Playburbs! An interview with Miss August 2008
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 15:32.
Achieving instant fame, becoming the lust object of millions of men… and getting the opportunity to have comedian/actor Pauly Shore spill a drink on your mom: that’s what being a Playboy Playmate offers.
Ask Kayla Collins.
The Reading-area native is Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for August 2008. The issue, with tennis player Ashley Harkleroad on the cover, hit newsstands (and www.playboydigital.com ) today (July 18).
Weekend Planner: Shore guys, dance team war, car shows and zip lining
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 13:25.VIDEO: Feist with the Muppets
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 13:09.VIDEO: Forget The Dark Knight; See the next big comic book movie trailer here
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 12:41.
The Dark Knight, the latest edition of the Batman saga, has opened this week to packed cinemas and glowing reviews.Rightfully so....But take a second to check out the trailer for Watchmen, the movie based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and directed by Zack Snyder (300).
Philly Sports Backwash: The Philadelphia Force have a mascot
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 12:35.
Her (natch) name is Belle. Her birthday is next week.
(Editor’s Note: We’re not sure if Belle’s power mullet is ironic or not. Why not just have Ani DiFranco play the damn birthday bash too?)
UFOs in Bucks County: Are you "flapping?"...A study says you are.
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 11:46.Not content to let all this we-are-not-alone stuff pass (item two), Bucks County is "flapping" - a term the UFO chasing community uses to describe a cluster of sightings. (Intelligencer)
VIDEO: The Hula Hoop Queen of Bucks County
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 11:38.
Who needs a Wii?...Certainly not “Liz ." She is old school.
The Good Day team should be on this pronto.
News to Reuse: Night of the Long Lattes! -local Starbucks to close, wrestling in Hatboro, and Arts and Culture moves forward
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 11:16.
[ ] Starbucks has released its full list of 600 U.S. stores to be closed under its restructuring. (Starbucks)
Local stores on the list:
VIDEO: Dr. Dog on Conan
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-07-18 10:29.
Philly's own Dr. Dog plays "The Old Days" on Conan O'Brien Thursday (actually it was Friday).
News to Reuse (Evening Ed.): Shows at Siren, ‘Burbs eats- one closes while one opens and UFOs in Bucks move north
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-07-17 16:01.
[ ] Siren Records update: A representative of Siren said the shop has no shows scheduled for its new location. It will focus on re-opening as a record store and its core business. It still hopes to still be involved with shows at other Doylestown venues such as the Main St. Baptist Church, the Moose Lodge and others.
[ ] As we mentioned yesterday, Canadian power trio Rush played on TV last night for the first time in more than 30 years. The best exchange during their Colbert Report spot.
Philly People: Sharon Little, Enrico Campitelli Jr., Spinto Band, Anna Goldfarb, Brianna Taylor
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-07-17 14:14.
A few things to note about some Pholks who are decidedly cooler or more attractive (some are both) than Philly EDGE.
[ ] Singer Sharon Little (right), whom we heart, wraps up an opening slot on the Plant-Krauss tour (reviews!) this week. Her song, “Follow That Sound” has landed as the theme to the new Benjamin Bratt series The Cleaner. The show is on A&E Tuesday nights at 10.
VIDEO: Popsicle Girls - The New Gong Show debuts tonight at 10 p.m.
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-07-17 13:20.
This is a clip from the old Gong Show with Chuck Barris.
It's a reminder of what is great about America that the new Gong Show hosted by Dave Attell debuts tonight at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central.
News to Reuse: Tattoo you, Knight House expands and Siren is open, but moving
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-07-17 13:17.
[ ] A New Jersey woman is suing her surgeon for placing a temporary tattoo of a rose below her panty line after he completed surgery on her stomach. (FOX29)
Track of the Week: “The Ark” by Dr. Dog
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 17:40.
“Til then, listen to the blue-eyed soul meets indie crunch of “The Ark” at our MySpace page and be awed.
Your Wednesday: P-FUNK at the shore, bikinis and Rush on TV for the first time since Ford was in office
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 17:13.
Soncini’s Bikini Party 156 E Butler Ave. Chalfont. 10 p.m.
Eagles Cheerleader Calendar cover girl unveiling. Live Web cast.: 8 p.m.
Philly EDGE's BIG Concert List July 16-22
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 16:46.
The Barbary
951 Frankford Ave (At Frankford and Columbus Blvd)
Philadelphia
Tickets: 1.866.468.7619
Philly Sports Backwash: Eagles Cheerleaders in eco-sexy bikinis…
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 16:41.
…including ones made out of soda bottles, computer parts and bridge tokens. (Good Day Philadelphia) Web cast of the cheerleader calendar cover girl unveiling here.
Dr. Dog postpones two dates, not Conan (UPDATE: CORRECTION)
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 15:58.
