Born To Steal And Run

In case you haven’t noticed, it seems like every other week now an indie band with a Myspace page has its equipment and/or van stolen in Philly.

Well the boys over at Badminton Stamps have noticed, and they’re taking bets like they’re Rick Tocchet.

Here’s some of the odds and explanations:

4/23, Cold War Kids, 10-1: Hmm…a young left coast band playing at The Fire. Give these guys a van (and then steal it), and they’re Film School.

4/27, Ghostface Killah, 25-1: Philly steps up its game, makes a trunk of those 24 karat dolls disappear from the TLA lot.

5/24, Film School, 7-2: Who says lightning can’t strike twice? The ultimate hard-luck story gets mainstream coverage, briefly distracts the city from Phillies’ 12-36 record.

6/11, Cat Power, 100-1: Those aren’t the odds of a theft. They’re the odds that the show doesn’t get cancelled.

That’s nice and all, but I think Philly’s criminals are going to start looking bigger. They’ve feasted on the likes of Film School and Arab Strap. You know who’s in town June 20? The Boss. And since Springsteen’s playing in The Town That Law Forgot (Camden), something tells me the highway’s going to be filled with broken heroes and a lot of stolen gear.

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