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Stopped by Citi market yesterday, on the 1300 block of Walnut street, to pick up some Baked Lays (it was one of those days, you know?) and I couldn’t help but notice this beautiful sign offering up a life lesson about how, “Life is too short, so have fun,”...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) Gotta love a good sunset. TTLY, Conrad...
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(CLICK on photos to see them on my Flickr. The quality’s better there for some reason.) Maybe it’s just me, but over the last few days I have seen SOOO many more homeless/mentally ill people sprawled along the sidewalks throughout the city. Maybe I’m just noticing it more, but...
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Yesterday, my friend Alex and I got stuck in that big storm. I’m sure you did too. One minute it was hot and sunny, the next minute it was pouring down rain. Luckily, Alex and I were right outside the Kimmel Center, on Broad street. So we ran in,...
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Stumbled on this yesterday, and while I’m not in Rittenhouse much, I’m pretty sure I would have seen this posted on some blog, somewhere, so I’m guessing it’s brand new!! LOVE it. Best part was this family that walked by it. The mom said, “I’ve NEVER seen anything like...
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(Sun Airway, “Waiting On You”) Super good video. Super good band. Super good night of music…. What else more could you ask for? Go see Sun Airway‘s TONIGHT (like really, in 2 hours) at Johnny Brenda’s. (Get tickets HERE.) TTLY, Conrad...
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6/26 Wavves is coming to The Barbary this Saturday night. Nathan Williams is known for putting on one hell of a psychadelic lo-fi surf noise/pop show. Wavves is set to release their upcoming album, King of the Beach, on Fat Possum Records this August. Unlike 2009’s Wavvves, this album...
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Ran into Philly graffiti artist Le Josh yesterday, working on the exterior doors and windows of Kung Fu Necktie, on Front street, in Fishtown. Oddly enough, he said that he’s read this blog and that he liked that I was talking so much about street art lately. Le Josh...
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I drove by this park a few months ago, I might even have posted a quick Twitpic about it, but yesterday I actually stopped by. The views from Drexel park are AMAZING. In fact, even though it was spitting and could have begun pouring at any moment, for about the...
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The Spooks will be stopping by Kung Fu Necktie on July 17th before heading out on a national tour in support of their new 7″, Sleepy Monsters. They’ll be back in town come September for a homecoming show at The Barbary. Give a listen to “Sleepy Sleepy” below and peep the...
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Here’s the dish (do I say that?): Philly artists Rob Berry and Josh Levitas, creators of “Ulysses Seen,” were asked by Apple to edit the comic they were selling in the app store as to not expose highly sexualized(?) cartoon breasts (as you can clearly see above). But after...
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Walking home from work yesterday, a friend and I stumbled on (not literally) this sad, injured squirrel who had, somehow or another, lost the use of it’s front legs. The squirrel kind of just played dead (a game he’d soon win, sadly) as the rush hour charged side walks...
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Walking to Penn Treaty park today, I found this house in Fishtown that was very blue. Even the flower bush outside the house bloomed blue flowers. Perfectly enough, Louisa was even wearing a blue denim dress, so I had to snap these photos. The way I see it, if...
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The bird lady is back!! After just completing a mural on Front street about a month ago, she’s done this new mural under the highway on Columbia avenue, near Delaware avenue in Fishtown. LOVE this. LOVE her!! Love live the street arts boom in Philadelphia!! TTLY, Conrad...
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(Photo: Pissed Jeans) 6/17 Thursday brings another chance to see a group of Sub Pop-ians(?) The Keystone State’s Pissed Jeans will be headlining Johnny Brenda’s stage for a night of scuzz-filled punk rock and what I’m sure can only be defined as debauchery. If you haven’t already heard any of...
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Come with me as I interview Philly yarn bomber Dot Vile, and watch her bomb the Italian Market… TTLY, Conrad...
