• R Homeless Ppl MORE Next Level Than U?

    The man above is on top of a steam vent. Using the boxes, some broken-down, and some left in their original cubic shape, the man can control the flow of the steam. And therefore keep his entire body warm. Is the nxt lvl or what? Srsly, with the great-er...
  • What About Gay Marriage?

    Hilarious! Watch this NOW… Talking abt propaganda… I went to a Borders in Ardmore today (I didn’t go to Ardmore to go to the Borders though. I went to go scope out a Free People store with my friend who is applying for a job there. Did u know...
  • Thank U 4 Reading/ Stay Tuned 2 Philthy Blog In The 2K9

    Yo boo, what up? Long time no video…    The ginger in the video is my friend Courtney Davison, u may or may not be familiar with her from Philly 55 (she ain’t doin’ that shit no more though, they stopped paying… The economy is rlly starting to asking us to...
  • NYE: A Mini Philthy Blog Guide

    Some things 2 do NYE 2009 in Philly: The Mural & The Mint NYE at Jonny Brenda’s w/ Pattern Is Movement and DJs Kyle (M) +Kyle Andrews Dark Horse & The Carousels Tritine NYE BASH (Joe’s Birthday) w/Midnight Beat + DJ Jem  Make Yr Break queer NYE dance party at the bubblehouse…...
  • 2009: The Year Of The Sellout?

    Cough, (Obama), Cough…  So I was fooling around on Hulu yesterday when I came across Morgan Spurlock’s show 30 Days. Deciding to give it a go or whtvr, I was kinda weirded out by 30 second McDonald’s dollar menu commercial and subsequent looming ad in the corner of the screen,...
  • 2009: Year Of NO Spam?

    Do u all still get spam emails? I don’t think I do. At least not like the spam emails I got in 2002.  Gmail (remember when someone had to invite u to join Gmail… WTF was that?) has a folder that holds spam emails. But I only have 4...
  • Check Back 2morrow Boo…

    I have some crazy shit to tell y’all… But I’m still hung over/throwing up Indian food/getting over a cold, so… Check out the blog tomorrow! TTLY, Conrad...
  • Merry X-Mas Y’All!

    (This crazy amazing photo is from this crazy amazing Philly blog… PhillySkyline.com) So I hope Santa brings u all the shit u want for x-mas or whtvr.  I personally am trying to free my mind this year, and I am trying not to want anything. That said, I certainly wouldn’t...
  • Muzic Schmoozic: Is Beyonce More Ciara-y Than Ciara?

    Beyonce’s new video for Diva leaked today and it had me thinking 3 things… 1. Is Beyonce (Houston, TX) more Ciara-y than Ciara (Atlanta, GA) now?   2. Which “diva” do u all think is more recession-proof?  3. Do I blog abt mainstream stuff like this? While u think abt those things,...
  • I <3 Politically Active Independent Shops: Eat The Rich!

    Seen in the window of Uhuru Furniture at 12th and Spruce streets. This (almst) gave me a bonner today… Why is it soooo refreshing to see/hear ppl speak with passionate reason? Fuck ur shitty Ikea dresser! Spend the same amount of money HERE, and get something that will last 5x longer…...
  • “Homeland Security” Plans For Future Surveillance Network In Philly

    “ apart of a Streets Department project to digitize the traffic signals throughout the city, but thanks to the Department of Homeland Security the new system is three times the size of the old pole-mounted controls, requiring a 67-inch free-standing box. The reason? The...
  • Things I’m Looking Forward To, In Regards To X-Mas…

    1. My parents asking me how work is going… at a job I was fired from 2 years ago. 2. Random naps that occur due to over stimulation combined with unnecessary amounts of food consumption. 3. Being around people who think I dress like a Jonas Brother.  4. Realizing...
  • LOL X-Mas: Har Mar Superstar’s Crappy Holidays

    Paul’s good friend, Mr. Har Mar Superstar himself, just sent us over this hilarious new video/song… U have 2 check it out! Fun fact: Mr. Superstar told Paul that the drunk scenes at the end of the video are more than real. And that he really just got too drunk to do...
  • Philebrity Ends Philthy Blog Embargo…

