Nadastrom and Alan Wilkis make being snowed in not so bad
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Mon, 8/02/10 – 13:03 | One Comment

Snowmaggedon, snowpocalypse, call it what you want but over the weekend we got a pumbled with one of the worst snowfalls the city’s ever seen. I think the official total was something around 28.5 inches. You know what that translates to? A whole lot of people going absolutely nowhere, myself included. With all this extra [...]

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“If I Can Dream” debuts, Hulu’s first original program
Wednesday, 3 Mar, 2010 – 9:36 | No Comment
“If I Can Dream” debuts, Hulu’s first original program

Yesterday Hulu premiered it’s first original program, a reality show entitled If I Can Dream. The show follows five aspiring, young individuals as they try to make it in Los Angeles. The group will live in a house rigged with 50 cameras that will broadcast content around the clock. Original huh? While the premise may [...]

Bringing classic covers to clothes
Friday, 5 Feb, 2010 – 10:37 | No Comment
Bringing classic covers to clothes

With books entering the digital age, we could be looking at the beginning of the end for eye-catching book covers. Luckily, Brooklyn based Out of Print is keeping the book cover relevant and they’re doing it in a new and different way. Out of Print is a small clothing company that takes some of the [...]

Banksy comes to Sundance to debut his first movie
Friday, 22 Jan, 2010 – 9:21 | No Comment
Banksy comes to Sundance to debut his first movie

When I first saw that Banksy’s stencil art started popping up around Park City, Utah my initial reaction was simply why? Yeah the Sundance Film Festival is quickly approaching but I never thought of it being an event that Banksy would target. A day later I discovered a certain trailer of a movie that will [...]

Sazz Vintage’s Huge Blowout Sale!
Thursday, 14 Jan, 2010 – 8:51 | No Comment
Sazz Vintage’s Huge Blowout Sale!

Since the start of the new year, the good people down at Sazz Vintage have been selling every piece of clothing for half off. Sound good? Well they’ve made the deal even sweeter. Starting today and running for the next three days, everything is now $5 dollars, no matter what the original price was. What can [...]

Protected: Introducing: Viktor Vauthier
Wednesday, 30 Dec, 2009 – 10:00 | Enter your password to view comments
Protected: Introducing: Viktor Vauthier

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Tonight: The 6th Annual BBC Christmas Party
Wednesday, 23 Dec, 2009 – 9:31 | No Comment
Tonight: The 6th Annual BBC Christmas Party

Tonight at Sonar in good ole Baltimore, MD is the Baltimore Bass Connection’s 6th Annual Christmas Party. These parties always end up getting incredibly insane and this year looks to continue the streak. Hosted by Emily Rabbit and Naeem Juwan, this year’s “guests” include Spank Rock, Amanda Blank, The Death Set, Ninjasonik, Delvin & Darko, [...]

Update: West Philly’s Love Letters finished
Monday, 21 Dec, 2009 – 9:41 | No Comment
Update: West Philly’s Love Letters finished

On December 19th Steve Powers posted on his blog that he had finished his mural project, ” A Love Letter For You”. SNOMG 09! didn’t stop him and his team from completing the final three murals. I think this is one of the best things that has happen to this part of the city in [...]

Ryo Tomo
Wednesday, 18 Nov, 2009 – 10:13 | No Comment
Ryo Tomo

“I like to draw things”. A simple statement by a young, emerging artist who does much more than just “draw things”. Ryo Tomo is an artist that I discovered about a month or two ago. His illustrations are simple when you first look at them. But there’s a feeling of mystery, familiarity, and nostalgia that [...]

Steve Powers’ Love Letter to West Philly
Wednesday, 7 Oct, 2009 – 10:47 | No Comment
Steve Powers’ Love Letter to West Philly

Take a ride on the Market-Frankford line out towards 69th Street and, unless you’re blind or sleeping, will notice some old rooftops and store walls with new faces. You’ll see bright, colorful signs with sayings like “I had a nice dream about you last night” and “Your everafter is all I’m after”. Former graffiti artist [...]