Archive for August 17th, 2012

This Weekend: Most Of Us Believe That This Is Wrong

Friday, August 17th, 2012

FRIDAY: >>>You probably didn’t win those tickets we gave away, but My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses are still playing a show at the Mann, with or without you. >>>The Philly Geek Awards, celebrating all that is good and kind and nerdy in Philadelphia is going on at the Academy of Natural Sciences. And [...]

Film Sweat: Not Again

Friday, August 17th, 2012

NOT RECOMMENDED: We guess the logic here is this: Sly Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Chuch Norris can no longer headline a film on their own, so let’s try to throw them all into the same film (Bruce Willis and Jason Statham on the other hand must have owed Sly [...]

David Byrne Will Be At The Free Library Next Month, So You Will Not Be The Coolest, Smartest, Or Most Interesting Person In Town

Friday, August 17th, 2012

You can get a look inside of David Byrne‘s office over here, but if you want a chance to get a look inside his head, you may want to head to the library. On September 28th, the former leader of the Talking Heads, avid bicyclist, and all around awesome dude will be at the Free [...]

Since The Theater Shooting In Colorado, There Have Been 115 People Shot In Philadelphia

Friday, August 17th, 2012

As the video above from Gun Crisis points out, the 115 people shot in Philadelphia since the movie theater shooting in Aurora surpasses the combined total of “victims from the Colorado incident, the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting, this week’s incident in College Station, Texas and the assault rifle attack that wounded 17 people in Alabama [...]

Franklin Institute Rewarded Grant To Educate About Climate Change, Which Is A Thing That Some People Don’t Think Exists

Friday, August 17th, 2012

Climate Change, often referred to as “Global Warming,” is a thing that exists. Just look at this shit. However a lot of people out there don’t think it does (not us). But even of those who do, some don’t fully understand it (us). This should help: According to Philly.com, “The National Science Foundation announced … [...]

Pussy Riot Found Guilty, Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison

Friday, August 17th, 2012

Well, we can’t say we didn’t see this coming: Russian punk-activist group Pussy Riot has been found guilty on hooliganism charges and was sentenced to 2 years in prison. The three members of the group received their sentence while hundreds protested outside, including Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov, who was beaten and thrown into a [...]

Kensington Strangler Convicted, Sentenced To Three Life Sentences

Friday, August 17th, 2012

It’s not quite what we had in mind, but we’ll take it.