A while ago, a friend asked me if I’ve ever been to Gay Phil’s (sidenote: Gay Phil is allegedly 100% heterosexual) store. I hadn’t and my answer was probably something like “What are you talking about? He doesn’t own a store.” But, he does! And, some people liked the store so much that they […]

It’s kind of crazy - with technology enabling anyone with five minutes to kill and internet access the ability to find and download even the most obscure music - vinyl records seem to be seeing a bit of a resurgence. The coolest thing about this whole MP3 revolution is that I now have fast […]

For the past few Fridays I’ve been slacking on these chilling at the beach.  Today I am still slacking chilling at the beach but Pie brought her komputer and we’re somehow accessing the interweb.  I’m gonna keep these picks short and sweet because it’s almost two pm and I already have a few beers in me and now […]

Yeah, I know that it’s old news that this place has actually been re-opened for business with new management and a fancypants new menu for about a week now.  I’m not writing this to celebrate the opening.  I’m writing this to say goodbye.
Look, I’m sure that the new Silk City is kinda sorta like the […]

Philadelphia Magazine has a nice little write up about our pals Track + Field. It’s probably not as fashion-forward as their mention on Hypebeast but Main Line Soccer Moms have deeper pockets than internet sneaker fiends, y’know?
Internetters can buy bags at the Track + Field site. In Philly, visit the Deep Sleep boutique […]

Hans posted a little while back about some of his favorite places to go eat in south Philadelphia [both of which are awesome]. One of them, Cacia’s, has opened a second location, maybe like ten days ago, next door to the Palm Tree Market [still the best coffee in the neighborhood] on the 700 block […]

Oh man!  You know how when you wanna make fun of some part-time punks  that obviously don’t know what is up you can call them “mall punks?”  At the Deptford Mall in suburban South Jersey, the mall punks are no joke and they may have taken hardcore band lyric cries of riots in […]

Russ Solomon, the guy that launched Tower Records, is BACK with a new record store that is called R5 Records and Video.

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