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Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while figuring out what the hell happened to Summer…)

Friday, September 1
Happy Hour: Drinking For A Cause, 5:00 p.m. Maragarita Mamas, Station Square
The CFF people keep doing it right because they know how to connect with my giving instincts and get me to take money out of my pocket and give it to them. That is, they continue to host events where people do what they’re gonna do anyway (i.e., have a drink on a weekend) and then get us to pony up cash for the privilege. I know, it’s all broken-record how they keep popping up here, but seriously, they’re all over town hosting these things, and I dig it. This week, go to Margarita Mamas for an after work cocktail, donate 5 bucks at the door and enjoy well drinks for a buck, Miller Lites for two, and Smirnoff Martinis for three. Just not all at the same time, and remember to pace yourself – this is a Happy Hour, and the night is still young at this point.

Birds, Bees, Flowers and Trees, 7:00 p.m., 5151 Penn Gallery, Garfield/Friendship
The new multi-purpose gallery and performance space opens with artists Kim Fox and Linnea Glick presenting their visions of nature in the abstract. Git Aht favorite platter pusher Justin Hopper (Juddy of Soulcialism fame) provides the music. Food and beverages will be scattered tastefully around the place just waiting for you to artfully consume them.

Labor Day Party, 9:00 p.m. Shadow Lounge, Shadyside
Lindsay loves the Shadow Lounge, and you should too. Why? Because Lindsay loves it. Anybody who disagrees with that statement is itchin’ fer a fight. Sure, there are many other reasons to love the Shadow Lounge, chief among them the fantastic Labor Day Party they’re throwing tonight which Git Aht hopes to get to, but really, none are more important than Lindsay’s undying love, which is so pure and pristine and sincere it makes me feel bad that I haven’t lived a better life as I bask in it’s reflected glow. Again, if you’ve got a problem with that, I will fight you. That’s no lie. Dress is “Cocktail Attire” which means, y’know, put on your dressy Big Ben jersey, I think.

Saturday, September 2
Quiet Riot, 4:00 p.m., Rhythm House Cafe, Bridgeville
No, really, I’m serious. You will cum on and feel the noize. Metal Health will drive you mad. Mama, mama, weer all crazee now. Local rockers Turn are one of the openers, and their myspace page (All the cool kids have one) has “HULK SMASH CRAPPY BANDS” as their headline, so they’re all right in my book.

Scott Blasey, 7:00 p.m., Club Cafe, Sahsside
Scott sings for a little Pittsburgh band called the Clarks. They were somewhat popular, and by somewhat popluar I mean played Letterman, so, y’know, there’s that. He’s a particularly gifted writer, and this show is just him, just playing, and should be worth checking out. There’s a second show later, too, if the early one doesn’t work out for you.

Sunday, September 3
2006 Gatorade/Steelers 5K, 9:30 a.m, Heinz Field
Go run around Heinz Field on a Sunday morning. No, not on the field, around it, on the outside. It’s a pretty level course, and hopefully the sun will be shining. It’s always good to get out and breathe in the fresh air of the North Shore Side.

Marx Brothers Double Feature, 8:00 p.m., Regent Square Theater
The Marx Brothers at the absolute top of their game in both of these films. One of the reasons I heart Pittsburgh Filmmakers is because they’ll drop these fantastic older movies into the schedule, and allow you to go see them with a bunch of like-minded folks who also appreciate them in the same way you do. I mean, yeah, you can watch them at home, but going to see them with a room full of lunatics such as yourself is priceless.

Sure, I’m a Marxist. I also dig Lennon, for that matter.

Monday, September 4
Sleep in. Watch a parade. Go to a cookout. Relax for a change.

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Got an event planned? Would you like a whole flock of yinzers like us with disposable income to show up? Let Git Aht know by sending the electronic mail to gitaht@gmail.com.

Songs to listen to on your iPod …

while walking around in the Andy Warhol Museum.

warholDon’t ask me why, but I’m on a music kick lately! I found this fun playlist on this cute web site called “tiny mix tapes.” Someone by the handle Compulis compiled this list. IheartPGH – not only do we provide you with the quirks of this city, we also provide the soundtrack!

Compiled by: Cropulis

Note from Cropulis: Songs about the man, by the people he worked with and reflective pieces on the life of Warhol in a sort of mood piece.

01. Lou Reed & John Cale- “A Dream” (Songs for Drella)
02. The Velvet Underground- “All Tomorrow’s Parties” (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
03. John Cale- “Paris 1919” (Paris 1919)
04. The Rolling Stones- “Sister Morphine” (Sticky Fingers)
05. Lou Reed- “Street Hassle” (Street Hassle)
06. Brian Eno- “An Ending (Ascent)” (Apollo (Atmospheres & Sounds)
07. Secret Machines- “Girl From the North Country” (Road Lead’s Where It’s Lead)
08. David Bowie- “Andy Warhol” (Hunky Dory)
09. Bob Dylan- “Desolation Row” (Highway 61 Revisited)
10. Lou Reed & John Cale- “Hello It’s Me” (Songs for Drella)

Thanks to Mindy for pointing out this site. We also love:

– songs with unexpected swearing (including cake)
– songs to knit to (including night ranger, elliott smith, b&s, the
decemberists!)
– songs to eat cereal to (including mike doughty, blur, cornershop)
– songs for making pinky promises to
– songs for a person wandering nowhere in particular, gazing randomly
around, and not thinking about anything

Joe Grushecky – Rock’s best-kept secret

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Music critics place him among the best rock and rollers ever.