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(Click HERE to see all the photos on my Flickr.) InLiquid’s Art For The Cash Poor at the Crane Arts building in Kensgington this weekend was so much fun, I hope you had a chance to go check it out and maybe buy some cheap art. To be honest,...
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I wonder why sometimes, and then I wonder other things, like is that dude that’s passed out wearing a medical bracelet? Oh snap, I better call 911! And I did. I am a good person. Maybe. And to be fair, the shirtless guitar slinging dude is my co-worker, and as...
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I guess, “As seen on Kitchen Nightmares,” just wouldn’t have the same appeal. TTLY, Conrad...
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Returning to her London hotel after a World Cup after party, Katy Perry sports a half USA half UK dress to honor the England vs. USA game that was played today… I think she just looks like Mel C. TTLY, Conrad...
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Last night Curt and I were having dinner (as usual) at El Camino Real, when across the street we saw the construction of the Jose Cuervo games, in the Piazza. And after my imagination stumbled around the idea of bro-Jersey dudes and No’East “ladies” getting day-time drunk, being loud,...
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Music. Food. Art. What else more could you want on a weekend afternoon? How about art that’s cheap enough for you to actually buy? Yes! With most pieces under $100, and nothing over $200, the Art for the Cash Poor this weekend in Old City is probably the place...
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Yesterday my friend Sky, who lives in Fishtown, showed me the new pepper spray she picked up. My room mate just bought some pepper spray the other day too. I guess one of the things Sabina’s death has taught us all is the importance of adding protection to yourself....
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This is what I saw when I woke up briefly this morning to take a quick pee. I rarely see the sunrise, so I snapped a photo, then went back to bed to only post this photo right now, at 3 in the afternoon. Oh, yeah, I’m productive on...
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So much fun!! One of my favorite videos that I’ve made yet, by far. Here’s the new video for my First Friday June outings at Sedso Design, Bambi Gallery, and Trust Gallery and interview with Kim Alsbrooks. CLICK HERE to see the full post over on Phrequency.com… TTLY, Conrad...
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As pissed off about the oil spill as I am? THEN DO SOMETHING! Next Thursday, June 17th, Philthy Paul and Passable Plastic will be taking donations at their Been There Done That monthly dance party for the National Wildlife Federation to aid in rescuing, cleaning and rehabilitating the devastated animals...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) As the news FINALLY begins to break about the real possibility of a SECOND oil leak in the Gulf, that’s been ignored, or at the very least not reported on by any major “news”organizations (aka, organizations that take ad money from oil...
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So, what’d you think? TTLY, Conrad...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) I first noticed this beer submarine wheat pasting a few weeks ago, but it was just one piece under the El on Front street then. Since then however the pasting has found its way on nearly every bare wall in Fishtown...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) Louisa and I ate at Dos Segundos last night, despite hearing rumors of a tornado warning. And nothin’ against tornados or nothin’, but ain’t shit happen but some chips fly off the damn table. Yeah, we ate outside. Dear potential natural...
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(CLICK on photos to see them on my Flickr.) This has been there for a while (right outside the Barbary at Frankford and Delaware avenues), but I never took photos of it. Until now. TTLY, Conrad...
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(TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb via Fiftyone Fiftyone) 6/4 Friday night Reptar and Co Co Ri Co will be at West Philly’s Danger Danger Gallery by way of Georgia. Joining them will be Philadelphia’s own The Armchairs and TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb. Reptar is one of many...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) Walk. Bike. Ride… New wheat pastings at Front street and Girard avenue, in Fishtown. They don’t all have to be pretty folks. Some street art is here to inform you. TTLY, Conrad...
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(Photos via) As I mentioned yesterday, Louisa and I stumbled onto a homicide scene yesterday afternoon as we walked to drop off our rent checks, to only a few hours later discover that the scene was the site of Sabina Rose O’Donnell’s brutal murder the night before. All last...
