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• This Evening: Fall In Bloom

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  >>> Kath Bloom is about as real as dyed-in-the-wool old-style freak-folkers get. That’s her (and about 20 of her closest musician friends) in the video above, belting out “Something To Tell You.” Tonight, Bloom plays an ultra-rare — first-ever? — show at Silk City with Meg Baird of Espers. Baird [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:39pm EST
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• Top 10 Philly Places That Seem Like Headquarters For A Secret Evil Society But In Reality Are Not

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  Philadelphia is a town steeped in rich culture. Not to get all history lesson on you, but after you’ve been around for a while, weird-looking places start catching your eye. While most of them are benign, some look like there should be a spiral staircase to leading to a secret, [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:57pm EST
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• Happy Thanksgiving, You Stupid, Stupid Americans

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  If you’ve not seen New Left Media’s compelling/hilarious/awful interview footage of Sarah Palin supporters, spend a few moments getting to know your fellow Americans. Or, as we call like to call it, “The Thanksgiving Dinner Conversation Pre-Game Show.” [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:35pm EST
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• Philebrity Homeroom Announcements: Send Us Your Thanksgiving Eve Party Info

  Hey party promoters/DJs/bands/secret grog societies: Send us your info for what’s happening tomorrow night! We’re working on putting together the definitive package for what to do on The Biggest Drinking Night Of The Year, and we are kinda surprised that we’re not seeing more stuff already. Send your info to [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:08pm EST
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• Tonight At Philebrity Salon: Way Out Wes

  Oh, quit rolling your eyes: You love the music in the Wes Anderson movies. Hopefully, we can get our man Anders to come up with drinks all named after the films: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Immediately follows that [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:33pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: The Philly Marathon In Time-Lapse

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  Here’s an elegant little time-lapse movie of this weekend’s Philadelphia Marathon, made with iTimelapse, an iPhone app made by Philly’s own Laan Labs, whom we’ve written about before. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:26pm EST
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• Philadelphia: Your Playstation & Cell Phone Connection To The Developing World Since 2007

  As you may have read, a suspect was arrested in Philadelphia on Saturday after trying to purchase enough missiles and machine guns to take down, well, a lot of things. It was all part of a sting that began way back in ‘07, in which a Philly-based FBI agent began [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:22pm EST
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• National Beat: Now That The Tea Baggers Have Their Own Rap Song, Can We Finally Wrap This Up?

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  Yeah, I think so. This guy makes Snow look like Malcolm Fucking X. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:05pm EST
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• All This Patchouli Is Harshing My Mellow

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  Have you seen that ominous greasy cloud gathering towards the south? It actually has stink lines! Thousands of modern-day hippies (read: people who buy Kashi everything and read a book about Eastern philosophy once) have converged on the Wachovia Center, where their mobile mecca has descended upon Philly for two [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:53am EST
  by BrendanW

• Readers Cameraphone: The Cruel Mathematics Of Philly’s New Syphilis Outbreak

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  Ohhhh, no wonder I have that weird rash on my dick…it’s cause I’m bad at math!We like how, in the beginning, Syphilis Guy #1 is all smirking, like, “Naw, baby, Syphilis isn’t really that bad, in fact, it’s kind of awesome.” But then at the end, he’s like, “I’m sorry, [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:44am EST
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• Bob Brady & Michael Nutter To Dad Vail Regatta: Seriously, Dudes, How Hard Would It Be For Us To Do Our Own Damned Preppy-Ass, Get-Drunk-On-Lemon-Hill Regatta?

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  Fact: Almost no one cares about the Dad Vail Regatta, and the people that do seem to mostly agree that it should remain in Philly, on the Schuylkill, where it has been since all the way back when the Catholic mass was still in Latin. Mayor Nutter, as it happens, [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:38am EST
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• Flunked for Fatness: Lincoln University’s New Graduation Guidelines Include Passing a BMI Test

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  Clinically obese students at Lincoln University are finding themselves in a problematic situation upon matriculation: To have a body mass index below 30, otherwise be forced to take a Physical Education class that meets three times a week for a semester before they can receive their diploma. Body mass index [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  by K-Fai

• Everything You Needed To Know About The Thanksgiving Parade

  The 2009 Philadelphia Thanksgiving Parade, presented by 6abc and IKEA, is happening on Thursday morning from 8:30am-noon. The parade begins at 20th and JFK and circles back down the parkway, ending at Eakins’ Oval (in front of the Art Museum). Some balloons this year will be: Super Grover, Mr. Potato [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:09pm EST
  by K-Fai