Over the past two decades, he’s raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for all kinds of causes, including headlining a sold-out (in 57 minutes!) “Flood Aid” benefit concert last December in Pittsburgh with his good buddy Bruce Springsteen.

He’s a musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, music arranger, recording artist — and he leads what’s been described in top music publications as “one of the best bar bands in America.”

Like Iron City Beer and the DVE morning show, the music of Joe Grushecky is known in every corner bar ’round these parts. Last year, CNN reported he’s rock’s best kept secret. He been rocking for years … all while teaching ‘developmentally disabled, physically disabled and emotionally disturbed kids’ at Pittsburgh’s Weselyn High School. How’s that for no bullsh**, blue-collar sensibility?

The band’s new CD includes collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, including the Grammy-award winning “Code of Silence.”

Mr. Grushecky and the (formerly the Iron City) Houserockers are playing a number of shows in the Pittsburgh area … see him before it gets to cold to party outside with your Ahrns. Check out the free downloads here, so you can sing along with all the more-intelligent-than-average Grushecky fans. The live links just sound fun.

Friday- September 1st
Johnston Folk Festival – Johnstown, PA

Saturday – September 2nd
Conneuat Lake

Sunday – September 3rd
Spot Bar – Steubenville, OH

Friday – September 8th
Mellon Park – adjacent to The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and along Fifth and Shady Avenues in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside area.
Joe Grushecky Solo

About A Fair in the Park
presented by The Craftsmen’s
Guild of Pittsburgh at Mellon Park
5:30-7:00 PM

Saturday – September 9th
Carnegie Arts and Heritage Festival
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers
Showtime 10:30PM

Big Fun Part 2!

One more last minute addition to “Git Aht” …

If you’re still looking for something to do tonight, check out BIG FUN PART 2 at the Shadow Lounge tonight. What is this “Big Fun” I speak of? (CAPITAL LETTERS!!)

FRIDAY AUGUST 25TH 8:30PM-2AM
@ The Shadow Lounge BAUM BLVD. EAST LIBERTY,
OMAR-ABDUL AND THE LEAGUE OF YOUNG VOTERS HOST:
BIG FUN PT.2, “GET INVOLVED”
ADMISSION: 5$ ALL AGES

A NIGHT OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND SOCIALIZING TO CELEBRATE YOUNG VOLUNTEERS AGES 18-35, IN THE FIELD OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE, AND ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE. UP TO 100 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN REGULARLY ACTIVE FOR OVER TWO MONTHS WILL BE INVITED AS GUESTS TO ATTEND. THE VOLUNTEER RECEPTION FROM 9PM -10PM WITH CATERING, BEVERAGES AND COMMENCEMENT COMMENTS FROM LOCAL POLITICIANS AND SENIOR LOCAL ACTIVISTS INCLUDING DEMOCRATIC PARTY VICE CHAIR EDWARD GAINEY AND DISTRICT MAGISTRATE CATHY BUBASH.

FOLLOWING THE RECEPTION WE WILL CONTINUE THE CELEBERATION WITH MUSIC FROM SOME OF PITTSBURGHS MOST FUN AND ENJOYABLE BANDS AND DJS INCLUDING OMEGA LOVE, OMAR-ABDUL, EVICTION NOTICE, THE SOLEVIBE, AND DJ BUSCRATES.

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Girl Talk

Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk is a Pittsburgh DJ who put out his third full-length release Night Ripper this spring. The indie purists over at Pitchfork Media give Mr. Talk’s album a rating of 8.4/10 and those cats don’t like anything. The Washington City Paper describes Night Ripper as “the triple Salchow-double toe combination” of mash-ups.

(Yes, yes, it is supposedly the “soundtrack of summer,” so please forgive the fact that I haven’t gotten this post out until now. Look, there’s still a lot of back-to-school partying to do!)

Pitchfork’s new MP3 “Infinite Mixtape” blog can’t stop gushing:

“We’ve been bumping mashup maniac Girl Talk’s latest long-player Night Ripper pretty hard since our return from the Roskilde Festival last week. It’s an insane continuous mix squeezing literally hundreds of seemingly disparate tracks (top 40 pop bangers, dance anthems, indie classics, yacht rock flashbacks, 80s metal cuts, etc) into one colossal 40-minute block that brings the party like a warpspeed Diplo.”

Cooliosis. The bottom line: get these tracks while they’re hot! You can download two other free MP3s from the record review or just buy the whole album from the fittingly titled, Illegal Art web site. (I recommend the latter.)

Hey, check out the Pgh City Paper article too. 🙂 And support. local. musicians.