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Maybe you've been missing out, all this time, on www.BadmintonStamps.com, written by Philabuster and SkinnySlim, two witty, sometimes charmingly snarky, guys who are way more up on the music-slash-party scene in Philadelphia and Brooklyn than you are. Their great site has two battling playlists to keep you entertained at work; music and other news from Philly and that still-sometimes affordable borough; and hot links to songs carefully paired with the long soundbite-sized posts. Check it out.

This is going to be a short update for the weekly blog roundup. Why? It's because everyone and their mother is at South by Southwest, drunker than Ted Kennedy on nickel night. Oh and most bloggers are writing about who they met and how drunk they got, not about the music (isn't the music the POINT of going in the first place?) Jim McGuinn and XPN are doing a good job though with their web coverage and live broadcasts, but that's about it.

- Philadelphia Will Do breaks the story that isn't a really a story (or is it?): despite an incriminating item in his Wikipedia entry (an item which no longer appears), local ABC affiliate news anchor Jim Gardner (aka James Goldman) was not arrested in New York for solicitation. Philadelphia Will Do's inevitable question: Who's out to get Jim Gardner?

Phillyist guides you through today's more entertaining and important moments in the Philadelphia blogiverse today:
• Badminton Stamps memorializes Wilson Picket. Any man who can rock a purple suit with matching scarf is OK with us.
• No more beer commercials involving anorexic chicks in bikinis and sweaty guys bonding over brewskis? Enrico discusses the new beer industry image.
• Kate crosses the line - by buying an iPod. For shame, Kate! For shame!