• Noontime Nuggetz: Paul Simon, “Late In The Evening,” Tower Theater, Sometime In 1980

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  Featuring the incomparable Steve Gadd on drums. Today’s vibe. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:51pm EST
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• Don’t Worry, Camden: One Day, We Promise, Someone Is Going To Gentrify The Shit Out Of You (Just Not Now)

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  Once again, Camden, NJ is America’s most dangerous city. The standing, based on FBI-compiled crime data and population figures, reprises our immediate neighbor to the east’s chart-topping in ‘03 and ‘04, and comes on the heels of a movement for Camden to wrest back control of its local government after [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:36pm EST
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• Comcast Hackers Could Face The Same Kind Of “Billing” With Which Comcast Customers Are Already Sadly Acquainted

  Hey, remember when a bunch of 18-year-olds all gave themselves “scary” Transformer names and then hacked the shit out of Comcast.net? (That’s one of them, pictured at right.) My God that was awesome in almost too many ways to count. Of course, they did get caught, and now, they’re being [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:07pm EST
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• And Now, Today’s Good News: It Is Right To Give Thanks And Praise

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  · Has Mayor Michael Nutter been weathering shitstorm after shitstorm, just sitting on the fact that he’s about to roll out millions in ObamaCash? On the heels of recent successes like the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Pilot Program and Creative Industry Workforce Grants, say hello to another $30 million in [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:49pm EST
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• Readers Cameraphone: SEPTA’s Union Employees, Leading The Brave Fight For Jigsaw Puzzle Time

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  I did a double take when I saw this scene at the Market-Frankford EL stop at 8th and Market this morning. The handwritten sign that is cut off on the right of the photo says “window closed.” It appears that closing down that window has given this SEPTA employee plenty [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:19pm EST
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• Fun With The Past: Did Any Of You Know Terror Suspect David Headley/Daood Gilani When He Managed The Khyber Pass In The 1980s?

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  Alright, Old Heads: Remember back when Philadelphia was weird (like way weird, like Skinz and Eraserhead and Lee Paris and Gary Heidnik weird), and The Khyber Pass was just some old bar where indie-rock bands didn’t play, because INDIE ROCK WAS NOT INVENTED YET? If you frequented the Khyber in [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:12pm EST
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• This Weekend: Everybody Sleeps With The Sexy Older Professor At Least Once

  FRIDAY: >>> Gotta say: For the second weekend in a row, not a lot of notable stuff is going on this weekend. Sure, you got your regular DJ nights, your local bands and so on, but if you’re looking for once-in-a-lifetime or even just brand new types of shenanigans, you [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:37pm EST
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• Readers Cameraphone: Philly Cops Unleash “Shock And Awe” Policing Of, Er, Dudes Riding Bikes On The Sidewalk

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  THEY WILL WELCOME US AS LIBERATORS. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:55pm EST
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• This Evening: Grog Rock

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  >>> Look at all that gray out there. Seems like a perfect night for GROG. As a matter of fact, we’re gonna dip out a little early today for the first of Philebrity’s Sailor Jerry Grog Parties, which we’ve been telling you about. Goes from 5-8PM, admission is free, and [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:10pm EST
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• Sixers Ever More Desperate For Your Love

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  Ya’ll remember back in the day when the Sixers were cool? In fact, the hierarchy of Philly Sports used to rank the them the third coolest team behind the Kelly Green Eagles, and of course the Phillies. That was back when they were hotter than the Flyers and well before [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:01pm EST
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• Today’s Vibe: Cornershop, “Waterloo Sunset”

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  In case you were wondering, Cornershop still exists. And for some of us out here, who’ve been missing the UK band’s wild and infectious take on international rock and pop, this is, like, really big and amazingly great news. The band’s most recent record, Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:33pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Philadelphia Circa 1947, Complete With Old Ladies And Rats

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  As this film shows, even in 1947, people throughout the rest of the country regarded Philly as an unrepentant cesspool. Dig the bargain-basement James Mason narrator, too. From the utterly amazing Travel Film Archive, which also gave you yesterday’s mindblowing nugget. Dig that boy-versus-rat fight at 3:45! [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:26pm EST
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• Nothing Gold Can Stay: Dave Roberts Announces Retirement

