NOTE: THIS STORY HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

SOUTH PHILLY'S Kristin Thomson received a flurry of texts Monday night from friends saying her old record label, Simple Machines, had been name-dropped on "Gossip Girl." Dan (Penn Badgley) asked Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) to "swear on your Simple Machines 7-inches," to keep a secret. (For you old heads, a "7-inch" is a 45 rpm single.)

Thomson, now education director for the Future of Music Coalition, co-owned the indie rock label with her Tsunami bandmate Jenny Toomey. Ending in 1998, Simple Machines put out records by Tsunami, Monor-chid, Retsin, Ida and a limited-edition cassette called Late by a pre-Nirvana Dave Grohl, an old friend of Thomson and Toomey. Those songs later became Foo Fighters tunes. "I think it's really interesting when people who write movie and TV scripts get wider in their cultural references," Thomson told us yesterday.

"Simple Machines throws back to the '90s but, for a certain set of people and given the context of the show, it makes sense even though the characters are one generation from Simple Machines," she said. Future of Music (futureofmusic.org) is a national nonprofit that works to ensure that artists can be properly compensated in the download age.

Pink's mom to wed in Jamaica

Pink is expected in Jamaica this weekend for the wedding of her mother, Judy Moore, a nurse, to accountant Howard Berry. Moore and Berry have been dating for years and live in Doylestown, where the singer, born Alecia Moore, was raised.

Spielberg awed at the Boyd

It was the Boyd Theater (1904 Chestnut) where Haddonfield native Steven Spielberg saw "The Greatest Show on Earth" in 1952, according to Howard B. Haas, chairman of the Friends of the Boyd. The group is working to preserve the theater, which is Center City's last great movie palace. During his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes for his Cecil B. DeMille award, Spielberg cited the film as the first movie he ever saw, when he was 6, and said it inspired him to make movies. The theater later became the Sameric, until it was shuttered in 2001.

Out and about

* Actor Jamie Foxx lunched and played some games at Dave & Buster's (325 N. Columbus) yesterday accompanied by a woman and several children.

* Coyle's Cafe expansion Blinkin Lincoln (6080 Ridge) in Roxborough hosts Main Street Music Night at 9:15 tonight, honoring the famed Manayunk record store. Former Flight of Mavis and Buzz Zeemer front man Frank Brown, and former Wood leader James Maddock, will perform. MSM owner Pat Feeney is a co-producer of Maddock's upcoming CD.

* The People's Champ Paul "Earthquake" Moore will recite Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech Monday night after the community activist leads a march from 66th & Woodland to 70th & Woodland. Any and all are invited to march alongside Moore, who will be dressed as Dr. King. Anyone wishing to donate food for the event should call him at 215-385-2696.

Backseat fest seeks films

The Backseat Film Festival has extended its deadline for entries through Jan. 31. The event is in its seventh year and will be based out of the 941 Theater (941 N. Front). The festival runs March 6-8 and March 13-16 and has a casino theme. Expect drinking games and showgirls. Backseat's Doug Sakmann and his colleagues are seeking shorts, features, music videos and animated works of any genres. More details and entry info can be found at backseatfilmfestival. com. *

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CORRECTION:

An autograph signing with Eagles linebacker Stewart Bradley scheduled for tonight at Forman Mills in Turnersville, NJ has been canceled. Last night’s scheduled appearance by receiver DeSean Jackson at the Forman Mills in Northeast Philadelphia was also canceled. Both events were reported in yesterday’s Daily News but canceled after deadline.