Streets Dept

Apartment Complex vol. 4

Thanks to no. 18 for the tip on Philly photo/fashion/street art blog, Streets Dept. All of his featured Philly apartment photos and Becky's talk of dream houses, makin me itch for a nicer place than 733... one day.

The Jungle

In 1967, a group of African-American teenagers in Philadelphia made a hybrid documentary/dramatization of their lives in the 12th and Oxford Street gang. In 1968, The Jungle, one of the first films in the US directed by youth detailing the inner workings of their own gang, went on to win the Documentary Film Award at the Festival de Popoli, Italy. (1967, 22 min)

-retumbled from Jon Bon

automobiles with character

found just around the corner from my house. these are a testament to the unintended contingencies that make walking in the city something I think more people need to take advantage of!

Sunday, Aug 8 2010

Lots of things going on tomorrow:

1. I am moving again!
2. Michael Rother (Neu!, Kraftwerk) + Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) + Aaron Mullan (Tall Firs) + Benjamin Curtis (Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells) play the music of NEU!
3. Philly Alternative Comic Con at the Rotunda.

Ben Curtis, it has been far too long.. *swoooon*

DO THE TIME WARP

I stepped onto the El Shuttle today, that is, El Shuttle de TIMEWARP. Let's party like it's 1980 y'all. It was a pretty hectic day and it seemed like most people didn't know about this but my sister had called earlier to warn me about subway difficulties because there was a jumper at 8th and Market. Not something we really hear about around here but this is the second incident this year.

This is what Wikipedia says about suicide by train in Japan.
Trains are also used as a means to commit suicide. Its relative popularity is partly due to its practical ease, and to avoid causing a nuisance to one's family, though families are often charged or sued by the railway companies to compensate for the trouble caused by the accident... The costs to the surviving families by the railway companies' "delay fee" is often in the 100 million yen range.
Talk about two hits in one blow.