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Patrick Rapa
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of Philadelphia

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Every year this two-day EDM fest comes to the Philly Convention Center and makes me wonder things.
[ ] Are these *all* real artists?
[ ] Is it a big deal? Who goes?
[ ] Is there a secret cult/wellness component?
[ ] The Convention Center?
[ ] Body marbling.
[ ] A rave at the Convention Center?
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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A tip about the tipster's car? Delicious.
Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said local police helped track down Valente, who was found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit, thanks, in part, to surveillance video and a detailed tip about a vehicle being driven by a person who noted odd behavior by the suspect.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Bill Hader hosting What's that Name. I roll with a crew of problematic bachelors, and we call ourselves, 'The Squad'
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Let's do an Upton Sinclair movie.
Sinclair was arrested for playing tennis on the Sabbath
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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We did a good semi-centennial.
Upon Philadelphia, then, rested the obligation to take the initia¬ tive. She would have been recreant to her duty if she had not done so and the omission would have brought reproach upon her good name. With these considerations in mind, a number of our repre¬ sentative citizens had for some time been reflecting on the project , of a fitting celebration. The brilliant precedent of the Centennial Exposition in 1876 dictated that the proper form was an interna¬ tional exposition. Plans for such an undertaking were put under way and had been in progress with more or less success when the present writer took office as Mayor of Philadelphia in 1924. From that time on the whole force of the city government was put behind the project, help was obtained from many directions, and the Exposi¬ tion became a reality. Its gates were opened not on June 1, 1926, as had originally been planned, but one day ahead of that time, or on May 31. It is to be admitted that the Exposition was not completed when it was opened, but it was largely completed in its externals at least. Herein was a distinct departure from precedent in international expositions, for we have become used to the condition that postponement of the opening date is the rule rather than the exception. The public will never know the difficulties that were met and over¬ come. The Exposition was virtually built between January and June and its construction in that time represented an almost miraculous achievement by the engineering staffs.
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I've been out of this town for a while my friend Jimmy Bradley called me out says why you come down and chill with me I'm at Jr's I drive 35 minutes get out of my car I had to go to pee real bad I go in I'm looking for the bathroom it's been that long the bartender says you can't use the bathroom cuz you didn't order nothing with attitude I saw you f****** serious well she was so as I'm walking back out to my car and you know you can't f****** park anywhere close to Fishtown piss my pants my f****** underwear and drove off couple hours later I go to get gas my wallet's gone probably fell out in the bar or outside the bar and now I'm at a gas station on Frankford Avenue Mayfair stuck cuz I have no debit card no credit card no f****** gas nothing on me too by far the most ignorant bartender I've ever met in my life I left message after message after message on the number that's on the website tell them somebody better come up here and fill my f****** gas tank up because I lost my wallet and everything because that ignorant bartender and I see I want her to come up and f****** throw up my tank because she was completely ignorant but if I have to sit here all night long till tomorrow morning I'll be contacting my lawyer and soon the f*** out of them somebody came in the side door and snuck me from behind I woke up in the hospital I go back to the bar after I get a hospital the other son tells me who it was did they get any hospital bills from me did I get a lawyer and sue them no nothing and this is the thanks I get stay away from Jr's cuz that bartender whoever she was and are two little snotty friends don't know how to treat people with respect and I'm 100% service 100% service connected total Harmony disabled veteran had my disable that had on her nose was too high up in the air couldn't see me Harmony disabled veteran
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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we'll be singing
when we're winning
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I wrote this.
www.phillymag.com/news/2025/12...
Bots on Tinder Are Using Local References to Seduce Philadelphians
Beware of robots dropping random Philly references into your chat. Plus, the Dead Milkmen take on Santa Claus.
www.phillymag.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Snow is a creep. Did all of this without making a sound.
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reposted by Patrick Rapa
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So a friend listening to Joey Sweeney on Sleepy Hollow this morning said that he said Fiona Apple’s Extraordinary Machine was a holiday song based on the sound, so I decided to pair it with Vera-Ellen’s dance in White Christmas and I think it checks out. Cut at 3 minutes due to Bluesky.
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Archival footage confirms Joan Jett plays guitar righty, but plays baseball lefty.
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Joan Jett throwing gas??!!?!!
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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This bank knows nothing about hockey. Nobody do banking with these dumb idiots.
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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I always dream about a unified scene
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Made an occlupanid shirt.

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8494...
December 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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They bayed.
The food was great. The waitress left us feeling unattended. She didn't refill drinks or clear used plates in a timely manner. The food took a long time to come out and it seemed that the waitress was on break. The ambience and decoration of the restaurant was beautiful but left us wondering why we were listening to Pearl Jam and the rapper NF's Happy. The music was inappropriate. When we were leaving a waitstaff employee bayed at the three girls at the front desk loudly, interrupting everyone's dinner conversation. This establishment did not seem to be run by adults. We will most likely never return. Such a shame as it is a beautiful restaurant.
December 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Still pretty proud of this piece I wrote in 2021. I wish I could make a living writing like I want to write.

www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2021...
Finding Comfort in the Discomfort of a Dive Bar
There’s something special about overlooking a gritty environment in the name of cheap drinks, good company and real-deal bartenders.
www.phillymag.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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from The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
'But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings. Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.'
December 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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GBV. GvsB. Stereolab. City Paper Fashion Show
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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I don't know this word embordering.
I don't understand what Snow White's mom did.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Pregnant people hate it when you say they have two skulls.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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wooder has been jawned
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Benny Lava. Remember that?

The internet.
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Patrick Rapa
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TWO WEEKS until my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB.

I’ve collected the first half of the pieces that debuted during the 2024 marathon in one post for your enjoyment / inspiration.

This year's deadline for submissions is December 19th!

Don’t miss out!

keepingscoreathome.com?p=5867

#wprbxmas
Two weeks until the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB!
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finishers.
Police say an argument between employees led to a stabbing outside a Walmart store in South Philadelphia.
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM