Archive for August 10th, 2012

This Weekend: Nothin’ Doin’

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Click on the image for Facebook invite our share this handy link with your brahs, howlie! http://ph.ly/AUGUSTPOOLPARTIES FRIDAY: >>> Congratulations! You made it to the weekend! And DOUBLE-Congratulations: You’ve also landed dead into that piece of the summer where Nothing will start reigning so supreme that, should Something conspire to happen, well, it’ll be downright [...]

Film Sweat: WeiWei’s Playhouse

Friday, August 10th, 2012

RECOMMENDED: The name Ai Weiwei is not a household word, but trust us, you know at least something of his work. In his native China, he is both the nation’s most famous contemporary artist and its most outspoken critic. That he is both of these things in a land that is historically unkind to both [...]

Update: Club Aura, At Long Last, Candy-Striped

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Club Aura, the nuisance bar in Northern Liberties that shall be remembered for being quite possibly the most flagrant and daring L&I violators since the Prohibition Era, has finally been candy-striped — the final death knell of any establishment, usually. Though recent history has taught us that this does not necessarily mean they won’t open [...]

From The Mailbag: If This Is Not A Reason To Hop On A Bus To NYC Right Now, We Do Not Know What Is

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Right Now In The People’s Republic Of Cop-Cast: Wait, What?

Friday, August 10th, 2012

In case that story the other day about the “Robin Hoods of premium cable” theft ring run by perhaps the least self-aware criminal in the history of stealing shit was somehow, oh, I dunno, not Philly enough for you, there is news: A Philly cop has also been arrested on charges of helping the whole [...]

You’re Welcome, America: Philly Guy Gets Obama/ Romney Dog Poop Bags On The Market

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Dotting the i and crossing the t on the exact state of American political discourse these days, Philly’s own Scott Kmeic has launched smearcampaign.us, your online source for, er, political dog poop bags. “I partnered with the company Metro Paws to bring my idea to reality (being that I knew nothing about the poop bag [...]