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• Londonist was treated to some fantastic views of the city, courtesy of the 'Star Over London' airship.
• Bostonist spent the week celebrating New England's quintessential summer meal, the lobster roll.
• Torontoist explored the dangerous lives of stickmen.

Remember that advertising campaign that used to say that Philadelphia is more fun for tourists when they stay over? Unfortunately, a couple tourists from Missouri recently found out when Philadelphia isn’t so much fun. Namely when you get plowed over by a drunken South Philly douchebag when you are just trying to cross the street to see your hometown St. Louis Cardinals play the Phillies. One of the tourists, 53-year-old Cindy Grassi, died from her injuries, while the other poor soul, 36-year-old Sandra Wacker remains at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition with the most positive diagnosis stating that she could be paralyzed on one side of her body for the rest of her life.

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Although I frequently lament abuse of the English language, I'm also the first to admit that the internet has a language of its own. I'm not talking about L337, I'm not talking about LOL, and I'm not talking about the bad grammar that permeates most MySpace profiles. I'm referring to the language of hypertext, which makes it possible for us to write sentences like: "Don't be that guy" and "Her attitude toward adoption reminded us a little of a certain famous actress" without having to say what it is to be that guy "that guy" or who the "certain famous actress" is. When read aloud, such sentences make very little sense (unless you've got a PowerPoint presentation screening behind you). But online, not only do they make sense, they're becoming the status quo.

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Looking back on a week's worth of local craigslist hijinks...

The current Facebook Status of our nation’s prominent political figures:

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Everyone, meet Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus's brother, Trace Cyrus. He's taken his Achy Breaky genetics and taken a sharp left toward electronica with his band Metro Station (MySpace), and he's taken Mason Musso, brother of co-star Michel Musso, along for the ride.

'Twas the Sunday after Valentine's Day and all through the World Cafe Live, folks were stirring about, probably even mice.

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David Ford Ticket Giveaway
2/18/08-2/20/08

We like to compare bands to other bands when we talk about them. We find it helps to give a good idea of what they sound like.

Despite their name, NYC four-piece Vampire Weekend (MySpace) is not a shoe-gazing, emo goth band. In fact, their self-titled debut LP, just released at the end of last month, is perhaps best described as "sunny" - the very antithesis of a vampire's idea of a good weekend. This band, beloved of many blogs (including us), performs bouncy, funny, clever, retro indie/punk/pop/New Wave songs about love. Their music is so fun it feels like there has to be something wrong with it, but nothing is. It's been a while since we listened to an album the first time through, and loved every song on it instantly. (Although of course we did love some more than others; the head-bopping "A-Punk," which they performed live on Letterman just the other night, is the best, and "One (Blake's Got a New Face)" is the worst.) If you haven't got your copy of the album yet, hit the R5 Productions website to download some free MP3s.

Tomorrow night, One Republic is playing The Trocadero. We've never heard of them, and outside of the song that automatically pops up on their MySpace page, we have no idea what their music sounds like.

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Normally, kids get a pass for doing asshole-ish things. Let's face it, kids are just immature, and 95% of them will knock off most of the really asshole behavior by the time they're adults. But some kids are just shamefully, hopelessly doomed to a life of being assholes. A couple such kids are the eighth-grade dipshits who beat up a mentally challenged, partially deaf, autistic 12-year-old, then posted the video clip of the attack on YouTube and the poor kid's MySpace page. These weasels don't stand a chance, and we expect they'll make their way through the correctional system sooner rather than later. And it gets more than a little under our skin that the attack occurred at a school named for Thurgood Marshall and the story broke on the week of Martin Luther King Day (although the incident happened back in December): two men who dedicated their lives to helping those who couldn't always defend themselves. So, this week's Assholes of the Week are those two kids, who have will have the added misfortune of probably being assholes for the rest of their lives.

We had very high hopes when we made our way to the Electric Factory for Y-Rock on XPN's FREEZEtival 2008. After all, Louis XIV (MySpace) delivers smart, edgy electro-rock, Editors' (MySpace) first two albums have gotten some pretty good critical reviews, and Hot Hot Heat (MySpace) is one of those bands that we remember enjoying like five years ago and lost track of, so we were eager to hear what they've been up to.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.

It got cold all of a sudden, didn't it? We had a nice little mild winter going—just like we'd asked for—for a little while. But suddenly, it's, well, winter in Philadelphia. And winter means one thing: frigid, freezing weather. So, appropriately, Y-Rock on XPN is bringing FREEZEtival 2008 to the Electric Factory tomorrow night.