The Pistons blew out the Sixers last night 98-81, putting Philadelphia at the brink of elimination. But, the big story from the game was Samuel Dalembert’s new coif. Sammy shaved a fresh mohawk before Tuesday’s game, with the initials “SD” on the side. “SD” stands for “Samuel Dalembert” and “strong defense” according to Sixers play-by-play man Marc Zumoff. Sammy’s nemesis Rasheed Wallace went for 19 points, 6 boards and 6 blocks, so Dalembert might just......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Massive: WZT Hearts, Wet Hair, Secret Abuse, Nimby, Evan Miller, Teeth Mountain, and Prince Hand Vs. Prince Hand at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), doors 7:30PM. $5 Celebration: Opening reception for A Celebration of Life and Art, works by the late Marge Peterson, at Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford), 5-9PM. Free Reading: David Levithan reads from his new short story collection, How They Met and Other Stories, at Giovanni’s......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Really, It’s Comedy: Die Actor Die hosted by Don Montrey and Juliette Pryor at the Khyber (56 S. 2nd), 8PM. $5 Double Feature: Two Hands and Beethoven’s Hair, part of the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, at the Gershman Y (401 S. Broad), 7PM. $10 Fitting Tribute: The Philadelphia Orchestra, with the Philadelphia All City Choir, perform at Martin Luther King Jr. High School (6100 Stenton Ave), 7PM. Free......

Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know! This year nary a week went by without some news item making us shake our heads and email a link to spread the incredulity and rage amongst the Inter-spheres. Here are the top......

You gotta wonder about Penn students (and alums too, as it turns out): they shoot up terrorists, steal panties, and now apparently they adopt other people’s identities and swindle them out of loads of cash. To be fair though, Drexel does share some part of the latter, seeing as one of the accused is still a student there. You all know what we’re talking about right? Because it’s in the friggin international news! So Philly......

This week's quote comes from the movie A Christmas Story, and is likely repeated in the play, opening next week at The Players Club of Swarthmore. It's what pretty much everybody tells Ralphie whenever he mentions that he wants a BB gun for Christmas. Now, on with the listings! A Christmas Carol - Marley was dead, to begin with. November 30-December 30. Tickets online. A Christmas Story - Now, about that BB gun... November 23-December......

The Red Sox has permeated nearly every facet of Bostonist's lives. When they're not live-blogging the games, waxing poetic about the games, thanking Curt Schilling for his splendid work, or telling Dane Cook to watch his hair, they're watching certain presidential candidates hop on the Red Sox bandwagon (sorry, Gothamist). The Sox are so branded on the local brain that people are using the Series to spice up their sex lives. Speaking of spice, Bostonist......

For thirty-five minutes, I sat on a loveseat in the dressing room of Ciaran McFeely, who performs under the moniker Simple Kid, and simply shot the proverbial shit. With legs crossed and hair hanging in his face, he thoroughly answered any query that I spewed his way. Follow-up questions were unnecessary; everything was answered. When I originally agreed to interview Simple Kid, I knew nothing of the thirty-year-old Irish banjo strummer. Through my research, I......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Love Guitar Hero, but tired of your lame old guitar controller that's just like everybody else's? Well, if you feel like splurging, you can pick up a $399 limited edition AG Riff Master Guitar Controller for the PS2, which is an actual guitar that's been heavily modified to have the regular fret buttons and so forth. It also features KISS artwork on the......

This morning began like any other morning. There I was on the R6 coming into the city, following my usual routine: laughing at the oodles of amateur-hour typos in the Inquirer and occasionally looking up from this revelry to try and mind meld an attractive woman into sitting next to me. The bottom line is I'm married, but given the choice between being smushed up against the wall of the car by a beautiful......

To the many, many people I saw at Warped Tour: Thank you so much for being just as entertaining to look at as many of the bands playing. After a while, I couldn't help myself - and neither could Ross. We started snapping photos, not only of the acts we were there to cover, but also of you - whether you were onstage like the gentleman pictured here (Alkaline Trio's drum tech, who reminded us......

Musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova...

It’s finally over with. The Phillies have lost their 10,000th game. That being said, and accepted, it barely matters to the realist who watched the Phillies get hammered by a score of 10-2, thereby losing a game to the Mets and the Braves in the NL East standings. At least they didn’t really tease us into thinking they could win the game. The Phillies have long had the most losses of any sports franchise in......

Paris Power Ballad ...Gay? Lindsay Lohan is... confused? (Via The Superficial.) ...Highs: Paris Hilton got high a week after her jail release? Shocking! (Also, we LOVE the expression "heirhead!") (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Crazy: We'll bet her hair smells lovely, too. (Via Dailiy Mail.) ...Proposals: Given Charlie Sheen's history with women, we're not too optimistic about this one. (Via Xinhua.) ...Touchy, Touchy: Nick Lachey is a big baby. (Via My Fox NY, via......

Since spring training, it’s been the same story for the Phillies – they hit the snot out of the ball, but have huge question marks in the bullpen. Flash forward half a season and the same problem still exists. They're an average team that makes three-run leads in the seventh inning nerve-wracking. In the latest episode of late-inning drama, Geoff Geary has been so bad lately he's shaved his goatee and cut his hair in......

