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View ArticleGet Real 02 – The Evolution of Comedy Tour!
Comedy of skeptic proportions! Philly’s most irreverent comedy show returns for a second installment with a bigger lineup, including sketch comedy, live music and DJs, along with stand-up comics that...
View ArticleThe best way to listen to Carl Sagan is with some stunning photography, and...
EARTH: The Pale Blue Dot from Michael Marantz on Vimeo. The voice of Carl Sagan is given a majestic backdrop in the form of this guy’s time lapse photography. Oh, the music? Just a little piano number...
View ArticleGet Real 3 starring Sam Singleton is on April 11th
Thursday April 11, 2013 Visible Friends Present GET REAL. 3 Comedy cabaret of skeptic proportions! SAM SINGLETON Performing “Patriarchs & Penises” ALEX PEARLMAN Your host & the nicest angry...
View ArticleLiberty and Justice for ALL
Around 3pm on Tuesday I made this mash-up image out of some found art and the red/pink marriage equality symbol that was all over Facebook. By midnight it had been shared over 2500 times, and who knows...
View Article“Come out” in SUPPORT of marriage equality!
A remix of Keith Haring’s “National Coming Out Day” logo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day
View ArticleHappy World Homeopathy Day
Homeopathy is something that has annoyed me for a while. Every time I try to dissuade someone from wasting money on it, I never seem to get very far. I’ve tried everything from explaining how it defies...
View ArticleConspiracy Theorists are an Impatient Bunch
It seems like each time something tragic happens the Conspiracy Machine reacts with greater and greater speed as if governed by some odd form of Moore’s Law. This afternoon proved no different....
View ArticleWe can see the future…
And it’s funny. More info coming soon. As soon as we get another message from the other side.
View ArticleThe High Cost of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(Warning: an image in this post is graphic.) One of the most sought after remedies in Traditional Chinese Medicine is powdered rhinoceros horn. Contrary to popular belief, one of the few things it is...
View ArticleGet Real 4 @ Underground Arts – Thursday June 20, 2013 w/ Jamie Kilstein and...
We are thrilled to announce the 4th event in our Get Real series: Thursday, June 20, 2013 Visible Friends present GET REAL 4 Comedy you can believe in. starring the all-powerful JAMIE KILSTEIN A...
View ArticleAre We All Going to Die of Sausage?
In 2007, The World Cancer Research Fund released a report titled Red and Processed Meat: Finding the Balance for Cancer Prevention and quickly triggered an avalanche of blog posts in the Alt-Med...
View ArticleTeach the Controversy – by Tony Auth
Classic cartoon by local hero, award-winning editorial cartoonist and illustrator, Tony Auth. Listen to a recent interview with him. (Also a test to see if this posts to our Facebook page using...
View ArticleGET REAL. And get a FREE T-shirt too.
Be Visible this summer in a spiffy new Get Real T-shirt. It’s an extra-soft and lightweight tri-blend blend from Royal Apparel. Made in the USA, and hand-printed in Philadelphia by The Scream Team,...
View ArticleIntroducing The Less-Praying Mantis
The Less-Praying Mantis is done praying and ready to take action. We’ll be adding this to a couple of the meme generator sites so you can make your own. Say what you meme.
View ArticleIt’s 2013, and we’re back to sun worshiping?
Poe’s Law is an internet adage stating that without a clear display of intent, satire and extremism reach a point where they become indistinguishable from each other. Every once in a while, I come...
View ArticleGet Real promo video #1
Hey, it’s our first promotional video! Yes. We’re getting it together. It’s a 5 minute sample of stand-up comedy and variety from the Get Real 3 show on April 11, 2013 at Underground Arts in...
View ArticleIntroducing The Dropout Science Fair
CALL FOR ENTRIES We are currently taking submissions for a science fair like you have never seen. This will be an adults-only, fun-fueled festival of DIY science built around real projects, with...
View ArticleComing Thursday September 19: GET REAL. 5
Getting Real is in your future and the future is NOW, so get your tickets today! Get Real 5, proudly part of the 2013 Philadelphia FringeArts Festival, is a showcase of Philly’s stand-up comedy talent,...
View ArticleLet them Eat Kale
This past Sunday night, while I was watching the twerking sensation that was the VMA’s, I had a vision. What if there was an awards ceremony for bullshit? Not the bullshit that delivers a nutrient-rich...
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