“Basically, my insurance company dropped me. … I had to sign a waiver with my new insurance company [stating] that [it] won’t cover me if I have any all-ages shows.” All-ages concerts are on shaky ground in Pittsburgh after long helping form the foundation of the city’s ...
” says Fenner. “I had been making candles and selling them for a while, and a friend of mine who isGreat Gatsby-obsessed had a birthday coming up.”
In the swirling title track, “Knife,” the first song Astrology Now did as a group, there’s a point when Bronder has a spoken-word verse. “The knife is never sharp enough,” he spurts, “This human form is dull, boring / I’ve grown old, sick, tired of myself …” When...
In "Garden," Starr sings to a lover that has captivated his mind. "I can't wait til I get you to myself / under your spell / lost in your garden," he coos at the beginning of the track. The singleis the first collaboration between Starr and vocal producer TheKeyofVRG, who sculpte...
By Moshe Z. MarvitThe Century Foundation
The lyrics, “Holidays aren’t meant to be spent alone,” and “Winter song keeps me company while you’re gone / snowy melodies, keep me warm,” immediately bring in the holiday feels with the question, "Is it late December already?" Because Kent sure makes it feel like it ...
Change in Pittsburgh tends to elicit mixed reactions. Some mock and deride the self-cheerleading. Some criticize the gentrification. Some are ambivalent. Some love it. Sure, Pittsburghers hold on hard to tradition, but renewal is a crucial part of the city’s character as well. Sometimes...
Years ago, in my radio hosting infancy, there was a lot of work to do catching up on missed music, as well as staying current from then on. One day in the studio, I mentioned to one of the other volunteer hosts that I was enjoying a new Ben Harper track. Her response was, ...
Downtown Pittsburgh is home to a record four holiday pop-up bars this year: Auld Lang Syne, Jingle Bar, Tinsel Town Cocktails, and the perennial favorite Miracle.City Papersent intrepid food reporter Maggie Weaver to sample the spirits, assess the festiveness, parse the cocktail puns, and see...
One year, the shirts had the paper’s name on the front and lettering on the back that said, "The pen is mightier than our collective will to live." That sentiment was present in many of our articles, which ranged from "Local Naive Freshmen Doesn't Know She Wants to...