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 […]

WFMU is one of the best radio stations on the air today and the Best Show is, uh, one of the best shows on the station. On April 1st, the show got even better for Herbie Shellenberger (the guy with the V-neck sweater on) of the excellent Philly indie-pop group Brown Recluse Sings - Tom […]

R.I.P. - Philadelphia’s own Puzzles the giraffe.

A few weeks ago, before the flu absolutely crippled me for a while, a friend pointed out a weird posting on the Philebrity blog. Philebrity editor and co-founder Joey Sweeney has long since held a giant grudge against (or hard-on for) the Philadelphia noise-punk mess known as Clockcleaner. This grudge is childish to the point […]

Big up to ex-Philadelphian Cullen Stalin and his Baltimore crew. Their totally DIY Taxlo party got voted best dance party in the latest issue of Blender. And, yes, that’s Philly dude Diplo on the fader. Straight up, that’s mad decent. Seems like only yesterday we were yakking on the Trackstar Records messageboard and dancing at the Aqua Lounge.

I saw some noisey fucked up rock + roll bands this past weekend. One of those bands, we’ll call them ****** Jeans, would have probably been my bet for Least Likely Philly* Band to be Featured in the New York Times. I think they got at least one thing wrong in the article […]

Lawrence Dugan Sr. left Delaware County Court yesterday a free man, having already served the one-month sentence he received for nearly stabbing his heroin-addicted son to death…”I went nuts. I started hacking at him and screaming, ‘You ruined my life!’ ” Dugan told Daily News columnist Jill Porter when she visited him at the Delaware […]

Yeah, I know that there is a writers strike going on and all that but the kids need their mathed out tech metal-hardcore fix.
Crazily, Conan O’Brien is happy to oblige the metalcore masses - New Jersey’s Dillinger Escape Plan are slated to be the musical guest on tonights Late Night with Conan O’Brien.  Is this the first […]

Sean Finnegan (of Void) Passes Away At 43
Sean Finnegan, the drummer from the early D.C. hardcore band Void and an original member of the Dischord family, passed away on Wednesday January 30th of an apparent heart attack, he was 43. Sean played in Void while they we’re active from 1980-1983 and was recently working […]

OK, maybe they aren’t conquering the world but brothers Mike and Tom Quinn are making some big moves.

Looking for a dog to take to the Clark Park Bowl? Looking for a cat to help keep the mice outta your box of soft pretzels? How ’bout a bunny for your classroom? From now til forever there will be a new monthly spot on FV that will feature some of the bestest animals available […]

I think that it’s probably no secret that I really do think that Clockcleaner are one of (if not thee) best bands that the City of Brotherly Love has to offer. And, while I have mixed feelings about the perceived power of the Pitchforkmedia website, I was pretty excited to see Clockcleaner’s Load Records debut - Babylon […]

Giant Robot - the fanzine dedicated to covering Asian and Asian-American pop culture - has hit issue FIFTY! That’s a Godzilla-like accomplishment. And in this issue they interview our friends.

Artist Michael Townsend and other members of his collective actually built a 750 square foot room out of cinderblock in the parking garage of the mall. With supplies bought at home depot they built themselves a little apartment with a non-descript utility door as its entrance. On the inside it was fully furnished and and […]

CITY HALL RALLY CAPS ON! Field reporters without cameras update on the Phillies’ mega-rally at City Hall.
Former HxC contributor and wrestling aficionado OB reports –
The rally is crazy. There are like 10,000 people there. The plaza on the west side of City Hall is completely full and people will spilling into the street. Across the […]

Huzzah! The Mets fell apart and now the Phillies are headed to the playoffs. My vampire ass definitely fears the curse, but perhaps this could be our year!

Barry Bonds’ home-run record breaking baseball was purchased at auction by Hip Hop Clothing mogul Mark Ecko, a fact confirmed by the auction house it was sold in, SCP Auctions. Details after the jump.

The internet has been boiling over with poop excitement since the free diy record label poibella released its debut album, compoi0. The album is free to download and contains 29 banging and semi-banging tracks from a variety of “artists.” Poibella plans to release several solo albums this year (also free) and then compoi1 next summer. […]

Here’s some more self-promotion with three new episodes on Lebanon, via VBS. This three-part series is about drugs and Hezbollah, with some gypsies, a disgusting camel (seriously one of the more traumatizing things I’ve ever had to edit) and a blown up bridge for good measure.