Philly Shreds

What's more punk than adopting a rat?

FWD:

Dear friend of Hugs for Puppies, please read on - we desperately need help saving the lives of the animals that have already endured a life of misery in a lab and are now going to be killed UNLESS we can find homes for them!

We (the Humane League of Philadelphia - Hugs for Puppies has changed its name) were recently contacted by a local university that is set to kill 70 rats they used in psychology experiments. However, the school is willing to turn over to us any rats that we can find homes for. We are desperately seeking people who would be interested in adopting one or several of these extremely sweet, sociable rats. Adoption would literally mean saving their lives, since we are not going to be able to find homes for all 70 and any that we cannot find homes for will be gassed to death.

All of the rats are white albinos, are male, are very friendly with people and with one another.

If you or anyone you know can adopt one or several of these rats, or help us find homes, it would be EXTREMELY appreciated!

If you have any questions, feel free to reply to us via myspace, email us at info AT thehumaneleague DOT com or call me at (deleted). We will be picking up an initial group of the rats late next week, and are in many cases able to drive the rats to you (or near you) if you are not able to pick them up.

Thank you!
Nick

www. thehumaneleague. com

http://www.myspace.com/hugsforpuppies

Free Movie Series On The Schuylkill Banks

http://schuylkillbanks.org/

Every other Thursday there will be a movie shown near the Walnut Street Bridge. Bring a chair or blanket and your own popcorn.

Laughter on the Banks Schedule:
June 19- Airplane
July 3- Office Space
July 17- Annie Hall
July 31- The Princess Bride
Aug 14- Young Frankenstein
Aug 28- It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

All movies begin at dusk (approximately 8:30 pm)

THE OLD HAUNTS, BAD NEWS BATS, BARKING SPIDERS, LESSER KNOWN NEUTRINOS @Dock Str

REPOST (from some other part of the internet):

This Sunday, May 17th., there'll be a benefit show to help cover some tiny percentage of my medical bills....... if I end up getting anything covered by crime victims comp stuff, I'm going to donate the money to that. If not, then this will go towards staving off the rabid dogs of the US-hell medical nightmare system who are asking approx. $40,000 from me to put some metal in my jaw.

Either way, this is going to be a great show. Northern Liberties were originally going to play, but Marc won't be in town.

The show is going to be at the Dock Street brew house - on the corner of 50th. & Baltimore Ave., Philly. This is supposed to start on the early side, like 6 PM, so DON'T SNOOZE! This show features some of my favorite local bands ever ever, and a great out of town band, who have an excellent Wipers-esque (if one has to make comparisons) rock sound.

Bands:

THE OLD HAUNTS -- From Olympia, WA. (w/ Tobi Vail - of Bikini Kill and lots of other cool bands - on drums. On Kill Rockstars label.)

BAD NEWS BATS

BARKING SPIDERS

LESSER KNOWN NEUTRINOS

PLUS..... there will be FOOD.... BEER..... and an ART AUCTION!

ALSO... DOUBLE PLUS.... I will be have color copies of my art available for $5 per, suitable for framing, colorful paper airplane projects, etc..... and the last few copies of my large posters.... a new design is waiting in the wings, but this will be one of the last chances to grab this design.... of 125 copies total I have approx. 20 left..... there are few at Germ Books, and a few at Long In The Tooth here in here in Philly, and then that's it forever for that design!

So..... I hope to see YOU there!

Me serva et ego servabo te,

*justinbird*

Earthlink pulling the plug on Wireless Philly plan?

here's the link to Wireless Philadelphia, and they have been posting their side of the situation: http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/

Short version, Earthlink said they will pull the plug in one month if something doesn't change. The network was only about 3/4 completed, and people that subscribed had mixed results. Would people have signed up if it worked? Do people still use modems? Who knows!

Here's the article on the Inquirer site:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/18922589.html

BENEFIT for ANDREA COLLINS MILLER

BENEFIT for ANDREA COLLINS MILLER
Deadspot
Trained Attack Dog's
Throttle
Dominance
The Heels (ex-Pagan babies)
That's right...Deadspot is playing with all original members for the first time since 1992!!! Don't miss it. there will be ton's of prizes raffled off as this benefit For our friend Andrea brings all these geezers together for the first time in years. Unfortunately the She-Males are unable to do the show due to circumstances beyond their control, the Dynamic hardcore punk of The Heels will take their place. The Heels are Mike and company, formerly of the Pagan Babies. Don't miss this one folks.
This is a BIGFATUGLY barnd production
March 29 2008 at 9pm @ North Star Bar 29th and Poplar. Stay tuned for more info.

new philly label Underground Cities launches website

underground cities is a new philadelphia label with releases from philadelphia's own, dirty tactics, as well as new jersey's, birth screams.

underground cities hopes to bring a sense of community to the music scene here in philadelphia. our main goal is to be collectively run by an ever growing group of friends in order to achieve the common goal of spreading new forms of artistic expression.

please feel free to send your music, art, zine, literature, etc.

www.undergroundcities.org

www.myspace.com/undergroundcities

info@undergroundcities.org

Mercury Radio Theater - SPONSOR A ZOMBIE TOUR - film

mercury radio theater, is hittin the road and we made a funny short film to go along with it....

you can see it here

Article About Tristan From Kitschchao

http://www.phillymag.com/articles/embrace_your_madness/

Back in the early/mid 1990s there was a Philly band called Kitschchao. The article is about the singer, Tristan. He went on to write some amazing books including Lord of the Barnyard and Kornwolf. (Just for the record, Kornwolf is about a werewolf in Lancaster County)

FTA:
“Embrace Your Madness” He was a novelist from the old school — a tortured, drunken renegade whose brilliant first book earned comparisons to Faulkner and Kerouac. But in the end, the chaotic beauty of Tristan Egolf’s prose was nothing compared to the unrest in his head. A literary tragedy

listen to Kitschchao here:
http://www.myspace.com/kitschchao69

Bike Share Philadelphia Public Forum

Thursday, January 17th at 6:30 PM
The Academy of Natural Sciences
The Urban Sustainability Forum Series.

The forum features speakers from Lyon France’s Vélov, Pittsburgh’s Dasani Blue Bikes and Humana Hospitals’ Freewheelin’ programs.
Please RSVP via the website.

http://www.bikesharephiladelphia.org

Bike Share Philadelphia is a network of organizations and individuals working to bring community use bicycles to Philadelphia. Bike share programs provide bicycles to the public for free or little cost in order to encourage bicycling as a viable alternative form of transportation, to reduce traffic congestion and to enhance the livability of cities.

A Look at Philadelphia Van Thefts

Cheap Shot! Philly (http://www.cheapshotphilly.com/) has posted an article talking about the ongoing issue of van theft in the City of Brotherly Love. In October and November, punk band Strung Out and ska-sters Suburban Legends were each robbed of their touring vehicles, gear, merch, and personal possessions. Despite recovering their vans and trailers, no gear and precious little of anything else remained for either band.

Cheap Shot! takes a look at these last two thefts by speaking with members of both bands. Some possible solutions to the problem - as well as preventitive measures bands can take - are also discussed.

You can read the article at: http://www.cheapshotphilly.com/content/vantheft.html