Do your research. Or, you can be like me, in which case you won’t do your research. Then you might find yourself, as I did on February 12th 2016, in an incredibly wonderful and shocking situation. That was the night Steve Taylor & the Danielson Foil rolled into Philadelphia to shake the foundations of PhilaMOCA,…
God Save Rock ‘n’ Roll
God save our Queen Our Bowie, Iggy, and Lou Reed May they be saints Heroes of lore The childs idol The adults inspiration God save our danger Our Rock ‘n’ Roll Bless us with angst Anger, addiction, sex, and pain Rock ‘n’ Roll suicide Give us glittery messes Our bloody blasphemy Morality sewer stomp God…
I Just Came for the Peeps, The Finale
Due to one part procrastination and two parts parents raiding the Easter aisle, this will be the last part of the peeps series. That said: let’s dig in! These are pretty self explanatory. The peep is a bit smaller than normal. The marshmallow is maybe a little more dense, and is not sugar covered. The…
Powderkeg of Awesome
Jagged Leaves is not your typical Brooklyn-based band. Their sound is unique, and not just for the sake of being unique. Songs are folky and alternative but with a “garage band” edge that is not typical. Their debut album, Nightmare Afternoon, gives listeners a good taste of what the band has to offer. And there…
Follow Friday
Happy Good Friday! I’ve gathered yet another selection of social media personalities who are awaiting your add. Oh, and they’re all Jameses (…Jamesi?). Instagram James Lynch James is an extraordinary photographer. Enjoy his uncanny ability to capture the great outdoors. "Vast" Sorry for not posting often, there's been a lot going on and I haven't…
THE NEW “IMPRISONMENT RATE” AND “RIGHT-SIZING” THE PRISON POPULATION
Yesterday the Pew Charitable Trusts Public Safety Performance Project released a report entitled “The Punishment Rate.” It is an excellent piece that offers a fresh new way of looking at the scale of imprisonment in America. Traditionally, analysts have tended to focus in on the prison population as a rate per capita (i.e., the number…
Short, Dark, and Handsome
I woke today to the sad news of the death of Malik Isaac Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg, of A Tribe Called Quest. A critical part of not the group’s success, Phife was an important part of my music history. From the first time I heard Tribe’s music I was a fan, and they…
Follow Friday
I’m pumped about this edition of Follow Friday! See what you’ve been missing! Instagram Dads With Attitude I love being a dad. But sometimes, my kids drive me a bit bonkers. This guy knows what I’m talking about. My reaction when my kid wakes up in the middle of the night for the fourth time.…
Thoughts in a Crowded Room
Can I kick it? Like A Tribe Called Quest More like a poet With something on my chest Real world anxiety Splitting up my social life Post Traumatic Stress Causing all kinds of strife They say it’s bi-polar But I guess we all go up and down Happy times Then putting on a frown I…
Fan-GORE Through the Years
This week’s Stream a Little Stream is an all Fandor, all horror list of recommendations. The films selected are all from a different decade and range in the subgenre of horror they represent. We begin in the 60s… Massimo Pupillo’s 1965 gothic horror l boia scarlatto (or Bloody Pit of Horror) was marketed as being…
Follow Friday
Friday is here! Start your weekend off right with these social media finds… Instagram The Adventuring Adventurer When we need a funny, nerdy meme to brighten our day, the Adventuring Adventurer comes to our rescue! So my brother and I text random Star Wars junk to each other whenever we see something we know will…
And It Was Called “Yellow”
“Giallo” (or the plural “gialli”) is the Italian word for yellow and is used as a descriptor for the subgenre of Italian murder mystery films. It is so named after the yellow spines that identified Italian thriller novels on the shelves. Gialli are the predecessors to the slasher films of the 80s and 90s. Notable…
I Just Came for the Peeps, Part 2
This week my Peeps quest brings me back to Walmart for the three mystery flavors exclusive to the store this year. Upon close examination, all three flavors look exactly the same: traditional Peep shape with white sugar and white marshmallow centers. The looks certainly aren’t giving any hints as to what flavors are within the…
A Four Minute Reason
Okay, okay, so it is a three minute and twenty second reason. Lay off. I’m new here. When I signed on to write, our fearless leader, thepaintedman, asked me what I’d been listening to lately. My response was “The Weakerthans, nothing but The Weakerthans.” Or something close to that. Every few years, I jump headfirst…
In Like a Lion… or A Much More Vicious Creature
They say March comes in like a lion, but here at The Farsighted, we know it’s not simply a lion, but instead something much more terrifying and vicious… a scorned woman… or even worse, a scorned woman turned crazed beast! Rabid (1977) is one of Cronenberg’s less discussed gems. Body horror, body horror, body horror……
Follow Friday
Feed your inner foodie with these flavorful finds on this week’s feature of Follow Friday! Instagram Homemade Don’t just let your eyes do the feasting. You can take a look AND order using the Homemade App. The best part is that these are places local to those in NYC, Philly, and other major cities across…
I Just Came for the Peeps, Part 1
As a part of my new column I Just Came for the Food, I’m setting out to try all of the new Easter flavors of Just Born Inc.’s popular candy, Peeps. Peeps currently offers an interesting variety of flavors, many of which are specific store exclusives. Today, I will be reviewing Sour Watermelon and Blue…
LEAD ABATEMENT AS A “JUSTICE REINVESTMENT” STRATEGY
Insiders to the U.S. prison reform movement are now familiar with the term “justice reinvestment.” For those unfamiliar, the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) is a movement that began nearly a decade ago as a framework for reducing America’s exorbitantly high incarceration rate, which is unprecedented both in historical and comparative terms. The out of control…
Women: Often “Miss Treated” By Doctors
All chronic illness sufferers, whether male or female, experience frustration when dealing with the medical system. But if you’re a woman, whether you realize it or not, your struggle is going to be much much harder. First of all, women are disproportionately affected by chronic diseases that are life-long and that greatly affect one’s quality…
Hell
Hell is place just next door The burning beds of suburbia White washed fear mongers Patriotic pencil pushers Racist redneck scoundrels Hell is a place down the street Heroin veined child’s play Playground shooting range Candle light vigil litter box Graffiti church door locked Hell is a place forgotten Under overpasses zoom Alley head giving…