>>> Australia’s Tame Impala bring the BNM’d Lonerism to a sold out Union Transfer with The Amazing. >>> Dylan the younger and The Wallflowers are playing The Troc, with support from My Jerusalem. We gave out some freebies, but if you didn’t win, tickets are still available. >>> The First Person Arts Festival presents the [...]

There’s a whole industry driven by Presidential Election merchandise. There’s t-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, and just about anything you can imagine. And now that the election is over, all of that stuff has to go. And for the products supporting the Romney/Ryan campaign, it’ll be a long, lonely time in the storage room, so here [...]

Our favorite Tumblr of the day, White People Mourning Mitt Romney, is a palpable and sane look at how some reacted to Sir Mittens’ loss to Barack Obama on Tuesday. A far less sane look at that loss is happening as we speak over here. It’s like Rick Santorum’s daughter’s face vs. the actual Rick [...]

Take a peek over at the pride of Flushing, NY, Fishtown, USA. To which we say: Fuckin’ Yankees fans.

And the number of proposals vying for Philadelphia’s second casino license is now three: In addition to the Bart Blatstein proposal, there is now one from the owners of Parx for a casino by the sports complex, and one from kind-of-dick Steve Wynn for the Fishtown riverfront. Wynn, who apparently did not have enough fun [...]

We’ll just leave this here, from Ben Gibbard‘s solo show at the Keswick Theater last night.

>>> Voter turnout was high in Philadelphia this Election Day, and speaker of the state House Sam Smith thinks it was a little too high, because the guy he didn’t want to win won. Also, bonus points for the extremely racist and anti-semitic comment over there. Those dudes are still hanging on. [CBS3] >>> Post-election, [...]

No, my sweet child: You do not have to disclose to your buyer that your home in Holmesburg is, in fact, haunted by ghosts. For it is a matter of general knowledge that all homes in this part of the city are, in a manner of speaking, haunted. Caveat emptor.

To the holders of those taken tickets: FOR SHAME. There’s a pilled-out hovel in Juniata with your name on it. In our heads, the casting call held last Friday at Les & Doreen’s Happy Tap for “Fishtown Class Wars: The Reality Show” was something straight out of Martin Amis: The craven, rat-eyed producers sizing up [...]

Right wing talk radio’s ability to infuriate is a near constant in the world we inhabit. Rare are the days when a lefty can use the AM dial as a soothing balm. Shadenfreude Enthusiasts, today is your day. The events of Tuesday night are pretty much having the same affect as that miracle fruit that [...]