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  Dave Roberts, who’s been piling on the foundation and anthropomorphizing clouds since you were in short pants, will do his last broadcast on December 11th. Roberts joined the station in 1978 for the long-gone AM Philadelphia show, but he’s spent the bulk of his career doing weather. Action News did [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:11pm EST
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• Right Now On Phoodie.info: Poly-Grog Stew

  · I Am The Grog Master: The Official Phoodie.info Grog Recipe · It’s Vintastic Craptastic: Beaujolais Nouveau Arrives Spreads Today · Finally, A Crawl We Can Get Behind (But Don’t Get Behind Us, Just Trust): Nacho Crawl Philadelphia! · Jose Garces Is Totally Going To Win The Next Iron Chef [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:57am EST
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• Regarding The Upcoming, Inevitable And Hopefully Not Bloody Leehe Fai Revolution

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  It has come to our attention that Rittenhouse Square ladies’ clothing store Leehe Fai has announced its plans for political insurrection. And while we here at Philebrity applaud just about all non-violent agitprop political actions — especially in these intellectually and politically lazy times — we find that Leehe Fai’s [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:04am EST
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• This Just In: Bicycle Coalition Blasts Proposed New Bills — “These Bills Won’t Make Philadelphia’s Streets Safer”

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  Put on your helmets, people: The ride is about to get bumpy. After yesterday’s controversial news regarding a slew of new fines and regulations for bicyclists being proposed by City Council, The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has issued a formal statement on the matter. Their take? The new regulations [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:35am EST
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• Readers Cameraphone: 12th Air Command Still Picking Up The Pieces After SEPTA Strike

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  Is there no end to the havoc SEPTA has caused us? First they tried to destroy the World Series, only to destroy the Mr. 12th Air contest.On the plus side, it’s nice to know that you could in fact meet the future Mr. 12th Air Command on the bus. Seeing [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:18am EST
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• This Evening: Eh, Duy, Lizard

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  >>> Who could have known, after all of these years, that I would still be the one person in the world that just totally fucking HATES The Jesus Lizard? You could say that neither have aged well. But here’s the ol’ “crazy” Liz, David Yow in tow, being all “wild” [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:45pm EST
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• Recommended Tweeting: @theLILYS

  As an addendum to yesterday’s “Nanny In Manhattan” on Top Of The Pops post, we were quite pleased to know that Philadelphian-in-exile/Lilys bandleader Kurt Heasley now has a Twitter account. As you can see from the post above, he mostly uses it FOR TRUTH. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:22pm EST
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• Readers Write: So Much SEPTAFail, You Just Have To Laugh

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  SEPTA (which has a brand spanking new website that links to Google Transit (which still doesn’t, of course, have bus times)) has their Transpass refund info page up. It ends: “Customers receiving passes through Employer Programs or through Pre-Tax mechanisms must submit their pass by mail to the following address [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:38pm EST
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• Captain Freeshit: See An Advance Screening Of Fantastic Mr. Fox With Us Next Tuesday!

  We’ve been sitting on this one for a little while, and we’re psyched to finally tell you: We’re giving away over 100 seats to see Wes Anderson’s new film, Fantastic Mr. Fox, next Tuesday evening in Center City. It’s gonna be a lot of fun: Anderson’s first animated feature — [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:26pm EST
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• Brian Tierney Pentagram Of Doom: Inky Auction Set To Be A Holiday Spectacular

  So, because the Inky and its creditors are engaged in a byzantine battle over what ACTUAL MONEY is, the scheduled auction of Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.’s media properties has been moved from its original date, which was to be held next week, to Dec. 15. Should the Inky, Daily News and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:15pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Find Philadelphia… In 1977

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  From The Travel Film Archive. We defy the folks at GPTMC to splice some 30-second spots out of this and put it on the air nationwide. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:37pm EST
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• Ejected Scotsman On Philly-To-London Flight Cries Foul

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  Says he’s Scottish, and this wasn’t Scottish, and IF IT’S NOT SCOTTISH, IT’S CRAP! To which we say: Aye, sonny. Ah pure techt, whit kin’ ay warld is it whaur a cheil wi’ a cest — a guid Scottish cheil — cannae fly oan an airplane withit bein’ accosted by [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:14pm EST
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• Philadelphia Weekly Story Proves Gathering Wisdom: Listen To Willie Brown Long Enough, And He’ll Tell You About A Conspiracy And Someone He’s Planning To Sue

