dial this year, and the Phillies along with it, it’s just been announced that so too will the Flyers jump to The Place Where Rock And Roll Used To Be as well. Comcast-Spectacor, the masters and owners of your Philadelphia Flyers, reached a mutli-year [...]

One of the nice offshoots about last week’s Philly Tech Week was and will continue to be articles like this one in Fast Company that break down the hype and get into the nitty-gritty of how and why the city is making great leaps in the tech sector. But seriously, AGAIN? Another person saying something [...]