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CP's Neal Santos and DJ Nights impresario Gair "Dev79" Marking were at Philly DJ Day this weekend. Were you?
I'm one of the legendary & pioneer Dj's known as Dj Grand "V" from the mighty "Astro Funk" crew with Clint "Dj Cool "C" from back in the day. We had a good reunion & a good time meeting old Dj friends along with the new Dj's on deck now!!
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| Psydde Delicious |
Could it really be 10 years since I sat in Lucyâs Hat Shop watching kids strip off their glad rags and dance while corsetiere Psydde Delicious provoked them to further silliness and sexiness? But here we are — Fast Cheap at 10-years-old is happening now.
âThe Fast Cheap anniversary will host a cavalcade of our usual stars and celebrity guests, celebrating with many of the original surviving talents and partygoers who started a legend with us,â says Delicious.
He used to have the phrase "Out of Controlâ attached to it too. But Psyddeâs more compact now — with a menâs store in the Piazza to go with his Delicious Corsets shop on Liberties Walk he hardly has time for extraneous phrasing. "I think back fondly of our humble beginnings at Lucy's Hat Shop and how we single handedly created a seedy underbelly tarnish on the sterling shine of Old City during those first few sleazy years,â says Delicious. "The motorcycle gangs, accountants, punks and strippers all partying together harmoniously — it was great. Funny how it was always the jocks that started any problems there. No matter, it was probably the most genre bending party of its time.â
Delicious is celebrating with two events — one tonight at Patou in Old City, the decadent partyâs original haunt with the equally haunted and decadent Three-4-Tens. There will be a few Delicious dancers to help brighten the dusk of the high-ceilinged French locale while Psydde DJs.
Then thereâs Fast Cheap bash at Fluid on Sunday, September 27 â where the party's been since Lucyâs asked Psydde to move after the lewdness. The Fluid bash features special guests such as Melissa Bang-Bang, Violet Sweet, Kiki Berlin and LuLu Lollipop and fashion shows courtesy of Delicious Boutique & Corseterie, Crash Bang Boom and Passional.
"Weâre older, yes. Wiser, not so sure,â says Delicious. "But weâre just as determined as always. I hope to launch Fast Cheap in Space within the next few years if technology still has not caught up with my ideas I will settle for Fast Cheap on Ice. Fast Cheap will move forward into our twilight years or as long as our livers hold out. There's a whole new generation who needs to experience the legend.â
Fri., Sept. 25, Patou Restaurant, 312 Market St., 215-392-0936, patourestaurant.com.
Sun., Sept. 27, Fluid, 613 S. 4th St., 215-629-3686, fluidnightclub.com
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| Michael T. Regan |
This just in from longtime CP photog/recent Los Angeleno Michael T. Regan via his Bucket of Ashes blog:
It's official, Tom Waits has chosen five of my photographs to appear on the live album he's releasing this fall. Tom Waits: Glitter & Doom Live is a collection of songs taken from his recent tour through the US and Europe. ANTI- records has informed me that one of the images will run as a full 12" panel on the inside of the gate fold LP jacket.
Knowing Regan like I do — the guy is a passionate Tom Waits fan and a collector of Waits vinyl — it's hard to be any happier for him. As he says in his blog: "This is an innocent dream. Tom Waits has had a huge effect on my creative development .⦠As a collector of his vinyl LP's, being included in the history of creative album photography from 1971 - the present is a tremendous honor."
The shots are from a photo essay Regan did for Phawker from a show in Columbus, Ohio.
This is just really awesome news. Congrats, Mike.
More photos and commentary at Bucket of Ashes.
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| Photo | Mark Maglio |
| Daryl Hall and Angelica Huston? |
The only good things about The Spectrum's closing are the memories it'll conjure the closer to implosion, and the rash of wildly amazing shows (Maxwell with Robin Thicke, Leonard Cohen, Halloween with Pearl Jam) in the wake of its finale.
And though we were excited by the notion of Hall & Oates playing out their hits on Oct. 23 in accordance with its first ever box set Do What You Want Be What You Are. We got triply thrilled when we heard that Todd Rundgren was on the bill.
Not only did the Upper Darby/Philly boy trio form what would be the Seventies Blue Eyed Soul Axis (all due respect to Boz Scaggs and Steely Dan). They all worked as one when the Runt produced H&O's War Babies album 37 years ago. If you don't know from this oft-maligned personal fave of mine, oh ye "Kiss On My List" fans, dig this: Tonight (Wed. Sept. 15) you can catch Rundgren and Hall on the web series Live From Daryl's House (livefromdarylshouse.com).
Reunited for the first time in eeooooooooooons doing "Better Watch Your Back" from War Babies, seven of each other's best and a few covers by The Soul Survivors and Average White Band, this promises to be just a lick and a taste of the Philly brand cream cheese to come. Yum.
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Slo-Mo. How to describe these local favorites? Mike Brenner in his trademark pristine white suite lays down crunched out lap steel mastery with his long time rhythm section holding the flow.
Mic Wrecka belts out poignant and imaginative raps about weed, Philly, weed and life in general.
Backed with percussion, female vocals (on lead and backup) as well as rhythm guitars you get a lush sound that ranges from gentle ballad to blistering rock.
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We're seriously digging this girl's hip-hop, Brazilian jazzy, psych rocky, just overall pretty-sounding music. Not to mention her style and that fly cover up top. Listen here.
Tue., Aug. 11, 9:30 p.m., $10, Silk City, 435 Spring Garden St., 215-592-8838, silkcityphilly.com.
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When it's this hot out? Grab a drink and an ice pop, and listen to Shakey play the blues for free.
Mon. Aug. 10, 7 p.m., free, Tritone, 1508 South St., 215-545-0475, tritonebar.com.
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| I Now Pronounce You |
Now listen, we're not usually the type to get excited about reunion tours. We like them about as much as we like every other type of reunion family reunions, high school reunions which is to say, not at all. But we've heard time and time again from friends and critics that Yes is worth seeing live. Plus, they come with Asia. Here's what Lester Bangs said about them back in 1970:
Yes fare much better a fine, developing group. Their sound seems to be a mix of several of the most currently popular approaches, notably Crosby, Stills and Nash (vocally) and Vanilla Fudge (instrumentally). Unlike the Fudge, they have a sense of style, taste and subtlety, and the record is a pleasurable one, if a bit familiar-sounding. Their version of the Byrds' "I See You" is especially nice ... this is the kind of album that sometimes insinuates itself into your routine with a totally unexpected thrust of musical power.
A close second for tonight's Night Moves is the ROOT cocktail competition over at Silk City that Lauren Fleming previewed in her What's Cooking column.
Tue., July 28, 8 p.m., with Asia, $45-$95, Tower Theater, 69th & Ludlow sts., Upper Darby, 610-352-2887, tower-theater.com.
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Two summers ago, I went to what I believe was Fountain Green. DJs were playing electronic music in Fairmount Park, visuals were being projected onto a huge white screen, and people passed incense around (not a euphemism, swear). It was all very beautiful. And then, suddenly, it stopped. I figured somebody got busted or something. Well, apparently not (or they're outta jail), cause something very similar is back tonight, local DJs modesta, John Schenk and radere will be spinning electronica outdoors in Fairmount Park, free of charge, with visuals by Andres Eduardo. Call me a hippie dippie, but that sounds whoa.
Every Thu., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., free, Fairmount Park, Kelly & Fountain Green drives, rizumu.us.
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