  Oh, SEPTA The Hut, I mean, Willie Brown! Everybody knows that, in all likelihood, SEPTA is probably doing right by your pension — it’s you guys in the Transportation Workers Union (TWU) Local 234 with whom we’ve all got major trust issues. But whatever: Now that the strike is over, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:51pm EST
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• City Councilmen Ponder A Hilarious Future Where Cops Spend All Their Time Pulling Over Bicyclists

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  One of the most baffling things we’ve noticed on this site over the last year or so is just how much of hot-button issue anything to do with bicyclists in Philadelphia is. On one hand, the amount of bike-positive progress we’ve seen over the last few years in Philly has [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:33pm EST
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• And Now, Today’s GOOD NEWS: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Philadelphia’s Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Pilot Program But Were Too Freaked Out To Ask

  Philadelphia’s Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Pilot Program — which forces lenders and defaulted homeowners to sit at a city-mediated table before forcing people’s homes into a Sheriff’s Sale — has gotten some good press before, but with this page A1 story in today’s New York Times, it has hit the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:14pm EST
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• Lisa Scottoline Now Officially In A Dead Heat With Jennifer Weiner For Philly’s Reigning Queen Of Banalities

  A few years ago, when Lisa Scottoline joined the ragtag team of Inquirer columnists hired by Brian Tierney — a diverse gang that included Michael Smerconish, Rick Santorum and, eventually, John Yoo (which was when we officially could take no more) — Lisa struck us as the most harmless of [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:56am EST
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• This Evening: Eat Your Barbary Cake

  >>> As we were saying yesterday, Philebrity Salon returns this evening at 700 in NoLibs with Fishtown Jazz Odyssey whom, we think we can say with some degree of certainty, are Fishtown’s only jazz band (Mummers don’t count, ‘cos that ain’t jazz, son). The group will play sets at 10 [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:23pm EST
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• Right Now In The People’s Republic Of Comcast: One-Eyed Monster To Save Live Nation/Ticketmaster Merger From Itself?

  This is kinda fun: Comcast is setting itself up to reap some benefits of the proposed Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger. How, exactly? Oh, probably by getting integrated into it all, and saving face for the utterly lame ComcastTix brand, which is easily the RC Cola to Live Nation/Ticketmaster’s Pepsi and Coke. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:38pm EST
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• Update: Philly Eco-Ponzi Schemers Ordered To Slowly Back Away From Anything That Looks Like Old People’s Money

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  This just in: Philadelphia Business Journal is reporting that a federal judge in Denver has ordered Temple grads Troy Wragg and Amanda Knorr (pictured) to halt operations of their Bala Cynwyd, Pa. company, Mantria Corp.. immediately, following an SEC investigation over whether the pair had bilked investors out of $30M [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:42pm EST
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• Dept. Of First Ladies Made Out Of Felt Who Love Gardening: “Damn, Michelle Obama, Plant Them Seeds!”

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  So, um, this is the video for “Michelle Obama,” a track by Al Gorilla, DaQuan Motley of Sgt. Sass‘ new side project. And as with all things Sgt. Sass, it contains language that may not be suitable for your workplace. But wow. Really, just… wow. [h/t Philthy Blog] [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:59pm EST
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• Pols And Wonks Agree: Nutter At Midterm Is More Bizarro Than Dudely

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  In this long, wide-ranging piece in today’s Daily News, Catherine Lucey digs around, trying to get a bead on exactly where Mayor Michael Nutter stands, just about two years into his administration. As you might suspect, the news is mostly bad. In broad strokes, he’s doing perhaps better than John [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:37pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Lilys, “A Nanny In Manhattan,” Top Of The Pops, February 20, 1998

  “Songs about people that you know,” indeed. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:38pm EST
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• Philly To Dad Vail Regatta: Don’t Let The Door Hit You In Your Flat, Preppy Ass

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  The Dad Vail Regatta is the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the country, and this year, for the first time since 1953, it won’t be here. Why? Good question. According to the Dad Vail folks, it’s all about This Economy; ask Mayor Nutter, though, and he’ll tell you that [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:26pm EST
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• PSA: Creative Industry Workforce Grants Rolling Out

  Attn. all you Richard Floridians other there, who’ve been groaning “Where’s my bailout?” for the last year: It’s here. This morning, the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, announced that they’ve been allocated $500K by the Recovery Act to give out about ten Creative Industry [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:10pm EST
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• The Way We Were: Eye Contact On The SEPTA Regional Rail Was Once A Thing Of Beauty

