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Entries from June 2008

Watch For Flying Bats

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

This past Friday, Pie and I were sitting around talking about how we’ve noticed a lot of baseball bats breaking this year. Little did I know that Jim Salisbury would have a story in Sunday’s Inquierer about that very topic. It seems that baseball bats are shattering all too often lately.
Here I was thinking that a baseball […]

Tags: violence · breaking news · Baseball

Philadelphia Weekend Picks!

June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I don’t know what the hell has been wrong with me lately. I’ve been soooooo damn tired. This weekend I just want to sleep but I know that I won’t be able to…there’s too many things to do.

Tags: art&design · hip hop · DIY · indie rock · dancing · philadelphia · booze · live music · weekend picks · skate · navy yard · nightlife

FVSSK: So Many Hydrogen Hoes You’d Think I’m Carbon

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In order to learn the public about science we’re kicking off the Fun Vampires Summer Science Kamp with this chemistry lesson. Once you’ve mastered this material, you should keep going for math and biology.

Tags: weed · chetrasho · science · god · animals · godzilla · mathematics · nature · alien · vacation · moon dudes · animation · physics · nerd · geeks · i like the trees · holy shit · music video · art

Graffanimation in the Deep Dirrrty South

June 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Get with the program and check this new graffiti animation by blu. It’s a few steps beyond your average tag….

Tags: short films · DIY · weed · chetrasho · movies · sweaty babies · alien · time wasting · internetz · something weird · motion · animation · graffiti · art · real cigarettes · sami

Philadelphia Weekend Picks!

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve got a festival. We’ve got great weather. We’ve got some stuff that I’m doing. Philly, this weekend is gonna be fiiiiiiiiiine.
Remember, if you wanna get listed, send us your tips / event listings.

Tags: music · DIY · indie rock · hot chicks · people · dancing · philadelphia · booze · boots&braces · live music · whatwedoissecret · weekend picks · rumor mill · beer · skinheads · nightlife

Call of Duty Naming Contest

June 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As more and more details about the upcoming Treyarch game, CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR, emerge, a number of fans are left wondering what those crazy devs are thinking. Since the Great War that gave us the Greatest Generation keeps trying again and again to give us a Great Game AND to […]

Tags: history · nerdery · hardcore · dystopia · contest · alien · video games · free stuff · fanboyism · xbox 360 · poopaganda · wtf is this · hedgehogs · call of duty · WW2

We (Still) Have More Friends Than You

June 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Or do we?
I don’t know anymore, mang. My brain is so fried and we’ve been totally slacking on updating you on all the cool and exciting things going on in our worlds. Hopefully sometime soon we’ll get out act together a bit more and re-focus on posting more dumb awesome interviews and other crazy/stupid/weird […]

Tags: DIY · lifestyle · hardcore · violence · destruction · injuries · philadelphia · punk · suburbia · music videos · live music · fanboyism · something weird · politically correct · equal rights · insanity · philadelphia legends · music video

Sick New Street Collabo: ESPO X Fulbright Scholarship

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

And his time in Ireland. “The awards primarily go to scholars and professionals who go abroad to pursue research and teach in academic and specialized fields. Thirty-seven Fulbright winners have also received Nobel Prizes……Although a Fulbright scholar typically must have a doctorate, Mr. Powers, an art school dropout, was granted an exception because of his […]

Tags: art&design · news · DIY · inspiration · lifestyle · new york · legend · philadelphia legends · graffiti · art

Radiohead, Nude, undressed & remixed

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

James Houston has taken the Technicolor dreamcoat off of Radiohead’s NUDE and remixed it or maybe you could say de-mixed it. Utilizing hard drive speakers, a Sinclar ZX Spectrum, Epson LX-86 dot matrix printer, and a HP Scanjet 4c to recreate the song with yesteryear’s technology, James masterfully created something new and made it old […]

Tags: radiohead · remixing · demixing · technology

Philadelphia Weekend Picks

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Too much is never enough. It’s going to be close to 100 degrees outside this weekend and there’s literally too many things going on. I love it…

Tags: hip hop · music · DIY · indie rock · hardcore · dancing · philadelphia · booze · punk · free stuff · live music · whatwedoissecret · weekend picks · nightlife

Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Peedi Crakk - January 4, 2008 - North Philly

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Way way back when it was a cold winter, the White Ts White Belts party (with DJ’s Emynd and Bo Bliz - who we talked about last week) played host to a totally D.I.Y. live performance by Philadelphia’s own Freeway. Patrons at the Arts Garage (R.I.P.?) were treated to a bunch of Freeway songs when, […]

Tags: hip hop · music · DIY · movies · philadelphia · music videos · live music · gold fronts · video · music video · nightlife

100×100 Rubik’s Cube Solved

June 1st, 2008 · No Comments

I poindextered this video from god plays dice. Not too long ago they had a sweet article on optimizing your baby mama/daddy. Math on.

Tags: DIY · gaming · chetrasho · unemployment · nerdery · love · mathematics · alien · stupid · time wasting · poopaganda · vacation · divorce · awesome parenting · animation · geeks · arts & crafts · marvel