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Just in time for tonight's party (will you be there?), Phillyist adds another new writer to the mix, this one the very talented—and extensively published—Joshua Valocchi. We'd like to emphasize that we brought him on as a writer long before he said nice things about Editor Jill's place of employment in a Philadelphia Weekly article, and that said article has nothing to do with his new position on the staff. Although Editor Jill may just...

Let's get this out of the way up front. The video accompanying in this review was not selected for its quality, but because it pretty much embodies what happened at the Wachovia Center last Tuesday night. People went absolutely nutso for Fall Out Boy, to the point where this fan could only concentrate on Patrick Stump while he was doing backing vocals on Gym Class Heroes' performance of "Clothes Off." Seriously, it was pandemonium. We...

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. Before you roll your eyes and click down to the next post, hear us out. This album had a lot more thought go into the song structure and overall album structure than most others we've heard lately. So we're giving in to our temptation and going to see Fall Out Boy at the Wachovia Spectrum tonight.

Let’s get this out of the way early: The Eagles season is still, for all intents and purposes, OVER. To have a chance at the playoffs, they would have to win every game but one. And that is good because the game against the Patriots can already be put in the books. The team from New England is going to stomp the Eagles like Editor Jill running into a disgusting, yet otherwise harmless, cockroach. When you factor in games like the visit to clearly superior Dallas, the trip to struggling yet dangerous New Orleans, and a likely chokejob against a stiff like Miami or Buffalo, the Eagles really have no chance in hell of making the playoffs. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself and laugh your ass off when the Birds eke out a game that they had no business winning against the self-sabotaging Washington Redskins. If that team should happen to have a nickname that is abhorrent to a whole race of people, so be it! So sit back, relax and soak in the glory of this meaningless, mid-November victory against a hopeless also-ran! It’s diary-time!

A little while back, we told you about the First Person Story Tour and its colorful "mascot," the Story Tour Van. The Story Tour was a promotion to build up some buzz for the First Person Festival. Well, it's that time. The festival kicks off today with a wide range of events. The events are priced from free to $35 (the two most expensive events include food as part of the ticket price), and there's a bit of something for everyone. The Festival takes place entirely at 2111 Sansom Street, home of the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, so no matter which event you're going to, you'll know where to be, and you won't have to scramble from one location to another when you're going to multiple events.

Editor Jill is off slaying dragons helping to produce an arts festival, so several intrepid Phillyist staffers have agreed to help her with her regular content while she's knee-deep in nonprofit – among them, William J. Hayes, who is is taking over Monday Manners this week and next. This weekend, I went to the dog park near me to take in some of the lovely fall air. I really enjoy the dog park, first because...

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If you read Sunday's Inquirer, you might have seen a story about a psychedelic-looking van that's making its way around the city. If you didn't read Sunday's Inquirer, fear not, because we're giving you a story about a psychedelic-looking van that's making its way around the city. The graffitied 1988 Dodge Ram is the official vehicle of the First Person Story Tour. The Story Tour is an initiative of First Person Arts and Red Tettemer. Its goal: to collect real stories from real Philadelphians. By "real Philadelphians," we truly mean real Philadelphians: musicians, investment bankers, students, psychic advisers, and everything in between. Including kids at the zoo.

- concert to get us out of this funk. So thank you thank you thank you to Eric Hutchinson and Matt Duke for giving us that show.

Warped Tour is the gift that keeps on giving, at least for this Phillyist. We got to hear some great bands there, and we're going to continue following some of them. One of those bands is Monty Are I. Monty rocked our socks off at Warped, and they'll be back tomorrow night at the Trocadero with Sum 41, Amber Pacific and Schoolyard Heroes. Monty's latest album, , is starting to pick up some buzz, thanks largely to the single "Between the Sheets," which you should be listening to right now. If you're not, hit play on the video above and check it out. So we love the song, and we think the whole album is pretty good, if a bit over-produced. We actually wish it didn't sound quite so clean. Monty won us over at Warped with a really raw, aggressive sound, and we're looking forward to more of that tomorrow night.

While Editor Jill has been out covering PLAF events and neglecting her regular posts, we've found that some of you have really missed "Monday Manners." With one PLAF diary left for Jill to write, it looked like Phillyist would once again be mannerless this week, until good ol' Bill Hayes stepped in and asked if he could write a post about something Jill's not qualified to cover anyhow. Please enjoy this column – Jill will be back next week!

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Feeling stifled by the heat and the never-ending Menopause: The Musical run at Society Hill? Take a breath of fresh air with Vagabond Acting Troupe. Vagabond will be presenting its second annual New Works Festival tonight through Friday, featuring three one-acts from playwrights Christine M. Connelly of Chicago (To Ashes), Henry W. Kimmel of Atlanta (Saved On The Day Of Atonement), and Marie Lynch of our fair Philly (Throwing Stones). The evening is rounded off with a performance of Lesley Berkowitz's Boy and Girl, which premiered at the Troupe's first solo works festival this February. Each piece is directed by a member of Vagabond's core ensemble (hi, Editor Jill!), and features some of the ensemble in acting roles.

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Full disclosure: I am a sucker for Parker Posey. There's something about her impish grin and the social ineptitude of her characters that makes me heart everything she's in. So I was psyched to see her in this Zoe Cassavetes film about Nora, an anxiety-riddled 30-ish hotel guest relations expert who has horrible luck with men, until a sexy Parisian comes along and rocks her world. Posey is equal parts funny and vulnerable, and it was great to see her in a role that showed off her acting chops. French actor Melvil Poupaud totally kills it as Julian. He inhabits the role well, oozing that French je ne sais quoi, and it doesn't hurt that the dude is hot. Like "we would've been fine with his scenes if he'd just read the phone book" hot.

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The Philadelphia Film Festival has announced its Festival Favorites, and you can find a list of them on the festival website. They're all screening tomorrow evening in only two timeslots, which seems like a terrible idea to us, as that means you'll only be able to see two of them, at most (unless you've got Hermione's magical time turner on you). This Phillyist, for instance, would like to see Dog Bite Dog, but it's at the same time as The King of Kong, a film we definitely don't want to miss, so we're screwed. But hey, that's the festival for you! Always well organized! But we kid the festival. Anyway, some of these can't really be considered "favorites," as they were already scheduled for these timeslots, either because they were added late and didn't fit anywhere else, or just... because. But anyway, there they are. We're pleased to see that one of our favorites, Severance, made it to the list. Editor Jill is probably happy to see The Kovak Box here, although this Phillyist is not (blech!). We're really, really disappointed that Dead Daughters made it, as that's probably the worst movie we saw at the festival this year.

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