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  As SEPTA-obsessed as we’ve been lately, we’ve been a little remiss in not talking more lately about the inherent romance of the regional rail during this time of year, what with the peak foliage and the Nick Drake on the headphones and whatnot. (Hey, can you blame us? A little [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:49am EST
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• Pwned: Cole Hamels’ Call Of Duty 2 Spot Pulled By Game Company Because, Oh Wow, It’s Homophobic (And Also Retarded)

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  This moment in Bullshit Cole Hamels Endorsements: Mr. Heidi probably thought he was being all edgy last month, when he did the voiceover you hear in the viral promo video above for the game Call Of Duty 2, what with all its grenades this and “What the fuck that?” But [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:29am EST
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• From Penn Students, We’d Expect This, But From Temple? Local Pair Charged In “Eco-Ponzi” Scheme

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  Temple U alumni/Philly residents Troy Wragg and Amanda Knorr have found themselves in a lot of hot water this week, as the SEC has charged the firm they work for, Mantria Industries, with an elaborate “eco-ponzi” scheme that bilked oldsters out of their retirement funds with the promise of fortunes [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:19am EST
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• This Evening: There’s A Kind Of Hush All Over The World Tonight

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  >>> What could possibly top this gorgeous Indian Summer day? Look up tonight for the The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower. It’s going to be nuts: NASA is predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia, and lucky [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:59pm EST
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• Right Now On Phoodie.info: New Wave Hot Dogs

  · Hot Dog Zen: This One’s For Your Id · Tonight: Naked Pint Beer Tasting · Bummer Alert: Food Insecurity Isn’t a Symptom Of A Personality Disorder All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food and drink blog from Philebrity. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:41pm EST
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• The SEPTA Strike’s Secret Cure: Wang Pills

  Lord knows we’ve given SEPTA enough guff lately, but before our memories of The Strike That Was fade into the sunset, let us remember this bit for next time: The SEPTA strike was cured, in part at least, buy the promise of… more dick pills. (As in Viagra, Cialis, etc., [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:31pm EST
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• Straight-To-DVD Always Sunny Xmas Special Out Tomorrow

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  Sez Charlie: “You might see elf dick.” Pre-order on Amazon here, but really? No air date at all? Fail. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:55pm EST
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• Tomorrow Night At Philebrity Salon: Fishtown Jazz Odyssey

  Just a quick heads up to let you know that tomorrow night at Philebrity Salon, for the first time ever, we’re presenting a live jazz band. We first learned of Fishtown Jazz Odyssey (pictured) when they sent us an email that read, in part, “You may not be aware of [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:46pm EST
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• Bob Brady: We Could Have Just Looked At This Man And Told You He Didn’t Like Homework

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  A little earlier this month, we told you about PA Rep. Bob Brady’s (almost) laughable pitch on behalf of Comcast against Net Neutrality. We say “almost” because Brady’s parroting chapter-and-verse policy points from Comcast would be funny if the guy didn’t hold an actual political office. But he does — [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:16pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Tim And Eric’s Closeup

  In case you haven’t seen it yet, there’s a great profile of native sons Tim and Eric in this months issue of Wired. In the accompanying video, the duo, uh, “work.” [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:03pm EST
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• Readers Write: Dear God, Please Tell Us Somebody (Didn’t) Made A Porno On SEPTA

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  Came across this on some porn site (sorry, not literally). Isn’t that a SEPTA seat? Caution: Boobies, possibly on SEPTA, after the jump. No, it couldn’t be. They didn’t made it. We don’t-ed would believed it.OK, so here is what we need to know: Sadly, the reader would not/could not [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:06am EST
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• Dept. Of You’re Just Going To Have To Find Some Way To Deal With This: Christmas Music (And Christmas Everything) Is Already Everywhere

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  As you have probably noticed, Christmas is now like baseball season: It takes up nine months out of the year. Well, almost, anyway. WOGL 98.1 FM has rolled out its holiday music station already, and we’d be pissy about it, were it not for just one important point: Christmas music [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:57am EST
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• He’s One Bad Mutha– Shut Your Mouth! But I’m Talking About DREXEL SHAFT!

