Celebrate Ben Franklin's 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater. LAist's sex advice column on......

12 years and 6487 albums after making a seminal appearance on MTV's "Sex in the 90s," Lou Barlow, performing as Sebadoh, returns to San Francisco for a night of indie rocking at Bottom of the Hill. Failing time and again to err on the side of caution, Barlow's expansive catalogue, under monikers Sebadoh, Sentridoh and Folk Implosion frankly contains more misses than hits. But the one-time Dinosaur Jr member has at least 60 minutes of jangly emotional pop hits in him (notably ">"Soul and Fire" from ">Bubble and Scrape and "Natural One" from the Continue Reading "Indie Jones"