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5 Reasons You Should Be Watching Orange Is The New Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nryWkAaWjKg The best television show right now isn’t on TV. Orange Is The New Black kind of snuck up on me when it debuted on […]

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Our Favorite Media Moment of the Day: The Inky Exploration of Philly Goth Culture

Is it easy to make jokes about the Inquirer’s decision to cover the decline of goth culture in Philadelphia? Yes. Are we going to do […]

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WATCH: The Sweet, A Short Film Set in Philly’s Comedy Scene

Interesting short film. Looks like it was shot on an iPhone, but that weirdly gives it a nifty dreamlike quality. From YouTube: The story of […]

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Is the William Penn Foundation Stifling Journalism in Philadelphia?

Following Neil Budde’s exit from the fledgling Axis Philly website, former Philadelphian Sean Blanda weighs in with some thoughts about the lack of journalistic entrepreneurism […]

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Fired “Sexy Single” Cop Rejoins Force

Daily News (paywall) Jonathan Josey is getting back his badge. The veteran Philadelphia police lieutenant, who was fired last fall after he was caught on […]

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Thank The Gods: It’s “Sexy Singles” Day in Philadelphia

In a Philadelphia tradition nearly as revered as the Wing Bowl or the depair felt when the Eagles don’t win a championship again, today is […]

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Viral SEPTA Panhandling Video Was Scripted. Or Was It? [UPDATED]

Last week, we brought you this awesome College Humor video, shot aboard a SEPTA train: CollegeHumor’s Favorite Funny Videos We’re admittedly a little less enamored […]

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The Talk Is A Bloggier, Webbier Version of The Inquirer Online. And It’s Free.

Amidst talk of whether journalists at the Inquirer are at war with in-house cousin Philly.com (and the charge that the new paywalled Inquirer.com was “set […]

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Enjoy This Early-’90s Northeast Philly Dance Party

This is precisely why Reddit exists: To un-earth stuff like this. From the description: “Highlights and clips from the landmark 90s television dance program “In […]

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WATCH: Fox 29 Gets Mooned on Live TV

You’ve got to feel sorry for Fox 29’s Omari Fleming right here… …especially since this video has been bouncing around the country for several days, […]

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WATCH: Joe Moore Reviews A Case of Beer

Dog Mountain is a Philly comedy group that performs at Philly Improv Theater. Here’s their latest video effort, “Joe Moore Reviews a Case of Beer.” […]

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Ivy League Girls Gone Wild!

First it was the women of Penn in the New York Times, explaining that college’s hookup culture is really great because they don’t have time […]

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How the Riley Cooper Video Hit the Internet

Deadspin has the tick-tock on how the infamous Riley Cooper video surfaced onto the series of tubes in the first place: Some guy offered them […]

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Gilberton’s Libtard-Hating, Video-Making Police Chief Is Suspended, So Go F— Yourself

AP reports that Gilberton Police Chief Mark Kessler has been suspended over those crazy profane shoot-em-up anti-liberal videos he made—not because of the sentiments expressed […]

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Bradley Manning Guilty of Taking Secrets, Not Guilty of “Aiding the Enemy”

This seems about right: According the AP and several reporters inside the court room, Bradley Manning has been acquitted of the most serious charge against […]