Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells

Steven Wells Is Still Dishing It Out. And He Can Still Take It. Can You?new

No wonder American music journalism sucks. We've raised a generation of mewling, puking brittle-boned pony hugging, mediocrity-loving music journalist milksops who don't wanna rip both rock and the English language a new asshole.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 04-13-2009 | Music

Tags: commentary, music criticism

Many Musicians Died This Year, but Not Nearly Enoughnew

The Western male now lives on average to about 78. Think about that. And then think of Phil Collins, Elvis Costello and Chris Martin -- and weep.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 01-05-2009 | Music

Tags: death, health, Year in Review, aging, old musicians

Philly's UFOlogists Tell Us Why They Believenew

UFO sightings in the Philadelphia metro area are up by more than 700 percent this year. Boomerang-shaped UFOs, rhomboids, fireballs, UFOs that spew a silvery metallic substance that changes the chemical makeup of privet bushes and poisons robins -- you name it, we saw it.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 12-15-2008 | Culture

Tags: Philadelphia, conspiracy theories, aliens, paranormal, UFOs

Election '08: Welcome Back, Americanew

This election was America's absolute last chance not to be a dick. And you took it. Electing Obama was such an astoundingly cool thing to do that it wiped out -- at least temporarily -- all the incompetent, arrogant, bloody horror of the Bush years. You are forgiven.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 11-10-2008 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, America, foreign relations

US Politics: Way Too Important to be Left to Americansnew

If we really believed in democracy, we would extend the right to vote in the US elections to every human being on the planet who is directly affected by the result. Which -- by the last count -- was all 6 billion of us.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 10-07-2008 | Commentary

Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 presidential elections, international community

Marc Brodzik on His Launch of Scrapple.TVnew

Scrapple.TV, an internet TV station, exists at the moment is a virtual pirate TV commune featuring every badass art bastard and stared-at-in-the-street crazy Philly street culture freak around.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 06-16-2008 | Tech

Tags: Philadelphia, art, communes, computers & technology, internet TV

The Sons Also Risenew

Philly's most passionate sports fans are nuts about a team that doesn’t yet exist.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 03-17-2008 | Sports

Tags: sports & fitness

Is Western Culture Being Drowned By a Jism Tsunami?new

Porn isn't just the elephant in the room -- it's the naked elephant going "uh uh uh" as it frantically masturbates into the face of a bored lady elephant.

Philadelphia Weekly | Steven Wells | 02-19-2008 | Commentary