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  So, as we were saying on Friday, the poor old Drexel Shaft finally met that great Cialis Pill in the sky yesterday morning. And of all the videos we’ve seen of this — and there are many — Kevin Martin’s slowed-down, tripped-out version (above) kinda gets it across best. Behold: [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:20am EST
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• This Weekend: November Rain

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  FRIDAY: >>> In case you didn’t know, this roller derby stuff is not only big business, but it’s also bloomed into a bona fide subculture of its own. And with leagues all over the country these days, you’ll be pleased to know that Philly pretty much leads the back, both [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:40pm EST
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• Film Sweat: That’s What She Said

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  Imagine a film where two catering waiters carry on a rambling dialectic about the needs and wants of brattish NYU professors and their complex sexual nature, while an army of empty characters interact in a plotless void. No imagination needed. The Office’s John Krasinksi has made this very movie. It’s [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:10pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Phenomenal Handclap Band, “15 to 20″

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  If this is not the rollerdisco jam of the year, we have no idea what is. Phenomenal Handclap Band plays Making Time @ Voyeur tonight. This Noontime Nugget will explode in 30 seconds. [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:28pm EST
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• Rumblings: Let’s Do The Fameball Again

  >>> Geez Louise: Even when Jon Gosselin is being all meta and ironical, he’s still a douche. Actually, make that: Especially when Jon Gosselin is being all meta and ironical, he’s still a douche. [FunnyOrDie] >>> The Hipster Grifter talks with The Daily Beast, during which we learn… nothing. Nothing [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:19pm EST
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• Dept. Of Big, Sad, Old Shafts: Drexel Shaft To Be, Er, Blown To Smithereens On Sunday

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  The “Drexel Shaft” at the 30th Street Station Steam Heating Plant, built in 1929, is slated to come down forever (also sexy) this Sunday morning at 8AM, whereupon there will be an awkward brunch date immediately afterwards. The fairly excellent Necessity For Ruins blog has more history on all of [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:18pm EST
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• This Evening: Heavy Weather

  >>> Our buds at Weathervane Music Organization — a new local non-profit musician advocacy group — are staging a big ol’ benefit at Johnny Brenda’s tonight with a host of artists who’ve already done projects with Weathervane: Sunset, East Hundred, Danielson and BC Camplight. It’s a great bill, and a [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:25pm EST
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• Right Now On Phoodie.info: Be Still My Dogs Of Corn

  · America’s Favorite Dumpling On A Stick: The Corndog · PYT Brunch: Curing Hangovers One Sammich At Time · Why Can’t Cookbooks Be Scratch N’ Sniff? All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food and drink blog from Philebrity. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:13pm EST
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• Double Dutch Bust: A Short History Of The Philadelphia ’80s Yuppie Cocaine Conspiracy

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  After a prompting from a commenter in yesterday’s “Double Dutch Bus” video post, here is a history lesson in the small role that Frankie Smith played in uncovering the “Yuppie Conspiracy” (dubbed as such by Federal authorities) run by Larry Lavin, West Philly dentist and $5M/175 lbs.-of-cocaine-per-month drug dealer (mug [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:55pm EST
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• Is The Incoming Beanie Sigel/Jay-Z Beef Even Worth Discussing?

  Now listen, Beanie Sigel, you my man and the whole fifty grand, BUT… are you really trying to drag Jay-Z into some antiquated beef thing? Really? Let’s put it in perspective here: Jay-Z is on the Forbes list. On the other hand, Beanie might have shot himself to get press [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:37pm EST
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• Advance Warning: Philebrity’s Sailor Jerry Grog Parties

  AHOY MATEY! Say, you feel that chill in the air? We know what can cure it: A piping hot mug of delicious GROG. When prepared right, a cup of this stuff will simultaneously make you feel like all is right in the world AND peel paint off of walls. So [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:59pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Action News Disco Fever

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  Move closer to your world, my friend; don’t hit my hair. Move closer and don’t hit my hair, and you’ll see. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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• Philadelphia Woman Gets Eliminated From Top Model After Unsuccessful Attempt To Look Like A Volcano Goddess

  Jennifer An, one of our own as well as one of the final four in America’s Next Top Model (Season 13), has been given the boot as of last night. If you haven’t been following this season, Tyra has been up to her typical unorthodox approach to models (they are [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:28pm EST
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• Don’t Freak Out, But… THE DOG SHOW IS THIS WEEKEND! OMG!

