Phaces of the Week: May 5-9
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-05-09 16:29.
3. David Boreanaz: The Flyers-Pens series will definitely be won by the team that wins four games. …First.
2. Ryan Howard Snow Globe: Even a .160 hitter does not deserve this kind of humiliation.
Weekend Planner: Flyered Up, MMR’s Alumni Weekend, Wine Fest and Your mama is so special, she…
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-05-09 16:00.
Friday, May 9
The Flyers and the Penguins start the Eastern Conference Finals tonight in Pittsburgh.
It’s on Versus and Comcast SportsNet at 7:30 p.m. Find a bar at which to get Flyered Up.
Philly EDGE Scrapple: Coldplay to start tour in Philly on June 29, a Sonic in Levittown soon and Howard Eskin: Hockey Expert
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-05-09 15:17.
[ ] Extra Music News I: Coldplay is set for a June 29 date at the Wachovia Center in Philly that will launch their U.S. tour. The band will play a free concert June 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Reuters)
[ ] Extra Music News II : Tomorrow’s Flyleaf show at the Electric Factory that, apparently, not as many people are going to see as first thought, has been moved to the TLA.
[ ] Extra Food News: Sonic, the Red State-leaning, drive-in style fast food merchant, is coming to Levittown, dangerously close to Philly EDGE world HQ. The closest current location is in Morgantown, near Reading. (Courier Times blog)
[ ] Extra Bar News: The Pineville Tavern has decided to go smoke-free. It’s been open- no shit - 277 years.(Courier Times blog)
[ ] Extra Philly Sports Backwash: This morning’s Kidd Chris Show on WYSP-FM (94.1) featured a chat with Howard Eskin of WIP-AM (610), followed by a scheduled in-studio spot with “Van Halen lead singer (and former ‘YSP morning host) David Lee Roth, in town to promo VH’s Atlantic City concert tonight.” It was, however, an impersonator, not DLR.
News to reuse: Locusts descend on Willow Grove, Norristown to have $1 cover charge and Owen Wilson to guest edit Inky?
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-05-09 12:04.
[ ] Four women who pleaded guilty to stealing the Macy’s store at Willow Grove Park mall were put on probation and ordered them to stay out of all malls in Pennsylvania. (AP via Intelligencer)
From the story:
… Judge Steven O’Neill told the women they had “descended like a plague of locusts” on Montgomery County. Court records show that the four traveled around the country, stealing for a living, and have criminal records in at least ten states.
Philly Sports Backwash: Ry-Ho-Ho-Ho, Penguins celeb blogger and A-Rod to be ONLY third best hitter in Philly next week
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-05-08 15:35.
[ ] More than just a phew eyes will be on Reading tonight as flame-throwing Phils farmhand Antonio Bastardo makes his second start for the Double-A Reading Phillies when they take on the Binghamton Mets at home.
Food news: Free burritos in Ardmore, Philly pizza Bible and McOrdinary Southern-style Chicken Sandwich
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-05-08 14:35.
[ ] The still new Chipotle (133 W. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore) is offering free burritos and beverages from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today (May 8). (Food and Drinq)
Fwiw- Even if you have no interest in a free burrito, click the link for a cool web site.
News to reuse: Gov. Rendell says go green or die, Las Salem to grow thanks to chain-smoking suburbanites and Madonna is coming
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-05-08 13:03.
[ ] Gov. Ed Rendell was in Bensalem Wednesday touting two pieces of environmental legislation he proposed more than a year ago which are designed to ease utility bill increases and subsidize clean energy development. (Courier Times)
From the story:
This sort of thing never happens to the Phillie Phanatic
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-05-08 12:15.
Cincinnati Reds mascot "Mr. Redlegs," had a tough afternoon on Wednesday. (With Leather)
The Phanatic, meanwhile, is so damn good, that he WENT ON THE PHILS ROAD TRIP to Arizona. While there, he cavorted with the local ladies: Pictures here AND evidenced in the clip below (700 Level):
Philly People: Details on Svetlana Shusterman, M. Night likes his new movie and you won’t see Jonah Hill at Penn
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-05-07 17:38.[ ] Fans of Richboro’s Svetlana Shusterman, the bodacious brunette who repped the Philly area (and spoke with Philly EDGE) when she was on MTV’s The Real World: Key West in 2006, will be glad to see she is still strongly connected with the MTV reality show. She, and many others, was featured in a spread in the latest issue of Details (on newsstands now with Mr. Demi Moore on the cover). Svet is stunning while sunning on page 101 in a black bikini by Dolce & Gabanna. See for yourself in the video below:
Music news: Live Music Philly, you can soon be a radio star and a Flight of the Conchords review
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-05-07 14:53.
[ ] Live Music Philly launches tonight at the Philly for Philly benefit show at World Café Live. The LMP concept is a local show and music portal which may or may not eventually include a continuous music stream on its own site. is part of the PMH/Philly.com empire. (Ed. Note: Wrong! Philly EDGE regrets the error.)
