The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Djimon Hounsou revealed at a press junket that he’ll be starring in his dream project soon, which he described only as a comic book trilogy. Could he be playing Luke Cage? Black Panther? Or does it have something to do with Tintin? We'll just have to wait and see. What would it look like if Saul Bass did......

To the Writers Guild of America: It's not that I don't support your fight. I do. I've signed your petition. I'm a writer myself, and I'd hate it if I wasn't profiting from my own work. (If I was working in TV or film, that is – bloggers don't exactly earn residuals...) But here's the thing: as I write this, I'm watching a month-old episode of Journeyman. My DVR is 95% full. I've just discovered......

If you are a Grey's Anatomy fan, you know that part of the fun of the show is listening to the great indie music they use. Kate Havnevik, The Ditty Bops, The Fray and The Postal Service have all been featured on their soundtracks. That's some pretty awesome music. Season three was no exception. Ingrid Michaelson ended that season with the beautiful song "Corner of Your Heart." This was her fourth song featured on Grey's......

Honestly, I didn't think that there would be any difference after the TLA was branded the Fillmore at the TLA. I thought the new sign was it. Boy was I wrong. Besides the new flooring, lighting, fabric on the walls, and a stall in the men's restroom (which was nice and a much needed addition), the new branding offered me a chance at a fresh start. Prior to the branding, I didn't have good......

Today's reason that we love Philadelphia is that Kate Havnevik and Air will be playing at the Fillmore at the TLA. While the weather is coming in a close second, it doesn't surpass tonight's concert. Havnevik will only play thirteen cities in the country and Philadelphia is one of them. We are so damn lucky. Last week we introduced you to Kate Havnevik, pronounced "Hav-ne-veek", through a detailed interview on her life, music, tour,......

Kate Havnevik ...

Know that really cool custom tote bag we were giving away earlier this month, courtesy of rockin' indie band Let's Go Sailing? Well, the band is really taking off. Even Hollywood loves 'em! So much so, in fact, that one of the songs off their debut album, The Chaos in Order, will appear on tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy. That will mark an impressive three LGS songs on GA. (One of the others is embedded......

Last year when Jamie Cullum came to town, Brandi Carlile opened for him. What a great surprise for all of us in the audience. Not only was she a great performer, but her music rocked as well. Now we get a chance to see Brandi Carlile headline her own tour at World Cafe Live. She has already sold out this performance and the several other cities on her North American tour. Brandi Carlile released......

Let's Go Sailing
4/11/2007...

Sometimes it's nice not to have any expectations. That way a kiss on the cheek or a punch in the gut takes you by surprise and you experience it more fully. We're happy to report that on Saturday night at Johnny Brenda's, two bands left us totally winded. Nethers is a band from Washington, D.C. featuring a girl singer who kicks ass. In skinny jeans and a fitted plaid shirt, her look was understated, but......

Last night, I set my DVR to record at least six different shows and then headed out to the North Star Bar. I was a bit irked that I had to miss Grey's Anatomy, but I knew it was still going to be there when I got home. It seems the rest of Philadelphia didn't want to risk not knowing what happened to Meredith Grey because there was no one at the North Star......

Singer/Songwriter Matt White
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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. The Italian - A Russian film - originally released there in 2005 but apparently only just now getting to screens in America - about a six-year-old orphan named Vanya living in a children's home run by a corrupt headmaster. An affluent Italian family is interested in adopting him, but he wants to find his birth mother, so he teaches himself to read, tracks down his mother's......

The show may be set in Seattle, but the music's all Philly. Musician Bill Ricchini, whom Phillyist interviewed a while back, had a song during a very important moment in a recent episode of Grey's Anatomy (a show that just happens to be on TV tonight). And we thought it was our duty to pass it along to you.......

THE BAD BRAINS - LIVE AT CBGB 1982 Free screening of the film, The Bad Brains - Live at CBGB 1982, 8PM at The Khyber (56 S. 2nd Street) 8PM. (21+) Monday Night Club: The Monday Night Club at Bar Noir (112 S. 18th Street) w/A.D. Amorosi Presents a night of "improvised perfomances featuring guest singers, rappers and musicians from the Philadelphia original music scene." This is the first in a series of monthly......

Monday Night Club: The Monday Night Club at Bar Noir (112 S. 18th Street) w/A.D. Amorosi Presents Nicole McEwan’s Circle Storytelling series from 8pm-10pm, followed by music from Elle Norwalks, Fifty Eight Fury And Kim Alexander and Scott Rodgers’s rootin’ totting Hank’s Cadillac w/special going away party for pedal steel hombre Joe Adams. 10pm-1-am Free Movie Monday at The Troc: Roadhouse Doors open at 6, the show starts at 7:30 and you must be......

...Mischief: Utah Jazz player Carlos Boozer (we're refraining from making a joke about his name) has filed a complaint against Prince, who is currently renting Boozer's Southern California home. The Artist, or somebody employed by him, made "unauthorized home improvements" in the form of purple stripes and other decorations (including Prince's symbol and "3121," the name of his new album.) Oh, Dave Chappelle, where are you and why aren't you making fun of this? (Via......

Here's what you missed in the last twenty-four hours on some of the other -ist sites: Shanghaiist: New law says you can't piss off your neighbors, or a SWAT team will come for your kitty. More or less. Austinist: Although Phillyist loves Texas, Phillyist also loves the ability to buy sex toys, which we can't do in Texas. Two Austin filmmakers chronicled Texans' opinions in a documentary called The Dildo Diaries, and we'd be interested......

Despite the protests of our Grey's Anatomy-lovin' readership, we're going to march on with our coverage of the T.O. drama that has strangled the city over the past week. Today, Owens gave a press conference in front of his New Jersey home. Because he's upset with the media for not printing/broadcasting his interviews unfiltered (this would probably be a good idea for the staff-cutting local papers, they only need to hire a transcriber for their......