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  OH MY GOD! DO YOU LOVE DOGS! WE DO! THIS WEEKEND IS THE KENNEL CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW OUT IN OAKS, PA! IT’S ALSO THE NATIONAL DOG SHOW, AND IT WILL BE ON TV ON THANKSGIVING! WHICH IS ALSO A GREAT TIME TO GIVE THANKS FOR DOGS! (I LOVE [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:15pm EST
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• Meet Kill Hannah, The Latest Totally Shitty Band To Have All Of Their Gear Stolen In Philly

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  Hey everybody, this is Kill Hannah. Good Lord do they suck. Yesterday morning, they woke up at the Holiday Inn on Packer Ave. in South Philly to find that all of their tools with which to make the Hot Topic soundtracks were stolen, because they obviously never read this Philebrity [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:52pm EST
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• Darrell Clarke Will Make Sure You Never Do Anything Other Than Shoot Up Under The El Again

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  Andrew Thompson reveals in the City Paper today something that might be useful for artist-types looking to take advantage of the acres upon acres of dead space under the El, where Fishtown bleeds into Kensington: If you block City Councilman Darrell Clarke’s parking space, there is going to be hell [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:43pm EST
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• Readers Cameraphone: Parking Authority Signs Quickly Morphing Into Eye Chart Scam

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  Outside Continental Midtown… what this sign is actually saying, is “Thank you for parking in Center City, don’t worry… don’t resist, you’re fucked either way.” But maybe it’s just me?We’re pretty sure it’s just you… SIKE! Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:13pm EST
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• This Evening: Get A Piece Of That Soul Candy

  >>> Like we were saying the other day, the Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul Revue at Ortlieb’s is one of the best excuses you’ve had to go to Ortlieb’s in just about forever. Above, Renaldo Domino shows you just exactly why. >>> But that ain’t even the half of it, as [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:24pm EST
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• New MTV Series Profiles Jersey’s “Hottest, Tannest, Craziest Guidos”

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  Ohhhhhh shit. Debuts on December 3rd or, as we like to call it around here, “Guido Christmas.” [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:42pm EST
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• Readers Cameraphone: South Street Is No Place For A Crippled Old Garbage Can Draggin’ Ass With A Walker

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  Taken at Front and South last night. Seriously, this garbage can was moving SO SLOW.Oh God, between this and the piles of dead, innocent children, Philebrity is totally going to hell. Like any minute now. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:30pm EST
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• This Just In: City Employees To Revolt Against “Mayor Cutter” On Friday And Not Work (Which Makes This Friday Different How?)

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  Click image to enlarge in a new window. The document above, sent in by a tipster, was apparently being handed out yesterday in front of the City’s office of Licenses & Inspections (L&I). But like those “ALL SENIORS TAKE OFF ON FRIDAY” stunts people were always trying to get going [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:01pm EST
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• The Philadelphia Freeze n’ Read

  The Center for Literacy will hold the first demonstration of its kind to bring awareness to the fact that that illiteracy in Philadelphia affects way more people than just Charlie Kelly. On November 20th, at high noon, the CFL and other volunteers from organizations and groups around the city will [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:28pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Frankie Smith, “Double Dutch Bus”

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  GIMME A HO! IF YOU GOT YOUR FUNKY BUS FARE! From Wikipedia: “Double Dutch Bus” is a 1981 funk song by Frankie Smith, made famous for its extensive use of the “izz” infix form of slang. The song title represents a combination of two institutions in Smith’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhood: [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:20pm EST
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• Places We Can’t Understand: Kids Come First At Eden Cemetery

  I took this picture a few years ago. I’m not even sure if it is still there. Pretty sure it was on Haverford Ave in West Philly near 52nd Street. It may not be good news but it always struck me as odd (needless to say, I don’t understand).Indeed, we [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:14pm EST
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• Tow Trucks: They’re Like The Parking Authority, Only They Keep All The Money And Do Whatever They Wan- Oh Wait.

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  Raise your hand if you’ve ever fallen victim to Philly’s widespread and insane quasi-legal tow-truck scam. Traditionally, it goes like this: Landowners or developers partner with a local tow company to police wherever it is that they don’t want people to park. The reasons may be legit, but just as [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:59pm EST
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• South Philly Named One Of The Top 10 Unhappiest Places To Live By Someone Who Has Obviously Never Been To Fishtown

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  Normally, we don’t give these Happy-Place-To-Live indexes too much credence — as often as not, they’re usually desperate grabs for hits by the geniuses over at Forbes.com or whatever — but this time, the folks over at Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index really did their homework, creating a rubric of factors, then [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:43pm EST
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• Readers Cameraphone: PPA + PWD = BFF (Go Away, FedEx, You Stink!)