Happy Father's Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one's for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network. It was a week of bizarre, embarassing headlines at DCist. The trial of the local administrative law judge who sued his cleaners for $54 million over a pair of missing pants left everyone shaking their heads. Then the capital city was nearly brought to its knees, twice, by......

A Quirky Column about Dog Walking Adventures in the City of Dog-Owning Love Chill Dogs "I like your dog," she said. "She isn't like most Chihuahua’s. She's chill. That's cool." This laid back artsy girl with a flapper-like hair cut, piercing blue eyes and a blue, cotton dress was standing behind the counter at an extremely chill cafe that serves iced coffee and various cafe accoutrements while paying my friend and his dog, Hannah, the......

Having grown up Catholic, this Phillyist's early experience with bingo (besides the dog song, of course) consisted of the school gym being converted every other Wednesday afternoon into a downmarket The Price Is Right (if The Price Is Right had legions of older folk sitting at long folding tables littered with markers, enough bingo cards to paper said tables, and ashtrays. And if Bob Barker was a priest). It was not really appealing so......

Comedian Paul Mecurio...

I’ve always liked the music from HAIR. Not just the songs that were later released as singles (“Hair,” “The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” and “Good Morning, Starshine”), but all of the other songs from the musical, as well. They’re catchy and you find yourself singing them, even if you don’t necessarily “get” them. (“Sodomy, Holy Orgy”, for instance, made me reach for a dictionary when I was in middle school.) And so......

We all know where the quote comes from, and with a show going up that's centered around music of the Vietnam era, it seemed appropriate enough. Now, on with the listings! Hair - Boobies! Onstage! May 26-June 17. Tickets online. Pirates of Penzance - The very model of a modern major general. June 1-17. Ticket reservations online. War Songs II: More Songs of the Vietnam Era - Because who doesn’t dig 60s-era protest music? May......

See that thing? Over there to the left? That’s a Seawolf. The fish. It’s not Sea Wolf (myspace). The band. Oddly, it is the only one with a Wikipedia page. Perhaps the Seawolf has more adoring fans than Sea Wolf? Judging from the crowd at the Trocadero on Monday night, though, I beg to differ. The Troc was approximately two-thirds to three-fourths full by the time Sea Wolf finished plucking their various strings (and consistently......

Negotiations are over, and the Delaware River will now indeed be dredged and the channel deepened, which means the Delaware River Port Authority board can finally meet again after 17 months (Rendell had refused to call a meeting of the board until the dispute was settled). Philadelphia corrections officer Christopher Davidson has been arrested after going on a crazy rampage on an ATV in East Germantown on Tuesday evening. He drove all over a......

Phillyist loves Restaurant Week. Like, a lot. (Seriously, that was only the first three links that came up when searching for "Restaurant Week" in the Phillyist archives.) Unfortunately, Restaurant Week only happens twice a year. And it's not actually a full week when it does happen. So to help us fill the vacancy in our lives, the South Street Headhouse District will present 8 Days of Eats, eight full nights of prix fixe meals at......

The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler's Wife, was based in their fine city. They also had a heated discussion about Rush Limbaugh's controversial Barack Obama parody, talked about whether Uncle Julio's Hacienda is a good place to get......

Last night we had a last-minute opportunity to see Joss Stone at the Electric Factory. Hmm, we thought, get serenaded by a soul singer or spend some quality time with the TiVo? We opted for song instead of sitcom. We were glad we did. Though our taste runs more toward rocking cocks than soulful vox, we weren't disappointed. Stone is good at what she does. Dressed in a mod mini dress that complemented her......

Saturday night: Deerhunter at Johnny Brenda’s. It was dark, and we were puzzled. Never have we seen a stage so dimly lit. We wondered why. An added aspect of mystery? An act of kindness to all of the dilated pupils in the room? Then, from the center of the darkness, came a huge wall of sound that almost knocked us on our ass. We were glad we didn’t partake before this show, because had......

Usually, you think of writers as people who write, um, books and stuff. The things they write are meant to be read, not performed. Right? Well, not according to InterAct Theatre Company, which tonight will be presenting Writing Aloud: Coming to Terms, "an evening of four short fictional stories by area writers read aloud by Philadelphia's best actors," and the latest in InterAct's Writing Aloud series. Tonight's featured works will be: "The Haircut"Written by Linda......

Films: Zoo, VHS - Kahloucha, Viva Future Screenings: Zoo: No future screenings scheduled VHS - Kahloucha: No future screenings scheduled Viva: No future screenings scheduled I was overly-ambitious this weekend, and eventually traded sleep (and a glass or two of vino) for films. Did I miss out on some stellar movies? Probably. Do I regret it? No: sometimes, it's nice to not be sitting alone in a darkened room. Zoo I'm not actually entirely sure......

Films: Dead Daughters, Trigger Man, Severance, The Burglar, Ten Canoes Future Screenings: Dead Daughters - Mon, April 16, 9:30PM at the Ritz East; Tue, April 17, 9:30PM at the Bridge Trigger Man - Mon, April 16, 9:30PM at the Bridge Severance - Tue, April 17, 9:30PM at the Ritz Five The Burglar - None Ten Canoes - None Whew. Okay. This thing has been going on for a while now, and I don't know about......