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(Photos sent to me from @dustymauve) New graffiti mural at Webb and Albert streets, in Port Richmond… By the way, if you have no idea where the fuck that is don’t feel bad, neither did I. But I looked it up, and it’s somewhere behind the Wawa/Applebee’s foodplex on...
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Everyone loves Michelle!! Even as President Obama’s poll numbers slip, Michelle popularity holds strong. (Still not exactly sure why they poll the like-ability of the First Lady, but whatever.) And I can NOT argue. I fucking LOVE her… Doesn’t she kind of look like Cinderella up there? She really...
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Wow. Well I guess when you need a job–and you have 14 kids–you just take any job. Any job, that is, that’s not a real job. All the while holding onto the last flickering seconds of your fifteen minutes, hoping and praying Dancing with the Stars gives you a...
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5/19 Kung Fu Necktie has two incredibly danceable groups for you on Wednesday night. Local duo Gemini Wolf and the Brooklyn-based Growing will be offering up a night full of fuzz, drone, and all around electronic goodness, 5/21 The Khyber has a Friday night line-up that I’m pretty...
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(CLICK photo to see it on my Flickr.) Found on Front street, between Girard avenue and Wildey street. Something about this just speaks to my essence, you know? Hhhmmm… TTLY, Conrad...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) … I guess it’s sexy , if you are into anime or whatever. I really doubt this is new. I mean, do any of you know? I walk by here often enough that I’d think I would have seen it before,...
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(CLICK on photos to see them on my Flickr.) Philebrity posted about this yarn bombing at 2nd street and Fairmount avenue the other day, but they did have a photo of what was actually in the tree to look up at. And when I walked by this Sunday(?) I couldn’t...
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The Art Star Craft Bazaar took place this past weekend at Penn’s Landing. The Art Star Gallery and Boutique curated 100 vendors to peddle their wares while overlooking the Delaware River, accompanied by live music. It proved to be a pretty calm, quiet, family affair. Handmade housewares, jewelry, clothing,...
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(CLICK on photos to see them on my Flickr.) This COMPLETELY surprised me. Saturday night, a fire truck got called to the building across the street from where I work at 13th and Sansom streets. Simple enough. The call was a false alarm, and as the fire fighters were...
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(Photos from Julie Drexler, via Twitter… CLICK photos to see them LARGER!!) I’m falling mad hardcore in love with yarn bombing, mad quick. This looks like a bunch of left-over winter hats and scarves, sewn 2-stories up this light pole. Long live the street arts BOOM in Philadelphia!! And thanks...
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Hahahaha… Found at 10th and Spring Garden streets. Now, ain’t that the damned truth?! TTLY, Conrad...
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(Jay-Z “Off That”) Seems like a little bit of doublespeak to me Jay-Z, but if anyone could get away with that, it is probably you… Congrats, Jay-Z, you’ve won this round. TTLY, Conrad...
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(Video by me, but from Phrequency.com) If you haven’t heard on Twitter or my Facebook yet: I’m now doing some blogging on Phrequency.com!! I’m not leaving Philthy Blog, but I am trying to get as Philly famous as possible (this is a joke, but kinda not). TTLY, Conrad F1rst Friday in...
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Pizza fighter at Frankford avenue and Thompsom street!! (Future site of a Stephen Starr restaurant.) I’m pretty sure this is an advetisment for the Rocket Cat cafe’s Give Pizza Chance First Friday event. (Which we went to, and took photos of!!) Actually, I know it is. But it’s no...
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(Photos from Louisa‘s iPhone) Louisa‘s backstage at the Dr. Dog show; I’m in bed watching The Cider House Rules… Hhhmmm. Anyway, not the best photos, obviously, but just thought you might want to see what was going on. TTLY, Conrad...
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I got straight As my first semester (ever) of college!! (I only took 3 classes because I have to work full-time to pay my bills.) Damn, this feels so good… Hello, summer 🙂 TTLY, Conrad...
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(Photos by Louisa Engle) Lost Bar, Extra Extra, Wwoffka, Part Time Studios, Rocket Cat, Bambi, and Exit Skate Shop… SOOOOOOOOO many more photos: CLICK HERE to see my First Friday May 2010 gallery on Flickr. TTLY, Conrad...
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Your milkshake used to bring all the boys to the yard. Now, you could barely bring grass to the yard… And WHAT is on your head girl?! TTLY, Conrad...
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There hasn’t been much going on early this week, but tonight (Thursday) will more than make up for that. I’ve got three shows I’d like you to check out while I’m hoping I get out of my night class early… 5/13 First of all, Danger Danger Gallery welcomes an...
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(CLICK on photos to see them on my Flickr.) These two new Yarn Bombings are both on Frandford avenue, one outside of the Rocket Cat Cafe on Norris street, and the other at Susquehanna avenue. Now, neither of these look exactly brand-spanking new, but they’re new to me! Maybe...
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Just a city dude doin’ urban thing… You know how it is. Given the recent street arts boom the the neighborhood, is there any chance this is a performance art thing? The field of weeded grass sprawled over an area of previously inhabited land, in front of the left-over...
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Stop growing up… please. Remember the old days! Where has the time gone? Also, please stop getting rapped in all your movies. It’s… not so nice. TTLY, Conrad...
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Everyone needs a break every now and then… TTLY, Conrad...
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As my grandma would say, “God bless ‘er!” TTLY, Conrad...
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Damn Beyonce, DAMN. I LOVE this video. (There’s a weird little non-music part in the middle that they could have done without, but I’m ignoring that.) I’m not sure why I feel this way, but I feel like this is one of more personal and intimate songs/videos I’ve ever...
