>>> Moody Swedes The Amazing play Milkboy, where they’re sure to dig down into many a long, nearly-Floydian jam. With them are Philly harmony trio Market East, whose Everly Brothers-style harmonies are always a sweet time. >>> Over at Kung Fu Necktie, the second coming of the paisley underground just don’t stop: Quilt/Magic Trick (Tim [...]

Deadly Women, the flagship show of the Discovery Channel spin-off channel Investigation Discovery, is strangely addictive. It’s Dateline meets the acting talent of any show on The CW, it’s fact meets reenactment, it’s horror meets humor. In every case, the show pulls its stories from real life events (all of which, as you would guess, [...]

Just in time for MLK Day: Parx’s “I Have A Dream” promotion. Stay classy, Favorite Place Of Philadelphians To Abandon Children In Cars.

It’s a funny thing that came with the new year: Whether it’s been taking a look at the grotesqueries of The Mummers or the nearly-quaint tantrumizing of Philly’s union goons, it’s become clear to us Philly is ever more steeped in a culture war, and the entire fate of this city is at stake. On [...]

When a mother of the bride gives her prospective son-in-law a “symbolic” object, the bride-to-be starts to sweat. Watch the video of Nimisha’s winning performance from last night’s First Person Arts StorySlam to find out if the groom will understand the true meaning behind this handcrafted wedding gift. The theme was “Second Chances.” First Person [...]

Jobs are important. And in Philadelphia, as in the rest of the country, there aren’t enough of them. With that in mind, Mayor Nutter has signed an Executive Order to establish the Manufacturing Task Force, which will “examine the challenges manufacturing companies face and recommend specific measures that will help support their growth and increase [...]

Well, we get what Ed Rendell is saying with most of his “Ten Reasons Why I Could Never Be The Mayor Of New York City,” but “New York City cabbies make their Philadelphia counterparts look like driving instructors?” What is he, some kind of wuss?

>>> It seems that the lockout has hurt the Flyers none, as fans turned out in droves for the first day of training camp. Now these are the people we don’t get, people so crazy that they’ll watch practice hockey. [NY Daily News] >>> Andrew Bynum, who to this day has never stepped on the [...]

New York shoegaze outfit Blonde Redhead have been together for nearly twenty years now, but they really hit their stride a few years ago with their 6th record (and first on 4AD) Misery is a Butterfly. And in the time since then, they’ve released 23, had their songs appear in tons of TV and films, [...]