Tag Archives: Philadelphia

Constant Hitmaker Kurt Vile

Not sure how I feel about Kurt Vile’s sound, but one thing’s clear: the dude is a born enter­tain­er. Had a fun time watch­ing him play with his band the Vio­la­tors last night. 

First time I met Kurt was at the first Beach House gig at John­ny Bren­da’s. He was sit­ting next to me at the bar, hop­ing to meet the guy behind Car Park Records. What hap­pened next is history.

Felt good to con­grat­u­late him last night. He played to a packed house in his home­town! Shows that Pitch­fork rat­ings aren’t the end of the world. Wish more bands got that.

All Hail Purling Hiss

Read about them a few weeks ago. Lis­tened to some tracks on their MySpace and fell in love. Hard to believe, but they’re even bet­ter live.

How to describe their sound? Does a south­ern rock-tinged Jay Reatard make sense? Skynyrd meets the Ramones?

Bought two albums and intro­duced myself to Mike, the lead singer and gui­tarist, at the merch table after the show.

Some­one please sign this band and make them famous, okay? Think Mata­dor would be a great fit. Make it hap­pen, people!

Grand Opening of New Mitchell and Ness Store

If you know me, you know I pos­i­tive­ly adore Phillies throw­back jer­seys. Heck, I own three of them per­son­al­ly. My first was a pow­der blue Mike Schmidt ’76 throw­back, fol­lowed by a ’76 Carl­ton home jer­sey. Got a Bur­rell rook­ie jer­sey for my 33rd birth­day this year. (Pat broke into the league wear­ing 33.) So you know I can­not tell you how excit­ed I am to stop in and drop some coin in Mitchell & Ness’ new flag­ship store at 1201 Chest­nut. The pic­tures of their new spot are sim­ply glo­ri­ous! T‑minus Christ­mas and count­ing until I grab a sweet Robin Roberts home jer­sey or this amaz­ing Philadel­phia Quak­ers throw­back.

Watch May­or Nut­ter open the shop in style in the video above.