It’s about that time of the year, when one’s thoughts turn to ABSOLUTE TOP-DOWN SUMMER JAMS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL EXCITED TO BE ALIVE. We, of course, welcome your suggestions in the comments below as well as via email (tips[at]philebrity[dot]com). But we’d be remiss if we didn’t tip you off to the new track that [...]

Get stoked, folks: Aaron Luis Levinson aka The Kosherican is back at the 700 tonight from 10pm-2pm, spinning from one of the greatest record collections in the city. We asked Aaron, who’s busy every Wednesday these days with The Mambo Syndicate, what he’d be spinning tonight. “De todo un poco,” he told us. “A little [...]

>>>Spinto Band are on to week three of their May residency at Kungfu Necktie, playing what is probably the most-stacked show so far with support from The Extraordinaires and Heyward Howkins. >>>And how do you celebrate the birthday of a man who has written two different negative songs about birthdays? With drinks, dancing, and cake [...]

This fall, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival will celebrate 16 years with 16 days of events, ranging from dance to theater, music to visual arts, and everything in between. Here’s what you need to know: >>>The festival takes place September 7 – September 22, a week later than usual >>>Some theater showcased will feature Australia’s [...]

First thing I saw was a couple of people tending to a woman lying face first on the concrete about six feet from the back of the section. Second thing I saw was Teri lift her head, at which point blood gushed onto the ground, onto a spilled Nationals cup, onto her arms and shoes [...]

The Inquirer wrote a report today about a (mostly) closed-door meeting about the future of Thomas Creighton School in Crescentville. The meeting (which also featured a dinner for those in attendence) was paid for by the Kenny Gamble-founded Universal Companies, whose track record when it comes to doing things is spotty at best. According to [...]

On today, the 53rd birthday of Steven Patrick Morrissey, we bring you The Smiths live in Madrid, recorded a few days before he turned 26.

An agitated reader wrote to us in cold sweats last night: So, I have no idea how widely known this is, but: Tonight I left 1210 am on after the Phillies game was over, and after spacing out for sometime, I suddenly realized I was hearing John Fucking Bolaris as a guest on some post-post [...]

To those of you out there not in the know, it may come as surprise that Urban Outiftters is run by a board of directors made up of white men and only white men (to anyone who has ever seen a board of directors portrayed on TV or film, this is probably less surprising). In [...]

If you missed it the last time around, you will now have a second chance to see Senator Arlen Specter perform stand-up comedy. Specter will be taking the stage at Theatre Exile‘s Cabaret of the Exiled fundraiser on June 7 at Christ Church Neighborhood House. Boardwalk Empire‘s Pearce Bunting will host, while Specter and Joe [...]

We had never heard the story, but Daniel Nester wrote a piece for n+1 Magazine about a certain fateful night in Maple Shade, NJ, “when two 20-year-old classmates from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, PA, go out for a ride in the country with their dates.” One of those 20-year-old men was Martin Luther King, [...]

From the people who brought you Drinker’s, Lucy’s, and Union Transfer, in conjunction with Dave Pianka of Making Time and The Bowery Presents; comes Morgan’s Pier. The new beer garden, restaurant, and music venue in the shadow of the Ben Franklin Bridge (221 North Columbus Blvd., location of the former Rock Lobster) will be opening [...]