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It’s time for PW's Music Issue, and they're loving on the blogs. Also, check out the top 100 Philly songs ("Love Train" will be in our heads All Day).

An army of cabbies? Going up against the PPA? Where’s our sharpened sticks!

It’s PW’s time for a fall guide, and they got lots of stuff for you on the cheap. But don’t expect any PA favors.

It's no secret that we love Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries. We especially love them on days like today, when they're giving out free cake for no apparent reason. (Go! Now!) But over next to the free cake was the sign photographed above.

Ah, Fourth of July! It's time for parades, fireworks, and barbecues. Lots of barbecues. But surprisingly, barbecues, those gatherings amongst friends and family which serve no purpose other than to feed and, perhaps, inebriate one's nearest and dearest, can be a hotbed of rudeness – and around a hot grill, rudeness can equate to a certain degree of danger. Following are tips for having a polite and safe Fourth of July barbecue, whether you're grilling or eating.

It's drawing close to the day when all Phillyists must decide what to do with a day off in the sweltering heat - the Fourth of July. Do we hang around the city, deal with the onslaught of tourists dressed up in their red, white and blue best to sit on the parkway and listen to Hall and Oates? Do we sit around drinking beer and grilling burgers and dogs? Do we venture into the suburbs to try to find some kind of quaint American celebration?

The 2007 Sunoco Welcome America! Festival launched yesterday (complete with live map to tell you where the festivities are, or, if you're like us, what parts of the city to avoid over the next few days). Between now and Wednesday, there's a ton of celebratin' to do, as part of Welcome America! or otherwise. We know that at some point, we'll be barbecuing some burgers and dogs, and watching fireworks are an absolute must, but otherwise, everything is really up in the air. So what we want to know is how like to celebrate Independence Day. Do you go in for the parades? Pay homage to the Founding Fathers at Independence Hall, where this holiday got started? Do you escape the city and head down the shore? Watch the fireworks, or, perhaps, light some of your own? Leave us a comment and let us know where you'll be and what you'll be doing!

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Memorial Day is next Monday. This means very little in the scheme of commercial holiday celebrating, of course, except for the fact that it means a day off and, for whatever reason, official permission to wear white. And how, whether clad in white or not, do most people celebrate Memorial Day?

getting was from my endless supply of dairy products: mostly Wawa milk and string cheese from Trader Joe's. But my body needed real, hearty protein. And iron. (I've been dragging and figured that not having enough iron could be a contributing factor. Never mind that I've been averaging four and a half hours of sleep per night, because that's clearly not the problem, right?) I needed red meat, and soon.

Before you even start, no, this has nothing to do with Philadelphia. But when somebody offers to send me a DVD about ninjas with the word "Shinobi" in the title, how am I supposed to say no?? So here I am, reviewing Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, a 2005 Japanese film released to disc in the States last month.

Like Katie, I've been spending too much time at Ten Stone lately. On Friday night, we decided we really needed a change and so, at the recommendation of one of L2's fabulous bartenders, Katie and I, along with another Phillyist staffer, headed a block in the opposite direction toward Grace Tavern.

I'd walked past Bootsie's several times before its opening, each time with mounting curiosity. The name sounded to me like a mecca for New Orleans-style comfort food, Louis Armstrong's version of "When the Saints Go Marchin' In" playing over the sound system.

- It's official, Philadelphia's annual Fourth of July celebration on the Parkway will feature Lionel Ritchie and...U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito? Frankly, we're a little disappointed the former Commodore and the Justice aren't going to be doing a duet. (For a full-listing of events for the week long celebration, visit the America's Birthday website). (Via)

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Brendan Benson plays at World Cafe Live tonight with The Greenhornes, whose recent EP, East Grand Blues, was produced by Benson. Benson's Alternative to Love is one of the year's better albums, providing all of the power hooks and choruses that our indie pop loving hearts could desire.

We’re not going to say this cart has “the best cheesesteaks in town” because to make a claim like that, in a city like this, is just opening an enormous can.... Make –it-your-own-way choices range from pizza steak - which consists of griddled to perfection meat shavings smothered in tomato sauce and cheese, to chicken provolone and onions, to the works.... Located on the sidewalk of the PECO Building (corner of Market and 23rd), the cart is worth a major shout out to anyone who is on the eternal quest to find steak nirvana in a town that has taken meat, bread and cheese to gothic heights.

Maybe you've just taken in a free concert at Penn's Landing, or you're coming out of a show at the Ritz East, or you've just dug up a half-dozen early editions of the Waverly novels at the Book Trader. Whatever the reason, you're deep in the heart of Old City and you're craving just one thing. But since a torrid twelve-hour threesome with Brad and Angelina ain't likely to happen, you're willing to settle for the next best: A fresh, juicy, old-fashioned hamburger. But where to go? Sure, Old City is great if you want to sip a $10 cocktail while being harangued by tourists or quacked at by one of those goddamn amphibious buses, but a burger? Well don't worry! Phillyist is here to do the tough research for you, and has dug up four places that you can satisfy your craving for a hamburg steak sandwich.

As you may have already heard, this month's GQ released a list of the twenty best burgers in America, and two local Philly restaurants made the list. Sure, we didn't win, place, or show, but two burgers in the top five ain't bad, right?

Summer's in full force, and with it comes the urge to grill up some old-fashioned barbeque. But sometimes burgers and franks aren't exactly what you're looking for. If you're watching what you eat, why not throw a tuna steak on the grill? Marinate it in some ginger, garlic, sugar and soy first, and then while it's grilling toss together some mixed greens and cherry tomatoes with a tasty vinaigrette, like the one below. When the tuna's done, serve it on top of the greens with some shredded pickled carrots, a sprinkling of sesame seed and a nice garnish. That's all! It's easy, tasty, healthy and sophisticated.

Where is probably the only place in Philly that you can find a poor college student, a doctor, a biker, a businessman, a sorority girl, and a bleached socialite mingling with one another? Drinker's Tavern. Long before termed Mel’s “serenity hang-out” (a reference to MTV’s Real World: Philadelphia), this dark hole-in-the-wall bar has been getting Philly patrons drunk for nearly three years. Ridiculously drunk. For ridiculously cheap. Seriously, in a city where martinis are skyrocketing towards the ten dollar mark and burgers for fifteen, this place is a gem for shallow pockets. Where else can you throw back $2 Jaegermeister shots and a 40 ounce bottle ALL THE TIME? 30 bucks buys the whole bar a shot. Not only was its jukebox, which spits out a myriad of tunes from Radiohead to Metallica, voted best jukebox in Philadelphia by City Paper, the bar also gains bragging rights for having the best happy hour in the city. From 7:30 to 9:30, $5 pitchers flow continuously, even on a Saturday night.