September 20, 2007
The Small Change film screening series, is putting on a weekend long series of film screenings and events: On Friday, September 21st animator Brent Green will be presenting a collection of his delicately hand-made work with live narration and a live soundtrack by rockers Sin Ropas. The evening will also feature performances from Ex-Fort Thunder [...]
Read more»September 18, 2007
“Silver Storms”, the second full-length album from one of Philly’s most heart-wrenching bands, The A-Sides, officially hits the streets today. The long anticipated album, featuring beautiful artwork by Philadelphia artist Alex DaCorte, is the first release since the band signed to Vagrant Records earlier this year. Following the release the A-Sides will be leaving on [...]
Read more»February 15, 2007
Nightime footage of the ribbons on the fence on Broad Street. [youtube]qIl6a_6CPis[/youtube]
Read more»February 7, 2007
[youtube]GeM15-cFBRs[/youtube] The Pretzel Factory 816 Washington Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19147
Read more»December 13, 2006
Half my friends are DJ’s so I’m gonna get into trouble for writing this, but I have to say that my favorite DJ in Philadelphia is Julia Factorial. In the past few years she has had nights all over the city from Shampoo to the TPDS Club to Egypt (how did that happen?) to the [...]
Read more»December 11, 2006
Philadelphia is a place where you can live the dream. Nine years ago a bunch of kids from Philly rented out an old building in Chinatown, and having no money or practical skills, managed to fix it up and turn it into an amazing artist-run gallery/studio space that has brought in loads of exciting work [...]
Read more»December 8, 2006
The Pretzel Factory. Don’t let the name fool you, this place is PURE South Philly. Nestled in the Italian Market just two blocks from Pat’s and Geno’s, this is my number one DO NOT MISS stop on any visit to Philadelphia. The Factory opens at midnight to begin supplying vendors. What those poor slobs who [...]
Read more»November 29, 2006
The kids are doing it. Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction was started by local printmakers Nick Paparone (one of the founders of the Black Floor Gallery) and Tim Gough to commission and sell original limited edition t-shirts, hoodies, and prints by up-and-coming local Philadelphia artists. Their roster is full of hot-shot all stars [...]
Read more»November 28, 2006
If you’ve ever been to any awesome event in Philadelphia that had anything to do with puppets, then you’ve probably seen the work of Beth Nixon. Beth is a Philly institution and for the past five years her charming, heartfelt, and beautifully ridiculous work has been featured in venues all over the city from high-brow [...]
Read more»November 22, 2006
Philadelphia is full of great brunch spots. On the weekends many of them have lines down the street and waits that push an hour. The one exception to the rule is Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant in West Philadelphia. The lack of a bustling brunch crowd must be because most people tend to think of Abyssinia as [...]
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