Living in Philadelphia

Other option: seek out the Real World house and move next door. You can be the guy who gets busted for stealing cable!

West Philly has really come a long way too. Great African food! And the anarchists will play punk rock for you.

It's pretty much too late now. This is the first time I've seen this thread. I hope you, original poster, found one of the other threads and found an apartment and so forth.

We thank you very much for your support!

http://www.freemumia.net/images2/Ramona-Africa.jpg

WE'RE NUMBER ONE!

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Penn sends alert alleging crimes by kids as young as 9
By GLORIA CAMPISI
camp✧✧✧@phillyn✧✧✧.c✧✧ 215-854-5935

Groups of youths as young as 9 have been harassing, assaulting and robbing students, staff and residents on the University of Pennsylvania campus, a school official said yesterday.
Karima Zedan, director of academic & external affairs for Penn's division of public safety, said an alert had been issued about six incidents involving separate groups of youths beginning July 3.

Philadelphia police last night said that groups of youths had committed 10 assaults and some robberies on the Penn campus between June 9 and July 7.

The incidents listed in Penn's alert took place between 4:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., in these areas: 33rd and Chestnut streets, Locust Street near 40th and near 42nd, and Locust Walk near 37th Street.

A similar incident also occurred at 35th and Spring Garden streets, in the vicinity of Drexel University, the alert said.

The youths involved were all male, up to 13 years old, and walked the campus area in groups of three to eight, according to the alert, which was issued late last week.

Two youths have been arrested in connection with one of the incidents, on Locust Street near 42nd.

Patrols have been stepped up in the area, including covert operations, and security cameras were being monitored. City police and safety personnel from the University City District also are involved in the investigation.

The university began installing more closed-circuit cameras and emergency phones early last year, after a student was hit in the thigh by a stray bullet during an aborted robbery and a man was killed in a diner just off campus on Christmas Day 2005.

A Drexel graduate student was severely beaten by four University City High School students in January 2006 at 36th and Spring Garden streets.

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_top/20070717_Penn_sends_alert_alleging_crimes_by_kids_as_young_as_9.html

"Penn Sends Alert: NIGGAS THREATENING OUR GENTRIFICATION PROCESS"

i mean seriously, for all the good they've done in the area, fuck Penn. West Philly will never be a playground for spoiled racist Jewish kids, so stop fucking trying.

Yeah, let's just accept that groups of kids are regularly beating people up and mugging them in the area. Like it's really in Penn's interest to advertise this if it weren't serious. I've been reading story after story about these things happening lately.

I mean, I could just as easily translate your comment as: "Stay in your Center City ghetto whitey, or else you deserve to be beaten by groups of black kids with weapons!" (Not assuming you're not white, incidentally.)

Oh wait, you called Philadelphia a shithole upthread, I have to give you some credit. It is and I can't wait to get out.

I kind of miss it though I couldn't wait to leave. If I were to move back, I'd try to live in west philly near like 49th. that's where we had radio volta, at the knotsquat.

Any folks in Philly on ilXor ever meet up?

I'm moving here on Friday. This thread needs updating anyway. Can someone recommend the best:

restaurants
bars
venues
record stores
museums
general things to do (sights, parks, whatever you can think of)

I've literally spent like 24 hours total in the city so I'm pretty much in the dark here.

stevie D to thread

restaurants

my fav is the pho place on 6th and washington, its the first one you see when you drive into the parking lot (on the right hand side if youre driving down 6)

don't really go to restaurants that much tbh

bars

no clue

venues

used to go to shows a lot at the first unitarian church, heard johnny brendas is good too

record stores

repo records on south street, some others on south street

museums

dunno, maybe try to go see the barnes collection before the city steals it all?

general things to do (sights, parks, whatever you can think of)

dunno

oh, I like tony luke's for sandwiches (cheesesteaks and otherwise) too

Restaurants (vegan): loving hut on south is cheap and good, new harmony on 9th is default for Chinese, HomeSlice is grebt vegan pizza, and Horizons is expensive but also te best meal you will ever have

Bars: I adore Tattooed Mom on 5th and south; it is kitschy, cozy, inexpensive, fun, all around tops. The Barbary in fishtown is also p cool. Predictable bit still fun indie dance night on Mondays seems to be the thing to do these days. El Bar in fishtown also rules

Record stores: Repo Records on 5th and south is my favorite ever. Aka music on 2nd above market is bigger and has a larger selection, but the staff at repo is way more friendly and informed and fun to talk to; it feels like *your* local record store

I also like to go to chestnut hill to see how the other half lives

Venues: the tla, the trocadero, electric factory, starlight ballroom, first unitarian church basement, Johnny brenda's, Kung Fu necktie (the last 2 are also cool bars; brenda's has a killer beer selection)

R5productions.com is your friend

How is the cost of living in Philly? I'm seriously thinking about picking up sticks and moving across the river from NJ if I can convince my boss to let me do my customer service bullshit from a home-office setup. Probably won't be able to, of course, but I am sick to death of being within spitting distance of city life for the first time in years and only getting to visit as a tourist on weekends.

Museums/etc: Phila museum of art is great, mütter museum is creepy and morbid medical oddities, Franklin institute is this kickass science museum where you are a kid again

The magic gardens on south and 10th is tiny but an absolute must-see, and also the first friday of every month is First Friday where all the galleries have openings, and you bike around and see them, and it is fun

The last drop on 13th and pine is nice for coffee too. 2 more rad bars: POPE in south Philly and north star in fairmont. Also if you dig punk/hardcore there's a really great warehouse space in north Philly called The Ox; I saw Lightning Bolt and Pissed Jeans there in June or July

Where generally did you move to?

The thing about Philly: it is dirt fucking cheap. Last night I met a guy with a nice studio at 13th and pine and it was just over 700. If you do north/south/west Philly you will be paying between 2 and 500

academy of natural sciences is really dope too btw

Ps telephone where in nj do you live?? I thought me and dyao and Los blue jeans were the only south jerseyans

The thing about Philly: it is dirt fucking cheap. Last night I met a guy with a nice studio at 13th and pine and it was just over 700. If you do north/south/west Philly you will be paying between 2 and 500

....................oh man no fucking way

I'm in Mount Laurel, and I pay almost $1000/month for a one-bedroom after my last lease renewal jacked up my rent.

mount laurel is a pretty affluent part of NJ no?

Oh totally. Everyone I know pays less than I ever did in New Brunswick

More etc:
Wooden Shoe, an anarchist bookstore on south st
Monday is $3 movie night at the trocadero and you get a free beer
Essene on 4th and bainbridge is a totally kickass local food co op
Philly aids thrift on 5th and bainbridge is the best thrift store I have ever seen. If you need any misc household items or kitchen shit, go here. Dirt cheap too
The book trader on 2nd above market near AKA is a very very nice used bookstore with a very very knowledgable staff

Theres also Making Time which is where all the cool kids go to dance their asses off the last fri of the month. It's at Voyeur I think. The great thing abt Philly (vs NYC) is that in addition to everything bein so affordable (drinks, covers/ticket prices, food, etc), no ones afraid to dance at shows. I love this so much.

mount laurel is a pretty affluent part of NJ no?

Yeah. What's sad is that even the really sketchy places I looked at while apartment-hunting in other townships were barely any better...this was almost a steal (it started at $850/month when I moved in).

Yeah dude gtfo! Just move to Philly and commute

i "lived" in Philly for about 3 months back in'06. loved it! i don't think I had a bad meal the entire time was on the company dime tho and could go medium-upscale without much flak)

saw great shows at the first unitarian church basement and at the Troc; seconding Mutter, and uhhh, that's all i'm remembering right now.

anyway, had no idea you could snag rents so cheaply...

i don't think I had a bad meal the entire time (was on the company dime tho and could go medium-upscale without much flak)

I'm living in West Powelton. Rent in a nice house is $350 all utilities included. Philly's been great so far. Thanks for the tips.

We've had a running thing for about 8 years that's almost become a joke at this point where every time we visit certain friends in Philly we say for like the next week that we're going to move to Philly and then it wears off. I really like the city and it's cheap as hell. My friends are mostly in West Philly right now and it's a great area -- the big park (whose name I am blanking out on) has a good farmer's market on the weekends and giant all-ages larper battles which are kind of amazing to watch. There's a decent but small food coop. There's a decent vietnamese place that I think is called Vietnam. A few good ethiopian places. Once, Gojo, also has an upstairs bar that frequently gets used as a jazz venue (more by the west philly post-college crowd than the local ethiopian community). In general there always seem to be a million house and warehouse shows, art events, etc. and people seem friendly so if you just talk to enough people you will find out what's going on.

Green Mile is a pretty good west philly coffee shop - two locations iirc.

