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Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2009 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know!

You might have noticed that Paper Rival (MySpace) is one of our favorite bands here at Phillyist. So it's with more than a bit of disappointment that we report that we've learned (by way of MySpace bulletin) that frontman Jake Rolleston is leaving the band. We can't be too mad at him though, as he's departing the band in order to return to school. With that, Paper Rival (at least as we've known it) is no more. We'll be keeping tabs on the other guys, and will hopefully be able to bring you coverage of their future projects. If you haven't yet, we strongly encourage you to pick up the band's two releases, their self-titled EP and , which is easily one of the best albums we've heard this year. And of course, we wish the best of luck to Jake Rolleston.

Inadvertently. You see, the men's room at the North Star Bar—which is very small, only fitting one person at a time—doesn't lock. And I was in the middle of relieving myself when I hear the door open, and look back just in time to see the frontman of The Honorary Title sheepishly close the door again. Whoops. Sorry, Jarrod.

Paper Route's recent EP poses the question, "" In a weekend where this Phillyist saw six bands—including three of this Phillyist's favorite bands—and Paper Route was the first of those six, it would be easy for the answer to that question to be, "Yep," or at least, "Oh yeah, we did see Paper Route this weekend." But fortunately, Paper Route's set at Festival Pier on Friday night was strong enough that it stuck in our heads, despite seeing some other fantastic performers both Friday night and on Sunday night (which you'll read about tomorrow).

No, not the kind that your parents made you get to earn extra money as a kid, but the kind that will be playing at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing tonight. Paper Route (MySpace) is the opening band on Paramore's Summer Riot tour, and the Philadelphia stop happens to be on this fine Friday. Rain be damned! The band recently released an EP, . And the buzz around them is phenomenal. They've drawn comparisons to The Postal Service. It's kind of there, but based on the admittedly few Paper Route songs we've heard, we think the more appropriate comparison is to another Nashville-based band who's in town this weekend (and who has an eerily similar name), Paper Rival. Paper Rival, Paper Route. Paper Route, Paper Rival. Uma, Oprah. Oprah, Uma.

It's a bit difficult for us to convey just how psyched we are for Sunday night's concert at the North Star Bar. Not one, but two of our favorite bands will hitting town to provide some much-needed respite from the 24-7 Olympics coverage we've been drowning in. So some good brew, some good bar food, and some excellent tunes sounds like just what we need to get us out of the house (not to mention get us mentally calm before launching into the work week on Monday). And oh, how excellent the tunes will be, what with Paper Rival (MySpace) and The Honorary Title (MySpace) on the schedule. (And we've actually compared Paper Rival to The Honorary Title on these very pages, so we're especially excited about this show.)

So, has anyone tried to enter the contests that this Phillyist posted recently? If so, you may have gotten a nasty error message. What went wrong, we don't know, but we've replaced the buggy entry forms with new ones, and now the entries are coming through as they should. So if you tried to enter our Paper Rival giveaway or the Philly Sports Club membership contest and got an error message, give it another try now and it should work fine.

My favorite part about about being a Phillyist writer is the late-night orgies checking out all sorts of music I never would have heard albums of the year. There are some selections on this list (okay, one in particular) that are indefensible. But read on, and watch my credibility melt away before your very eyes...

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In the last few weeks, the Eagles have looked absolutely anemic against the Giants, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against da' Bears, and unimpressively beaten a couple hopeless teams in the Jets and the Vikings by a mere touchdown apiece. So forgive me for not being that optimistic about Sunday night's game against the Cowboys. Sure, our defense has been fairly solid... if we forget that last 1:57 of the Bears game, where we managed to make Brian Griese look like Jon Elway. But the Cowboys are the best offense not wearing New England Patriots uniforms that we'll see this year. I've resigned myself to getting beaten, probably badly, by our arch-rivals. So much so, in fact, that I won't be watching Sunday night's game. Instead, I'll be spending Sunday night with another rival: Paper Rival.