Archive for September 19th, 2012

This Evening: We Jammin’

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

>>>The absolute absurdity of The Eric Andre Show is going down at Union Transfer tonight. Prepare to laugh because you don’t know how else to react. Who knows, maybe even Doc Chicken will be there. >>>Stephen Marley, of the royal family of reggae, is playing the Troc with support from Spragga Benz, Jo Mersa, Ghetto [...]

That Secret Romney Video Was Filmed At The Home Of A Co-Owner Of The Sixers, Who Also Throws Legendary Sex Parties

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

The now infamous Mitt Romney donor speech video, in which a secretly-filmed Romney made remarks about never getting the vote of 47% of Americans and how it would be easier to be President if he were Latino, was filmed at the home of part owner of the Sixers Marc Leder. Leder, who is also a [...]

And Now, Hannibal Buress With The Prevailing Wisdom On How To Do The Philly Transplant Thing

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Get yourself together, man. Move to Philly. Buy a loft. Start a noise band. Get six or seven roomates… eat hummus with them. Book some gigs. Paint. Smoke cloves. Listen to Animal Collective. Start some type of salsa company. Oh dear. Is this the prevailing wisdom right now? Find out tonight when Hannibal Buress and [...]

Ori Feibush’s Lot Of Dreams: If You Build It, The Guardian Will Report It

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Is this heaven? No, it’s Point Breeze. We first told you about Ori Feibush‘s efforts to rehab a lot that didn’t belong to him last week (though it was framed within a different story), but it seems the whole thing just keeps getting more and more interesting. Feibush has had his history of trouble with [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: And Now, Every Film Shot In Philly In The Last 3 Years In 3 Minutes

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

PFS Sugarhourse final from Steven Denisevicz on Vimeo. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Film Society — who, by the way, should be dropping this year’s Film Festival lineup any day now.

Every Journalist In The City Has A Giant Boner For A Made In America Spreadsheet That May Not Exist Yet

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Because every journalist in the city knows exactly what the stakes are: If it turns out that the City of Philadelphia had to pay one red dime and in point of fact did not make money on the Made In America fest on the Parkway over Labor Day Weekend, thousands among us shall howl in [...]

Readers Write: Judge Not This Suburban Piazza Lest Your Urban Piazza Be Judged

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

A concerned reader hips us to the facts: Because, of course, Jenkintown has a piazza. It is not a Blatstein jawn (after living in the Delaware Valley for seven years, have I earned the right to use jawn in casual email?); they just changed the name. Right now, it consists of a vacant fur vault, [...]

Rumblings: Sporty Stuff

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

>>>Over on the soccer side of things, where very few people are looking, the Peter Nowak vs. The Union lawsuit is getting more and more interesting every time we hear about it. [Philly.com] >>>Eagles C Jason Kelce is out for the year, which means we’ll never get to see what would have been a hilarious [...]

Captain Freeshit: Win Tickets To See Wye Oak Play At Union Transfer This Saturday!

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

We’re coming to that time of year where we’ve almost got more tickets to give away than we know what to do with (in fact, we’ve got two more giveaways coming in the next week) so let us start with this one: Wye Oak‘s Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have been making a kind-of shoegaze/folk [...]

We Could Be In For A White Christmas, And Thanksgiving, And Election Day According To The Farmer’s Almanac

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

As we ease our way into fall, we can’t help by have our eyes fixed down the road on winter. Will it snow? How much will it snow? Will winter more or less completely miss us like last year? We’ve already seen Accuweather’s prediction for this winter (image above) which is simply this: More snow [...]