Q&A, new album and new video with Pittsburgh’s Good Dude Lojack
Good Dude Lojack returns this week with Colorless Green Dreams, the followup to the excellent 2017 full-length Voyage. In some ways, it’s a departure: the songs are noticeably shorter and easier to digest on the first listen than the stubborn, heady repetition of Voyage. But the smart sampling, impossible danciness and dynamic production remain intact.…
Pole-2-Polls brings alternative for artists, crafters to join resistance
There are protests, walkouts, even hunger strikes against the current administration. And then there is a small group of Pittsburghers joining the resistance by spending occasional Saturday afternoons cutting letters out of fabric over snacks and laughter. It’s a way for people to make a difference in a quiet, crafty way. Squirrel Hill textile artist…
Lynn Cullen Live – 7/31/18
Video Archive It’s Susan’s birthday, and she’s joining Lynn on the show today! To start off Lynn is sharing an email she got from a listener who doesn’t agree with anything she has said. Yesterday’s conversation of Ezra Klein’s article in Vox is what caused him to send the message. Susan is discussing a Social…
State Rep. Jake Wheatley to introduce Pennsylvania recreational marijuana bill
If recreational marijuana becomes legal in Pennsylvania in the near future, its roots could be traced back to Pittsburgh. State Rep. Jake Wheatley (D-Hill District) plans to introduce a bill to legalize the sale and purchase of marijuana throughout Pennsylvania. And not just medical marijuana, which has been sold since February, but recreational marijuana. This…
CBD vs. THC: Are you an expert?
CBD and THC. How similar are they?
Lynn Cullen Live – 7/30/18
Video Archive To start off the week Lynn is discussing the weather. London is having a heat wave, and it’s so unique for them that people don’t know how to react. Most don’t have air conditioning and don’t know how to protect themselves from the sun while preforming every day activities. She is also talking…
Concert photos: Wiz Khalifa at KeyBank Pavilion
Photo highlights from Wiz Khalifa’s Pittsburgh tour stop in Burgettstown
WYEP host celebrates 8 years with Roots & Rhythm Mix
Eight questions for Jesse Novak as he reaches his 8th anniversary of hosting WYEP’s Roots & Rhythm Mix
Replay FX brings pinball and arcade games to Pittsburgh
Are you a Super Smash Bros champion? A Tetris master? An acclaimed expert on Pac-Man? Have you survived The Oregon Trail?
Concert photos: Radiohead at PPG Paints Arena
Photo highlights from Radiohead’s first Pittsburgh show in 21 years
Lynn Cullen Live – 7/27/18
Video Archive Lynn is still looking for ways to stay calm. She’s previewing her guest for early August, Jeanne Marie Laskas, author of “To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope” which comes out later this year. Lynn is also talking about the Wall Street Journal’s for-sale mansion section. Mario Lemieux’s Quebec home is currently…
Lynn Cullen Live – 7/26/18
Video Archive To kick off the show today Lynn is discussing Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest program “Who is America?.” Lynn doesn’t find it funny. She finds it depressing as hell. In addition, she’s astonished about how gullible elected officials can be. Lynn is also talking about gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner. First he has refused to…
The Warhol Museum preps for Andy’s 90th birthday
A sneak peek of Andy Warhol’s 90th Birthday Party
Lynn Cullen Live – 7/25/18
Video Archive To kick off the show today Lynn is discussing Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest program “Who is America?.” Lynn doesn’t find it funny. She finds it depressing as hell. In addition, she’s astonished about how gullible elected officials can be. Lynn is also talking about gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner. First he has refused to…
Lynn Cullen Live – 7/25/18
Video Archive Continuing her efforts to keep health and sanity in this troubling time, Lynn is talking about the article from Robert Reich on how to survive. Here are just a few of his suggestions: – Don’t say the President’s surname. – Don’t waste time arguing with people who support him. – Focus on his…
Want to enjoy a night out? Listen to your bartender.
When you’re a bartender, you notice things. Good service requires paying attention to people. But bars can be loud, busy places and communication can suffer. To help ensure your visit is as pleasant as possible, here are some things this bartender would like you to know. • Paying for a $6 beer with a $100…
Free Will Astrology
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As you wobble and stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact, I advise you to play up your innocence and freshness. Gleefully acknowledge you’ve got a lot to learn. Enjoy the liberating sensation of having nothing to prove. That’s not just…
What is a night out like for a bartender?
