Best-of…WTF?: Long Live the Krimpet
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-08-01 18:13.
For the 35th consecutive year, Philadelphia magazine has published its “Best of Philly” issue. Banded together, the information categorized by the mag in such issues since 1974 is a de facto print wiki about the people, places and passions of (upper middle class and above) Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Ever paint breasts? Cheltenham Center for the Arts wants to see them
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-08-01 15:12.
In celebration of October, the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cheltenham Center for the Arts (439 Ashbourne Rd. Cheltenham) will present the BreastStrokes Exhibition September 15 - October 20. The show will feature the work of artists who have used their mediums to explore the art of the breast.
Weekend Planner: First Fridays, new Stephenie Meyer novel, MusikFest, Jack Bauer races and Bowling for Boobies
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-08-01 13:31.VIDEO: Philly PR woman sings aboout social networking at a social networking event
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-08-01 12:58.
Holy meta!...Check out this video of excessively cute Philly PR lass Paige Wolf singing about social networking at what the YouTube post states was a Yelp event.
Disclosure: We have met Paige twice, though we're pretty sure she wasn't sure who we were because we e-mail more than we meet-up, ya know?
News to Reuse: Fans to play Rock Band between Dashboard and Panic in Philly, man thinks he’s a cop, and books burned in Bucks
Submitted by jstudent on Fri, 2008-08-01 11:33.
[ ] Dept. of This IS Scary: Bands Panic at the Disco and Dashboard Confessional will play the Wachovia Spectrum on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. A contest will allow fans to compete in the video game Rock Band for a chance to perform - via the video game - between the headlining band’s sets.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday, August 8 at 10 a.m. exclusively via www.ComcastTIX.com.
Your Thursday: Five dollar pitchers at the Wet Whistle, Harper at Havana and Club Freight House
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-07-31 16:59.
$5 pitchers, $0.25 wings and $2 well drinks (10 p.m.- 12 a.m.) at the Wet Whistle in Jenkintown.
Ladies Night at Chill in Holland.
Aussie harmonica wiz Harper at Havana New Hope. 9 p.m.
BRAND me, bitch! Slapping the corporate face of Wal-Mart, Starbucks and Miller-Coors
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-07-31 15:14.
Massive corporations rule the world.
Nowhere is that fact more apparent or relevant than the suburbs, where a chain’s faithful adherence to soulless plasticity can best help it become a safe-haven of economic establishmentarianism, and a magnet for the oft status-quo-craving residents of the ‘burbs. (And mass transit sucks out here.)
Recently, three companies whose products touch the Philly EDGE audience regularly (without consent, we might add) have undergone image tweaking (Wal-Mart), management restructuring (Starbucks), or a major merger (Miller and Coors brewing) and have thusly changed their corporate faces - their logos - to reflect the new day.
News to Reuse: Bucks UFOs go prime time, Soul will parade (once the bomb squad clears out) and shoplifting is now a team sport
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-07-31 13:36.
[ ] Producers from The Discovery Channel will begin an investigation of all the recent UFO reports in Bucks County in two weeks. (Courier Times)
Philly EDGE's BIG Concert List July 30-Aug.5
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-30 13:58.
Philadelphia
The Barbary
951 Frankford Ave (At Frankford and Columbus Blvd)
Philadelphia
Tickets: 1.866.468.7619
Track of the Week: “Storms” by Person L
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-30 13:45.
Person L, the new band featuring The Starting Line's lead singer/songwriter Ken Vasoli, will release its debut album, Initial, next week.
The band, which plays Friday (Aug. 1) at the Main Street Church in Doylestown with Good Old War (with Keith Goodwin of Days Away), will support Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Saosin) on his upcoming tour, which kicks off next Wednesday, August 6 at the Starlight Ballroom in Philly.
Food News: A basket of bacon? …Sure!, Jose Garces on Iron Chef and Starbucks to keep breakfast sandwiches
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-30 13:18.
[ ] Philly EDGE has it on good authority that every Sunday during rockabilly performances, guests of the Blue Comet Bar and Grill in Glenside can get a basket of bacon – served up just like fries. You may dip it, or not.
Philly Sports Backwash: Anti-Mets T-shirts, Sarge does the Chicken Dance and Sixers Dancers on the beach
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-30 11:55.
[ ] Philly EDGE’s HMFiC is part of the Iron Ref competition on Hugging Harold Reynolds. The voting is open for the next two days.
News to Reuse: Bare boobies still striking fear into Upper Bucks, breaking Bennigan’s and Did You Boscov Today?...better hurry
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2008-07-30 11:17.
[ ] Joining the ever-growing list of Bucks County towns who vow to protect their populace from naked titties, Quakertown is considering limiting the areas in which a strip club may be permitted to locate. (Intelligencer)
Your Tuesday: The Police, Ken of The Starting Line and dollar dogs
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-29 16:33.
The Police & Elvis…Costello- that is, at the Wachovia Center: 7:30 p.m.
One dollar gets you a SoCo & lime shot or PBR can at Chuck Farley’s: 9 p.m.- 12 a.m.
VIDEO: This is Philly's Best. Air. Guitarist.
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-29 13:18.
Ladies and gentlemen: this is Windhammer.
"Windhammer" won the Philadelphia leg of the U.S. Air Guitar championships The Cuervo Black US Air Guitar Championships in June. He will be competing next weekend in San Francisco for the national title.
See more contestants, here.
Exhibit of porn stars as church saints makes U.S. debut in Philadelphia this week
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-29 12:30.
(Scratch that, this we do know: If this art were debuting in Bucks County or the Main Line, they’d be loading up Super Soakers with holy water and taking to the streets.)
News to Reuse: Suburbs dubbed “classic,” bar closures and Penn State and Bryn Mawr both highly ranked, won’t meet in bowl
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-07-29 11:31.
[ ] The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission named 11 suburbs and Philadelphia communities “classic.” Among the towns: Bristol, Doylestown, Ambler, Lansdowne, Media, West Chester, Manayunk, Collingswood and Riverton. See them all at www.classictowns.org. (Courier Times)
Your Monday: Mug Night, drinking outdoors and 99-cent cheesesteaks
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-28 18:17.
Mug Night at The Drafting Room in Exton and Spring House.
Half-price margaritas at Copabanana, NE.
Drink under the stars at 3 Monkeys.
VIDEO: Will you be on the highway to Hershey Aug. 19? Springsteen at Giants Stadium
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-28 12:43.
A reminder that there may still be some seats still left for this. See The Boss open his three-night gig in Jersey last night below:
VIDEO: Chris Martin among the Philly people
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-28 12:30.
Up-close video of Coldplay heading to the (sort-of) cheap seats to play an acoustic version of "The Scientist" at the Wachovia Center on Friday, July 28.
News to Reuse: Soul win; concert after safari, Red Lasso tied up, Coldplay played Dobbs; is Vedder next? and sexy singles
Submitted by jstudent on Mon, 2008-07-28 12:09.
[ ] The Philadelphia Soul won the Arena Bowl yesterday, and in the process made WMMR-FM (93.3) DJ Pierre Robert a TV star by virtue of his presence in the nationally-shown highlight of Soul owner Jon Bon Jovi in his suite. (ESPN) …This morning Robert told The Preston & Steve Show on ’MMR that Bon Jovi would follow through on his promise for a free Philly show if the Soul won the title, but that he could not play it until Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres return from a safari. The parade is Thursday.