Guys can we have one big fun PhillyFAP plz

so, stevie got most of 'em, but...

the South Phila. Tap Room has amazing beers and food. a little pricey, but worth.

the Abyssynia(n) at 45th & Locust has amazing cheap ethiopian food, as well as a bar upstairs that is nice if it isn't crowded by terrible UPenn students.

i also highly rec the Ox and the First Unitarian Church. for dancing, making time isn't bad.

Wooden Shoe, however, is a mere shell of what it used to be, and it made me terribly sad to see it turn into such a shitbin.

Where else is good for dancing? Coz I also think Making Time "isn't bad" but I mean what is there that's awesome and great?

the Abyssynia(n) at 45th & Locust has amazing cheap ethiopian food, as well as a bar upstairs that is nice if it isn't crowded by terrible UPenn students.

This is the place I was trying to think of -- really fucking good.

oh, park I was thinking of is Clark Park

Horizons is expensive but also te best meal you will ever have

yeah, this place is amazing.

oh yeah I gotta rep for NIFTY FIFTY'S which is the most amazing greasy food joint ever

their milkshakes are A++++++++++++++++

Where else is good for dancing? Coz I also think Making Time "isn't bad" but I mean what is there that's awesome and great?

people seem to like banana clips. i don't know if that's still ongoing. robotique was good but the last one was this past wknd. people seem to get excited about broadzilla, night train, ten commandments (reggae, soul), england belongs to twee (indiepop, oi! wtf?), sex dwarf

they have dj's, dancing upstairs some nights at the dive and at teri's in the italian market. maybe some of that totally fun and awesome and great, i have no idea

phrequency, fiftyonefiftyone, philebrity btwn the three of them seem to do a good job of listing stuff

is fiftyonefiftyone a Philly thing??? I remember they took pix at this one basement show in New Brunswick 4 years ago. I always saw flyers for Robotique but never went--it's over now?? And yeah the Broadzilla DJs are everywhere.

Dell do you want to go to Bouffant Bangout wed. night @ the Barbary sometime?

yes, they are. yeah, rbtique it's over, probably to be reconstituted in some future night, i'd imagine. dj scene here seems pretty incestuous, which is good up to a point but the blud gets stale, i think

yeah, that would be cool. i'm going out of town for several days, but i hope after i get back we coordinate a hangout of some sort!

When you gone/when you get back? I'm AWOL for a while because I have $0 to spend but like infinite more space on my phone to take dancing pictures. And yeah the DJ scene is like... Dave P, Dave Pak, Adam Sparkles, Broadzilla DJs, Rock Tits, ALL OF THEM ALL THE TIME.

i think i'm leaving tomorrow, be back after the wknd.

i guess i was straining to be positive about the same names everywhere, like it probably makes it easier for them to form a united front or access their collective wisdom when it comes to dealing with venues or city regulations or something, but yeah i don't think it's the healthiest ecology to say the least

So what are we going to call our DJ collaboration?

Passajunk, Rock Boobs, Hoagie Beats...

Frankford Crystal Breasts

yes!

that or SEPTAreola Nites

Hey Dell and other ilxors, do you wanna go to Bouffant Bangout this Wed night? Or is anything else fun going on?

OK guys my friends Marc and Tony are DJing tonight at Silk City and I have a feeling it's going to be really kickass so I think I'm going to go tonight. $5 cover, $2 High Life bottles. Does anyone else want to come?

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130228083694933

i am maybe for that!

Will call you later. I am going to try to buy some fake blood and douse myself in it because I am out of time for good costumes; are you mabes down for that as well or not so much?

http://images.clubzone.com/events/images/318007/318007-1.jpg

ugh

Who is that??

the band that the record release thing is for

Ughghg hopefully that won't last long and Tony and Marc will kill it. All the times I've heard Tony DJ solo he's been incredible, and if you'll notice all the shittiness of T1g3rb3ats happens after he stops DJing.

ah, ok, cool

Hello Philixors, I will be in your quaint li'l town on the 13th. Let's have fun!

let the rivers flow w/chi-town gueuze. but not in a gross way. wait, gueuze is not gross. ah, you get the idea. there is an overabundance of belgian beer places here. in any case i know you will make betsy ross proud. she dipped her pierogie-hoagies in gueuze too! the constitution beloved of our contemporary "mama grizzlies" was written in cheesesteak blood, etc. google it.

Dell I think I burned my arm earlier, can I borrow your roll of geuze?

Gueuze-zeus

Starting to look into moving. This might actually happen! Sometime early next year, anyway, depending on whether I can find someone to sublet my current apt to. Even paying a toll to commute every day I'd be saving hundreds of bucks a month and living someplace that doesn't make me want to gnaw my own face off.

sorry Stevie Deux i used it all up for my flemish mummy costume

T t, that sounds cool, good luck with whatever you decide to do!

Also don't forget that the new Starbucks flavors are rolling out on November 7th and we have to go get something with peppermint or some shit. The cute barista needs me.

sounds like a capital idea

I want pumpkin spice.

the cranberry latte is my favorite

There's a nice dive bar (Bob & Barbara's) at 15th & South--with live jazz on the weekends.

Oh, I think I was at that bar once waiting to play a show (maybe at the TLA upstairs or somewhere else on South). There was this really really old guy playing the organ but it was still kind of good if creaky.

I still haven't been there but keep meaning to check out their thurs. Night drag show

steves i almost can't believe that you have not been to b&B's... the drag night gets super-crowded but is fun to go to at least once

and yeah, that band that plays on the wknds is great

so happy reading this thread and seeing how many places still exist, remember trudging trough a blizzard to Bob and Barbara's and they actually opened back up for us out of sympathy, the last drop (remember when that opened in 93 or so) dancing at Silk City, ah memories of early 90s.

Okay, so not only does Cookie Confidential, the new cookie shop on 5th right above South, have AMAZING cookies (srsly could not stop buying the vegan key lime ones), but the lady who runs it (Melissa from Tattooed Mom) has decided to purchase several of Konstantin Grcic's "Chair One"s to use as chairs; this made me unimaginably giddy. Seriously you guys have to check this place out.

http://www.gemmagourlaydesign.co.uk/Images/chair_one.jpg

shoulda gone to barstool palace imo

um those chairs are ugly.

not to piss on your parade, but they are.

yeah kind of agree on this one sorry

hate to poop on your cookie

Is ok, they have other chairs too. But seriously those cookies <3 <3

if you can't say something nice etc

the cookies are, apparently, rad. my friend maddy has told me about this place. so i trust on delicious. but on interior design, nup.

the racist cheezesteak place has those chairs, too!

It is important and healthy that we express our our dissenting opinions in an unmitigated way, even to the point of being a put-down.

I'm sure it is, you asshole.

(((jk)))

Good friends of mine were involved in this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHOr8jjTA8&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pu1O91ymMc&playnext=1&list=PLDE55497A2C6C2F50

Oh my god, thank you so much for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYRoPlHQ5C4

OK so this is a "trailer" for this monthly party they've had in Philly for a really, really long time but just, seriously. Come on.

ahaha oh man

i like how as part of their efforts to show how glamorous it is they keep showing the "hot blondes" or whatever they're supposed to be who basically look like confused underage girls from bucks county

Any PhILXors (OH GOD I AM SO SORRY) doing Cinefest?

I was thinkin baout Sat but idk what's good

In other news, PARIS!!!

Endhiran looks like fun, and maybe Cold Fish and The Womb. I'm definitely going to the awards ceremony for John Carpenter just to see the guy, even if The Ward sucks.

http://technicallyphilly.com/2011/06/01/transitview-septa-unveils-real-time-bus-and-trolley-app-also-sms-and-smartphone-schedules

pretty nifty

IT IS HAPPENING

In a couple of months my boss is cutting my hours and I'm moving into the city. Looking for apartments in Fishtown right now, though that's not set in stone (because I don't know anything).

We are moving next month... Philly ilxors unite!

All two of us!

Technically just one since I live in NJ, but maybe 3 if dayo wants to get in on it?

FYI there are no grocery stores or the like in Fishtown. I recommend South Philly, maybe east of Broad, but that's just me.

we're moving to bala

cynwyd?

yes

don't think I've ever been there

Good luck with the moves, guys.

Yeah, Telephone, to chime in with Stevie, there are not really any for-real grocery stores in Fishtown proper at this point, so that is a little weird. But depending on your transportation situation and different inclinations, maybe that is not a big deal. Many folks loooove living there. There is a store just over the border in Port Richmond, plus a huge Pathmark in NoLibs that may or may not open any day now. Plus there are a couple of little markets scattered about. Anyway, yeah good luck. I guess follow your instincts, go with a part of town that seems a good fit to you or that you feel comfortable in

god I had forgotten all about the philadelphia/jersey accent

I have a super strong Philly accent, actually.

haha I'll have to talk to you in real life some day!

think my least favorite accent is the neast accent

I thought I had a Jersey/Philly accent bcz lady at the Starbucks on Broad & Pine asked me if my Starbucks card was an international "because of my accent", and a week later some guy asked me if I was Irish (also because of my "accent").

