Though you should never assume that someone is inebriated, with Philadelphia’s skronky TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, absolute drunkenness could be a damned good guess about what’s going on.  Like the booziest of music from Captain Beefheart and Tom…

Material Culture ALL-CONSUMING ART: This Jamaican oil piece, Byron Johnson’s The Beast (2000), is one of the hundreds available at auction from Jonathan Demme’s collection. In his essay in the catalog for the Philadelphia-based auction, “Direct From the Eye: The…

The crowd at Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar Philadelphia for Glamsino Royale benefiting ActionAIDS. Rich Lampkins and Nelson Berez at Glamsino Royale. Sonia Adamson, Viktor Luna and Nohjay Nimpson at Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco Palomar Philadelphia for its Red Ribbon event with ActionAIDS.…

Viktor Luna. Photo courtesy Cashman & Associates Rudy Giuliani and a Geno’s employee before gtting served an American wit’. Photo courtesy Neff & Associates T.O. atop his throne at the Crystal Tea Room’s Philly Sports Roast ©Scott Weiner 2014 Christina…

Icona Pop pictured with Rocco from Q102 at The Coastline in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on February 15, 2014 ***EXCLUSIVE*** ©Scott Weiner 2014 Butch Cordora strikes a pose in celebration of his new television deal for Straight & Butch. Photos…

Tommy Lee pictured DJing at the opening of Delaware Live in Wilmington, DE on February 7, 2014 ©Scott Weiner 2014 Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips pictured at the first Flaming Lips EP’ fan event at A.K.A. Music in Philadelphia,…

There are a lotÿofÿold friends in thisÿweek?sÿIcepack. On the silly side, our ex-Gov. and MayorÿEd Rendellÿspoke at a ?Ready for Hillary? (Clinton) money grab where he encouraged attendees to continue partying at the ?G-spot,? rather than theÿG-Loungeÿ(on 17th Street). Who…

Kit Harington and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, stars of Tri-Star Pictures’ Pompeii attend a special screening at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Jan. 27. ***HOUSE COVERAGE*** ©Scott Weiner 2014 Can I just say how happy I am for Ellen Yen and Eli…

It’s no surprise that Ron Gallo (pictured), of the soulful roots/Americana band Toy Soldiers, sees himself in fellow Philly frontman Jay Purdy, of the theatrical, dream-poppy chamber rockers the Extraordinaires. “In a way, I feel like we’re in the same…