Sunny Singh knows was work is. At this year’s This Is Hardcore Fest, I watched Sunny as he wielded his video camera overhead for long stretches, capturing every single one of the forty bands that performed over the course the three-day fest. Su

10. Ryan Shaner, Stand-Up Comedian

May 9th, 2019 37m 49s

Ryan Shaner is a livewire. I saw him perform at Helium months ago at a local showcase and competition where he delivered a killer set that would later send him onto the championship. Of 250 comics, he beat out 248 others to get to the final rou

9. Brian Allen, Mascot Designer / Illustrator

May 9th, 2019 1h 2m

Though Brian Allen has lived in State College, PA since he was 10, his influence on the city of Philadelphia cannot be understated. Brian is the artist behind Philadelphia’s most notorious export of the past few years: Gritty, the new Flyers ma

8. Max Ochester, Record Store Guy / Archivist

May 9th, 2019 17m 18s

Max owns Brewerytown Beats, my favorite record store in Philly. He is also an archivist, a curator, and historian, who is dedicated to preserving and amplifying stories from the city’s musical past that, often, resonate with our present and fut

7. Joe Lovenduski: Woodworker

May 9th, 2019 29m 21s

Joe grew up in Elk County, PA, outside of Pittsburgh. The county’s name doesn’t come without reason. From the way Joe talks about it, it’s a woodsy place, where the elk may not outnumber the people but the wilderness certainly informs the pace

6. Rose Skelton and Nomi Stone: Wild, Garlic Pesto Season

Mar 5th, 2019 8m 8s

One might have had to look up where in the world Mull is, but in listening to Nomi and Rose talk about the second largest isle off the coast of Scotland [Wiki], it isn’t hard to understand what it is, or at least what it means to them. For one,

5. Rachel "Raylo" Lopez: Working with Skin

Mar 5th, 2019 23m 2s

Since moving to Philadelphia about a year and a half ago, Raylo has been busy. An acquaintance asked if she knew of available venue space for a concert; Raylo offered hers up. No Face Studios is a printshop and DIY venue space where Raylo puts

4. Tawfeeq Gaines: Search and Rescue Squad

Mar 5th, 2019 10m 2s

Search and Rescue Squad is the result of a decade’s long obsession with fashion, design, art, culture, and history. At Search and Rescue Squad, Tawqeef curates a selection of streetware, mid-century modern furniture and objects, found canvases,

3. Hannah: What happens if you fall?

Mar 5th, 2019 7m 24s

Hannah is a dance student at Temple. She’s been dancing since she was 3, when her folks put her in dance classes to give her an outlet for her energy. She says that her first language is her body language. There is a new, guest instructor leadi

2. Damian Munoz: '63 Custom Seafoam Green Fender Strat

Mar 4th, 2019 6m 25s

Listen to Damian talk about any number of his passions—design, art, guitar, fashion—and you’ll know within moments that the man has done his homework. Founder of the culture blog Point of References, Damian’s mind is a repository for the nitty

Lee Whack: Chicago

Mar 4th, 2019 20m 40s

Excluded from the interview excerpt below is just another chapter in a longstanding debate between Lee and me over Kanye West—the artist, the iconoclast, the mess, the genius. Like Kanye, Lee grew up in the Chicago suburbs, south of the city, i

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