UNTIL the lady @ Starbucks, rather

also "was an international ONE 'because of my accent'"

maybe I should just repost that

i used to get made fun of in high school (when I was living in Pittsburgh) because I'd pronounce "home" like "h-OE-me"

...as opposed to?

The worst is "beggle" for bagel, IMO. Also, that tendancy to pronounce long-O with a slight "ew" sound ("prewvolewne")

I'd have to record it really for you to hear the difference I think. It's very pronounced (punlol) tho. I pronounce most Jewish words (like bagel) w/ a normative Ashkenazi pronunciation tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xM7eVcBHy4&feature=player_detailpage#t=111s

fast forward to like 1:48 to get rid of the annoying guy

So who lives in or around Philly now? What's up, guys?

I do!

i'm gonna be at this thing tmmrw
http://theartwell.org/10th-anniversary-gala/

i cannot escape the gravitational pull of this filthhole no matter how hard i try.

all kidding aside, i love this area and never really wish to leave it again if possible.

FYI John Talabot is DJing at Snacks tomorrow (which is, as always, free and also goes til 3:30 and has free hot dogs and veggie dogs) and PLAID is playing at Johnny Brenda's on Sunday for $13

Notable things:

Pork soy sauce noodles at Nan Zhou hand drawn noodle joint at 9th and Race is like crack and also only $5, what the fuck?

International House has film screenings of some Kuchar shorts, a David Berhman documentary, and Los Angeles Plays Itself, as well as a ton of performances and screenings as part of their Sonic Arts Union retrospective

10th St bike lane kinda blows a lot

Santucci's at 10th and Christian has what I believe to be the pizza in city limits. Also, garlic bread cheesesteak. And CityPaper ranked their Uncle Something's stromboli as the best meal of 2011

I've had this nagging feeling for years that I should have moved to philly while still young, and somehow I will wind up finally doing it when I'm like 37 and not like it.

well it will probably be safer

I did it at 28 (not for Philly specifically, just to get the fuck out of new jersey, which was itself the result of "get the fuck put of Alabama"), just in time to start feeling awkward and old at the few shows I have any time to go to in between 9-hour days at my horrible fucking job. PROGRESS!

Or um I guess come to Cinematheque at L'Etage, we show movies and such, hooray

xpost yeah sort of like that. I've had a group of friends there very much involved in a scene of sorts and making shit happen for a long time - shows, massive dance parties, art events, etc. Already a lot of them are drifting out of it, having families, and the ones who are still doing it are hanging with younger people than themselves.

Of course if I eventually move to a phily firm I can probably live the good life on my eventual salary, buy a nice victorian with a garden in the university area, send my kids to public school with all the profs' kids, get season tickets to the orchestra, etc.

philly FAP wld be awesomes

Ya we need a Philly FAP for real. xps is L'Etage the one at 6th and Bainbridge? Bcz that's like 2 blocks away from my job. What is this cinema thing???

I'm in town for a few more days if you want to make this happen

i have really no idea if this interests anyone but me but we're going to https://www.facebook.com/events/335269579816557/ this Sat night

http://cinemathequeip.com/ - international film screening/discussion series. I accidentally ended up on the staff, mostly because I showed up regularly and occasionally spoke up afterwards.

My involvement is pretty minimal; I'm doing short essays for the site on Veronika Voss, Persona and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders in a few months.

what time do the movies show?

7:00, twice monthly, alternating Sunday and Wednesday.

it'll be tricky for us to ever come since that's a deadzone in our evening, before baby is asleep but close to bedtime. maybe later in the year tho

I still hate it here so much, like i got back from visiting family the other day and immediately felt the crush.

Oh man I am so coming to a bunch of these. How does one qualify as "artist"?

I had a horrible time in Philly the last time I was there (gastric anguish), but hey the baseball convention is there summer 2013.

I think they ask for a sample or a website? You might be able to get the student rate...

I mean I am not technically a student but I do have an (expired) ID and also I only make like $800/month :-(

steve if anyone is an "artist" you prob qualify ffs

Okay, so: if anyone made it to tonight's screening of Tsotsi, please accept my apologies. God, that was like watching the South African version of Crash.

hey philly ppl -- advance notice that we're going to be doing some sort of superbowl / rock band party feb 5th and any philly ilxors are invited. just ilxmail me for deets.

That sounds like fun!

COOL GOINGS-ON:

• Brodinski is gonna be at Snacks tomorrow ($5 adv/$8 door)
• Trouble & Bass has a new party at the Barbary starting tomorrow and the following 3rd Thurs of the month ($5 as well)
• Slutever is playing Sat Jan 28th in West Philly! Do you guys like them? I really like what i've heard
• Optimo is gonna be at Snacks on Sat Feb 4 ($5 as well and sooooooo worth it trust me bros)
• Screaming Females are doing a free in-store at Long in the Tooth at 2027 Sansom w/ Dry Feet and if you've never seen them before you really, really should, like seriously.

i read Geekadelphia sometimes...

and i've got a long list of philadelphia sports blogs

kurt vile apparently from philly. does he ever do local shows now that he's an indie darling? i love the album.

He used to play at Johnny Brendas like almost monthly but I don't think he's done that for a while

jealous that chicagilxors have such vibrant threads and there's like - just 3 of us here. anyway, I'm thinking about going to this on Sunday:

http://www.germantownjewishcentre.org/Sitewide/Events_Calendar/Not_JUST_Your_Grandmother_s_Yiddish_Concert!/

description:

An Intergenerational Event for All Ages: Featuring folk songs both old and new, theatrical gems from Second Avenue shows, Purim and Peysakh too!

I need a better idea of what stuff is happening in the city btw. We unexpectedly had a wide open free Sunday this last week and had no idea what to do. I couldn't google any cool events in the city (though I'm sure it was my googling skills that were deficient) and we ended up just strolling in Manayunk

according to j0rdan s., we shouldn't be jealous

yeah chicago sucks, i'd pick philly over chi any day. (and not just because philly is my hometown, sup)

Zoe Strauss show at pma is amazing

Spiritualized is playing the TLA for $22

other stuff is good but I forget

love this city

long-time occasional poster... i'm moving to philly imminently. arriving this weekend. looking for an apartment, setting up job interviews. psyched.

Whoo!! What part of town? Where from?

We should definitely set up that Philly Phap!

From Miami to West Philadelphia... probably. That's where most of my people live.

Okay, we should def FAP. Do you guys have any favorite bars? What times work best for everyone? I'm free the evenings of wed-fri and sun.

It's best for me to start before 7:30 bc of baby bedtime, but I'm pretty free every night except Friday. No bars I'm particularly fond of, though there are some nice places in Manayunk + in Ardmore if we're looking for location suggestions. Up for most anything, tho.

How far are you from the Schuylkill? Maybe we could do something in west phl or ritt/logan square area?

Yeah, I can travel a little. Just the further I have to go, the earlier I have to leave to be home by bedtime. Which isn't necessarily a problem. 6:00-7:30 could be nice PHAP.

ya I was thinking like 7

Oh I misread that. 6 works cool too!

Pretty much whenever works for me right now.

FYI we have our very own ohmyrockness: http://theswollenfox.com/philadelphia-concert-calendar/

Stupid question: where can one get a decent haircut in Philly? I'm, um, a number of months overdue for one and kind of unsure what to do after years of terrible Supercuts in New Jersey.

I used to get cheap ones from students at Jean Madeline at like 4th and Bainbridge but now I go to my friend who works at Sulimay's Barber Shop on E Girard; excellent cuts for only $10

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/jay-z-to-curate-and-star-in-two-day-music-festival-in-philadelphia/

rest in peace, samantha. you were always so sweet and one of the first people I knew in Philly when I moved there in the 80's. You made an awesome thing and so many people loved you. bless.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/550895_10150926672172137_686202136_9913883_588079072_n.jpg

oh man i fucking love that place :(

:(

GUYS WHY HAVEN'T WE HAD A FAP YET WTF

aren't u in lancaster??

Well, I was for 2 days

You guys still haven't had a FAP? I'm here until tuesday and I offer my services in helping to make this happen.

my schedule is unfortunately tight this weekend... i could maybe meet up somewhere today before 7ish, or on tuesday in the evening maybe. later tnite tho and tmmrw evening i have plans

off-topic, we ate here last week: http://www.vedgerestaurant.com/ - fancy artsy vegan food (from the guy who used to run Horizons way back in the day). pretty delish tbh.

I have heard nothing but stellar praise for Vedge from vegans and omnis alike.

I went to the Mutter Museum, this brasserie off Rittenhouse Square called Parc, and Franklin bar, where there was a large contingent of people in sailor garb with the added innovation of suspenders. It's so fun here!

Yeah, those were Mennonites boozing it up

How was Parc? That place is always packed

It was good! I wouldn't have necessarily picked it, but my sister made the reservations. Tonight she wants us to go to a Peruvian-Cantonese restaurant?

