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Philadelphia Organ Festival

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That Was 2023

My year in review

 ~ 15 minute read

Glenn and the Danzigs

~ 4 minute read

Metallica with Pantera and Mammoth WVH

~ 5 minute read

Music Costs Money

I’m not sure what’s so hard to understand about this.

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Kali Malone with Stephen O’Malley

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Unwound with Teke Teke

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Otoboke Beaver with Gladie

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That Was 2022

My year in review

 ~ 19 minute read

Mimi

Remembering Mimi Parker

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Ghost with Mastodon and Spiritbox

~ 2 minute read

Amyl and the Sniffers with Upchuck and C.O.F.F.I.N.

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Low with Divide and Dissolve

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That Was 2021

The highlights and lowlights of another pandemic year

 ~ 16 minute read

Baroness

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Mary Lattimore with Ana Roxanne

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Human Impact with Boozewa and L.M.I.

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Idles with Gustaf

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Greet Death with The Twin and Plight

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White Reaper with Glove and Buddy Crime

~ 4 minute read

That Was 2020

It sure was.

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Eddie

Remembering Eddie Van Halen

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Fictional Band Trivia

Test your knowledge of made-up music makers!

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That Was 2019

The highlights of what I took in and put out

 ~ 20 minute read

Dynamic, Date-Based Color with JavaScript, HSL, and CSS Variables

A rational system for generating thousands of possible color schemes

 ~ 23 minute read

Slayer with Primus, Ministry, and Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals

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The Misfits with Rancid and The Damned

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Rebelmatic with The 1865, Maafa, and None Above All

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Black Midi with PC Worship and Norman Westberg

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Phish

~ 9 minute read

Uranium Club with Nandas and Pinocchio

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Björk’s Cornucopia

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Reich Richter Pärt

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Links: April 2019

~ 14 minute read

Making Music, Update 1

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Colleen Green with DeGreaser

~ 1 minute read

Links: March 2019

~ 4 minute read

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

~ 1 minute read

Sophisticated Partitioning with CSS Grid

Create compelling grid patterns by harnessing specificity.

 ~ 18 minute read

Mike Doughty with Wheatus

~ 1 minute read

Links: February 2019

~ 14 minute read

Making Music in 2019

My creative goal for the year

 ~ 8 minute read

Introducing Tinnitus Tracker

My live music diary is now a website.

 ~ 5 minute read

That Was 2018

The highlights of what I took in and put out

 ~ 20 minute read

Links: December 2018

~ 10 minute read

Links: November 2018

~ 14 minute read

Links: October 2018

~ 15 minute read

Links: September 2018

~ 18 minute read

Links: August 2018

~ 13 minute read

Links: June 2018

~ 14 minute read

Designing Better Concert Listings

How to make it easier for music fans to find shows.

 ~ 8 minute read

Links: May 2018

~ 33 minute read

Links: April 2018

~ 12 minute read

Links: March 2018

~ 17 minute read

Links: February 2018

~ 17 minute read

Links: January 2018

~ 10 minute read

That Was 2017

The highlights of what I took in and put out.

 ~ 20 minute read

Links: December 2017

~ 26 minute read

Links: November 2017

~ 24 minute read

Links: October 2017

~ 18 minute read

Links: September 2017

~ 8 minute read

Links: August 2017

~ 19 minute read

Links: June 2017

~ 13 minute read

Links: May 2017

~ 21 minute read

Links: April 2017

~ 32 minute read

Graffiti Bridge

~ 1 minute read

Links: March 2017

~ 6 minute read

Links: February 2017

~ 17 minute read

Links: January 2017

~ 16 minute read

Links: December 2016

~ 23 minute read

Links: November 2016

~ 18 minute read

Links: October 2016

~ 6 minute read

Links: September 2016

~ 13 minute read

Links: August 2016

~ 18 minute read

Links: July 2016

~ 16 minute read

Links: June 2016

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Links: May 2016

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Links: April 2016

~ 15 minute read

Links: March 2016

~ 22 minute read

Links: January 2016

~ 5 minute read

Rdio Reviews, Vol. 4

Violator, Courtney Barnett, Life Sex & Death, Nirvana, Wussy, Faith No More

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Rdio Reviews, Vol. 3

Yuck, Def Leppard, Diarrhea Planet, Cloud Nothings, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Meatmen, White Lung, Skinny Puppy

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Chloe

A eulogy for a friend.

