POSTED: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 3:00 PM
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| Maxwell interviewing Hyper Crush using auto tune at WIOQ's Xfinity Performance Space in Bala Cynwyd on Jan. 21 |
I know I got some
Stephen Starr exclusive stuff in Icepack Print but this'll break your pate-stuffed hearts: When expat-Philly foodies in Miami call to cry about a rumor you know it's serious.
Jonathon Makar got priced out of the Rittenhouse area (that's the word) and his
Snackbar is closing Feb 5. Stories heard round the campfire have him looking for new digs. Here's hoping.
C'mon think outside the box: For their seventh annual
Grammy Awards-eve bash in L.A. on Feb 12, Philly's
The Roots have chosen their boss,
Jimmy Fallon as the host of their jam rather than their more inventive usual (
Don Cheadle and
Dave Chappelle did so in the past). Here's hoping The Roots win something out there.
MTV, looking to get out of their mess with
Skins and its runaway advertisers, just signed the cast of
Jersey Shore to a fourth season in Italy. How do you GTL in the homeland?
While
The Situation is gone, the crew of Britain's
All Tomorrow's Parties fest finally bring one closer to our area —
Asbury Park's Sept 30-Oct 2. event hosted by
Portishead and starring
Jeff Mangum of
Neutral Milk Hotel.
When Adam from
Ladyfingers tells me to listen up, I do it. "These guys are good and trashy rock n roll," says he in regard to
Rob K and
Uncle Butcher aka the
JAM MESSENGERS. The pair recorded their first glam-punk album before they met each other (internet, yo), their new CD
Dictionary of Cool is just that, and the pair'll play the Troc's Balcony Feb. 2 with Ladyfingers doing solo stompbox/guitar that night as well as local guitar god/instrument procurer
Chris DiPinto unveiling his all
Thin Lizzy cover band. No shit. Hey tawwlking about the ultimate meeting of glam and rock 'n' roll, 93.3
WMMR's
Jacky Bam Bam's "Faces of Evil" costume which he strutted around in during the 2011 Mummers Parade, is on display at the
Mummers Museum. As Bam Bam took second place in the handsome-costume category with his
Golden Sunrise NYA fancy club, the gear get up is in the winner's circle.
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| The Hooters' David Uosikkinen continues his web-based singles project, IN THE POCKET: ESSENTIAL SONGS OF PHILADELPHIA with the second song, "Open My Eyes", featuring David Uosikkinen (The Hooters) on drums, Eric Bazilian (The Hooters) on guitar/vocals , Rick DiFonzo (Roger Waters, Patty Smythe, The A's) on guitar, singer-songwriter Jeffrey Gaines on vocals, Rob Hyman (The Hooters) on keyboards/vocals, William Wittman (Cyndi Lauper) on bass/vocals and Richard Bush The A's on vocals pictured at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, Pa. on Jan. 25, 2011. |
WHOWHATWHERE: The
54-hour Startup Weekend Philly may welcome wack networkers and project funders to the
University of the Arts' this weekend. But it's another Startup's week for sure — DJ
Bobby Startup. Two weeks ago, Startup got word that one of his 1972 photos of
Pink Floyd would grace the cover of
Larry Magid's
Electric Factory coffee book this May. On Jan. 31, he'll host and spin
National Mechanics' Clubfucks night dedicated to
Revival,
East Side Club and
Asylum with
Yeah Clementines (ex-
Bunnydrums) and
Void Vision. Startup reminds punks old and young to bring punk home movies and he'll put them on the big screen. But the best thing came the other day when he hooked up with old pals
Tony Bidgood,
Skip Denenberg,
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David Ickes and
George Manney who filmed the event for his
Philly Pop documentary. Bidgood was the manager and Startup the road manager of the (then-Philly-based)
Stray Cats in the late '70s. Bidgood was responsible for bringing the Stray Cats to the UK where they won their first success."But Tony was responsible for designing leather costumes for glam rockers like
Slade back in the day to being probably the first guy to design patchwork denim gear," says Startup. There's tons more. You can ask Startup yourself on Jan 31 or I'll put up more stuff as an Icecube on Monday with a clip from
Philly Pop. A rogues gallery of Philly Pop hit
World Café Live on Tuesday to celebrate the
Hooters'
David Uosikkinen local-tune web-based singles project,
IN THE POCKET: ESSENTIAL SONGS OF PHILADELPHIA. And the revelers joined in on singing
Nazz's classic "Open My Eyes" — Uosikkinen,
Eric Bazilian,
Greg Davis (
Beru Review),
The A's Rick DiFonzo and
Richard Bush,
Jeffrey Gaines and
Rob Hyman.
Bethenny Frankel not only hit the Merriam with her kid
Bryn and
Hoppy family brood (of Hazelton, PA) last Friday. She, her hubby and the ensemble had lunch at
Farmicia. When L.A.'s fab dance-pop sensations
Hyper Crush hit WIOQ's Xfinity Performance Space in Bala Cynwyd they got on-air host
Maxwell to interview them with the trio's AutoTune. Yup.
Fathead — yes, Philly's funky jazz boy lot — reunite for a once-only event at North Star Jan 28 with the harder, hairier
Alien Architect opening.
Here's a tough one: Iron Chef
Jose Garces faces off against
Michael Solomonov of
Zahav fame on Sunday Jan. 30's
Food Network edition of the
Iron Chef. Solomonov is hosting a viewing party with brisket and brewski at
Percy Street BBQ. Does this mean he's victorious Or just really bold? Let's eat.
The promo for the
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts is busting out all over.
Barry W and the crew form the
Hot Club of Philadelphia played an interesting gig in a loft in Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, a PR bash to promote the Festival's French-themed shows at the Kimmel Center. "They had a woman on a bungee harness suspended from the 3 story ceiling doing a sort of aerial ballet as we played, pretty amazing." Apparently the Kimmel's folk dug the HCOF so much, they added them to the series (April 30 at the Kimmel) If you want some Django-jazz sooner, they are at the ole' Mermaid Inn Jan 28 with
Marty Grosz and accordion whiz
Dallas Vietty.
Gotta end with an asshole: Local boy
Chris Illuminati (actually from Lawrence Township NJ) will read and sign copies of
A**holeology: The Cheat Sheet Jan. 27 at U-Penn's Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St. I'm sure I'll see plenty of other assholes there.