We just negotiated my mom out of a bus tour of Philly in favor of a trolley to the liberty bell. If I remember correctly, there are cute stores in the historic area (are those just along Chestnut . . . or)?

Nice work, heh. Yeah, if you walk along 2nd and 3rd just north of Market there are shops, galleries, etc. It's a nice area to walk around in... plus there is a coffeeshop that legendary radio personality Jerry Blavat ("The Geator") frequents. Alas, Danny Bonaduce left the neighborhood last year, but you can probably still drink in his spirit. Eww.

Chifa, hmmm, haven't encountered any feedback on that place. Sounds interesting tho. Cool, I've always been curious about that brasserie jawn

Funny, you don't strike me as a brasserie kind of guy.

I don't strike me as being that kind of guy either, which may partly explain why I've never been there. I imagine that it's exactly like a cross between Arby's and Dunkin Donuts, except with outdoor seating, topless servers and maybe better coffee

Ha, we got rookered onto a double-decker city bus tour. :(

oh no haha

"It was Benjamin Franklin who said 'Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy blah blah blah

I bet the Mutter Museum made you hungry.

Mutter Museum Cafeteria #terribleideas

Omg please live blog double decker bus tour

Parc is sorta known as the place that has just-OK food but is *the* place to go see and be see

Our tour guide said that Ray's is the best place for ice coffee. True?

Just saw the Barnes collection--actually very good!

a lot of controversy over the barnes move

nb i haven't seen it in the new location yet

What is Ray's? I know nothing abt coffee here but the best place for tea is Cups and Chairs at 5th and Monroe, period.

i finally move back here and this fucking commute to the burbs means i'm actually in the city all of two minutes a week.

which burb are u in?

my friends kip & sheri own this place:

http://www.southwarkrestaurant.com/index.cfm

you guys should go there for a drink. tell them scott sent you. then they will charge you double!! hahaha!

you know you want this strongo-esque drink:

Ocean Shore
gin, sloe gin, orgeat,
lemon, egg white

Dude I work literally 4 or 6 doors down from that place!

The adorable bearish chef always comes in and buys veggies and stuff.

say hi from me. i haven't seen those guys in so long. i never go to philly :(

I've never been in! It looks fancy. Also I don't know how to not-weirdly be all "oh hey I know Scott from the internet and he says wassup"

kip and sheri are great though. very friendly and cool. kip is an amazing bartender. old-school.

i once told somebody 'oh hey i know jaymc from the internet' and they were like, 'oh yeah, cool'

I just googled them and I totally know exactly who that guy is; he's always super friendly and I showed him this fancy tonic water we sell that I think he liked.

Maybe I should text you a list of all the things he buys so you can allude to them and freak him out

This opens this evening at Fleisher/Ollman. I'm clueless as to exactly what it entails, but they usually have interesting stuff there

http://fleisher-ollmangallery.com/pix/current_small.jpg

Please rate these Philadelphia establishments, recommended to me by a random local I met at Tank Bar.

Bob & Barbara's, El Fuego, Oscar's, Little Pete's, 4th Street Deli, Tony Luke's. I was not so inebriated that I neglected to take notes.

tony luke's has been my go-to for sandwiches & cheesesteaks for a long time

worried that they 'sold out' because they have a stand at citizens bank

dayo y don't we hang out?

Funny, you don't strike me as a "cheesesteak" kind of guy.

tony luke's above all those imo. roast pork and broccoli rabe, yo. little pete's is okay if you're drunk and it's late, or if you're stranded overnight waiting for the first regional line out of the city. there are definitely better diners, but i am lucky to be not far from a couple of them. oscar's is a hole-in-the-wall that has good cheap beer specials (i used to hit it up every friday for a couple before going home when i worked a few blocks away) and did a surprisingly edible cheesesteak (at least they did a decade ago), but nothing worth searching out unless you already happen to be there drinking. bob and barbara's is an institution, with all the positives and negatives that implies. ditto fourth street deli. el fuego i've passed by a bunch of times but never been. might be pretty good, food-wise, but seems hipsterish, clientele-wise. my favorite cheap burritos in the city are still santa fe's, but a large part of that is college nostalgia.

also, many days later: i am back in the city proper, living in south philly, but i am still forced to commute to the burbs for my job, until i find something here.

i will wash blood and guts out of the gutters of the italian market by hand if it means i never have to commute to the burbs ever again.

I like mine with american, fried onions, and (sometimes) ketchup

my favorite pho place is on 6th and washington, they're a little mechanical now but I still like em

pho 75?

nah, pho ha

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-ha-philadelphia

174 yelpers agree -_-

Among the perils with which one will have to contend, is a woman I refer to as the dragon lady. She is very loud, and not at all friendly. Also, one of the servers let's his children run around screaming like banshees on the moors. One does also wish that one's ears weren't served horrible asian pop music as a side dish...but alas.

sigh

how dare those asians be asian in their own establishment selling asian food

god all the nights i closed the tank bar. my friend S.K. was the bartender there for years and my friend lance and i would hang out there until after closing and barely make it home at night. sheesh. oh the memories...

i've never had a local in philly. it seems weird considering it's the city i've lived in/near the most.

vietnam was my fave place to go to in chinatown. i loved that place. mmmmmm.... don't know about now. its been awhile.

I walked down south street for the first time in forever yesterday, and saw that they had closed down showcase comics! I'm not even a big comics guy. but right next door was a place called 'atomic comics.' weird!

:'(

doobie's was pretty much our local. not that we went there every night. but we knew everyone and it was always close to home. i liked the food too!

man i was walking to the train yesterday and just realized tla video had closed! sign of the times, etc. but jesus that bummed me out.

i only really miss philly when i read this thread!

i loved when 20th & sansom near my apartment had tla/comic book store/the ritz/gay disco/smoke & magazine shop/wooden shoe/wawa/diner/beer store. i never needed to go anywhere ever.

and i never did go anywhere ever.

we moved right around when i started ilxing. otherwise i totally would have hung with all these ilxors. oh well, another life.

i loved when 20th & sansom near my apartment had tla/comic book store/the ritz/gay disco/smoke & magazine shop/wooden shoe/wawa/diner/beer store. i never needed to go anywhere ever.

haha this was a golden age

I suppose Tank Bar is continuing the tradition, because my sis and I were happily locked in there post-closing-hours.

Here's a tip: If you want to go to the Hop Sing Laundomat ("speakeasy") make sure you go on Thurs.-Sat., when it's open.

My favorite time in Philly was like 2000-2005--Big Jar bookstore, Molly's Books in the Italian Market, the Philadelphia Independent (indie newspaper run by Matthias Schwartz, who writes for the New Yorker now), the leaky-ass Sam Eric theatre, all those anarchist shows at the Rotunda in west Philly, the McSweenys festivals at the Free Library, Charles Bernstein, Ron Silliman & Bob Perelman showing up at every poetry reading, the Fringe Festivals.

poor sam eric :( i definitely got leaked on there. when i moved to philly i swear there were ten regular movie theatres in center city. i went to all of them.

yah, big jar was great. molly used to be married to my friend bob. she won a pew grant once. last time i went to rotunda was for a bunnybrains show. that's when maria was starting an online radio station at the (k)notsquat.

bob was in strapping fieldhands iirc

yup. i miss old bob.

this is me after i moved to philly in 1988. ready to take on the world. then i got drunk for a decade. oops!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/65418_495113802136_4263141_n.jpg

Bob & Barbara's is amazing and Pho Ha is the best because 1) best pho and spring rolls 2) "pho ha got you all in check!!!"

I have never been to Tony Luke's bcz holy shit, so far away!! There is nothing around it, either!

Except IKEA

Little Pete's is the only one of those I have any experience with because it's like a five minute walk from my apartment- good sweet potato fries, great soup, the surliest wait staff ever. It's nice to know I can always get a good "what can I get for you, miss- oops" whenever I'm feeling homesick for Alabama.

doobie's was pretty much our local. not that we went there every night. but we knew everyone and it was always close to home. i liked the food too!

it's still a good place. plus great beer selections

xp oh wow we are like neighbors

I lived like 5 blocks away from tony luke's growing up, I think half my life was spent in the strip malls around snyder/oregon

when I was a kid I thought that the CHEERLEADERS store around oregon and front was a store that sold outfits for cheerleading squads. didn't really know what to make of the fact that you could buy 2 videos and get 1 half off. maybe they were buying cheerleader training videos?

also kinda lol because my parents would take me to the toys r us there which is located like across the parking lot from CHEERLEADERS.

haha i currently live by strip malls near snyder/oregon

the continued existence of porn video stores confuses the hell out of ne

their patrons must be like the amish of perverts

i'm pretty sure i'm going to franklin institute tmmrw to see dead sea scrolls. anyone wanna meet up there for mini-fap?

that sounds like a cool exhibit but i don't think i can squeeze it into my budget

xp
they're not just video stores, think of them as community centers! like a barbershop

Of the places I went to:

Franklin Mortgage and Investment Co. A+ sailors, suspenders, tattoos, nice waitress, great drinks, no attitude
Ranstead Room A for atmosphere; B for drinks; this place is very dark, perfect for a late-nite assignation, lots of couples smooching in the booths
Tank Bar A, see above, friendly, generous bartender, nice locals
McGlinchey's A, horseshoe bar, smokers, cheap beer
Trestle Inn A+atmospheric

Hop Sing Laundromat honorable mention; wasn't open, but looked interesting

Oh! My friend works at Franklin M&I Co.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvJPG6KURV8&feature=channel&list=UL

that convinced me. i'm not going to vote for romney.

