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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, It’s Always Sunny has laid [...] (Read More)
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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!. (Read More)
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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 not a sticky stack of [...]. (Read More)
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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, hilarious punchline aside, this c (Read More)
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After the jump, photographer Jenelle Rittenhouse’s from Saturday’s Tweed Ride Philadelphia, which took place on Saturday. Says Jenelle: “It really was quite the fashionable jaunt.” We wonder what the overlap between this and the Snuggie Crawl was.Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFOb (Read More)
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Fans of the dying beast that was once known as Stadium Rock, mark your calendars: Monday, July 12, 2010 is the day when Irish-old-guys-dressed-as-Russian-gangsters U2 will come to Philadelphia and fill Lincoln Financial Field with their sweet, pompous, confusing love. This time around, it’s something called the U2 360° Tour (Read More)
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“MEMO TO ALL PPA METER MAIDS: First person to bring us a FedEx truck gets first dibs on office Pollyanna this year.” Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com. [Photo credit: PhillyChitChat]. (Read More)
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Well, that sure was something. And while we can spend the next five months spitting bile at all those whom we believe should be smited (smote?) from the Phillies roster (and oh, how we will do just exactly that), consider this: Your Philadelphia Phillies are, and will very likely remain to be, an historic baseball [...]. (Read More)
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It is with this post that Philebrity apologizes to its readers for the fact that, in five plus years online, we have not once posted anything about Philly-raised disco chanteuse Evelyn “Champagne” King, who was discovered while working with her mother at Philadelphia International Records as a cleaning woman. (Read More)
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Hold it right there: Are you folding your Phillies gear and damning it to hell? C’mon ___! Amidst all the recent tragedy Philly has suffered — World Series loss, Septa strike, Soprano-mama’s-boy-cum-Rebublican-fat-fuck as Governor next door — we shouldn’t feel at a total loss. These past two years have been a hell of a ride (Read More)
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· Awesome upshot of the SEPTA strike, which thus far has been about as anti-Good Motherfucking News as you can get: Based on counts conducted by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia yesterday, Day Two of the SEPTA strike saw a 38% increase in bicyclists during rush hour. What! That’s awesome! And there’s more: Ther (Read More)
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Contrary to what a quick survey of your favorite homeless people, with their refrigerator boxes and soiled couches, would lead you to belive, street furniture is not the discarded remains of old apartments and dead relationships. Rather, it’s the stuff, usually put there by the local governing body, that populates the pavem (Read More)
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BIKE THE STRIKE Commuters Can Bike During a SEPTA Strike PHILADELPHIA – November 3, 2009 – The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia urges SEPTA travelers to bike instead of driving. Commuters who bike will win out over those stuck in traffic jams of epic proportions.”Avoid the crush and bike the strike,” says Alex Doty (Read More)
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Let us face this simple fact: In all likelihood, you have a better chance of catching a SEPTA bus today than mustering up whatever it takes to care about this Election Day. But still, democracy trudges on. Here in Philadelphia, the only race a reasonable person could be expected to watch is one that will [...]. (Read More)