    After months of ignoring each other, behind weeks of mud slinging, Philebrity begins to acknowledge this blog’s existence again!        Albeit in a completely inaccurate (and mostly unfunny) account of our drinking preferences… Generally we just pour a couple of ounces of cocaine in a nice bottle of champagne and chase...
  • 5 Things U Should Know Abt The Greek Youth Revolution

    1. They r using lasers 2 temporarily blind the riot police. (Fcking boss as shit.) 2. The riots were sparked by the police killing of a 15-year-old boy on December 5th. But have flourished over several weeks due the to overwhelming unrest (and 68% disapproval rating) towards the one-seat majority conservative government and...
  • LOL X-Mas

    I know what I want 4 X-Mas this year… TTLY, Conad...
  • Join The Impact: Light-Up Love Park For Equality Awareness This Saturday

    (Buy “support love” tee shirt HERE.) So I just ran into Brandi Fitzgerald from Join The Impact (the organization that planned the super successful nation wide Prop 8 protest on November 15th)… She’s totally a Philthy Blog reader BTW, hey Brandi! Anyway, we talked all abt some of the...
  • WTF Obama?!? No Srsly, NOT FUCKING COOL…

    “Gay leaders are furious with Obama over his pick of a prominent evangelical minister (Rick Warren) to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.” So, who is Rick Warren u ask?  He’s a California H8er who opposes women’s abortion rights and who very actively supported the California constitutional amendment to ban gay...
  • Muzic Schmoozic: Best Muzic Video I’ve Seen In A While

    This isn’t the newest song… I think Perez posted abt it in the summer. Hwvr, this is the first time I’ve seen a video for it. And according to it’s YouTube hits (almost none), it’s proly gonna be the first time you’ve seen it too. Disclaimer: If u have...
  • Thursday Night: Been That, Done There (Medusa Lounge)

    Passable Plastic and Philthy Paul are now at Medusa every 3rd Thursday, starting THIS Thursday! Nxt lvl? Rex lvl? Only 1 way to find out… BTW, who is “Philthy Paul?!” TTLY, Conrad...
  • It Was Bound To Happen…

    Throw ur shoes at still-President Bush y’all! Click HERE to play. Only a few days after the event that symbolized a failed President’s failed war, comes the take-home version! And word is there will even be a sequel to this game… One where u r held in prison and tortured for...
  • 5 Questions: Matthew Izzo (Part Two!)

    Philthy Blog asks 5 MORE random questions to Philly icon Matthew Izzo… 5 MORE Questions: 6. Top 3 independent shops in Philly (besides yours)… In no particular order: –AIDS Thrift –Doggie Style –Deep Sleep 7. You’ve said before that ur store is perfect “for ppl with A.D.D.” Do u have...
  • 5 Questions: Matthew Izzo (Part One)

    Philthy Blog asks 5 (mostly) random questions to Philly icon Matthew Izzo… 5 Questions: 1. Why the hell would u ever agree to answer questions for Philthy Blog? (Ur Matthew Izzo!) I’m a media whore, so I’m starving for attention… 2. Ur store was proly the first to sell...
  • Muzic Schmoozic: New From Teen Wolf

    Always love Teen Wolf… Brand New! DMNDAYS (Ft. Teen Wolf) – JVR Download it free HERE. (Mediafire) TTLY, Conrad...
  • Only In Philly: Car Broken Into For 2 PBR Tall Boys

    Bridget, a fervent Philthy Blog fan, sent me a story this weekend so sad, and so Philly, I had to post it: I thought you’d appreciate this… So I walked out to my car today, and let me tell you first, I have a shitty ass old car. No...
  • I <3 Street Art: New Shit I Saw Some Dude Put Up Today

    Does any1 know who this is? BTW, if u spot any street art ur feelin’, picture message it to me at… PhilthyBlog@Gmail.com  TTLY, Conrad P.s. My friend just sent me this… Found in his apartment building.  ...
  • Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At President Bush, Begging The Question: Why Do Any American “Journalist” Have Shoes Left?

