Hey, remember when people accused some of the New Black Panther Party of voter intimidation for hanging out around a polling place? No, not that time, this time. Well, according to Bloomberg, a report filed on the U.S. Justice Department office that oversees voting laws, which characterized it as “politically polarized with an atmosphere of [...]

At the time of this posting, just over 48 hours remain to vote in The 2012 Philebrity Awards! So if you intend to vote, do please go ahead. What’s more, as promised, we’ve hidden the results of the polls! Which means that when we hand out awards at The Philebrity Awards Show & XMas Pageant [...]

Between mural-gate, the Democrat v. Republican battle this morning, and Fox doubling-down on the Black Panther story, we really couldn’t have asked for anything different. And bonus points to them for asking you to report voting “shenanigans” to them, instead of pointing you towards the proper authorities who can handle the situation. We need a [...]

According to an updated report by Fox News, the New Black Panther party member who was spotted at the polls by Victor Fiorillo this morning is actually working the polls as a “designated poll watcher.” Committee of Seventy also confirmed to Fox that as of yet, that have received no complaints about his presence at [...]

Almost immediately after we hit “Publish” on that last post below, this fun little nugget came across our desk: The Black Panthers are back. According to the Washington Times: A reporter for Philadelphia Magazine said he found a “uniformed member of the New Black Panther Party” Tuesday morning at the entrance to a polling place [...]

>>> Perhaps, now, in the anxious gentle promise of Monday morning, as the good people of the world go about their business and you do, too, perhaps now you can admit that you have regrets. Regrets that run deep. Regrets for things you have done for which there is no conceivable excuse that logic can [...]

Here’s Live Arts top-billers, New Paradise Laboratories, doing an awesome impression of YOU. We know, we know: This year’s Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe guide (currently in a coffee shop near you) is a daunting, behemoth 122-page affair, and frankly, just thinking about going through it all is exhausting. We aim to help. For [...]

Reacting to yesterday’s admittedly cheeky and not-at-all serious headline about the current Free Library embezzlement scandal, one refreshingly irony-immune reader was moved to comment on our Facebook page today. Which produced the following completely un-spellchecked exchange: I mean, have you met Victor Fiorillo?

You know, because in addition to folks such as “The Wannabe Politico” and “The Inappropriate Liker,” there is also “The Supposed Friend To You And The Arts Who Will Hijack Your Facebook Photos, Fart Out An Out-of-Context Story About Them, Titter And High-Five Himself Until He’s Blue In The Face And Then Take No Responsibility [...]

Hmmm. We wonder whose Facebook photos Victor Fiorillo stole and published out of context this time.

So: Last week, Zoe Strauss and her spouse were invited to the White House for a special LGBT event. As you can imagine, it was a big deal for both. As you can also imagine, Strauss, being both a photographer and a person who does not get invited to jam with POTUS everyday, went snapshot [...]

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FRIDAY: >>>Hit up the brand-spanking-new Underground Arts for The Spinning Leaves 7″ release party with perpetual Philebs favorite Juliet Hope Wayne. >>>French pop and psychedelia is on full display at The Trestle Inn‘s Ooh La La, a cornucopia of all things awesome. >>>Drag queen-Queen Martha Graham Cracker brings her “campy cultural commentary” to the PMA [...]

On the day Bruce Springsteen returns to town for a two-night stay at the Wells Fargo Center, both Philly Mag and Philadelphia Weekly decided to unleash their “Bruce Springsteen sucks” arguments. At Philly Mag, Victor Fiorillo lists ten reasons, with video evidence, as to why he hates Springsteen. Among the reasons is simply “Max Weinberg,” [...]

Oh god, these two. Onetime techno impresario Nigel Richards and fading PR gal Nicole Cashman (pictured in metaphor) are Philly’s reigning king and queen of the douche class, who increasingly find themselves in an existential conundrum, living in a city and culture they barely recognize anymore. So they’re doing what old, used up douches do: [...]

Philly local RJD2, probably most known to non-fans as the dude who did the Mad Men theme song, currently resides in the Overbrook Farms neighborhood. Victor Fiorillo on the Philly Post reports, RJD2 (born Ramble John Krohn) is at the forefront of a fight against the neighborhood getting a Historical Designation. Fiorillo says, “It’s been [...]

Is it officially a scandal? We’re not sure, but let’s call it one, it sounds cooler. Philly Mag’s Victor Fiorillo took a more serious look into the “Mummer Hummer” scandal than we did (which is obvious due to our co-opted use of Mummer Hummer) and actually brings up some pretty interesting points. Such as: >>>Why [...]

If nothing else, Sarah Palin may go down in history as the only person to ever make Charles Gibson seem edgy, or even awake. If you didn’t Tivo the ABC interview, don’t worry: It will probably be on a loop all weekend long. Meanwhile, there’s two strange bits of homegrown Palinalia we wanted to float [...]

We’re BAA-aack! All repairs are done and Tritone is open for business as usual at 5pm tonight, Friday, Aug. 8. Stop in, say hi, stick around for the show. Don’t expect to see the product of our labors; as Rick A says, “Electricity is invisible.” Tonight’s show: Positively Sick on South Street:: (B-day show ~ [...]

We must give props where they are due: We don’t know if A.J. Daulerio has slipped his co-workers some prime doses of GHB or what, but the Nov. ish of Plastic Surgery Digest features two — count ‘em, two! — slam dunk poems to Old, Weird, SEXY Philadelphia. First up is Victor Fiorillo‘s study of [...]