Mordy did you go to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit? Howuzzit?

I haven't made it over yet! Had a change in plans but I've heard good things about the exhibit

Anyone seeing Hot Chip and Chromatics this Saturday?

where??

Wait, shit, never mind, it's in a month. Electric Factory.

I would probably go just to pick up some chromatics shirts

Lorenzo's is on fire right now :-/ the place sucked but it was still quite an institution. I can't imagine not having it.

lorenzo's pizza?!?

Going to Rehoboth Beach this weekend for work. I have Friday evening and night and Saturday morning to myself. What should I do? And am I going to get screwed parking?

Hah I just got back from there today. I'll make you a list

when I went to rehoboth we bought salmon and capers from the local (superfresh? whole foods?) and made middling pasta

Everything is expensive but that being said the Dogfish Head brewpub and the Purple Parrot are both ace; the latter has a crab quesadilla that will make your mouth jizz. Both are on Rehoboth ave which is mostly tacky gift shops, though the Spencer's-y Gidget's Gadgets has a couple cute things. Grotto Pizza is the best and also there's a no-frills decent coffee shop called The Gallery Espresso with decent iced coffee and outlets to plug in a laptop or phone charger. Skip Cafe a Go Go a few doors down bcz they have no outlets for patrons, wtf is that shit? Oh and be sure to hit that ice cream place on the ave right by the boardwalk that has like 70 flavors. Also, Fractured Prune has absurdly decadent donuts (like Oreo-mocha and stuff; you can pick one of like 10 glazes and like 15 toppings and they fry/glaze them to order). El Dorado makes good fish and shrimp tacos if you don't mind paying $3.75 ea but they lose points for not having horchata

Thanks! I'll see what I can hit!

rehobath! when i was a kid we used to go to bethany beach down at the shore and rehobath was 20 minutes away. one year we were eating ice cream at this make your own sundae place when they started to evacuate the town bc of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Emily_(1993) -- we ended up staying through the storm bc a friend said they never hit and the weather is beautiful (and the beach tourist-free) right after a storm. also there was this comic book / gaming shop down in rehobath and that's where i got my first magic: the gathering cards ever this was like '92/3ish. very warm memories of that place :)

Crab cakes sound so good

Oh my god just driving to Wawa took forever. I don't know if I can make it all the way to the beach from my strip mall motel

wawas

There's a free Pains of Being Pure at Heart show at Morgan's Pier tonight.

Yah, are you going to that? I don't think I like them that much? though so many of my friends do? I haven't been there yet. Maybe I should go.. Will it be raining?

Maybe, I'm not sure. I'm going to try and get just drunk enough for going out in public first; I'll probably be there if I can manage that. It's just stopped raining in Fairmount, so hopefully it will stay dry later tonight.

alright, well, click on my name and "webmail" me if you need a chaperone or something. what i've learned over the years about going out in public is: at best people are happy to see you and very expressive about it, at middling they are too wrapped up in their own shit to think about you very much, and at worst they are drunk in an unpleasant, looking to start fights way. i can only imagine that ppl at a pains of being pure at heart show will be somewhere in-between the first two categories. kinda like a middle school dance but with less social skills in evidence.

Fuck it, I'm doing this.

Say hi if you want. Longish hair, pink shirt, glasses, awkwardness.

ok, i am supposedly meeting ppl in old city and then walking there or something. i will look for you. i look like God, or at the least his spoiled child, i don't know how else to put it

oops it started like a half-hour ago. never mind, sorry!!

For real though guys we should really do a FAP at Morgan's Pier for one of their themed food specials. Though I suppose it's kind of a hike for Mordmeister

The band hasn't shown up yet actually...

I know they have DJs late on Saturday nights as well- I saw a flier advertising Alan Braxe and Tim Sweeney this month

Saturday is a shitshow; I tried to go for Braxe and I left after like 15 min (a good 40 before he went on). Tim Sweeney DJs at Snacks too and that's much nicer for dancing IMO

Anyone want to hang out? We r bored and thinking about coming into the city

Possibly gonna hit up mama falafal joint for some late lunch

guys, this thread makes me miss my hometown. also Lorenzo's on fire :(

yeah their pizza was garbage but when i used to volunteer at the Wooden Shoe at their old original location, that shit was what kept me going through all those long shifts jamming out to crust-punk and reading Kropotkin

So we r at mamas- 20th st and ludlow

Just fyi if anyone needs to sell your house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzyrsC25SFA

lol

Hey my friends just moved half a block from Fiume; is that near you?

Yes, I live across the intersection from Fiume!

i was talking to this guy last night who moved to philly from seattle 12 years ago and apropos of nothing he was like "why are people so angry here??"

and i was just like "yeah, i know...

Dirty Frank's- Sanford-Townsend Band
Bob & Barbara's- Steve Forbert
McGlinchey's- Warren Zevon
Tattooed Mom's- Steve Miro
Doobie's- Jackson Browne

The Barbary- M83
Johnny Brenda's- Galaxie 500/Joanna Newsom
Kung Fu Necktie- Stinking Lizaveta

Locust Bar- Tone Loc
Locust Rendevous- 1985 Chicago Bears
Oscar's- Freedy Johnston

P.O.P.E- Arthur Lee
The Dive- Spoonie G
Royal Tavern- Marshall Crenshaw
Ray's Happy Birthday Bar- AC/DC
12 Steps Down- China Crisis

lol, make a spotify list plz

haha

that might get too real!

i'm down at the shore this weekend!

awesome. which one?

i am actually creating this mix right now and it sounds so good. the self-loathing is reverberating against the walls. tasty

you haven't heard sanford-townsend band until you've experienced them in avalon. just saying

omigod this is so good. i feel better than zeus when he first invented steve forbert

also i am listening to joanna newsom and i finally hear her as the joni that she was marketed as. what a fool was i

http://open.spotify.com/local/Sanford+Townsend+Band/Billboard+Top+100+Hits+of+1977/Smoke+from+a+Distant+Fire/211

if that doesn't work let me know, i don't know how spotify works

http://open.spotify.com/user/1232998518/playlist/5lRA8hXepog9qecjTN4mTJ

ok.

sanford-townsend band is late-seventies van morrison wearing a training bra?

God was totally right. Through the magic of Spotify the most compelling cultural artifact produced by humans to date has oozed out of me, almost spontaneously. God bless the children.

margate!

Adobe quizzo: sucks :(

this place is a piece of shit summum bonum. if you validate this place in the whole wide world of places available for evaluation, then you are severely misguided. Fuck it forever. Fuck all these disgusting people who are the alleged children of mafisoso codes, fuck you forever. Get a taste of your own medicine. Where else would be the perfect kingdom of present-day capitialism fucking itself forever? What happens to you and america at large when you get yourself out of your guy fieri/mitt romney ass whenever you have finally exhausted the physical bodies of the peeps you are bleeding. Fuck you forever, western capitalism in its present form and all, naturally inclusive of sympathizers thereof without exception. you will die on the same frayed rope that you created out of narcissism's sake.

everyone appealing to me whom i meet here turns out to live/originate from somewhere else

i am so sick of hearing "oh we are real here" which basically ime = "we are racist, join the club!"

fuck this place forever, i am so sick of hearing the same rhetoric

fuck these people forever

but it's okay b/c tattoos and punk rock, i.e., the very definition of reactionary

fuck you forever.

idgi. i was born in philly tho so maybe i'm part of the problem. lol.

oh it's not so bad

if i don't get a job IN the city soon, though, i'm gonna kill myself. this commute-to-the-suburbs-for-low-paying-bullshit is pushing me to the edge.

i also think all of our problems it's really not right to blame us for guy fieri and mitt romney two guys who are definitely not from philly

of all our problems*? i'm not sure what syntax i was going for there

yeah i mean if yr gonna call philly out for lingering insular racist attitudes at least cite like i dunno frank rizzo or something

knew someone over the summer from norristown complaining about how minorities were taking all of her opportunities

was that person longtime philadelphia meteorological personality cecily tynan

cecily tynan delong

if i don't get a job IN the city soon, though, i'm gonna kill myself. this commute-to-the-suburbs-for-low-paying-bullshit is pushing me to the edge.

qft

had such a crush on cecily tynan. i even had a crush on monica malpass. i have a thing for news anchors. its like one of my only things! i know, too much information. in an alternate universe i totally live alone and devote all my time to my obsessive anchorwoman fansite.

i used to wait on monica when i worked at saladalley at the bourse and i always got a little nervous putting her french onion soup down on the table. was afraid my love for her would make me shakey and drop it in her lap. plus, i was always hungover so i was always a little naturally shakey.

shakey mo malpassier

everyone appealing to me whom i meet here turns out to live/originate from somewhere else

I feel this. I'm glad to be able to live comfortably in a nice neighborhood surrounded by friends but... the bar seems to be set sooooooo low here. I feel like all of the creative and ambitious people have left. I feel bored in a way I didn't know existed until I moved here. But I can't undervalue not having to worry about money and being able to live almost anywhere in the city that I want.