    Lol u all… At a stop on Bush’s “farewell Iraq tour,” a citizen of the country he’s so selflessly freed showed some thanks! (Add this to the not-so-opportune photo ops.)   Bravo Iraqi journalist, bravo! Now according to CNN, throwing a shoe at some1 is the highest of all...
  • Sarah Palin’s Church Torched By Arsonists… God “Suspiciously” Missing

    “A suspicious fire devastated the church attended by Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska…” First of all can I just say, what’s up with everything being square in Wasilla? (Not a metaphor.) Maybe I’ve lived on the East Coast for too long but usually...
  • If This Is True Urban Outfitters, Shame On U!

    “Urban Outfitters stops selling, I support same sex marriage shirts, after too much bad press!”   WTF, UO? I thought we was kewl? Anyway, this story came out a few days ago… Now Urban claims that they pulled the shirts because they weren’t selling, but the designer says she was told...
  • Muzic Schmoozic: Wishing U A Very Alt Christmas

    Lady GaGa – Christmas Tree (Ft. Space Cowboy) Love this song! U 2? Download it free HERE. (Z Share) TTLY, Conrad...
  • Celebrities R Just Like US: Their Family Members Die Too…

    Do u all think that celebrity family deaths r the late 00s answer to the early 00s celebrity sex tapes? As far as publicity goes. Ok first of all… I’m not rlly good at talking delicately abt anything, so I’d just like to say R.I.P. to all these ppl, no disrespect. For real,...
  • Philthy Blog’s 5 Questions: Dark Horse & The Carousels

    Philthy Blog asks 5 (mostly) random questions to (mostly) interesting Philly people… 5 Questions (for all intents and purposes, yes, they are yelling): 1. You guys have a lot of crazy shows… What was the craziest (if you remember)?   FROM WHAT WE REMEMBER, WHICH IS VERY LITTLE, WE PLAYED A WEDDING...
  • Philthy Blog’s 5 Questions: Nikkimoose (DirtyFlaws.com)

    Philthy Blog asks 5 (mostly) random questions to (mostly) interesting Philly people… 5 Questions: 1. Top 3 places to get dressed in Philly… Joan Shepp, Matthew Izzo and Urban Outfitters. 3 places that offer a mix and match variety enough for the largest or slimmest of wallets. 2. If you...
  • Jon Stewart Gets Rlly Passionate Abt Gay Marriage In Interview With Mike H8abee

    The last time I can remember Jon Stewart getting this serious in an interview was a 2004 appearance on Crossfire that ended the program… Literally, the show was cancelled soon after. Hopefully Stewart’s passion can begin to end this.  Aside from the obvious… that we need more public ppl to come...
  • Is Philthy Blog The Best Alt Blog In Philly? Izzo Thinks So…

    I’m the new MTVEEEEE, WEEEEEEEE!!! (Old joke between friends.) No but srsly, Matthew Izzo and Scott Conant gave this blog a huge shout out, and I just wanted to say, thanks boys! Btw, if you don’t read Matthew Izzo’s blog, you need to start now… Milk-N-Eggs.com And stick around,...
  • Philthy Blog’s 5 Questions: Jem (Sweet Jane Vintage)

    Philthy Blog asks 5 (mostly) random questions to (mostly) interesting Philly people… 5 Questions: 1. Name three people you would get an instant boner to see shopping at Sweet Jane (besides me… also, they can be dead or alive)?    Marc Bolan, David Bowie, and you of course.    2. If you had a...
  • Philthy Blog’s 5 Questions: Love City

    Philthy Blog asks 5 (mostly) random questions to (mostly) interesting Philly people… 5 Questions: 1. What are your top 3 musical influences? Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll (in no particular order). 2. Favorite Philly band (besides yourselves)… The Nazz 3. If you could play any venue in the world,...
  • One More Thing For Obama To Fix: A Giant Black Hole Found At The Center Of Our Galaxy

