By Bill Hayes and Pencopal This week, the Renegade Phillyists are feeling slightly less hateful, but just as snarky. Think of it as haterade lite. So instead of picking people off one by one, we've decided to taze them. Bill's To Taze List: 1) The people at Pitchfork. If you've heard of an album, they probably think it blows. I've been listening to the latest Tegan & Sara album, The Con, and I have been......

When I told you about ?uestlove's event at Bubble House this Sunday, it totally slipped my mind that things at Bubble House would be popping off just blocks from where various schools at Penn were celebrating their graduations. For the record, there are few things I enjoy more in life than watching the type of awkwardness that occurs when a family of celebratory WASPs gets caught up in the midst of three breaking circles, flanked......

In the immortal words of Juvenile, if you've got features you're proud of, you damn well may have gotten them from your mama. And on this day of motherly love, what better way to celebrate those maternal influences than bringing them over to Bubble House for their weekly Sundae party, and shaking what your mom gave you while ?uestlove spins? If this Phillyist didn't already have a Mother's Day dinner reservation at Abbraccio's, she'd......

“Well, there are various directions we see it going in. I personally envision LNS as a chance to bring together like minded-crazies, shave some heads and commit various acts of random mayhem. But, you know, this is a start.” So says Post Midnight, host of Late Night Series: Philadelphia, as he speeds down the Jersey turnpike on his way to University City. Every Thursday Night he makes the 30 minute trek (“at least the......

When one door closes, a window opens... Saturday. Rounding the corner at 10th and Race, the ground was littered with tiny strips of shredded red cardboard, remnants of a clamor that had popped off while I slept. A store opening is a beautiful thing in Chinatown. Drums are pounded in rhythmic fashion and dancers bring a dragon to life, amidst the ecstatic crackling of raucous fireworks. Regretting that I had missed the dramatic proceedings,......

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by heavy winds, making it a bad time to be a twelve-meter (nearly forty-foot) tall snowman. Still, not everyone decided to keep warmly covered. Meanwhile, back indoors, the Big Brother racism is now causing all kinds of headaches for international diplomats, and Londonist got into......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Inverse Reading Series: Hal Sirowitz, Carly Sachs & Jeffrey Ethan Lee read at The Bubble House (3404 Sansom Street) as part of the Inverse Reading Series at 7:30 PM. $7 admission includes one drink. Songwriters in the Round: Nora Whittaker, John Conahan & Rebecca Pronsky at World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut Street) at 8PM. $8 Bingo at The Dive: Bingo on the 2nd floor of The Dive (947......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The CIA wants to debunk some common myths about working for them, whilst also providing you with one of those fun internet personality quizzes that the kids seem to like so much these days. This Phillyist turned out to be a Thoughtful Observer, whilst Phillyist Jill (who sent the link our way) is an Impressive Mastermind. And what did we learn......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Skeletor Sings: Eternia's favorite skull-faced crooner plays The Khyber (56 S. 2nd Street) tonight with The Brett Rosenberg Problem, Bumpus, and headliner Bling Kong. $8. 8PM (21+) My Favorite Episode: My Favorite Episode with Dani Mari, Carmen Chiles, and Matt Roach at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar Street). 8PM. $5 Inverse Poetry Reading: Peter Murphy, Kevin Varrone & Sarah Byker James read at 7:30 PM at The Bubble......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Yet another way to play tons of old Nintendo games - in your browser, as java applets. Welcome to vNES. It's a little slow - because hey, it's Java! - but it's cool to be able to play NES in your browser without having to go to the trouble of tracking down an emulator and a bunch of ROMs. (Via) Speaking of online......

Inverse Reading Series: Ron Silliman and Eileen R. Tabios read at The Bubble House 3404 Sansom Street at 7:30PM. Admission is $7, and includes one drink. Professor Anarchy: It is difficult to resist a calendar listing that reads: "Come watch Me rap and act like an asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!," so we felt we had to share. It also, we feel we should add, promises "No cover!!!!" & "Cheap beer!!!!!" (But how ever will he support his......

You may question Jill's dedication to Sparkle Motion, but never doubt her dedication to the Fringe. With the schedule she's keeping, I don't know how she's still functioning; and I feel quite the Fringe slacker. But sometimes she lets me accompany her to shows anyway. 'Cause she's cool like that.   The Sea: The Sea is a "rock opera" about a young man going to sea, and his subsequent life as a sailor. Like the......

