Winner of “Best in Philly,” First Person Arts StorySlams are monthly, real-life-storytelling competitions held at World Cafe Live and L’Etage in Philadelphia. Each month’s theme elicits stories that come from the life experiences of Philly’s storytellers. StorySlams take place on the second Monday of each month at World Cafe Live and the fourth Tuesday of each month at L’Etage.

When I first started the show I had to play everything the station had regardless of quality, because I didn’t have a library of my own and I wanted to fill the time with holiday cheer. Now I have too much great music to hope to squeeze into the 24 hour window. It sounds like a long time, but it divides down to around 300 songs when all is said and done.

Simply put, Dave Hill rules. He’s like a quadruple threat — comedian, musician, writer and name-dropper — he does it all. You’ve seen him on MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Cartoon Network, TLC, Current TV and of course, on the world wide web. Dave brings his popular live chat/variety/donkey show called “The Dave Hill Explosion” to the Shubin Theatre in Philly on December 5 & 6th! We’re going, why don’t you join us? Buy Tickets Here.

One of the other bands that I had the pleasure of sitting down to talk with at CMJ, is the New York City based band The Mood. The Mood consists of Marco Argino on lead vocals and guitar, his cousin Corinne Callen on vocals and keys, Kenton Langsthroth on guitar, Chris Bunatta on drums and [...]

One of the many bands whose set I had the pleasure of watching at CMJ in NYC, is a band based out of Brooklyn by way of Philly called The Canon Logic. The band consists of Tim Kiely on lead vocals and guitar, Mark Alu on keys, guitar and vocals, Sean Enright on bass, Josh Greenfield on guitar and vocals and Michael Mignano on drums.

Comedian Mike Birbiglia brings his new show “Sleepwalk with Me” to Philadelphia’s Zellerbach Theatre this Friday, October 10th. This is a sneak peak performance before his big off-Broadway debut at the Bleecker Street Theatre in NYC starting October 17th. Mike is hysterical, so see him now before Big Time Fame snatches him up and forces him to make a bad movie with Jessica Alba.

The 88 are an indie pop band based out of Los Angeles California. Their sound is 60′s pop mixed in with some good old basic garage rock. You may have heard their songs being played in such TV shows as “How I Met Your Mother” and films such as “You, Me and …

Just like the constellation that bears his name, Orion Simprini is a shining star on the New York music scene. The charismatic Simprini is the front man for the new wave band that shares his unique name: The Orion Experience. I had the pleasure of sitting down to talk to Orion at the White Rabbit, a funky and laid-back lounge on Houston Street right in the heart of the good old Lower East Side. While film clips of people like Madonna and Bill Clinton played on the clean white walls, we talked about where the Orion Experience fits into the NY music scene, the meaning of “indie cred”, and how playing on stage can be orgasmic.

Alexandra Scott is a smart, beautiful and amazing singer songwriter, now based out of Providence RI. Her music can best be described as dream like, country, folk with a punk emo flare.

Jesse Malin has been a part of the New York alt-rock music scene for just about twenty years, beginning as a teenager with the hardcore band Heart Attack. In the 90′s, he gained widespread notoriety as front man for the glam-punk band D Generation. These days he has a fresh new sound and has just [...]