Commissioned by Philadelphia mosaic artist, Isaiah Zagar. More –including hi-res, printable poster-size versions of Joe’s work — at his blog. Previously: From The Desk Of Joe Boruchow: City Hall Declares War On Terror! From The Desk Of Joe Boruchow: OxyPercoXanodin From The Desk Of Joe Boruchow: Lesson #1 In Becoming A Fine Artist. From The [...]

Click here to download. Hey, can you tell it’s a slow news day yet? Over the weekend, whilst listening to Dude FM (we know it’s not called that, but that’s what it is), we couldn’t help but notice the above radio ad promoting the Atlantic City International Power Boat Show. Very MacGruber, no? In any [...]

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Eagles/broadcasting legend Tom Brookshier passed away on Friday at the age of 78.

We know that picking on Phillyist is kind of like beating up a handicapped kid, BUT COME ON, ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THESE TV PICKS? Three shows that we would never watch in a million years (go ahead, try and defend Lost these days, just try it, and while we’re at it, what kind [...]

With nostalgia for the 90’s in full swing, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to update the evergreen family fun of Civil War reenactment to reflect the current zeitgeist. Over the weekend, those clever kids at Penn took it upon themselves to participate in a simulation based on the Bosnian War [...]

At about 7AM this morning, one of the small, single-engine deathtraps that KYW uses for its traffic reporting was forced to make an emergency landing… on the NJ Turnpike! The two people aboard the plane escaped unharmed after landing in the northbound lanes, not far from Cherry Hill, NJ. Sadly, however, the blow-up pilot doll [...]

If, like me, you already want to rip off the arms of the Black Eyed Peas and beat them to death with their own arms as the sky opens up and rains down blood and Fergie Pee, I have some bad news for you: Black Eyed Peas won a goddamned Grammy last night, and Hall [...]