Josie Presents: Deprived Venue: Jabberjaws, Genre: Grunge with a punk rock kicker Band members: Mike Schaffer – Vocals and Guitar Chad Marinkovits – Bass guitar Donald Peterson – Drums (yep he played with 2 bands in a row this night) Deprived headlined the “Winter Carnage” event at Jabberjaws Saturday night and they played…
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John Oates “Change Of Seasons’ Book review by : Mick Reynolds
"Change of Seasons" by John Oates (A review) By Mick Reynolds This is a work written by John and the Notable writer and journalist Christopher Epting. The first 90 pages reads like a colorful travelogue embracing John’s humble beginnings on Quince Street in the city of Philadelphia to New York City, Nashville, Los Angeles and…
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JOSIE PRESENTS – DIESEL MARTINI
Josie Presents: Diesel Martini When I had planned to go see Diesel Martini at Chicago Restaurant and Club Gravity I started first thinking about the band name.... diesel martini...hmmm who would want a martini made out of gas? Well that couldn't be right! So I went to my "go to reference book" when I'm…
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Hoagie Nation Festival with Daryl Hall & John Oates/Tears For Fears
On Saturday, May 27th, Penns Landing hosted it's first annual "HoagieNation", a day long music event with multiple stages and over 15 bands that were there to celebrate all that Philadelphia is. The event had three stages set up for music and festivities, with duo-headlining acts Tears for Fears and Hall and Oates. There was;…
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