Philly's mean streets featured in 'Wreck Chasers'Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:35PMThe mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love are once again coming to television.
Philly's mean streets featured in 'Wreck Chasers'Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:59PM(AP:PHILADELPHIA) The mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love are once again coming to television. "Wreck Chasers," a reality show about the city's notoriously aggressive tow truck drivers, is shooting and is slated to premiere in late October on TLC.
Rosh Hashana traditions, with twistsThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:03AMThe Jewish New Year meal is built on Talmudic guidance and symbolism. But there are different ways of incorporating the foodstuffs. The Jewish New Year meal is built on Talmudic guidance and symbolism. But there are different ways of incorporating the foodstuffs.
Dulcy Mahar: Phases of the loon -- Obsession with gardening sneaks up on you graduallyThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:00AMBuying a home can be just the first step on the slippery slope to becoming hooked.
The flash crashSaturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:46AMA few months ago the US share market plunged l000 points in a few minutes, and trillions were traded both up and down. What caused it, and can it happen again. Tiny high frequency computer algorithms - or algos - roam the markets, buying and selling in a parallel universe more or less uncontrolled by anyone. Did they go feral, or was it the fat finger of a coked out trader? In September US ...
In Defense Of... The Dandy Warhols Post-2005Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:53PMIn Defense Of... is an ongoing CHARTattack column where our contributors stand up for otherwise maligned acts past and present. Disgust for The Dandy Warhols runs deep.
Michael McCarthy: The delights of the vibrant harebellThursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:11PMI first became aware of harebells when I was 18 and working as a volunteer warden at a nature reserve on Anglesey. It was August, and I hadn't appreciated that small, bell-like, sky-blue flowers nodding on the ends of their stalks appeared at the end of the summer; I thought such things appeared in the spring, and were called bluebells. I suspect the confusion between harebells and bluebells ...
Recapturing our legendsTuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:27PMFATHERHOOD inspired singer-cum-musician Edry Abdul Halim to feature a local legend for his directorial debut. The film, Magika , will be shown on local cinemas on Sept 23.
Grave robberies mystifyThursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:15PMIt was very, very odd.Late last year, contractors working on the Conestoga Greenway Trail were walking through a secluded, wooded area just off South Duke Street, preparing to clear the recently opened path that runs along the Conestoga River.In a hidden area of the woods, they were surprised to fin...