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In this fine city of ours, 88.5 WXPN is an institution. While we've never been able to figure out exactly the relationship between the station and the University of Pennsylvania (beyond an apparent mandate to broadcast all home Quaker games) and we keep getting letters telling us to renew our membership even though we did a few months ago (and it wasn't twelve either), Phillyist definitely has a soft spot for the X. We mean, Y-Rock? Land of the Lost? Come on! But as in any affectionate relationship, there are things XPN does that annoy us. Like their tendency to play a few "hit" songs to absolute death. Like hiding Indie Rock Hit Parade. And like David Dye.

As you contemplate the luck of the Irish and your hangover this weekend (Erin Express Ho!), consider stopping by Fergie's Pub on Sunday evening from 4-7 pm. They'll be hosting a benefit for poet Frank Sherlock. Frank was rushed to the hospital on January 22nd with what turned out to be a bad case of meningitis, requiring emergency surgery. Since poetry doesn't often come with health insurance, and Frank was in a two-month window of not having coverage, his friends are uniting to ease some of the burden with an Emergency Fund to offset his medical costs.

Our new author Lou is jumping right into the fray with a quick news post on the Penn shooting (gosh, we sure are Penn-centric!) that anonymous tipsters have been dumping links about into our contribute section - thanks for the heads-up, folks! We might give Lou more of a proper intro later, but for now we'll let his writing speak for him.