Living in Philadelphia

don't think I've ever been there

Good luck with the moves, guys.

Yeah, Telephone, to chime in with Stevie, there are not really any for-real grocery stores in Fishtown proper at this point, so that is a little weird. But depending on your transportation situation and different inclinations, maybe that is not a big deal. Many folks loooove living there. There is a store just over the border in Port Richmond, plus a huge Pathmark in NoLibs that may or may not open any day now. Plus there are a couple of little markets scattered about. Anyway, yeah good luck. I guess follow your instincts, go with a part of town that seems a good fit to you or that you feel comfortable in

god I had forgotten all about the philadelphia/jersey accent

I have a super strong Philly accent, actually.

haha I'll have to talk to you in real life some day!

think my least favorite accent is the neast accent

I thought I had a Jersey/Philly accent bcz lady at the Starbucks on Broad & Pine asked me if my Starbucks card was an international "because of my accent", and a week later some guy asked me if I was Irish (also because of my "accent").

UNTIL the lady @ Starbucks, rather

also "was an international ONE 'because of my accent'"

maybe I should just repost that

i used to get made fun of in high school (when I was living in Pittsburgh) because I'd pronounce "home" like "h-OE-me"

...as opposed to?

The worst is "beggle" for bagel, IMO. Also, that tendancy to pronounce long-O with a slight "ew" sound ("prewvolewne")

I'd have to record it really for you to hear the difference I think. It's very pronounced (punlol) tho. I pronounce most Jewish words (like bagel) w/ a normative Ashkenazi pronunciation tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xM7eVcBHy4&feature=player_detailpage#t=111s

fast forward to like 1:48 to get rid of the annoying guy

So who lives in or around Philly now? What's up, guys?

I do!

i'm gonna be at this thing tmmrw
http://theartwell.org/10th-anniversary-gala/

i cannot escape the gravitational pull of this filthhole no matter how hard i try.

all kidding aside, i love this area and never really wish to leave it again if possible.

FYI John Talabot is DJing at Snacks tomorrow (which is, as always, free and also goes til 3:30 and has free hot dogs and veggie dogs) and PLAID is playing at Johnny Brenda's on Sunday for $13

Notable things:

Pork soy sauce noodles at Nan Zhou hand drawn noodle joint at 9th and Race is like crack and also only $5, what the fuck?

International House has film screenings of some Kuchar shorts, a David Berhman documentary, and Los Angeles Plays Itself, as well as a ton of performances and screenings as part of their Sonic Arts Union retrospective

10th St bike lane kinda blows a lot

Santucci's at 10th and Christian has what I believe to be the pizza in city limits. Also, garlic bread cheesesteak. And CityPaper ranked their Uncle Something's stromboli as the best meal of 2011

I've had this nagging feeling for years that I should have moved to philly while still young, and somehow I will wind up finally doing it when I'm like 37 and not like it.

well it will probably be safer

I did it at 28 (not for Philly specifically, just to get the fuck out of new jersey, which was itself the result of "get the fuck put of Alabama"), just in time to start feeling awkward and old at the few shows I have any time to go to in between 9-hour days at my horrible fucking job. PROGRESS!

Or um I guess come to Cinematheque at L'Etage, we show movies and such, hooray

xpost yeah sort of like that. I've had a group of friends there very much involved in a scene of sorts and making shit happen for a long time - shows, massive dance parties, art events, etc. Already a lot of them are drifting out of it, having families, and the ones who are still doing it are hanging with younger people than themselves.

Of course if I eventually move to a phily firm I can probably live the good life on my eventual salary, buy a nice victorian with a garden in the university area, send my kids to public school with all the profs' kids, get season tickets to the orchestra, etc.

philly FAP wld be awesomes

Ya we need a Philly FAP for real. xps is L'Etage the one at 6th and Bainbridge? Bcz that's like 2 blocks away from my job. What is this cinema thing???

I'm in town for a few more days if you want to make this happen

i have really no idea if this interests anyone but me but we're going to https://www.facebook.com/events/335269579816557/ this Sat night

http://cinemathequeip.com/ - international film screening/discussion series. I accidentally ended up on the staff, mostly because I showed up regularly and occasionally spoke up afterwards.

My involvement is pretty minimal; I'm doing short essays for the site on Veronika Voss, Persona and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders in a few months.

what time do the movies show?

7:00, twice monthly, alternating Sunday and Wednesday.

it'll be tricky for us to ever come since that's a deadzone in our evening, before baby is asleep but close to bedtime. maybe later in the year tho

I still hate it here so much, like i got back from visiting family the other day and immediately felt the crush.

Oh man I am so coming to a bunch of these. How does one qualify as "artist"?

I had a horrible time in Philly the last time I was there (gastric anguish), but hey the baseball convention is there summer 2013.

I think they ask for a sample or a website? You might be able to get the student rate...

I mean I am not technically a student but I do have an (expired) ID and also I only make like $800/month :-(

steve if anyone is an "artist" you prob qualify ffs

Okay, so: if anyone made it to tonight's screening of Tsotsi, please accept my apologies. God, that was like watching the South African version of Crash.

hey philly ppl -- advance notice that we're going to be doing some sort of superbowl / rock band party feb 5th and any philly ilxors are invited. just ilxmail me for deets.

That sounds like fun!

COOL GOINGS-ON:

• Brodinski is gonna be at Snacks tomorrow ($5 adv/$8 door)
• Trouble & Bass has a new party at the Barbary starting tomorrow and the following 3rd Thurs of the month ($5 as well)
• Slutever is playing Sat Jan 28th in West Philly! Do you guys like them? I really like what i've heard
• Optimo is gonna be at Snacks on Sat Feb 4 ($5 as well and sooooooo worth it trust me bros)
• Screaming Females are doing a free in-store at Long in the Tooth at 2027 Sansom w/ Dry Feet and if you've never seen them before you really, really should, like seriously.

i read Geekadelphia sometimes...

and i've got a long list of philadelphia sports blogs

kurt vile apparently from philly. does he ever do local shows now that he's an indie darling? i love the album.

He used to play at Johnny Brendas like almost monthly but I don't think he's done that for a while

jealous that chicagilxors have such vibrant threads and there's like - just 3 of us here. anyway, I'm thinking about going to this on Sunday:

http://www.germantownjewishcentre.org/Sitewide/Events_Calendar/Not_JUST_Your_Grandmother_s_Yiddish_Concert!/

description:

An Intergenerational Event for All Ages: Featuring folk songs both old and new, theatrical gems from Second Avenue shows, Purim and Peysakh too!

I need a better idea of what stuff is happening in the city btw. We unexpectedly had a wide open free Sunday this last week and had no idea what to do. I couldn't google any cool events in the city (though I'm sure it was my googling skills that were deficient) and we ended up just strolling in Manayunk

according to j0rdan s., we shouldn't be jealous

yeah chicago sucks, i'd pick philly over chi any day. (and not just because philly is my hometown, sup)