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Happy to network

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:47:56 -0400

Happy to network

Young, hip professionals from around the ’burbs are tuning into a new network during Happy Hour

By Sarah Baicker

Philly EDGE Correspondent

In Montgomery County, happy hour isn’t just for sweet deals on beer and drinking away memories of the workday.

Art with an EDGE

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:46:53 -0400

Art with an EDGE

In this issue, you’ll find the stories of artists from inside and around Philadelphia, who illustrate that art, created by and for young adults, is very alive in the region.

The Heads of State

Multimedia duo skirts politics for serious indie cred

name: Jason Kernevich / Dustin Summers

Picture perfect I Meet Holland’s Shannon James, Playmate of the Month May 2007

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:48:03 -0400

Picture perfect I Meet Holland’s Shannon James, Playmate of the Month May 2007

By Michael Lello
Philly EDGE Correspondent

LOVE/HATE

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:37:41 -0400

LOVE/HATE

Some of the most beloved, and despised, sports figures in Philadelphia sports history, in no particular order.

Phair-weather phans?

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:59:00 -0400

Phair-weather phans?

From McNabb to Smarty Jones to the Phils: when do fans turn ugly, and why?

By Michael Lello
Philly EDGE Correspondent

Ryan Howard and Chase Utley wave to their adoring fans crammed on the city sidewalks as the float makes its way down Broad Street. Brett Myers pumps his fist and Pat Burrell shares a laugh with Jimmy Rollins as the teammates brush confetti from their smiling faces.

New at the ballpark

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:37:03 -0400

New at the ballpark

5 new features at Citizens Bank Park in 2007(besides Freddy Garcia and Wes Helms)

- The Scoreboard Porch at Harry the K’s has “All You Can Eat Wings” available during Alley Hour (the first hour the ballpark gates are open) every Wednesday.

Choice Ladies

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:45:26 -0400

Choice Ladies
Five up-and-coming women of song, and the suburbs

by Paul Mick
Philly EDGE Correspondent

In our Greater Philadelphia metropolis of over 5 million people, covering a full 10 county region, you could say that of these five uncommonly gifted female singer/songwriters with an aggregate average age of just over 25, each is decidedly one in a million.

Dallin Applebaum, Irene Molloy, Krista Parrish, Laura Shay and Sharon Little, indie artists all, while clearly only a fraction of the current cavalcade of new women in song, do represent the Delaware Valley quite nicely.

Is that a bar in your pocket…?

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:06:13 -0400

Is that a bar in your pocket…?

New sites help direct drinkers to bars

To plan for his Erin Express bar tour, Brent Beddis, a 24-year-old from Philadelphia, printed out a map from MapQuest and marked, in pen, the location of each bar with a circled "A" – "P." The circled letters corresponded to a key at the bottom of the page, where he wrote down the name of each bar and the exact street number. By the end of the night, the page was wet with beer and the ink was smeared.

Long, green trip

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:06:22 -0400

Long, green trip

Erin Express makes the rounds

By Ainsley Maloney

Philly EDGE Correspondent

"(This is the) only day it's socially acceptable to be an alcoholic," says Mike Barker, 24, of Philadelphia while on the 2007 Northeast Erin Express last Saturday (March 10).

Indeed. The bar-to-bar bus shuttles that occur in and around Philadelphia each March can be a convenient solution to a beer-lover’s problem: getting around safely.

The Vagina dialogue

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:32:39 -0500

The Vagina dialogue

A former Philly resident celebrates her ‘naughty’ part

By Ryan Alan

Philly EDGE Correspondent

Former Philadelphia resident Jessica Delfino, an alumnus of the Art Institute of Philadelphia, doesn’t beat around the bush.

In fact, the acclaimed and self-proclaimed “dirty folk” comic-musician isn’t shy about sharing the most intimate of personal insights.

Ill. communication

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:05:38 -0500

Ill. communication

With Tuesday’s EP release, Bucks County’s own Illinois takes its buzz national

by Joseph Simek
Philly EDGE Correspondent

It’s an hour before Illinois is scheduled to take the stage at the North Star Bar in Philadelphia and frontman Chris Archibald is ordering a shot of whiskey. That’s appropriate enough: “Irish Whiskey” is the name of one of the Bucks County band’s songs.

From Sandlots to Mean Streets

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:40:28 -0500

From Sandlots to Mean Streets

Trenton-area native Tom Guiry gets down and dirty in The Black Donnellys

By Jeff Bell

Philly EDGE Correspondent

In his 26 years, Tom Guiry has been torpedoed by Nazis, pinned down by Somali militiamen and grilled for the murder of Sean Penn’s daughter.

By rights, those edgy roles in the films U-571, Black Hawk Down and Mystic River respectively should have coated the Trenton-area native in grit and grime.

The Buddy System

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:22:13 -0500

The Buddy System

No significant other? No problem.
Find yourself a sex buddy.

By Ainsley Maloney
Philly EDGE Correspondent

Alex, 23, has three special female friends.

They're there for him when he needs someone to talk to at night; they'll come out to the bar and get drunk with him on the weekends.

Hit Parade

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:39:30 -0500

Hit Parade

My Chemical Romance finds salvation in music

By Ryan Alan

Philly EDGE Correspondent

Sometimes if you dream big enough, even if you live in an unassuming town in New Jersey, you one day might find the world really is your stage.

Of course, displaying some passion and creativity along the way, as the members of My Chemical Romance have done, can get you there faster, and keep you there longer.

Maddox: A man among men

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:43:11 -0500

Maddox: A man among men

By Ryan Alan

Philly EDGE Correspondent

Satirist, humorist, Webmaster, comic book creator and now New York Times best-selling author, Maddox is his own force of nature, not to mention guardian of all things manly.

Beloved by many, probably reviled by some, George Ouzounian (a.k.a Maddox), 28, is a former math major and computer programmer who is tweaking the funny bone, mocking stereotypes, challenging perceptions and generally piquing interest in both the mainstream and alternative worlds.