Tag Archives: Justin Hopper

Pandemic – Global Music Dance Night – 5th Anniversary Celebration

Cover of "Life Is a Dance"

Cover of Life Is a Dance

One of the many things I have learned from writing this blog and meeting great Pittsburgh people (a huge thank you to everyone who has helped to spread the word about the Steelers Party this Sunday) is an appreciation of good music.  I think that many would say I have no taste in music – I tend to play the same songs on the

jukebox – No Diggity – is usually one of them.  Anyone who has every borrowed my car, when I had a car knows the CD was usually Chaka Khan – Life is a Dance – a gem of a CD (the cover art speaks volumes about this album) that I picked up at Half Priced Books.

But as I mentioned in an earlier post – I have learned there are good DJs and bad DJs in Pittsburgh.  One of the good ones is DJ Juddy – who is also a super nice person, a great writer and has lots of good stories about Pittsburgh and Steelers bars.  I think he is also the person who introduced me to the best Pittsburgh song ever… Continue reading

A Matter of Public Record – History, Mystery and an iPhone App

Pittsburgh in 1902
Image via Wikipedia

Something about this summer- super great collaborative projects abound. First there was the  illustration ale a partnership between East End Brewing and the Toonseum.  Then Barebones Productions brought Killer Joe to the stage with Joe Grushekcy accompaniment.  Public Record is a collaboration between Pittsburgh writer and artist Justin Hopper, tech company DeepLocal and publishers Encyclopedia Destructia to bring some of the mystery and history of Pittsburgh to life on the streets of downtown Pittsburgh. Continue reading