 ~ 2 minute read

Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Rock

~ 2 minute read

Muscle Shoals

~ 1 minute read

Breadcrumb Trail

~ 1 minute read

20 Feet from Stardom

~ 1 minute read

Beyond Pixels: Air Guitar

~ 2 minute read

Letterboxd Loose Ends 2013

Bite-sized film reviews

 ~ 1 minute read

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

~ 1 minute read

Astro-Zombies

My third annual Halloween Misfits cover, along with some thoughts on nostalgia.

 ~ 2 minute read

Rdio Reviews, Vol. 2

Baroness, Michael Jackson, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Rush, The Besnard Lakes, Winger, Enforcer, Justin Timberlake, Billy Bragg, Colin Stetson, Fucking Invincible, Shudder to Think

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The Sapphires

~ 1 minute read

A Dead Kennedys Primer

A playlist and introduction to the legendary Bay Area punk band.

 ~ 8 minute read

The Loss of Matter

A rallying cry for our underserved senses.

 ~ 2 minute read

Devilock

My second annual Halloween Misfits cover, including a treatise on what makes punk rock great.

 ~ 3 minute read

Rdio Reviews, Vol. 1

The Besnard Lakes, Craig Wedren, Off!, Explosions in the Sky, Philip Lynott, Japancakes, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band, Andrew W.K., Evile, Thin Lizzy, Meshuggah, Van Halen, Dat Politics, Larsen, Primus, The Smiths, Walter Schreifels, Old Man Gloom, Guided by Voices, Turbonegro, Alan Menken, Portishead, Fine Young Cannibals, Future Islands

 ~ 10 minute read

Luncheon

Dining with famous women while I sleep.

 ~ 1 minute read

A Year of Rdio

Insights from my first year as a member of a music subscription service.

 ~ 4 minute read

Outsourcing

The audience-generated promise of Beck’s Song Reader.

 ~ 1 minute read

Hit So Hard

~ 1 minute read

Cultural Cannibalism

Concerns about remix culture’s critical mass.

 ~ 1 minute read

US Air Guitar 2012: Washington, DC

~ 2 minute read

US Air Guitar 2012: New York City

~ 2 minute read

US Air Guitar 2012: Boston

~ 2 minute read

Musicians Templates

~ 6 minute read

Just Like Being There

~ 1 minute read

Refused Are Fucking Dead

~ 1 minute read

Art and Artifice

The why of art is more important than the how.

 ~ 3 minute read

Skulls

Celebrating Halloween with my first Misfits cover.

 ~ 1 minute read

The Others

~ 1 minute read

Hello Again

Catching up on three years of silence: what I’ve been doing, what I haven’t been doing, and why I’m glad to be writing again.

 ~ 2 minute read

An Interview with U.S. Air Guitar Competitor Windhammer

~ 5 minute read

Judas Priest Brings All of British Steel Live Album to Rock Band

~ 2 minute read

Rust in Peace: Thoughts from a Super Fan

~ 1 minute read

Exit Strategy

~ 1 minute read

An Interview with Reigning Philadelphia Air Guitar Champion Windhammer

~ 22 minute read

Consumption: December 2008

~ 1 minute read

Windhammer

~ 6 minute read

Consumption: November 2008

~ 1 minute read

Pharewell

~ 2 minute read

Consumption: October 2008

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: September 2008

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: August 2008

~ 1 minute read

2008 US Air Guitar Championships

~ 2 minute read

Consumption: July 2008

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: June 2008

~ 1 minute read

Something in the Air

~ 3 minute read

Consumption: May 2008

~ 1 minute read

North by Northwest

~ 2 minute read

Hole

~ 1 minute read

Meet the New Mexico, Same as the Old Mexico

~ 2 minute read

Consumption: April 2008

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: March 2008

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Consumption: February 2008

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Consumption: January 2008

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Retro Format War

~ 4 minute read

Consumption: December 2007

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: November 2007

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Consumption: October 2007

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Consumption: September 2007

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Consumption: August 2007

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Consumption: June 2007

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Consumption: May 2007

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Consumption: April 2007

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Consumption: March 2007

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Consumption: February 2007

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Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