One of my jobs has a really stellar set of coworkers, though. Some of them are from Philly and the suburbs and I like them. But I get what you're saying. This place seems like it's still in the 1970s.

I guess I always thought a time machine would be cool

what's weird to me is that almost every time i'm in philly, i only hang out with people who also grew up in philly, or are friends with people whom i grew up with in philly.

also, not all of the creative and ambitious people have left. evidenced by many friends who are doing quite well working in art and so on. eh.

some of it depends on where interests lie, you know? philly is great to me because a lot of friends who live there are into communal living, punk rock, and/or weird art. it kind of reminds me of oakland writ small, plus its cheaper.

I need to meet your friends, dude!

http://blog.philadelphiarealestate.com/ya-cant-polish-a-turd-doobies-is-a-dive/

unfuckingbelievable

holy shit

Anybody at Union Transfer for Ariel Pink tonight?

Guess not. Anyone at First Unitarian for Purity Ring ok no that is fine

thanks for making me feel bad about not going to cool shows

Sorry, not my intent :(

It's fun, but it sucks going to and coming back from these things alone.

i want to go to shows! tell me when something is coming up and if i'm free i'll try to get a ticket

http://www.r5productions.com/

Guys, MOON DUO AT KFN!!! It is going to rule and y'all should come with

When?

Early oct, maybe the 6? It's a sat

I'll be there- I've wanted to see them (or Wooden Shjips, I'm not picky) for ages...

YES!!

Grimes/Elite Gymnastics y/n

So who's on borad for Moon Duo on sat? Also FYI Matthew Dear and Light Asylum are doing a Making Time in the next few months!

I'll be there! Also on the calendar in the next few weeks:
10/13- Swans at Union Transfer
10/18- Holy Other at Johnny Brenda's
10/24- Bear in Heaven & Pink Skull at Johnny Brenda's
11/5- Maserati at KFN
11/12- Earth at Johnny Brenda's

http://geekadelphia.com/2012/10/04/the-bizarre-bazaar-lives-up-to-its-name/

Yeah! That's a block from my work; I stopped in a few weeks ago and it's really really cool.

I used to listen to that guy all the time on WPRB and WVLT

I saw him standing outside yesterday; he looks nice. I will tell him my internet friends used to listen to him on the radio one time

yeah, he's a chill dude, I said hi to him at one of his hot-rod shows in delaware once

Ps I will be there at like 8:45 and am wearing a black shirt w two swords on it and maybe a purple and orange flannel

I'm already there- thought it started at 7:30 as opposed to doors at 7:30. I reed numbirs graet

Grey pants, black cardigan, Master & Margarita t-shirt. Phone will probably be dead in a few minutes.

That was a blast btw; y'all missed out

Obligatory check-in in case anybody's at UNion Transfer for Swans...

MY EARS

My friend was at that show; apparently there was glitter and gongs and a clarinet?

I didn't notice any glitter (just the usual scraps of confetti from previous shows falling from the fans, rafters, speaker stacks, etc), and for most of the show I was too far to the left to see one of the two drummers (Thor Harris, I think?) who seemed to be on random instrument duty, but presumably he would have been the guy with the clarinet. What I did see of him was awesome, though- ridiculously buff shirtless 40-something dude with waist-length hair swaying back and forth and sawing on what I presume is the Handmade Violin Thing from the LP credits list.

Gira was on top form, too; I got tired just standing for three hours, but he was jumping across the stage, screaming, spitting, everything.

I wish I'd taken some video of the three fratbros who were standing in front of me, though, because they were fucking hilarious. All three were drinking constantly, and each one had their own little routine:

Bro the First: SUPER FUCKING INTENSE AIR DRUMMING. Like, head bowed down to waist level, headbanging, dramatic drum rolls all through the show.
Franz Broseph II: Conservative haircut, Fonz jacket, hands in pockets, lots of weirdly aggressive chin-jutting.
Third Bro For Whom I Cannot Think Of A Pat Nickname: Actual booty-shaking. Stomping. Air guitar to totally different songs. Mimed banging his head against a support pillar. <i>Literal honest to god jazz hands</i>.

Toward the end of the night they formed their own little mosh pit of three and I was seriously worried I would end up having to call 911.

Johnny Brenda's, Holy Other, etc

what a ridiculous hellhole this city is

No way bro, you just gotta find where the cool stuff is.

I vote hellhole

Dude, I moved here from ALABAMA. You want to talk hellholes?

lol stevie i been in and around this city pretty much my whole life i know from where i speak

but still one of the only places i wld move willingly move back to in teh US

steve i wish i had your positive attitude but this place is weak.

negative attitudes are so philly

booooooo

http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/205560-facebook_thumb_down_180_original.jpg

Tell it, sister.

maybe if our fucking football team could win a superbowl pplz could chill a bit

fuck sports

except for roller derby

Trust at North Star Bar tomorrow, because why the fuck not

Might do a weekend in Philly soon, if only for the reputable beer scene.

We have excellent beer

and i can't have any of it here in Québec because I don't know

On the off chance anybody's at North Star, I'm the sad fat fuck in the swans t-shirt

AC Newman at First Unitarian Church tnite... I really want to go (tics are only $15) but I have no one to go with... any ilxors want to go with me?

I got my brother + sister-in-law to go with me but I'd still love to hang w/ philadellxors if anyone is interested.

Not really my thing but enjoy!

If @ACNewman is coming to your town, DO NOT MISS IT. Amazing band, perfect set, just the greatest.

Telephone I thought you were going to go to Bear in Heaven (not that I went but...)

It was a toss-up- Trust won because I was curious about the North Star and live fairly close by.

I'd go out to the Newman show but I have class :(

DAAAAAMN

oh wait i get what you're saying

ARE THERE ANY JOBS HERE I MEAN JESUS CHRIST ON A BROKEN LEG

https://twitter.com/phillycivicjobs

Do you want to work at a small mom-and-pop macrobiotic/natural foods store?

I am so bummed I am missing AC Newman btw and also St Etienne in DC

i will do any job. i will clean the toilets at dirty franks with my own toothbrush at this point.

if I was of the landed gentry I would ask if you could be made a board director of some random corp, idk

sorry man :-\

i one day dream of kicking back with my feet up on the porch railing and saying "it's good to own land" with no irony

thanks man

Anybody at the Trocadero tonight?

sex dwarf halloween party?

not i. looks like fun.

Kind of empty actually; I know it's only 20 minutes in but there's like a dozen people here counting the DJ an bartenders

I saw Mount Kimbie and Squarepusher tonight!! It was rad as fuck.

Everybody make it through Murdercane 3000 ok?

Yeah, we didn't seem to get hit that bad!

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yu2C9mq1ADo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2C9mq1ADo

Anybody doing anything for Halloween?

Maserati & Majeure at KFN?

Man you are so on it w/ all these shows! I work tonight :-(

It's more or less a combination of being desperate to make up for lost time and not really giving a shit about being hung over at work the next day.

^^^how to live

so

many

beards

Union Transfer for Yeasayer?

any phillyxors want to see cat power w/ me at electric factory jan 30th? i want to go but am having trouble finding ppl to go with

I... am not a huge Cat Power fan. But Mouse on Mars is playing at Johnny Brenda's in March and I am SO FUCKING TOTALLY GOING

i got cat power tickets + i'm going w/ my brother and his wife. if any philly ppl end up going let me know + mini-Electric Factory FAP?

I can't make it to Cat Power, but I can (and will) definitely do Mouse on Mars.

Did anybody make it out to the Locust Moon comic festival today?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/01/03/mummers_parade_racism_philadelphia_tradition_needs_to_be_reevaluated_video.html

I had this brilliant idea for a dn of "whoop i. goldberg" but only like 3 ppl wd get it

maybe i'll still do it

lol

I passed by there every day this past summer

I used to get all my Boy Scout stuff at the one in DE. I guess their days were numbered once the bottom fell out of the Co-ed Naked T-shirt market.

half vacant cat powers show at electric factory tnite. I'm kinda surprised - they closed all the top floors

i got my goat tickets for april -- i'm sure there are ilxors who want to go see this show!

