...is Philadelphia, according to the latest issue of National Geographic Traveler (thx to Carpathian Kitten and Philadelphia WillDo).
Does that mean it will start raining here more often, grunge music will explode and that there will soon be a Starbucks every five feet?
No matter, it's a def highlight for the city this week, along with Eagles and Phils on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
I think.

Philly EDGE correspondent Brian Hineline made a trip to Farm Aid 2005 in Chicago for the benefit show's 20th anniversary concert September 18. Check out his masterful work of Dave Matthews, Neil Young and others here.

Cool and disturbing site PostSecret. People post secrets anonymously with the text incorporated into edgy postcard imagery. Voyeuristic and unsettling. (Thx DPick)

I heard Howard Stern talking about the comedian Earthquake and his One Night Stand episode on HBO.

I checked it out on HBO On Demand. The guy is pretty funny, I laughed out loud quite a few times. He's a black comedian who drops in just enough subtle humor about racism and slavery that really makes you think about stuff and puts race relations in perspective.

I dunno ... I'm always on the lookout for new comedians I haven't heard of.

Tags: howardstern comedians earthquake

..or, if Alberto Gonzales gets his way, you'll have to keep both hands on the keyboard from now on.
An article in today's Washington Post indicates the U.S. Attorney General has made the crackdown on pornography, "the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults," one of his top priorities.
The FBI is actually recruiting people for the "anti-obscenity" squad, which I am guessing will go as well as recruiting people for the military has gone recently.
Quality phrase in the article is "I guess this means we've won the war on terror." (Thx dk).

PhillyBurbs blogger Dave Ralis layeth the smackdown on Philly anti-celeb Howard Eskin here.
Nice. Well deserved.