You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other. A week after The Times video went up on its…
Well, these are things I was thinking about, anyway, when Neutral Milk Hotel and Elf Power played the Tower Theater last night. Oh geez, its a thousand words. Facial hair comes up a lot. 1. Wow. Look at that. The…
Haim Neutral Milk Hotel These are the most sold-out shows of all time. No, I cant get you in. Jan. 29, The Tower; Jan. 30, Union Transfer; r5productions.com. Dr. Dog A two-night jam from one of Phillys most popular rock…
Described by her caregivers as strong-willed and self-confident, Dulary was an Asian elephant born in the wild in Thailand in 1963. She was brought to the Philadelphia Zoo as a 1-year-old and lived there for 40 years. Long criticized for its…
Almost no footage survives of Sally Starr in her heyday hosting Popeye Theater on Channel 6 WFIL in the 50s and 60s, but any Delaware Valley boomer could probably quote a catchphrase or two from the show for you. Hope…
For Ohio duo Counter Intuits, the DIY/lo-fi cred runs deep. Theyve got the pedigree: Times New Vikings Jared Phillips on guitar and Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments Ron House on the mic. Their music is all fuzzed-out, amped-up and agitated; it…
South Philly-born Edward Babe Heffron had a job and a painful disability that affected his hands; either one of those would have been enough to exempt him from military service, but he enlisted in the Army anyway on Nov. 7,…
Is this the worst album cover of the year? City Paper‘s annual Top 21 Rock/Pop/Hip-Hop Albums of the Year list published yesterday and we’re pretty proud of it. Read it online, sure, but check out the paper version too. It’s…
Neal Santos Kurt Vile, his wife Suzanne and the kids. Kurt VileWakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador) Kurt Viles big year began with the unveiling of a mural in his honor at Front and Master, painted by Steve Espo Powers.…