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Welcome Jilian to Philthy Blog!! This girl’s got a mean-ass resume in music. In fact, my jaw dropped a bit when she sent it over, and I kind of can’t believe she wants to blog on Philthy with me, but whatever… I LOVE it!! Jilian’s here to help us explore...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr individually, or click HERE to see them as a set.) Walking back from Rita’s with Curt and Louisa, we ran into the bird wheat paste artist-in the act of creating new work-behind the McDonald’s on Front street, between Girard avenue and Wildey...
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(CLICK on photos to see them in my Flickr.) This place, I guess it’s called Doc’s Gourmet Water Ice (for obvious reasons), just kinda popped up on Girard avenue between Front and 2nd streets, or at least I just noticed it, and what a perfect time! Well, I guess...
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(CLICK photos to see them LARGER.) I feel like she just gets it, you know? These photos are from Saturday night’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner in D.C., and they somehow prove my undying love of Michelle Obama. I mean really, could you imagine Laura Bush giving that smirch...
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(CLICK photos to see them on my Flickr.) I just happened to have to walk through the Broad Street Run this morning on my way to work. Funny, it seems events in Philly are coinciding with my personal life. I hope it keeps up this way, because it’ll make...
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As my dad would say, “This is why we can’t have nice things.” But then again, this was one of the more boring pieces Shepard Fairey did while in Philly last week. So, maybe this fits. Either way, I laughed out loud when I read it. TTLY, Conrad...
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(CLICK photos to see them LARGER and non-translucent) Lessons learned: Rita’s root beer flavor is not that good, but whatever, it sooooooooo nice out. No wonder Rita’s closes in the winter, no one would put up with there whack ass flavors when there aren’t days like today to distract...
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(Photo via) This is from Shepard Fairey’s visit to Philly last weekend (apparently he didn’t just stick to Fistown/NoLibs). Anyway, I just found this video ( I know, it’s like two days old, but don’t jump on my balls), and I like it… Maybe you’ll like it too. Long live...
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I don’t really know her album well enough to guess at what her next single might be (if you know, however, let me know in the comments!), but Rihanna was out today in the fog at the castle of Vigny, in the suburbs of Paris, shooting some scenes for it’s...
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Who the fuck is Bradley Cooper? He sounds like one of the lead actors from a CSI-NCIS type show or something. Anyway, and then this is just a photo from the sky today. 🙂 So, the internet I steal wouldn’t let me steal it today, it’s Comcast and apparently...
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Spotted this on Frankford avenue, between Girard avenue and Thompson street, in Fishtown. And while it’s not exactly at the level of the other recent street art pieces that have seemed to pop up left-and-right in Fishtown and NoLibs these past couple of weeks (just scroll through the blog),...
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Seriously though Russell, save your goods(?) for a more appropriate setting, like… I really actually have no idea. When is it a good idea to wear your pants so low and your shirt so high that you blast your pubes for all to see? I’m not sure, but there’s...
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This doesn’t really have anything to do with anything other than I really liked how the darkened cloudy sky, yesterday, made the colors of this one tree on N. 3rd street in Northern Liberties POP, and if you’ve got a problem with that you can go fuck yourself and...
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Ok, if you had to guess, how much dick do you think Adam Lambert has sucked since becoming internationally famous, this past year? I mean really, the guy is not that attractive (although he seems to be kinda getting there; he seems a bit more fit). I can just imagine...
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I walk home from school the same way twice a week, and I am fairly sure I’ve never seen these flying bird wheat pastings before, are they new? Either way they’re mad cute. And I’m sorry if a roommate of a friend of yours did these pastings months ago, or...
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Evan Rachel Wood might be out of her mind, but still, really? TTLY, Conrad...
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(CLICK photos to see them LARGER and non-translucent.) Sooooooo many more people this year at Fishtown’s Shadfest than last year’s, and a good time was had by all. See for yourself, CLICK BELOW to see more of Shadfest…...
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This is a pretty sober, mad political video, obviously some kind of reaction to the Sri Lankan geonocice of the Tamil Tigers, something M.I.A. has spoken out on frequently (in fact, you can watch her interview with Tavis Smiley, about the geonocice, HERE.) To be honest though, it’s not really grabbing...
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Here’s a clip from Friday night’s Nightline, on ABC, where Mayor Nutter and Police Commissioner Ramsey are interviewed about the violent South street flash mob, from a couple of weeks ago. Nightline does a really good job at highlighting Philadelphia’s many other recent, positive Flash mobs too, like the...
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Conan O’Brien kicks off his “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour”, in Universal City, California, with a BEARD!! I love Conan. I think. At least I used to love him when I stayed up to watch him in high school. I didn’t watch much of his Tonight...
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Here’s a little video, you may remmeber, from last year’s Fishtown Shadfest. Ah, a year ago: I had yet to move back to Fishtown, I had yet to break my leg, and I had yet to discover that it was NOT, in fact, shade-fest… ENJOY!! And again, I’ll be...
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(Photos via) Shepard Fairey JUST did an interview with Wooster Collective about a project he did up in New York on Wednesday. In fact, that project looks pretty similar to this one, hhhmmmm…. (Check out that interview HERE.) Either way, I like it! It’s good for Rocket Cat, and...
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(CLICK photos too see them BIGGER and non-translucent.) Basically, I was walking to the bank, I heard tires screeching, and I looked over to see this dude laying on the ground. Surrounded by his friends (or at least they seemed like they knew each other) the dude tried but...
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(CLICK on photos to see them LARGER and non-translucent) First one’s my favorite. TTLY, Conrad...
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Poor little guy. Found him laying outside the piazza, walking home from school tonight. And while this really has nothing to do with anything. I figured someone should know he lived. Rest in peace little fella. Maybe in your next life you’ll own a Hummer. (UPDATED PHOTO, TAKEN 4...