Oh shit, thanks for the heads up! I'll try and make it, but I'm going to have family in town that week so I might not be able to.

Stuff I'm considering in the next few months:
Beak> Feb 8 at Underground Arts
Psychic Ills Feb 13 at Johnny Brenda's
Autre ne Veut Feb 26 at Johnny Brenda's (will definitely be there for this one; already got the ticket)
US Girls Feb 15 at PhilaMOCA
Mac DeMarco March 1 at KFN
Mouse on Mars March 4 at Johnny Brenda's
Sky Ferreira & How to Dress Well March 23 at Johnny Brenda's
Jamie Lidell April 14 at UTX
Iceage April 19 at First Unitarian
Gold Panda May 17 at Johnny Brenda's

I am DEF going to Beak and MoM and maybe Sky Ferraria and Jamie Liddell! Also my friend is opening the Psychic Ills show and I might go to that too

yo stevie d why don't u go to goat and we'll chill???

tickets are like $13

idk them, when is that?

4/24

@ Johnny Brendas

Anybody going to Making Time tonight? Parquet Courts, Inc., Gavin Russom

Oh fuck!!! Is Gavin Russom doing a DJ thing or a live thing?

DJ

Eh, fuck it, I'm there. The person I invited out is incommunicado, so I'm kind of sitting around. If anyone's here feel free to say hi- awkward guy, brown hair, grey pants, blue/black striped shirt. With any luck I'll be drunk enough to talk without flinching and shut (thanks, Sailor Jerry, you are a true mensch)

I thought abt going to this but then forgot and went gay bar hopping w a pair of superrad dykes.

A wise choice probably. Parquet Courts are killing it but Inc was a dud. Not sure if I'm going to stay for Russom.

There's a midnight showing of Female Trouble at the Troc tonight...

Is anyone seeing Autre Ne Veut tonight?

Mouse on Mars, etc

I went. It was amaaaaaaazing.

Agreed

The glitchy bit at the end of the first vocal bit of "They Know Your Name" is probably my favorite moment on the whole album and when he kept looping it throughout the rest of the song I went totally apeshit

I just wish they'd played more older stuff

I rly rly wanted a shirt too except the only one they had just said "MOM WOW" and I don't want that.

Yeah, that one's maybe too open to misinterpretation

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/firefighter-dies-battling-philadelphia-blaze-18898876#.UWEV-xyG1Q0

Fuck, this happened less than a block from my work and we saw the whole fire from our front window :( There were probably 10 or 15 fire engines all up and down 4th and east + west on Bainbridge; it was nuts.

Making Time?

I would but not for $15

goat tnite!

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/special_packages/inquirer/Philadelphia_Homicides_1988_2011.html

from 1988-2012 the neighborhood i grew up had about as many murders as all of center city o_o

what's up guys

Not much; I've had to cut down on going out now that I'm finally free from my horrible job and spending time on schoolwork. Anything interesting happening?

Horse Meat Disco at the Dolphin the other night was fun (though that venue kind of sucks a lot) but other than that I've been missing out left and right. Ladyfest, Limp Wrist, Mount Kimbie, Charlie XCX...

Same here- I had the wrong date written down for Ladyfest and had to call off Charli XCX to do last-minute panic studying for math.

Word is that Goblin will be playing live at Underground Arts on October 5...

If anybody's at CHVRCHES tonight, I'll be drunk. I mean there. And drunk.

GUYS (sic) IS HERE!! Who wants to come to the parade w us tomorrow??

stevie i lol'd when i saw this http://www.yelp.com/wordmap/philadelphia/hipster

lol NoLibs/Fishtown/Kensington otm but Passyunk Ave and the retail area of walnut/chestnut? Also not enough west Philly IMO.

Be careful at that parade -- I know you saw DePalma's Blow Out...

I haven't yet, actually :-(

it's OK, John Lithgow is probably not in town. Is Northern Liberties hip enough to have a gay bar? Not the last time I was there, I don't think.

Juan Maclean/Horse Meat Disco at Morgan's Pier tonight

or not

What??? That was happening? Did it get cancelled?

Morgan's Pier has such an amazing schedule this summer and it is almost August and I still have not been once this season.

No, it happened. I guess, anywway, they didn't announce who was coming on or when and it was too crowded to get close to the DJ booth. Whoever was on earlier played the Maurice Fulton Rhye remix, "Wax the Van," some other good stuff

I have seen both Juan and (one configuration of) HMD and you should totally be able to tell which is which by music alone

also I did not see this thread when I was in town

An enthusiast of roasted dead animals recommends DiNic's to me.

http://www.visitphilly.com/restaurants-dining/philadelphia/reading-terminal-market/

is that what you fed me Stevie?

Yes! So good

y: good sandwich

roast pork at DiNic's: A
sandwich maker w/ dimples and tats: A
vegetable hand-drawn noodles at Nan Zhou: A-
Stevie D: A+

Is anyone going to this Absolut thing with Twin Shadow and Large Quantities Of Free Alcohol tomorrow?

Not to be a weird creeper, but Stevie, did I see you at the Color of Pomegranates screening at IHP?

Yes yes yes!! You shoulda said hi! Did you love it or what? I just got a membership so hopefully I will be there a lot

I thought it was amazing! My gateway into Pretentious Art Filmz when I was a kid was stuff like the Quay brothers, Peter Greenaway, etc, so I really love that kind of arch, heavily composed tableau style thing. I would have said hi but the people I was there with stuck around for a bit and I lost you in the general run for the exits. I was there with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whitney-Strub/e/B003UHAEOM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1";>this guy</a> and his partner (you probably heard him asking about Parajanov's sexuality and the place of his work in the tradition of queer cinema). I'm just sad I had to miss out on the rest of the Parajanov program...

You won't regret the IHP membership, btw- doing that was the best decision I've made since moving here; it'll pay for itself before you know it.

sick-ass lineup from International House this season incl Mekong Hotel, Oldboy, This Is Not A Film, and a performance from one half of ILX darlings Matmos!)

http://www.ticketfly.com/org/847-international-house-philadelphia/

holey fukken shit

...also for a minute there I thought The Birdpeople was The Bird People in China and then it wasn't and I was sad :(

An American Hippie in Israel looks completely insane, too.

my bank! http://balacynwyd.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/wells-fargo-bank-in-bala-cynwyd-robbed_ca6a1752

http://balacynwyd.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/hairless-deer-spotted-in-eastern-pa_d09bf7ec-balacynwyd

http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/d233620a45c6c48afb61bc1e4679ce00

oh dats mad creepy

How is the Dolphin, anyway? I've got a ticket to see Ivan Smagghe there in a few weeks, and I'm thinking about Ben UFO this weekend...

uuggghhh fuck a Dolphin IMO

I mean really the space itself is fine but the way it's laid out is HORRIBLE, like it's really long and you have to walk *through* the dancefloor to get to the bathrooms

Anybody seeing Holograms at the Boot & Saddle tonight?

If not you're not missing much so far. The opener fucking sucks and is mixed not just painfully loud, but painfully loud a full 10 feet from the door

I still haven't been there yet. How was it?

Pretty great actually. TV Ghost had their...everything cranked insanely, impossibly loud, and not in a fun way, but they readjusted things back to listenability for Holograms.

If anybody wants to go to the Ivan Smagghe thing at the Dolphin tonight with my ticket, let me know with an ilx mail and I'll respond with my name to use at will call. I've already paid for a ticket but I'm kind of depressed and the usual anxiety stuff is going to make it impossible for me to loosen up enough to dance tonight

Factory Floor are playing Making Time tomorrow night- $2 entry with RSVP, free booze for the first two hours

Yeah I am so going to that

ALSO GET YR TICKETS TO SEE CIBO MATTO @ THE 150-PERSON-CAPACITY BOOT & SADDLE

wait what

Okay, yes, I think I have to do that. They're back together?

mad jeal for factory floor

(p dubious abt nu-cibo)

Yes!! Quick, buy now!

also sorry sic, wish u were here ;_;

Bought. I can't not see Cibo Matto, no matter what the new material turns out to be like

I almost saw FF in London last week, but didn't :-/

$2 and free booze though!

I looooooove the new Cibo Matto song so much!!

Heatsick (yes, the PAN Heatsick) at KFN this Sunday!

woah, did u guys just hear that thunder?

Yeah. I have a day off, decided I'd go out to get some coffee and get some work done, and suddenly nature is all NOPE DOWNPOUR EXTREMELY CLOSE LIGHTNING HAHAHA FUCK YOOOOU

I mean, it's not more goddamn snow, which is I guess a positive, but...

FUCK YOU LOCAL 234

http://www.septa.org/service/service-interruption/guide-2014.html

why? because they're working past the contract deadline?

Or are you union hater?

Oh I thought they were striking at the deadline nvm. But I am still seeing the union as the bad guy in this sitch

Moving here in the summer. Already getting good advice from ilxors offboard but if anyone has like one favorite thing abt philly they want to share with a newcomer i'd be delighted/grateful to hear it.

