How we’ve missed this clip from Jason Messina (of Space Savers fame) for so long is beyond us, but real talk: Isn’t that the gaudy furniture place down on Passyunk?

Although it seems all hope is lost for fairness when dealing with a cable company, a group of 23 people tried to level the playing field by scamming Comcast out of $2.4 million when they (illegally) offered some customers premium packages at reduced rates for a fee of $150. The scam signed up nearly 6,000 [...]

Now, before you say, “Well, duh,” allow us this, at least: What seems so elemental to many of us about community is now being scientifically vetted. The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine conducted a study with cooperation from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, where a number of gross city lots were selected at random [...]

Back in the day, Huffamoose was Philly’s great white hope for major label rock in the eras of Crowes like Counting and Sheryl. But then you know what happened: The music industry imploded into a million tiny pieces and everybody started demo-ing at home with Garageband. Don’t count former Huffamoose frontman Craig Elkins out just [...]

We talked about the heat a little bit during the month of July (by our estimate we referenced heat, sweating, or melting around once a day), but as it turns out, it wasn’t just us. According to the people whose job it is to keep track of that sort of thing, July 2012 was the [...]

A Complete Die, etc. is a group show currently on view at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, curated by Philly artist Anthony Campuzano, featuring work by Kate Abercrombie, John Finneran, Zach Harris, Karen Kilimnik, Anissa Mack, Mark Mahosky, Jessica Mein and Justin Michell. The show’s makeup is mostly friends and colleagues, but the cornerstone of the show is [...]

The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a religious discrimination suit against Whole Foods. The case (which also includes claims of retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress) stems from an incident last year in which a Muslim worker at the Whole Foods at 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue was treated differently after [...]

Continuing the series of changes going on at the PPA (giving dollars back, being nice, focusing on writing accurate tickets), ticket agents will soon be taking pictures of the license plates of cars they are writing tickets for. Starting in 6 months, according to Fox29, cars parked illegally or in handicap spots will likely have [...]

The long-running comedy podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!, after spending years as a audio-only podcast, recently became a television show on IFC. And on top of that, it is now a tour. Host Scott Aukerman will be … well, hosting the show, along with guests Tim Heidecker, James Adomian, and Kurt Braunohler when it comes to [...]