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(Photos via; CLICK any photo to see it larger and non-translucent.) I’m not actually sure where this is at, truth be told I yanked these photos from Wooster Collective and all they said was it was from Philadelphia… If it’s around you, let me know in the comments! UPDATE:...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) Louisa and I were walking to drop off our rent check this afternoon, when we walked by this all too familiar summer scene: police investigating a senseless, brutal homicide while neighbors stand by in glum wonder. The nude body of an Asian...
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(Miley “preforming” at the 1515 Club in Paris.) ‘Cause I thought she was like 16 or something. Maybe it’s the Irish Catholic in me, but this kind of shit don’t seem right to do at that age, even if you are a wanna-be pop star… Why can’t you be...
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How do those shoes(?) work? No, really though, you just wear those to the car then slip into some pink crocs, right? By the way, sorry to hear about the “boarderline positive” Lupus test result. If it makes you feel any better, my boyfriend’s in nursing school and he...
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Do you just always look good? Rihanna visits Jerusalem this past Sunday, covered from head-to-toe, and she still steals the show… Fucking GORGEOUS!! What’s his name must be missing you hard right now. TTLY, Conrad...
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So for my first broken leg anniversary last week, my boyfriend, Curt, and I walked the 8 mile trail around Fairmount Park. It took nearly 3 hours, but it was so much fun and I couldn’t help but remember laying around for months day-dreaming about doing shit like this....
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A year ago, today, I was in emergency surgery at Hahnemann University Hospital to repair a triple compound tib/fib fracture that I received after getting smashed up by some lady’s van at 6th and Spring Garden streets. (I was biking on the green, just so you know, and I have...
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(Photo via Holly Miranda) 5/25 Holly Miranda will be joining Grooms at Kung Fu Necktie. I saw Holly Miranda open up for Tegan & Sara this past winter and it was love at first listen. The XL Recording artist’s debut, The Magician’s Private Library, was produced by TV on the...
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Is Slash really apart of this? He’s not in the video at least… Either way, love Rihanna, LOVE this video!! What’d you all think?… TTLY, Conrad...
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Is it like wheat paste season or something? This is insane! But I love the hell out of it. Shit like this makes the walk to work so much more enjoyable… Long live the street arts BOOM!! TTLY, Conrad...
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Check out this new video from Height with Friends. Directed by Philly’s SUKKATASH and Sarah Milinski, this is the first video off the group’s freshly released album, Bed of Seeds. Their second full-length album, Bed of Seeds, collectively highlights each of the influences that make up Height with Friends. An infectious...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) I went to my friend Lizzy’s house last night for a pretty serious Lost series finale party–DVR paused at the hint of a whisper, followed by boisterous commercial breaks flooded with the die-hard fans final predictions… and you saw that Dharma...
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(Photo via) Mayor Nutter headed over to Fishtown this weekend to check out the Kinetic Sculpture Derby, and while he was in the neighborhood he stopped by the Rocket Cat Cafe for some fresh squeezed lemonade… I love Rocket Cat Cafe and all, but people that are not from...
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Evangeline Lilly, or Kate, apparently ends up as a desperate actress, willing to do cheap singles phone hot-line ads, in the parallel universe. Guess we’ve all been there. TTLY, Conrad...
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(h/t @msdanika) Fucking AMAZING… Local news coverage from 1982, discussing graffiti artists and street art like it’s the end of the world, or at least the beginning of a bad futuristic 80s movie staring Sylvester Stallone. TTLY, Conrad...
Stopped by Citi market yesterday, on the 1300 block of Walnut street, to pick up some Baked Lays (it was one of those days, you know?) and I couldn’t help but notice this beautiful sign offering up a life lesson about how, “Life is too short, so have fun,”...
(CLICK on photos to see them on my Flickr. The quality’s better there for some reason.) Maybe it’s just me, but over the last few days I have seen SOOO many more homeless/mentally ill people sprawled along the sidewalks throughout the city. Maybe I’m just noticing it more, but...
