Rolling Stone magazine's annual Hot Scene issue this week calls Philadelphia (for the first time, evidently) a "Hot Scene" for its "diverse, thriving music scene, where everybody knows each other, sounds cross-pollinate and commercialism hasn't intruded on a grassroots DIY ethic." (See PDFs of the print pages here and here). It hails the fact that talents like bassist Peter MoDavis and rapper Spank Rock can thrive musically and financially in a place downright cheap compared to Big Time Hot Scenes like NYC and LA. Call it validation of what some locals knew already. Still, www.Philebrity.com was unimpressed, predicting Baltimore soon will be hotter. Then www.uwishunu.com snapped into action to promote the recognition and called out Philebrity for being "glass half-full" about it, although we suspect it meant half-empty. We'll stay out of it.
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I'm happy to see that the Philly scene and some of my peers are getting some much needed shine. But this article is only scratching the surface. The Philly scene has so much good happening on so many levels.
Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2007 10:11 AM
Posted on October 12, 2007 10:11
Joey Sweeney and Philbrity B.S. should just get over themselves.
Philly has been a diverse and successful scene since Sweeney and his makeshift band were recording at Studio Red back in 1995. What were they called? The graduates? the deftones? the hipsters? Baltimore? please. Balto has always been a close cousin, but a much smaller cousin that produced bands like Suede.
from the Goats, Rolling Hayseeds, Resolv., to the Interpreters, to the new hip, hop, funk, crazy-ass acts like Spank Rock - Philly simply ROCKS.
Posted by Lucas | October 12, 2007 9:07 AM
Posted on October 12, 2007 09:07
just like philebrity...being over something when someone else recognizes it's cool. that's the hipster credo. the irony is philebrity makes fun of hipsters...even though it is 100% made up by them.
Posted by Anonymous | October 11, 2007 1:18 PM
Posted on October 11, 2007 13:18