• PHotos: F1rst Friday December

    100% Fishtown edition: This neighborhood has spawned sooooooo many new galleries over the last few months… And we’re here to highlight them!! With stops at Part Time Studios and Extra Extra galleries (we also made a stop at 2424, but didn’t take any photos there)… I know there’s not many photos of...
  • PHotos: Around Fishtown

    Got a new camera today!! I’ll be posting a lot more photos of the shit around town I think is interesting. Like THIS that I found in a Fishtown corner store. Bad timing, no? TTLY, Conrad...
  • PHotos: Homeless Dude At Front And Girard

    I’ve been seeing him there every night for weeks now. Not much during the day though… I wonder what his story is. I could be wrong, but his stuff all looks kinda new, like being homeless is a fresh step for him. I wonder what happened. 🙁 TTLY, Conrad...
  • Thanksgiving Hit-And-Run Bike Messenger On Fox29

    The Philly bike messenger who was injured by a motorist in a hit-and-run Thanksgiving morning, Rachel Fletcher, was highlighted on Fox29 last night. Rachel talked about her ordeal to even get the Philadelphia police to report this as a hit-and-run. The police claim it was an accident. Because yeah, they...
  • Marriage Equality Defeated In NY State Senate By 8 Votes

    The speech Senator Diane J. Savino gave, preceding the vote on Marriage Equality in Albany, NY yesterday, sums up America’s current Civil Rights movement beautifully… Damn. 8 votes. 8 votes and Gay and Lesbian couples are still 2nd class citizens in a state that is usually a leader in Civil Rights....
  • Mural Arts Project Continues In Fishtown

    Spotted Miriam Singer and the Mural Arts people out the other day with all their scaffolding and, I don’t know, paint I guess… Looks like the Mural Arts project in Fishtown is moving along nicely. This particular piece is on the wall of the Girard Early Childhood Academy on Girard avenue (between...
  • The Whole Sugarcube Thing

    As many of you who follow me on Facebook or Twitter may have already heard. Yesterday I received an email from Edward at Sugarcube in response to my Black Friday post. A post in which I very shortly (but very powerfully, apparently) ripped into Sugarcube for overpricing a shirt…...
  • Bike Messenger Rally Against New Proposed Rules

    “Members of the Philadelphia Bicycle Messengers Association gathered Monday night at Love Park to protest new proposals at City Council they say would make it more difficult for them to do their jobs.”  O.M.F.G… The tension in the city between bikes, cars and pedestrians is getting sooo uncomfortably palpable....
  • New Video: Marina And The Diamonds “Hollywood”

    Marina and the Diamonds‘ newest video for “Hollywood”, directed by Kinga Burza… LOVE this lady!! And while I used her song “I Am Not A Robot” in my F1rst Friday November video, I never posted her FUCKING BRILLIANT video for the song, directed by Rankin & Chris Cottam. So watch...