It takes more than a little rain to keep this Phillyist away from the theater. A lot of rain, however, will keep me in doors, watching DVDs and drinking tea. (Curse you, Ernesto!) After reading Jill's run down I'm more than a little disappointed in myself for hiding away (especially for missing the sold-out Cell). Luckily, the heavens cleared long enough today for me to make it out to the fully interacitve, audience-controlled show, Flip......

Performances: By Grimm (part of Vagabond Acting Troupe’s Journeys to the Edge) (Future performances); Austentatious (11th Hour Theatre Company) (Future performances); The Guided Tour (Kaibutsu) (Future performances); Granuaile and a Place at Howth (SAOIRSE Celtic Performance Troupe) (No future performances); Cell (Headlong Dance Theater) (All future performances sold out); Cell: Movement in Restricted Spaces (Group Motion Dance Company) (Future performances); Every Day Above Ground (SaBooge) (No future performances); Flip the Script (The Brick Playhouse) (Future......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Thee Phantom, the Phoexnix, DJ Kingspin & The Illharmonic Orchestra: Thee Phantom, the Phoexnix, DJ Kingspin & The Illharmonic Orchestra perform as part of Philly Unplugged. Grape Street Pub (4100 Main Str). $5. 9PM Inverse Poetry Reading: Tom Devaney, Amy King, & Ethel Rankin read at The Bubble House (3404 Sansom) as part of the Inverse Poetry Series. $7 admission includes one drink. New Release Tuesday: It's......

- It probably goes without saying by now - but if you're planning to fly out of Philadelphia International Airport, you're going to want to get there very early and watch what you pack in your carry on luggage. -The proposed fence around Independence Hall is meeting some resistance from residents. Ah, irony. It won't protect us - but it does irritate us from time to time. If you have comments about the project, here's......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Inverse Reading Series: 7:30 PM this (and every 3rd) Tuesday at The Bubble House (3404 Sansom Street). Featured this week are Kate Delany, Theresa Devine Banford and musician Lisa Bouchelle. $7 admission includes a drink. Seven Men From Now: A free "script-in-hand reading" of Seven Men from Now at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street) at 7PM. Harmony India: "A varied program of selected dances from North India......

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid's Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy......

- Is the Phanatic bummed about the Phil's latest performance? Phreaking Philly thinks so. - The CLOG questions the veracity of a ghost sighting in a cemetery in Berks County. - Are you a local musician? Then snooble and RadioGrounds would like to hear from you. -Is the Philly condo bubble about to burst? (We sure hope so. Someday we'd like to be able to afford exorbitant condo fees instead of just exorbitant rental......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Inverse Reading Series: 7:30 PM at Bubble House (3404 Sansom Street). Tonight's reading will feature J. T. Barbarese, Shafer Hall, Laurie Soslow, and musical guest Andrew Lipke. $7 (includes one drink) bowerbird @AIR Space: bowerbird presents local electronica musicians Price vs. Cohen and Cars will Burn!, Blacksberg/Kimmel Duo, and From Bacteria to Boys at the AIR Space Gallery (4013 Chestnut Street) at 8PM. $5 Fancy Pants Cinema: Free,......

This, readers, is the human equivalent of ROYGBIV, though you’ve got to admire that Aaron Rowand took the time to perfectly product his hair in the face of, well, that face. If the Phillies need more motivation to keep up the passion and the fight that they showed during their stretch of playing 13-1 baseball, this picture should be taped to the inside of every locker. We also believe that Rowand is ready to......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Movie Monday Tuesday at The Troc: This week, the Monday movie is on Tuesday. I wouldn't argue, since the movie is Taxi Driver, and Travis Bickle isn't someone I'd suggest having a disagreement with. $3 admission, applicable towards concession. Doors open at 6, the show starts at 8, and you must be 21+ to attend. The Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street. Inverse: The Inverse Poetry Reading......

This week, Return to Sender and Phillial team up to give the men of Philadelphia the hand they so desperately need. Dear men of Philadelphia: So Return to Sender just tore you a new one, and you're probably pissed at us. But like our overbearing father told us, "We do it because we love." Admit it, Philly fellas. You don't want to be That Guy that the cute chicks subtly point at, whisper about, and......