We're all familiar with the SEPTA smell, a unique perfume of desperation and fecal matter that has permeated the walls and seat-cushions of busses and rail cars throughout the city. Now, remarkably, the line between our public transit system and a Porta-Potty may be growng thinner still. As the denizens of SEPTA's corporate headquaters at 1234 Market Street scrounge for every last nickel and dime, one idea being revisited is to wrap the first two stories of the building in advertisements. Initially, this seemed about as bad a plan as, well, the first time they tried it. But after seeing how tastefully advertisers were able to wrap these Johnny-On-The-Spots, I'm willing to make an exception. After all, with the official announcement yesterday that local nu-Kinks standard-bearers The A-Sides have signed to Vagrant Records, the boys finally have a respectable advertising budget to play with. A 30-foot tall Doyle overlooking the city's central artery may be just the sort of zany win-win scenario this newly Nutter-ed Philadelphia and its stinky subway is crying out for.
Download: The A-Sides - "Tall Buildings"
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