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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...

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Here's the fascinating story of how amateur sleuths solved the mystery of the missing remains of Czar Nicholas II's family members. (Via Jill) Just because the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is over doesn't mean we're out of fun Thanksgiving-related links for you. First of all, turns out it's probably not the turkey itself that makes you sleepy after the...

I will admit that I am a faster walker than most. This fact can probably be attributed to two reasons: 1) the faithful consumption of four cans of Dr. Pepper per day and 2) a clear aversion to doing anything on my lunch break other than surfing the Internet and staining my khakis horrifically from my work desk. So maybe I am more inclined to see some Philadelphians’ funeral dirge-ian way of moving through the...

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The Cave Singers are a new trio out of Seattle, and their music is being described as "haunting," as "folk music approached by way of punk rock," and as "sparse, melodic, and simultaneously creepy and alluring." Those last two quotes are from Brian Barr of Seattle Weekly, and we have to agree with him pretty much 100%. We've been listening to their debut full length, Invitation Songs, and we're pretty impressed. Particular favorites of ours include the romantic "Helen," the excellent, foot-stomping "Dancing on Our Graves," and the eerie and slightly menacing "New Monuments." If you think you'd like to try these guys out for yourself, well, you're in luck! They're playing Johnny Brenda's this Friday night with Black Mountain.

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The main problem with Shakespeare is that he wrote so darn much. Any group tackling this monstrous body of work in any form is certainly in for a ride. LyricFest's "Biography in Music - Shakespeare" was a fairly successful attempt. The amount of material covered by the program - the life of Shakespeare, readings from his works, and song settings of his works - certainly presents a problem for even the most dedicated programmer. LyricFests's solution of a continuous cycle of biographical reading, play reading, and song was a bit too disjointed and detracted from the overall flow of the concert. I would have preferred a higher ratio of song to reading and more continuous singing. The readings tended to relate somewhat to the upcoming song, but it was not always entirely clear how. The repertoire was well-chosen for the most part and included a wide range of Shakespeare-setters from Verdi to Finzi. I was a bit surprised that the the most famous Shakespeare song, "It was a lover and his lass," only made it into a truncated version in a reading.

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities.

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...Misbehavior: It seems as if there's nothing that Britney Spears won't do. (Via The Superficial.)

...Exits: After all the guff with The Don, we're not exactly surprised. (Via .)

...Flattery: Editor Jim mentioned Jean Claude Van Damme's new movie yesterday in Whiz. But linking to this story legitimizes our posting the video at the right. (Via I Watch Stuff!)

...Proselytism: To quote someone we know, "Tom Cruise is one fucked-up motherfucker." (Via The Superficial.)

...Assault: Not only don't we want to be on the road when she's driving, now we don't even want to be on the sidewalks! (Via The Superficial.)

...Obsession: We love Hugh Grant, but clearly, we don't Hugh Grant. (Via Editor Jim, via Cinematical.)

This week's quote comes from the song "My Funny Valentine," natch. Now, on with the listings!

If you follow Philly music, last spring you probably heard about a great alt-country band called One Star Hotel who broke up after opening for Wilco on a European tour. You may also have heard about how OSH’s front man and lyricist, Steve Yutzy-Burkey, started a new band with his wife Krista (keys & vox), former OSH bandmate Rick Sieber (bass), and Scott French (drums). You might have heard that the band was called The Swimmers, and was based on the stunning John Cheever short story, “The Swimmer.” In a matter of weeks they became one of the most hotly anticipated bands of the spring, garnering even more buzz after their first show at the Khyber in April 2006. And if you’re really up on your music gossip, you know that they had secret fans all over the city, waiting and panting all through the globally-warmed fall after The Swimmers were forced into hiatus while Krista recovered from an emergency spinal surgery.

...Beautiful Couples: What's that thing on his chin? (Via .)

...Spokesfailures: We will never get tired of hearing about what a failure at life K-Fed is. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?)

...Stupid: This is why children shouldn't make movies. Movies should only have characters over the age of sixteen in them. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?)

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...Confirmation that Eugenics May Not Have Been a Bad Idea: That poor kid. (Via The Superficial.)

We swear to you, dear readers, that the locating of this video was a complete accident. But we read the , and we thought that maybe some of our undergrad readers out there might be interested in how to intern. The fact that it's a friend of Phillyist on a hungry hungry horsey is secondary. (To the fact that we get to embarass our friend a little, that is. It's his fault for posting the video up there anyway...)