~ 3 minute read

Consumption: January 2007

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: December 2006

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Consumption: November 2006

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Consumption: October 2006

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Consumption: September 2006

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Consumption: August 2006

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Consumption: July 2006

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Consumption: June 2006

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Titonic

~ 3 minute read

1976

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: May 2006

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Consumption: April 2006

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Consumption: March 2006

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Consumption: February 2006

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Consumption: January 2006

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Consumption: December 2005

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Consumption: November 2005

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Consumption: October 2005

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Consumption: September 2005

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Download My Store

~ 1 minute read

Open Letter to South Central Philadelphia

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: August 2005

~ 1 minute read

The Morning After

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: July 2005

~ 1 minute read

Into the Maze of Darkness!

~ 2 minute read

Consumption: June 2005

~ 1 minute read

The Hills Are Alive

~ 2 minute read

Consumption: May 2005

~ 1 minute read

A Musical Baton

~ 2 minute read

6 for the Price of One

~ 1 minute read

Consumption: April 2005

~ 1 minute read

The Kids Are All Right

~ 2 minute read

Consumption: March 2005

~ 1 minute read

In the 77 days since I last posted: I started a new full-time design job at TMX Communications. My face...

~ 1 minute read

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal survives in Philadelphia, thanks to the majesty of Wastoid, whose performance Saturday night...

~ 1 minute read

Spaceboy Music got the new Tortoise album, It’s All Around You, nearly two weeks ahead of its release date, so...

~ 2 minute read

BREDSTIK Entertainment made its second foray into frenetic weekend filmmaking, this time for the 48 Hour Film Project, on the...

~ 3 minute read

I’m not often interested in shows that could conceivably sell out in less than five minutes after tickets have been...

~ 1 minute read

Okay, here’s a pretty charming concept: You’re a musician who combs estate sales for the personal slide collections of the...

~ 1 minute read

Philadelphia is in the eye of a winter storm today; the snow and ice already coating the ground will soon...

~ 1 minute read

Over the last couple of months, this site has offered its visitors little respite from boredom. I’ll make no apologies...

~ 1 minute read

You know, neither my physique nor my personality suggests a similarity to any hibernating animal that I can think of,...

~ 2 minute read

I emerge from over three weeks of silence to tell you about The Darkness. If you’re like everyone else on...

~ 1 minute read

I remain too distracted to produce contemplative opuses detailing my recent experiences, so here is some brusque vagueness about my...

~ 1 minute read

Last night, I registered team “BREDSTIK Entertainment” in the National Film Challenge, which works like this: At 7:00 PM on...

~ 1 minute read

There has been plenty going on, but I haven’t had much to say about any of it. Lightning Bolt, Hangedup,...

~ 1 minute read

I pedaled to the Khyber last night to see Stars, my second blind date in as many nights with a...

~ 1 minute read

I hadn’t heard Broken Social Scene before tonight. Having recently been informed that the band is comprised, in part, of...

~ 1 minute read

Kevin Cornell recently launched Bearskinrug version 4; it is as delicious as might be expected. Lots of shows lately: The...

~ 1 minute read

The summer technically ends on September 22 (as anyone eagerly anticipating the redesign of this site should note), but most...

~ 3 minute read

A moment of silence for Wesley Willis, who died at the age of 40 around 9:00 Chicago time Thursday night,...

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Massive Attack and Mondays don’t mix. My eyelids weren’t giving gravity much of a fight this afternoon. Last week’s lucky...

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After redeeming my pass to a sneak preview of Dirty Pretty Things, I somehow stumbled into the wrong theater; when...

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Every year, I take a trip to Chicago to visit some friends and spend some time in one of my...

