Vincent Brown’s Journal and Photography

2008 Dirtiest Sketch in Philly Photos

So, the TENS of you who have been searching Google, Yahoo! and Bloglines this past week for photos from Die Actor Die’s, 2nd annual, “The Dirtiest Sketch in Philadelphia” are in luck, I finally got around to uploading them. Congratulations to Secret Pants for winning again.

Animated Slideshow

Click the image above to check it the FUCK out. Yes, I used obscene language, and that’s dirty, and dirty is the new black… hey wait.

Tags: 2008, comedy, die actor die, khyber, Philadelphia, photos, sketch

06/20/2008 | Entertainment, Philadelphia, Photography | No Comments

Race War, It’s On!

Yes folks, it’s officially - ON. Just a week after a bi-racial man, named Barack H. Obama, became the presumptive Democratic party nominee for President, I have seen the so-called race war or battle of the races (or is it racists?) in a way I never have before: In my RSS feed reader:

June 3, 2008

Barack Obama Democratic Nomination Victory Speech

June 6, 2008

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation receives racist Obama t-shirt in the mail
On Wednesday, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) received an offensive t-shirt in the mail; the shirt had “a cartoon image of Curious George, the beloved children’s character, with a paper bag over his head holding a sign that says ‘A Truth We Can Believe in ‘08!!!’ written underneath.” (ThinkProgress.org)

June 6, 2008

Fox Anchor Calls Obama Fist Pound A “Terrorist Fist Jab”
On the June 6 edition of Fox News’ America’s Pulse, host E.D. Hill teased an upcoming discussion on a gesture Sen. Barack Obama shared with his wife, Michelle, saying, “A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently.” (HuffingtonPost.com)

June 11, 2008

Fox News calls Michelle Obama “Obama’s baby mama”
During a segment discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the network described the former as “Obama’s baby mama.” (Salon.com)

Update: ABC News’ “Senior National Correspondent,” Jake Tapper calls the Fox News gaffe: “just straight-up racist” Was it ’straight up racist’ or, as Fox News would have you believe, ‘poor judgment’ executed by a producer?

June 12, 2008

Website peddles racially-charged ‘Sock Obama’ toy
Last month, ThinkProgress noted that a bar owner in Georgia was selling t-shirts comparing Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to Curious George; last week, the Black Congressional Caucus Foundation received an t-shirt in the mail featuring a similar image. Continuing this racially-charged theme, a stuffed monkey toy called “The Sock Obama” has now been made available online. (ThinkProgress.com)

I will keep this list updated with other absurd and down right frightening expressions of blatant racism as it becomes available (which should keep be busy in the months to come). Sad.

If anyone is wondering… I’m Human, North American.

Tags: 2008, coverage, election, fox news, race, racism

06/13/2008 | Current Events, Rants | No Comments

June 2008 Storm Damage

Wow, big storm came through Philadelphia last night. Here’s the aftermath in my area:

Tags: 2008, damage, june, Philadelphia, storm

06/11/2008 | Life, Philadelphia, Photography | 1 Comment

New Year in Photos (so far)

So, a new year is upon us and I’ve let my blog posting lapse considerably since the holidays. My Christmas and New Year holiday was enjoyable for the most part. I started things off with a stomach virus but have since recovered and feeling better than ever, lol. A week into the new year and I’ve gotten my body back to the shape it was in before the lazy holidays. My resolutions for 2008 are to: maintain and improve my fitness (taking no days off from exercise (calisthenics, cardio light weight training and breathing exercises). Without further ado are some photos spanning Christmas Eve to today:

Christmas

Christmas Eve at my cousins house in Old City. We fail at group photos. Why is it so hard to get people to look at the camera when you’re taking their picture?

Christmas Day was so exciting, santa came. (that’s what Mrs. Clause said, oooh!)

A Christmas birthday. Her birthday is on Christmas Day. I realize this photo lacks context because the birthday cake with lit candles isn’t viewable, but I liked the angle and b&w tones.

The Delaware Canal

The 60-mile Delaware Canal is the only remaining continuously intact canal of the great towpath canal building era of the early and mid-19th century. Today, the canal retains almost all of its features as they existed during its century of commercial operation.

The Delaware Canal connected with the Lehigh Navigation System at Easton and helped to develop the anthracite coal industry in the Upper Lehigh Valley. These canals provided a convenient and economical means of transporting coal to Philadelphia, New York, and the eastern seaboard.