    “German astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the center of the Milky Way, using the European Southern Observatory in Chile. The black hole is four million times heavier than our Sun, according to the paper in The Astrophysical Journal.” Yikes y’all.  TTLY?, Conrad...
  • Leno And O’Brien And Fallon And Daly: A Diffrnt Way To Look At All This “Late-Night Shake-Up” Shit

    (The comments in the middle of the photos above are from NBC.com, but more specifically, proly the Mid-West) So The Roots will be Jimmy Fallon’s house band when he takes over for Conan O’Brien at Late Night in the spring. Whtvr. The Roots are a way better band than...
  • OMG U All, Matthew Izzo Reads Philthy Blog… Does This Mean I’m (Finally) Doing Something Right?

    Well I guess the title gives it away, but yes… Designer/shop owner/kewl dude/Philly icon Matthew Izzo, proly Philly’s most famous/important gay, reads/loves this blog! And more importantly, he loves this blog enough to blog abt it on his blog… Milk-N-Eggs.com. Just thought I’d share this with all of u, since...
  • If U R In School, It Is Proly Finals Week… I’m Sorry

    Dn’t worry y’all. Soon it will all be over and we can all go and git drunk and dance and have Xmas presents. Our lives will be like a Lily Allen wet dream. (Except we will actually be skinny and not juz singing abt it.)   But until then...
  • Philthy Blog’s 5 Questions: DJ Dirty (4AM)

    Philthy Blog asks 5 (mostly) random questions to (mostly) interesting Philly people… 5 Questions: 1. Best place in Philly to get a beer (no drama)… Monks, great selection, I like chilln in the back bar sippn on Chimay. 2. Favorite Philly band right now… Damn that’s a tough one, got to...
  • Philthy Blog’s 5 Questions: The Mural And The Mint

    Philthy Blog asks 5 (mostly) random questions to (mostly) interesting Philly people… 5 Questions: 1. Considering that until recently music has always been free, do you all think we are heading back to a tradition of free/artistic music?  Did you get high before you wrote this question? Music will always...
  • Iran: A Nation Of BLGRS

    Did u know that Iran is the third largest country of bloggers? Me neither yo. Check out this short film and learn a little more abt the young revolutionaries in Iran. (Although I pretty sure most of the scenes are from Persepolis.) TTLY, Conrad ...
  • Muzic Schmoozic: 4AM Space Disco Mix (Live)

    (Do I use too many exclamation points? What you think?) Srsly sweet new mix from DJ Dirty, recorded live November 7, 2008 at the 4AM party.  Click HERE (Z Share) to listen to and download the mix for free. Track Listing 1. Return of The Starlight – Woolfy vs Projections 2. New York Story – Lee Douglas...
  • Top Reasons People Still Aren’t Taking That Tylenol Cab

    All I could think abt today at work was, “Why do I never see people taking those free Tylenol cabs?” (Ok, it wasn’t literally all I could think abt, but for dramatic effect let’s say it was!) I mean ok, I work on one of the cab’s routes, so I see...
  • Prop 8 The Musical… Where The Hell Where All These Celebs Before The Vote?

    Srsly? Not that it’s not nice that they are involved now. But it is of course now after thousands gays in California had their rights taken away from them. So… Too little too late? TTLY, Conrad...
  • American Commerce Center Approved Again!

    Like all progress in this city, getting the American Commerce Center built has been a painfully slow process. Speeding up the process? MONEY!  If built, the American Commerce Center would bring in an extra estimated 5 million tax dollars yearly. And with our city in a pretty serious budget deficit, this building is the next best thing to...
  • Philthy Blog Wants You!

    WANTED: Local Artists, Activists, Musicians, Videoers, DJs, People who do interesting things in the city… to highlight/interview for this blog!  Email me at PhilthyBlog@gmail.com and/or add me at Myspace.com/UghNews TTLY, Conrad...
  • Ed Rendell: “She’s Perfect For The Job, She Has No Life!”

    Anyone who thought Ed Rendell could get through this Governor’s Meeting without some slip up was fooling themselves… But that’s why we love him right? Eddie was overheard aka standing next to a mic, saying that since newly announced Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has no family, she...