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.)
Philly EDGE's BIG Concert List May 7-13
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-05-07 12:57.
33rd Street Armory
33rd and Market Sts. Philadelphia
M.I.A., The Holy Fuck: June 5, 7 p.m.
Track of the Week: “That’s What She Said” by The Chandler Travis Philharmonic
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-05-07 12:54.
So, what do you think when someone bills themselves as “the world’s first alternative Dixieland band?”
Philly EDGE thought: “Don’t you mean ONLY?”
Anyways, that’s The Chandler Travis Philharmonic, at right. They are from Eastham, Mass. and will be making their Philly debut at The Fire (412 West Girard Ave., Philadelphia; 267.671.9298) next Thursday, May 15 with The Great Unknown, The Cush and Johnsons Crossroad.
Bar news: Bensalem bar robbery caught on camera (sort of), Tropicana in trouble and Yardley Beer Fest is May 17
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-05-07 12:26.News to reuse: Hillary determined to win despite losing, Philly taping of Cops show goes badly and WiFi to give way to WiMax?
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-05-07 11:32.[ ] Democratic presidential contenders Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) won the North Carolina and Indiana primaries respectively on Tuesday. Despite an insurmountable deficit, Clinton is continuing the campaign by lending her camp millions. (phillyBurbs via AP)
Advice to Dems: Please click through to Pyrrhic victory and read. And talk.
Music News: Nine Inch Nails play Philly Aug. 29 and new album is free online, Legend saves America and Hall and Oates are Icons
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-05-06 16:23.
[ ] Publishing-rights company BMI will salute Daryl Hall & John Oates as BMI Icons at its 56th annual Pop Awards, Tuesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. The event will “honor the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s most-performed pop songs in the United States,” a press release states.
In addition, a musical tribute to Hall & Oates, who will join the Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, James Brown, Ray Davies, Carlos Santana and Dolly Parton as Icons, is planned.
Philly Sports Backwash: Angel loves the Flyers (and FOX!), new info on Harrison and Andy blames media for soft CB market
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-05-06 14:43.
[ ] As we mentioned before, but since ignored because it has been a wee-bit drab, David Boreanaz, whom you know best as Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (or as the son of longtime Channel 6 weather guy Dave Roberts) - or maybe you’re one of the people who watch Bones (his current show), is the Flyers’ Celebrity Blogger on NHL.com.
News to reuse: Buxco MySpace rapist convicted, boobies bounced in Morrisville? and Oh, how we hate you, Route 202
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-05-06 11:29.
[ ] A Warminster man/musician was sentenced to two to six years in prison for buying drugs and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl he met on MySpace. (Courier Times)
From the story:
…(The defendant) who went by the name “Christopher Jive” on the popular social networking Web site, also will be a registered sex offender under Megan’s Law for 10 years. …Detectives used the phone number Leasher gave the victim to track him down at his girlfriend’s Montgomery County home.
Philly Sports Backwash: Pennsylv-anada or Canad-ylvania? Hockey lives here
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-05-05 15:59.
Unless you were in mourning over the euthanizing of Eight Belles after the Derby Saturday (‘mercy’ killed to put her out of her misery after she broke both front legs, not ‘cuz she lost finished second), you prolly caught the Flyers advancing to the Eastern Conference finals of the National Hockey League playoffs by defeating Montreal 6-4.
Iron Man makes bank ; new Batman movie trailer debuts and Penn a site for Transformers 2
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-05-05 14:13.So, just about everyone went to see Iron Man this weekend: It has grossed $104.2 million since Thursday. (Yahoo!)
Of course, Philly EDGE would be remiss if we failed to remind you that The Dark Knight, the new Batman film co-starring the late Heath Ledger as The Joker, opens July 18.
Trailer here:
Bar news: JL Sullivan’s coming soon, Deuce no longer wild and Union Market is open
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-05-05 13:49.
[ ] J.L. Sullivan’s Speakeasy, the upscale sports bar (that hopes-to-be-a chain) created by the owners of McFadden’s, will open in the former Zanzibar Blue space downstairs at the Bellevue (200 S. Broad St., Philadelphia) on May 15.
Mondays are just like...
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-05-05 12:22....this. Always.
Captured originally on Red Lasso, which keeps effing with yer browsers, so recaptured here on YT.
News to reuse: Willow Grove, Quakertown and Ivyland develop and a big celeb-spotting weekend
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-05-05 12:10.
[ ] While an ad in Sunday’s Inky noted open auditions downtown (2-4 p.m.) for Web-based shows that Philly.com will soon be launching, Philly EDGE notes that Amanda Congdon, the woman who helped invent and popularize the format of the Web cast, is set to return with a comedy sketch show Sometimesdaily. (NewTeeVee)
