Violens – “Spirit” from VIOLENS on Vimeo. >>> Kick off the evening with super-solid Motown cover band The York Street Hustle playing a special, free happy hour show at National Mechanics. 6pm-9pm, two sets, no waiting. >>> Later tonight, enjoy the freshly-minted monthly party Titty Titty Bang Bang at The Trestle Inn (and with a [...]

A concerned reader writes: It’s one thing to write negative articles about The Franklin Institute. But you didn’t have to kill their hawk… http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/05/03/male-red-tail-hawk-missing-from-franklin-institute-confirmed-dead/ Oh dear. No, this cannot be. At this time, we’d like to state with the utmost respect for the science part of The Franklin Institute (as opposed to the, uh, other [...]

Courtroom 1007 doesn’t have much of a peanut gallery. In a tight space of three or four rows, a dozen reporters and rubberneckers kept the families of Sabina O’Donnell and Donte Johnson at diametric poles throughout the course of the day’s proceedings. I found myself serving as a rather unwilling border guard amidst a gaggle [...]

This Saturday, Slingluff Gallery — consistently one of the more switched-on, yet off-the-beaten-path First Friday destinations in town — will present “Lost Treasures,” a show of screenprints by Ralph Stollenwerk of Awesome Dudes Printing. For the show, Stollenwerk took a series of photos under the El — specifically from Girard Ave. up to M Street, [...]

Crack open that wallet Bart: According to The Inquirer, the final PA casino license may go up for auction with the bidding starting at $65 million. The state House of Representatives has, “approved a bill to hold a statewide auction to finally award the license that was yanked from the Foxwoods Casino project in South [...]

We kid, sort of: This Sunday, lovable train geeks and devout SEPTA fans (they must exist, somewhere) will take the last ever ride on SEPTA’s 1963 Budd Silverliners and 1967 St. Louis MU’s before they’re put out to pasture completely. (SEPTA’s new, forever-in-arriving Rotem Silverliner V’s have already been re-populating the fleet for the last [...]

Doctor, TV host, and taco server Mehmet Oz will be giving 1000 Philadelphians a “15 Minute Physical” for the Dr. Oz Show, and we doubt the results will be good news. From a press release: The Dr. Oz Show will give the city of Philadelphia a “15 Minute Physical” in partnership with Temple University Health [...]

Record nerds worldwide had a collective aneurysm earlier this week when, after much anticipation, legendary British radio host/encyclopedic record nerd John Peel‘s entire record collection began to be posted online here. To be sure, America has never had a figure quite like Peel, and that’s a shame (though, for his part, ?uestlove seems to be [...]

What is this, Opposite Day that could quickly turn into Opposite LIFE? Even if you weren’t counting that utterly bizarre Halladay outing last night (and subsequent flight, we hope everything’s OK, dude) there’s THIS: Somehow, Mr. Met is more popular than the Phanatic! Where? How? To say nothing of the fact that, as of this [...]

We here at the Philebs always thought that a State of Emergency declaration was saved for instances of riots, natural disasters, and the like, but in Delco, it could just mean you’re running out of cops. So when three Police officers were suspended for tazing a handcuffed teenager in a jail cell, the mayor of [...]

Well, technically speaking, it is not a “wrestling film,” but it’s being produced by WWE Studios. The film production branch of the world’s leader in sports entertainment, formerly known as WWE Films, is making an attempt to branch out into what we’ll call “real” films (films not starring whatever wrestler was free). So the people [...]

Remember back in December, when Bala Cynwyd business wonk Gene Marks penned that “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” rant for Forbes? Holy crap that was… crap. But as it turns out, there is a silver lining here: Every time Presumptuous White God closes a door, Presumptuous White God opens a window (for Presumptuous [...]