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I was going to begin this long-overdue post with a verbose description of the difficulties of keeping a weblog like...

~ 3 minute read

I ventured out to the Friendship House last night, a cool space in North Philly previously unknown to me. DAT...

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My roommates and I have found a rather nice apartment in South Philadelphia. We signed the lease on Friday. We...

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I did a stupid thing Monday night: I forgot to bring my camera when I went to see I Am...

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Last night was the sixth installment of R5’s “In the Sanctuary Concert Series,” featuring Essex Green, Aereogramme and The Delgados...

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More film fest stuff this weekend. I caught a little bit of the Lost Film Fest 8.0 on Friday, including...

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Two shows, seven bands at the Church this week. Sentence fragments ahead. Sunday Dysrhythmia: My favorite Philadelphia band; missed the...

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Lightning Bolt’s Wonderful Rainbow refuses to detach itself from my playlist, and has come dangerously close to bullying the rest...

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Interpol and The Raveonettes played the Troc last night. I was quite pleasantly surprised by the feedback-drenched Raveonettes, who sounded...

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I waited in line for an hour last night in 20º weather to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the first...

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What to do? I’ve been cursing Clear Channel because their inflated ticket prices are keeping me from attending four anticipated...

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Peter and I took a trip up to New York yesterday. The early afternoon was occupied by sifting through galleries...

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The Relapse Contamination Festival took over the Troc for the weekend and what a wicked weekend it was. To avoid...

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I had a dream that Sebastian Bach (of Skid Row fame) moved in with my next door neighbors. In the...

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Sonata for the Unaware, the new k10k issue by carbonatedjazz, is the best issue I’ve seen in a long time....

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I guess it’s been pretty quiet around here. In the last month: I braved the Philadelphia blizzard fallout to get...

~ 1 minute read

Okay, Tolkien by himself (or even filtered through the eyes of demigod Peter Jackson) generally bores me, but somehow the...

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Halloween was fun. The afternoon was begun with a matinee of P.T. Anderson’s pitch-perfect Punch-Drunk Love, and rounded out by...

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Happy Birthday, Dad! Lethargy month is drawing to a close. I’ve been out and about for the usual films and...

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I’ve been back from Ottawa for nearly a week now and the annoying cold I contracted while I was there...

~ 1 minute read

Apparently a 2-disc Faith No More tribute album called Tribute of the Year: A Tribute to Faith No More was...

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There was much rocking this week. Saturday night was Andrew W.K. in Jersey, at this weird sprawling complex filled with...

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Oh man, this Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights album is soooo good; I cannot stop listening to it. Spacey,...

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During a relaxing and uneventful four days in Ocean City, MD, I couldn’t say no to “The Metal Issue” of...

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After having been informed that an MP3 from the forthcoming Dillinger Escape Plan / Mike Patton collaboration is now online,...

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I drove 100 miles last night to see Andrew W.K. play in Towson, MD (near Baltimore). I found out about...

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Mary and I were all set to go see Tuatara last night before we discovered that they cancelled the show...

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Friday night was a rewarding but ultimately forgettable show at the Troc with The Shins, Beachwood Sparks, and some horrible...

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Ah, the Khyber. I hadn’t been there in awhile. Tonight’s crowd was just the size I like: the audience was...

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I was very pleased today to discover that the lineup on the new Skeleton Key album Obtainium is identical to...

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Great show last night at the Balcony. Thoughtstreams kicked off the show around 10:00. I’d heard of them before (mostly...

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Just got back from a weekend in New York, primarily for two nights’ worth of sold out shows at North...

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The bad news: Tuesday’s Mogwai show in Brooklyn sold out before I could get tickets. Although I bet if I...

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My Def Leppard Pyromania cassette is about fifteen years old now and barely plays anymore, so I finally replaced it...

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Yesterday I escaped the unseasonable sweltering heat for a couple hours with a visit to the Philadelphia ICA. The Photogenic...

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Detroit is interesting in a ghost town kind of way. About half of the city’s buildings are vacant. And aside...

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