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  I spotted this unoccupied PWD vehicle parked in the scooter spaces on Chestnut at 17th for at least 45 minutes while I ate lunch today. I didn’t, however, spot a ticket on the windshield, and based on how fast the PPA swoops in on every UPS/FedEx/delivery truck, could they be [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:48am EST
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• This Evening: Cocktails, Anyone?

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 4:54pm EST
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• Commentroversy: When You’re Smiling, The Whole World Smiles With You

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  Posted earlier today in reply to “10 Funniest Comedians In Philadelphia List Reveals: Helium Comedy Club Is Literally Hell On Earth”: Why do you have to always put down everyone and everything? Just stick to the Arthur Kade bashing which is your ilk. Anyway, my friend does their PR [...]OK, [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:31pm EST
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• Philadelphia Newspapers LLC Ordered Keep Stephen A. Smith And Maybe Even Themselves

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  This just in: A judge just gave Brian Tierney & Co. a new lease on life (maybe), saying that when the Inquirer and the Daily News go to auction this month, creditors don’t have the right to include existing liens in their bid prices. Translation: Unless it’s actual cash-in-hand (and [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:15pm EST
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• Noontime Nuggetz: Diane Birch With Daryl Hall, “Fall In Philadelphia”

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  Here’s ol’ Daryl, not enjoying music. This post is meant in no way to endorse the talents of Diane Birch, but on the other hand, we always did wonder what it would have been like if Blossom grew up to be kinda hot. Now we know! [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:23pm EST
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• Here Is The Post Where You Can Complain About The SEPTA Fare Hike.

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  Next year, tokens will go from $1.45 to $1.60, and a weekly TransPass from $20.75 to about $22.75. At this point, this injury has been insulted so much that we can’t even feel it anymore. Whatever. [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:19pm EST
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• 10 Funniest Comedians In Philadelphia List Reveals: Helium Comedy Club Is Literally Hell On Earth

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  You know, it’s actually a pretty good time for the comedy scene here in Philadelphia — at any rate, it’s the best we’ve ever seen. You’ve got a young scene with sketch troupes like Secret Pants and recurring nights/collectives like The Ministry Of Secret Jokes happening, and not for nothing, [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:15pm EST
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• What Can The Philly Netflix Top 20 Tell Us About Ourselves?

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  After the jump, we use the Netflix Local Favorites list like it’s some strange evidence of a past civilization to see what it can tell us about us. 1. Philadelphians have an all-but-inexplicable love for dance movies. Dance with Me, Flashdance and White Nights (whhhhhaaaaat?) are all on the Top [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:40am EST
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• Readers Write: In Light Of The Snuggie Crawl, Progress Comes By Way Of New “Non-Douchie Neighborhood Association”

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  Dear Neighbor, When you participate in the Snuggie Pub Crawl, please hide the evidence of your participation a little better by burying the Snuggie packaging at the BOTTOM of your recycling bin when you put it out on the street the following week. Here’s a tip: Several Bud Light empties [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:06am EST
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• Bizarro Nutter: He’s Baaaaaack!

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  Remember all that stuff we were saying yesterday morning about Mayor Michael Nutter and his dwindling stock? Well, this is not going to help: Even after narrowly avoiding cutting 3,000 city jobs in the wake of the state budget crisis and getting that seemingly-all-important sales tax hike, the city is [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:55am EST
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• This Evening: Tiger Balm

  >>> Tigerbeats, a new weekly party at the Barbary specializing in indie rock (think Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dan Deacon, and on down through the Blur/Depeche Mode memory lane) kicks off tonight. >>> And of course, at the Academy Of Music, there’s the Monsters Of Folk tour, with M. Ward, [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:58pm EST
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• Are We Allowed To Talk About The Season Finale Of Mad Men Yet?

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  See, this is the problem with you Tivo people: You make it impossible to do timely posts about television shows without running the risk of everybody getting hot under the collar because we just came right out and said that… WE TOTALLY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO START A NEW [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:29pm EST
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• It Almost Wouldn’t Be Autumn If We Couldn’t Hear The Whining Of The Poor, Soon-To-Be-Extinct Mummers

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  Mummery: Where some see a proud working class tradition, others (like us) see an unwholesome ghost of minstrelsy and a hard-to-erase piss smell. Well, no matter: It’s 2009, and even if the debate had somehow been magically settled forever, nobody’s got any money left hanging around for Mummery — not [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:20pm EST
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