Philly band-gone-national Dr. Dog, whose new CD Fate drops at stores next Tuesday has postponed two shows this weekend in Pittsburgh and Lancaster because of a minor throat injury to bassist Toby Leahman.
DD will, however, play Thursday night’s appearance on the Conan O’Brien show without with Leahman and begin its tour next Wednesday, July 23 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. The Pittsburgh and Lancaster shows have been rescheduled for August 5 and 6 respectively on the band’s MySpace page. The band will also play a free show at Rittenhouse Square on August 13.
Bar News: Blue Comet in Glenside is off the block, Squirrel Murphy’s in Warminster and Pabst is the Big Daddy of U.S. brewers
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 15:28.
[ ] According to the Montco Sheriff’s Office Web site, the location of rockabilly-suburban hipster (no, really) bar the Blue Comet (106 S. Easton Rd. Glenside/Cheltenham) was tagged for a sheriff’s sale on July 30. It looks as though a last minute rally last Friday and this Monday has stayed that sale.
News to Reuse: Siren may be saved, lots of Sunny days ahead and will Springsteen play the Spectrum’s last dance?
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 13:11.
[ ] Thanks to the support of local music fans, Siren Records of Doylestown may avoid a sheriff’s sale. The weekend benefit shows raised about $20,000. Siren is looking to move to a new location by Aug. 31. (Intelligencer)
Schrute says accident turns Bucks County into Sucks County
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-16 12:10.
Actor Rainn Wilson - you know him best as Dwight Schrute on "The Office" - stopped by Fox29's Good Day Philadelphia this morning to chat about his upcoming new feature film The Rocker out August 20.
He also did traffic with Dorothy Krysiuk, just like Mayor Nutter did yesterday. (This is becoming like dancing with Ellen. Sort of.)
Tuesday: Shelby Lynne in Sellersville, the All-Star Game and Daryl Hall on Conan
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-15 15:43.
Country star Shelby Lynne is at the Sellersville Theater: 8 p.m.
Three-dollar Tuesday- $3 cheesesteaks and burgers, and cheap beers (always)- at Buckets (810 West Ave. Jenkintown 215.576.9538).
The MLB All-Star Game from Yankee Stadium- get some crab fries and watch- Fox at 8 p.m.
Food News: Time to Hurl!, try a Vivanno and no naked Olive Garden women from Philly
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-15 13:11.
[] SO… if you ate, like, a pound of franks and beans and then got on a mechanical bull, what do you think would happen?...That’s right: You’d hurl.
Hurl! is a new game show that matches competitive speed eating with physical challenges immediately after the food engorgement. It debuts tonight at 9 p.m. on G4.
Philly Sports Backwash: Emmitt Smith’s ‘beard is weird’; His ‘’stache is trash’
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-15 11:32.
A reminder that it is never too early to start hating on the Cowboys....Even the retired ones.
News to Reuse: Spectrum to close, an ‘A’ for Abington and Richboro kids don’t have gas
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-15 11:26.
[ ] You knew the Spectrum was closing. Now it is official. And it already has a tribute site.(RememberTheSpectrum.com)
Your Monday: See the Eagles, Marilyn Monroe in Doylestown and watch Chase’s chase
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-14 17:26.
The Eagles…(no, not those guys, but FYI: camp starts July 26 at Lehigh). Tonight see Glen Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmidt at the Wachovia Center: 8 p.m.
Plenty of guests on Dom Giordano’s show on WPHT (1210-AM) tonight, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito and Inky Editor Bill Marimow.: 7 p.m.
Philly Sports Backwash: Charlie and the Home Run Derby, better than Santa Claus and New York >>> Philly. Again.
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-14 15:47.
[ ] Randy Miller of the Courier Times posted this nugget yesterday about when current Phils manager Charlie Manuel, then in Triple-A, faced Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle in a home run derby in the 1970s. Mantle, then retired and in his mid-40s, lost to Manuel 21-2. (phillyBurbs)
Music News: New Radiohead video uses no cameras and pictures of Mellencamp Mayer and Motley Crue
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-14 13:04.
[ ] Radiohead, who will be at the Susquehanna Bank Center Aug. 12, debuted the video for “House of Cards,” which was made entirely without cameras, today on Google. See it here. Read more about it here. (Guardian)
News to Reuse:That domestic is now an import, swimmers deal with shrinkage, and ‘Hey Lama! How about somethin', you know...
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-14 12:13.
[ ] Anheuser-Busch – you know them; they make Bud and such* – agreed to be sold to Belgian-based InBev (Stella Artois and Bass). Beer snobs at Monk’s, NASCAR fans nationally equally pissed. (Google via AP)
Philly Sports Backwash: Vai Sikahema knocks Jose Canseco out
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-14 10:47.
In case you didn't make the trip to Atlantic City this weekend to see former Eagles return guy/current NBC 10 sports analyst Vai Sikahema fight Jose Canseco, here's all you need to see/know: Vai won.
