Experience the Awesomeness of Philly Music.
This week, we hung out with the kids from GANG, who will be featured in the summer issue of JUMP. That issue will hit the street on June 3. (Photo by Brandee Nichols).
That was just part of our awesome few weeks in Philly music. In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights:
We talked about the art of DJing with Mayor Michael Nutter, a former DJ who performed as Mix Master Mike.
We helped debut the new song and video by Hezekiah Jones.
Our friend Kurt Hunte, one-fifth of Plastic Little, launched the most awesome TV show for children ever.
We reviewed the Daryl Hall show at Temple University.
We met Chubby Checker’s son. And the dude is FUNKY.
We hung out with the talented kids from June Divided.
We watched the guys from City Rain rip off their shirts and jump in the air, gear in hand.
JUMP fan Tim Becker got up close and personal with Diplo.
Our Colin Kerrigan talked tweets with ?uestlove.
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Yo ?uestlove! Get Me a Hoagie Too!
Our Colin Kerrigan recently caught up with the ubiquitous Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson and the pair had an interesting conversation:
Colin: I saw a tweet from you the other night that you spent $100 at Wawa. How the hell do you spend that much at Wawa?
Ahmir: It’s easy to spend $100 bucks! I needed toilet paper so I got that. I got two big giant orange juices. I had a whole bunch of cereal that I didn’t get to eat so I got milk.
There were two homeless women outside and I never give them money so I just got them four hoagies. Then I started getting hungry so I was like, “Let me get a hoagie for myself” so I got five hoagies.
Then I thought, “Well, maybe Steve wants one.”
My engineer lives with me so I got six hoagies. Then I figured everyone needed potato chips so I got a whole bunch of potato chips.
Then I was like, “Well, damn they’re gonna want to wash it down so let me get them all something to drink.” So between six hoagies, all this lemonade, milk and a few snacks, I totally forgot to get …
Colin: The AAA batteries? (In the same tweet, he mentioned forgetting to buy AAA batteries.)
Ahmir: Yeah. Once I got home, I wanted a remote because I knew that Prince was going to be on George Lopez. I have one of those televisions where you kinda do need the remote to operate. Like, you can’t freely turn it on. So, once I got back in bed and realized that I totally forgot that shit (the batteries), I was so mad.
So then I did the second worst thing. I collected all the remote controls in the house and stole all the batteries. My trainer was a sleep so I stole his remote. Then I remembered there was some AAA batteries inside the joystick controllers for the Wii.
So yeah, it was bad, man. Next time I’m just going to stick the plan and get what I wanted. I still haven’t gotten any batteries yet.
Find their full conversation over at The Pistola.
Chilling by the Fire and Eating S’mores With Diplo.
JUMP fan Tim Becker caught Diplo performing out near Reading for what Diplo called his first Pennsylvania show outside of Philadelphia.
Tim detailed his experiences for us, and provided these great images. Read more…
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MusicTown: City Rain, Topless and Jumping.
Want to be in JUMP? How about hanging out in an abandoned lot, taking your shirt off and jumping into the air with your gear?
That’s what the guys from City Rain did. Jarrett Zerrer (left) and Ben Runyan played along with us last night before their gig at the North Star Bar. Learn more about the group in the summer issue of JUMP, which drops on June 3rd.
If you see music happening – on the street, at shows, in people’s houses, whatever – shoot it and send us your pics. We’ll show them off here, and maybe in the print edition.
MusicTown: Herb Murray, Every Day at 26th and Poplar.
We ran into Herb Murray strumming his guitar and singing on Poplar Street near 26th yesterday. He’s outside playing every day.
“If the weather’s good, I’m out here,” Murray said. “As long as it’s not windy or raining or snowing or too cold.”
“If it’s cold, he’s still out here,” said neighbor Mr. Byrd (in the background).
If you see music happening – on the street, at shows, in people’s houses, whatever – shoot it and send us your pics. We’ll show them off here, and maybe in the print edition.
Here’s a snippet of our conversation with Mayor Michael Nutter, whose entry into politics came through connections he made while DJing in a North Philly club. In this clip, he talks about the art of DJing.
Find our full Q&A with the mayor in the summer issue of JUMP, which drops on June 3rd.
MusicTown: Jack Beats @ the Starlight Ballroom.
Here’s even more great stuff from Claire Fishkow, who photographed Jack Beats on April 10, 2011 when they played at the Starlight Ballroom.
If you see music happening – on the street, at shows, in people’s houses, whatever – shoot it and send us your pics. We’ll show them off here, and maybe in the print edition.
Do You Read JUMP? Michael Nutter Does.
We hung out with mayor Michael Nutter in his office today, talking about DJing, Kangols, Zunes and the importance of music and the arts in Philadelphia.
We’ll post info and video in a few days. Our full Q&A with Mix Master Mike will run in the summer issue of JUMP, which will drop on June 3rd.
Photo by Rick Kauffman.
MusicTown: June Divided @ The North Star Bar.
On Saturday, we caught up with the crew from June Divided before they played the headline spot at the North Star Bar.
We have no idea what’s going on in the top image. We don’t ask questions.
Be sure to pick up the summer issue of JUMP, which drops on June 3rd, to read Lauren Gordon‘s story about the band.
If you see music happening – on the street, at shows, in people’s houses, whatever – shoot it and send us your pics. We’ll show them off here, and maybe in the print edition.
JUMP: The Philly Music Project 