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Well hello there. You mean you're sitting at your computer right now? Whatever for? Didn't you know that the whole world (or at least, the world of America) has decided to make the Third of July nearly as important as the Fourth? That means you're supposed to be down the shore, or participating in Welcome America festivities or, um, getting drunk.

to find a legal middle ground for street art.)

If you're in work and actually working, you're probably in the minority.

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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend

Just a quick note: if you're interested in seeing some coverage of the Welcome America and other Independence Day-related festivities, you should know that our readers came through in a big way! Just check out the photos in our contribute section, or go straight to Flickr to see the most recent pics tagged with "phillyist" (such as the one included here). There's a ton of great photos of various activities that went on in the city. Also, reader Hugh wrote in to let us know he took some pics of parties, the parade, and the fireworks and posted them on his blog. Thanks, everybody!

booze. We're getting ahead of ourselves.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week.

The 2007 Sunoco Welcome America! Festival launched yesterday (complete with live map to tell you where the festivities are, or, if you're like us, what parts of the city to avoid over the next few days). Between now and Wednesday, there's a ton of celebratin' to do, as part of Welcome America! or otherwise. We know that at some point, we'll be barbecuing some burgers and dogs, and watching fireworks are an absolute must, but otherwise, everything is really up in the air. So what we want to know is how like to celebrate Independence Day. Do you go in for the parades? Pay homage to the Founding Fathers at Independence Hall, where this holiday got started? Do you escape the city and head down the shore? Watch the fireworks, or, perhaps, light some of your own? Leave us a comment and let us know where you'll be and what you'll be doing!

We've always wondered what the protocol is for celebrating a holiday weekend if the actual holiday falls squarely in the middle of the week. Should we be celebrating Independence Day this weekend? Or next weekend? Or should we just celebrate both weekends and spend two weekends in a row gorging ourselves on various grilled meats and icy-cold Coronas and margaritas? (This Phillyist votes the latter.)

In early October we posted about Philly's pink skyline lighting for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The citywide coordination during October is impressive, but our favorite color scheme happens in late June and early July for Independence Day.



Let's hope this year brings a record number of red, white, and blue skyscrapers.

Director David Fincher's latest film, Zodiac, is, like a number of his other films, another crime thriller examining tortured, obsessed, and violent human beings. But this time it's based on a true story: that of the serial killer who called himself Zodiac, and who was active in the area around San Francisco in Northern California for a number of years during the late '60s and early '70s. But really the film is less about the killer and more about the men looking for him, and how their passionate desire to find and catch him, and their agonizing inability to actually do so, tears apart their lives.

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Fringe: Don't forget it's Fringe season, and several shows are free. Friday "Irish Rasta Pirate Music!": Albert Einstone with Amy Pickard and Rebecca Zapen at The Green Line Cafe (43rd & Baltimore). $5 suggested donation. 7:30 PM Panoramic Poetry: Open mic at October Gallery (68 N. 2nd Street) at 7:30PM. $7 Saturday Beastie Boys vs. Beck: The School of Rock presents The Music of the Beastie Boys vs. Beck at the World Cafe (3025 Walnut St) at 2PM. $10 Sunday Hey, Hey, They're (Not) The Monkees: Monkees tribute band, 7PM at The Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd Street). $10 Mexican Independence Day: Cultural festival at Penn's Landing, noon to 8PM. Khyber Open Bar Sundays: DJ Eric Tomorrow and all you can drink for $10. Beginning at 9PM at The Khyber (56 S. 2nd Street). (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!

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Bostonist experiences schadenfreude because of a stupid criminal. We experience schadenfreude every time we listen to the soundtrack.

CBS 3 reports that the City of Brotherly Love is conducting a review of our current disaster readiness plans, which it then intends to have completed by the end of June, "just in time for the 4th of July holiday." (Phillyist thinks this is great, although we're not clear why Independence Day is relevant here, since any meaningful review completed on June 31st is unlikely to be fully realized by July 4th.)

Bravo for living up to your promise to have the city cleaned up after Live 8, and for making sure the Parkway was litter-free after all the Independence Day celebration activities. When those of us who work on the Parkway arrived to work on Tuesday, there was nary an empty paper cup or spare sock in sight. Congratulations. Alas, you seem to have forgotten something: the port-a-potties. And John (may we call you John?), lemme tell ya -- they stink. We're sure you've had the common courtesy to empty them, but the stale stank of feces and sweaty concert goers still hangs heavy in the air here on the Parkway. The weekend's excesses are not forgotten by those who have to work on the Parkway, holding our noses as we sprint into our buildings past the lines of fetid port-a-potties. For the love of all that is good and right in the world, John -- pay someone to remove the port-a-potties. It's now two days since all the events ended. If you can have two tons of concert goer detritus removed from the Parkway within 12 hours, surely you can convince a few guys with trucks to come and pick these things up, right? 400 heavily used and abused port-a-potties being left to brew in the 85 degree/90% humidity soup is not helping your image, OK? Love and kisses,

Phillyist