Comments on: South Philly through your arteries

By: The Great Whatsit » Song of the summer

The Great Whatsit » Song of the summer — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:41:46 +0000

[...] Like Brooke Maury, I run to music and think about the music I run to. A month or two ago, I started listening to Dan Deacon’s frenentic new album, the beautifully named Spiderman of the Rings, just about every time I made this run. The timing was close to perfect, from the presiding trickster spirit of Woody Woodpecker on the opening track, all the way to intensifying diatonic scales on the album’s closer (is the Sol-Fa System named after another galaxy?), which would carry me through a final sprint into a cool down when I hit my block. Somewhere along the way, though, I became fixated on track 3, “Wham City,” the album’s clear standout number — and what for me quickly solidified its status as my song of summer 2007. That song clung like brand new 501s to the timing and experience of running the Manhattan Bridge. I liked it so much I started playing it again when I’d cross the other bridge on my way back. [...]

By: Mamacita

Mamacita — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:11:06 +0000

Perfect, timing, B, as I head my way over to see Olive Dance Theatre dance tonight on the east side in Austin. Not quite South Philly, but it has its similarities. Olive iis a hip-hop dance group from Philly, yo. Check ‘em out sometime.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:47:23 +0000

Brooke – you can have any song you want on your iPod.

By: Brooke Maury

Brooke Maury — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:54:08 +0000

Darrell! Awesome philly song. Good call – I wish I had that song on my iPod.

By: Bryan Waterman

Bryan Waterman — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:15:36 +0000

i put summertime on a bday mix for farrell that was philly inspired a couple yrs ago. damn but i loves me that song.