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WATCH: City Paper’s Awkward Guy takes on #PopeInPhilly visitors

When Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia rolled around, City Paper’s Bryan Bierman asked us if he could, in any way, help us record some interviews during the event. Given his history of behind-the-camera work, we told him — in no uncertain…

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  • Is there bar etiquette for non-drinkers?

    Wikimedia Commons I don’t drink. It’s not because I have a problem with or an ideological disagreement against drinking, I just never liked it. Since almost everyone I know does drink, though, I tend to spend a good amount of…

    • Aug 7, 2015 - 7:22 am
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  • ‘WE WANT REFUNDS!’: How Philly hijacked Royal Rumble and spoke for millions

    WWE.com I don’t think I’ve ever been prouder to be in a Philly crowd than I was last night during WWE’s Royal Rumble at Wells Fargo Center and oddly enough, it was not a happy time at all. Were we…

    • Jan 26, 2015 - 4:59 am
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  • Bobby Darin gets beat up by Philly cops, in song

    All this week, I’ve been listening to the recently released compilation Country Funk Volume II 1967-1974 from Light In The Attic records. It’s a follow up to 2012’s excellent Volume I, which collects obscure country tunes that are way groovier…

    • Jul 30, 2014 - 8:37 am
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    Colman Domingo talks soul music

    RECORD NUMBERS: Colman Domingo’s one-man show on growing up immersed in soul music and the Philadelphia Sound, A Boy and His Soul, has run off-Broadway and in London; it comes to Philly for the first time this spring. “I’ve finally…

    • Jan 16, 2014 - 6:42 am
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  • How a Jewish kid from Northeast Philly grew up to create a Christmas classic

    OMNI PRESENTS: “My kids celebrate Hanukkah, but … I loved [having a] Christmas tree and the lights, so we do the same thing for my kids,” say David Berenbaum, screenwriter of Elf. A decade after its release, the massive Will…

    • Dec 5, 2013 - 1:47 pm
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    It May Not Be What We Want, But We Better Start Listening: Kanye West @ Wells Fargo Center 11/16

    Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center, I saw a genius. You might argue whether Kanye can be classified as such, but during his two-hour plus show, just like West himself said, there’s no other way to word it. I can’t…

    • Nov 19, 2013 - 7:29 am
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    Review: Bukowski’s Notes of a Dirty Old Man

    Few things are as endlessly entertaining as depictions of Philadelphia in pop culture, which is why we’re launching The 19102 Review, a new column devoted to Philly books. Notes of a Dirty Old ManCharles BukowskiEssays, 1969, City Lights, 204 pp.…

    • Oct 10, 2013 - 5:08 am
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  • Fringe review: Opera Macabre: Edgar Allen Poe

    Harish Pathak SHOW: Opera Macabre: Edgar Allen Poe GENRE: Music/theater GROUP: Philadelphia Opera Collective Related Articles Fringe review: The Talkback Fringe review: GET REAL Fringe review: Study Hall ATTENDED: Fri., Sept. 15, 3 p.m., Adrienne Theater CLOSES: Thu., Sept. 19 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION:…

    • Sep 15, 2013 - 6:40 am
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    Fringe review: High Cheese

    SHOW: High Cheese GENRE: comedy GROUP: The Tools of Ignorance Related Articles Fringe-o-Scope Fringe review: Ballroom Dancing Ain’t For Lovers Fringe review: Circus Legacy ATTENDED: 9/14, 8 p.m., Adobe Cafe CLOSES: 9/20 BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: “In 1983, Johnny Goodtimes played on…

    • Sep 15, 2013 - 6:32 am
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