What should we do this weekend? This simple question is asked in relationships across America. But for people “in the industry,” the answer is usually “I have to work.” The work week to people in The Biz, aka the service industry, usually begins on Wednesday or Thursday (depending on bar or restaurant type, atmosphere, etc.)…
Party bikes are growing in popularity, and divisiveness
Party Bikes, those large, pedal-powered vehicles that drunkenly roam the city, combine three of my least favorite things: drawing attention, being in the way, and biking. Over the past few years, they’ve become commonplace in cities of all sizes. The Pittsburgh edition, called the Party Pedaler, came to town in 2013, and sightings have become…
How to navigate Pennsylvania’s changing liquor laws
Six-packs are finally available at more than just that one smoky, neighborhood bar. No more timidly asking if IC Light Mango is for sale. More purchasing guilty pleasures with a bit of anonymity. Over the last few years, Pennsylvania has become more lenient with its archaic drinking laws. Wine and beer are widely available. State-owned…
Best places to drink in and around Pittsburgh
For the annual Drinks Issue, City Paper staff selected its favorite spots to drink and be merry in and around Pittsburgh. These are our picks. Feel free to share yours by way of email or Twitter (our handle is @pghcitypaper, as if you didn’t know!). Biergarten at The Commoner 620 William Penn Pl., Downtown Seeking…
Eighth Grade tackles social media, anxiety, and viscerally awkward embarrassment
If you ever meet someone who says they had a great time in middle school, run. If you are that person, I’m sorry, but we exist on different planes. For those who barely made it out of those awkward, emotional, pubescent years, watching Eighth Grade, a dramedy from comedian Bo Burnham, will be a visceral…
Pitt study on “beer goggles” tries to understand more reasons why people drink in excess
The Urban Dictionary definition for “beer goggles” — the phenomenon that alcohol makes the drinker think others are more attractive than when they’re sober — offers this example: “When I took her to bed, she looked like Halle Berry. When I woke up, she looked like Keith Richards!” Think of any movie where a beautiful…
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust pushing forward with Downtown cinema project
Downtown was once home to a handful movie theaters, or “movie palaces,” built in the early to mid 20th Century. Stanley, Warner and Fulton were a few notable names. Stanley is now the Benedum; Fulton is the Byham; Warner became a shopping mall. Only Harris Theater, on Liberty avenue, remains. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust would…
Tereneh Idia: Man makes the clothes
“Clothes make the man,” Mark Twain said. “Naked people have little to no influence on society.” And William Shakespeare wrote: “For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” Far be it from me to disagree completely with Twain and, in part, Shakespeare, but I do. Let’s begin with Mr. Twain. While clothes are important — and…
Showcase BBQ in Homewood brings intense flavors with a Pittsburgh feel
Barbecue doesn’t have a particularly strong association with Pittsburgh. The most famous style of cooking meat is Pittsburgh rare: throwing raw steak on a blast-furnace so it’s charred to a crisp on the outside, but bloody on the inside. Typically, barbecued meats are slow-cooked over a wood smoker for hours. The result is succulent meat,…
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels helps revive theater’s book musical
Let’s take a moment to welcome back the “book musical.” For those of you lucky enough to have avoided wasting your life in theater, a show’s “book” is everything in the script that isn’t music and lyrics. And a book musical features a story and dialogue at least as strong as the songs. Book musicals…
Gab Bonesso’s comedy chat: Aaron Tarnow
In its fifth year, the Pittsburgh Comedy Festival stretches across multiple venues throughout South Side from Aug. 22-26. Executive director Aaron Tarnow discussed this year’s event with comedian and City Paper featured contributor Gab Bonesso at Dobra Tea in Squirrel Hill. You are the executive director of the Pittsburgh Comedy Festival … Umm, what does…
Savage Love
I’ve been faithfully reading your column in the Chicago Reader for years, and now I’m reaching out to you about my own problem. I’ve been dating this guy for almost a year. Everything is great, except one thing: He wants me to kick him in the nuts. It really bothers me, and I’m not sure…
Alcoholism and disability dramedy Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot misses mark
Based on the true life of paraplegic cartoonist John Callahan, Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot tells a poignant but overwrought story of alcoholism and disability. John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix) is a raging alcoholic barely keeping it together when he gets into a drunken car crash with his friend Dexter…