Anybody seeing Pharmakon, Godfkesh & Cut Hands tonight?

oh kay i am deaf now

Or Trust tonight, what little I can hear of them anyway?

i would have loved to see pharmakon

She was the best of the three by a pretty long shot. Definitely the only act I've ever seen that literally screamed into my face from about three inches away

Trust is ok tonight but I really need to stop going to these kind of student-heavy events alone or I'm go into end up jumping off a ducking bridge or someti g

Oneohtrix Point Never at Boot & Saddle on May 6

ooo

Yeah and for $3!!!!

ok sold

i rsvp'd. possible ilx fap opp?

I'm up for it if people are planning to go

so i'm like 80% going tmmrw nite to the Oneohtrix Point Never show. anyone else?

Yeah, me too. I was seriously contemplating hopping on a Megabus to Pittsburgh to see him before this was announced so there's no way I'll miss it

I am for sure

i'm going to http://www.r5productions.com/event/229455-punk-rock-flea-market-now-2-philadelphia/ today

guys! the Notwist on tues at the TLA!!

I've lived here for like two weeks or so now and love it so much. It's so easy to bike and everyone seems nice, although I'm sure some of the people are not nice. I was at a party where someone was singing this song and now it's stuck in my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJHL34DiBY

You livin in South or West Philly

west philly! any recommendations of things i should check out while i'm living here?

The Mutter Museum

Dirty Frank's

Very predictable xxp

i agree, there are more trees here than other neighborhoods. no ships though.

International House in University City! If you like film at all, getting a membership there is the best thing you can possibly do. And yeah, the Mütter is an essential visit, as is the Barnes (free tickets on first Sundays if you're willing to wait in line a bit).

<3 this city.

aw. ditto. btw, i'm back from the shore

It's pretty great, isn't it?

Just in case this is the kind of thing anyone's into, there's a free outdoor showing of Phantom of the Paradise at Clark Park next Thursday night at 9.

oh cool, i'll put it on my calendar. clark park is four blocks from me.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118967/cities-vs-suburbs-dont-lie-about-where-youre

i was born on walnut st, but if i were really going to brag about where i was from i would def tell ppl i live on the mainline. lolz at anyone in philly thinking that it would be braggier to be from the city proper!

dude, boasting abt being from the main line is worth like negative street cred.

psh street cred i'm all about the hepburn cred

Wasn't gonna say it but xp

I'm in Philly until Sunday. My evenings are taken up with family stuff but my days are free. Has anyone got any tips for short and interesting walks? Like a couple of hours? I'm near Rittenhouse sq so close by would be good. I'm from the UK and pretty excited to be in a US city that's not NYC.

Anywhere in Center City bounded by Front Street to the East, the river to the West, South Street to the South, and Market to the north

Walking along Kelly Drive is nice too, past the art museum to and to the Rowing Man

Maybe try the Italian Market (9th st btwn South and Washington)?

Chestnut and Walnut btwn like Broad and idk 20th-ish are mostly retail, Spruce, Pine, and Lombard are almost entirely residential, South st between 2nd and idk 10th or so is kind of a spot ppl like to go but idk

Dunno if it's because I'm grown now but every recent visit to South Street has been so depressing

considering decadent weekend visit twd end of month

Oh, pro-tip: go east of broad (which is basically a renamed 14th st) and drift around between like locust and Lombard up until abt 10th or so bcz there are all these great tiny alleys and alleys off of alleys and it's really delightful to just get lost in

Also Chinatown between Arch and Race-ish btwn 9th and 11th or so, and right nearby is a giant and iconic indoor food market called Reading Terminal

Hah I forgot about Reading Terminal

Starve yourself before going

also i wd like to meet Treeship

stevie otm

Thanks for the tips! - heading out this afternoon. One last thing, is there a place I can get a neck and shoulder massage for <120$?

Chinatown

But for that kind of budget maybe walk around rotten house square or yelp it

just slip 5 bucks to a Ben Franklin impersonator

Where did you end up walking around?

Love Philly. I walked east down Walnut to Broad, then down to South. I walked along South to Fifth and then down to Passyunk. Headed down Passyunk to Broad and then back up. Lots of interesting shops, pretty girls with tattoos and Jean Seberg hair and guys with waxed moustaches.

move here

Had a massage from Michael at Adolf Something on Sansom at 18th. Awesome. Best 100 $ ever.

http://judgmentalmaps.com/post/91965518360/philadelphia

I used to live in Everyday Is St Patricks Day and that makes absolutely 0 sense; should be something abt boring thirtysomethings with strollers and home renovations

Now I live in Anarchists With Day Jobs and that's p damn spot on

mine is quakers rolling in their graves

DJ Harvey is playing Morgan's Pier tonight, just $5 or free if you show up before 9:30

yeah but... Morgan's Pier

I tried to see Horse Meat Disco there and it's so awful on weekends that it doesn't matter who's even DJing bcz it will be awful

it's basically everyone you hated in high school. Imagine going back to high school to see DJ Harvey :-/

Everybody I hated in high school would be...I dunno, finish this sentence with any combination of pickup truck/chewing tobacco/confederate flag/Skynyrd/pop country/90s buttrock/casual racism. I'm not going to mingle with them anyway, I'm just going to use this as an excuse for my pre-birthday bedrunkening.

Ok, you were right, this is like a frat party (or at least what I am told that's like) and the sound system is just kind of shit

I can say from experience that it is actually exactly like a frat party :(

There were literally two guys at the bar comparing bank balances on their phones

Also fun: obviously straight college boy not even bothering to hide the snickering when he asks if his friend can dance with me. Fucking asshole

http://cdn.patch.com/users/22119967/2014/08/53f3a96fb5dae.png

not sure where else to put this but i thought it was interesting comparing these two maps
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/newsroom/img/mt/2014/03/Facebook_MLB_Fandom_Map_1/original.jpg
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/newsroom/img/mt/2014/09/Screen_Shot_2014_09_05_at_4.40.46_PM/original.png

esp in terms of comparing philly area (which is obv part of the country i know best). i assume central PA is split by most recent championship wins (steelers before eagles and phillies before pirates). yankees more of a protrusion into PA than the giants. south Jersey obv i always knew was big philly sports territory. not sure about delaware coast tho -- i assume that's like bethany area? if so i guess that makes sense.

The southern Virginia Cowboys belt is interesting

i'm going to this on thursday:
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/event/526407-zion80-philadelphia/

this isn't cool

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-Gay-Men-Attacked-by-Group-Center-City-274964621.html

They released footage of the suspects

http://www.phillymag.com/g-philly/2014/09/16/police-release-video-suspects-center-city-hate-crime-robbery/

so it looks like the suspects were identified on twitter:

https://twitter.com/mkramer/status/512066538396860416

got my ticks for new pornographers at union transfer nov 20th

I would do that too if I liked them more or they were less than $30

i do not like driving in this city

south philly, specifically, is the fucking worst. center city is fine.

Weak

sure a lot of the streets are narrow, but you can park right between opposing lanes!

also people honk at me whenever i stop at a stop sign.

the ones with a white outline are optional

Not having mastered the art of the rolling stop is a sure sign of not being from around here

hate parking in south philly

My bike (and by extension me) got hit by a car by some dickass who rolled through a pedestrian crossing* a couple weeks ago because NOBODY IN THIS CITY KNOWS HOW STOP SIGNS OR INTERSECTIONS WORK. Seriously, like 90% of people stop in the fucking crossing with their back tires on the white stop line.

*and yeah, I know I'm not supposed to be on the sidewalk, but they were tearing up Broad Street, which is already godawful for cyclists, I was going at a walking pace, and this guy could've just as easily run into a pedestrian

philadelphia is for real the worst drivers in the country, it's a pleasure driving anywhere else even NJ + NY after driving in philly

telephone thing otm. dayo, you are part of the problem. so is my coworker who i drive home from work sometimes who tells me that i am not supposed to stop completely at stop signs if the traffic seems light. stop signs are serious. what is wrong with people?

i admit that there are stop signs in my neighborhood i roll through - partially bc they're very light traffic and also bc you really cannot see incoming traffic if you stop behind the sign

ok i'm a philly driver. but i recognize the terribleness of the condition.

telephone thing otm. dayo, you are part of the problem. so is my coworker who i drive home from work sometimes who tells me that i am not supposed to stop completely at stop signs if the traffic seems light. stop signs are serious. what is wrong with people?

Go back to Ireland

philadelphia is for real the worst drivers in the country, it's a pleasure driving anywhere else even NJ + NY after driving in philly

lol at thinking that any drivers are worse than NJ drivers

their go-to move is to use a Left Turn Only pocket as a passing lane

i like when they honk at cyclists for riding in the right lane on chestnut that is designated for buses, cyclists, and drivers who are going to turn.

That lane is for cars