Dec 27 : "Southern Gothic" - Look Out Houston

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (2011)

PHILLY MUSIC!

Last Friday night David and I went over to Blockley Pourhouse to hear some bands. One of them was Look Out Houston, a new Philly band that has two members brought forward from Long Walk Home. Mark Rybaltowski does drums and vocals, and J. J. Booker does guitar and vocals.

The band played songs from their debut album, "The American Standards". They did a very good live performance, playing the songs with plenty of style and force.

Current song is "Southern Gothic" by Philly band Look Out Houston.

To visit Look Out Houston, here is the click ::: Look Out Houston

Dec 25 : "Angelic Eyes" - Tygerstrype

So now with Christmas over as well as our Toy Drive and other holiday activities, now it's time to catch up to talk about some of the interesting music I've heard recently.

One night a few weeks ago I saw that Tygerstrype was doing a show at North Star. That caught my attention. I had heard heard them only once before, and that was at Kung Fu earlier in the year. (This tyme the artists each had a strype on their faces).

Tygerstrype is a duo. Gabriel Guererro does electronics and most of the vocals and some dancing and some jumping down off stage and bouncing around through the audience. Alden Towler plays a great guitar and does some vocals as well.

Tygerstrype plans to do another show at North Star in just a couple weeks, on January 12.

Current song playing is "Angelic Eyes" by Philly band Tygerstrype.

tygerstrype · Angelic Eyes

To visit Tygerstrype on line, here is the click ::: Tygerstrype (CLICK HERE)

Dec 19 : Moving Into 2012!

December 19, 2011

Dear Friends,

Another holiday season is upon us and West Girard Community Council wants to make sure our friends, acquaintances, and neighbors do not go hungry this winter and into 2012. As deep government budgetary cutbacks continue to occur, we are again reaching out and appealing directly to you, our friends, to help us continue our mission of “Building a Healthy Community.”

West Girard Community Council is a local organization that partners with city-wide groups and churches such as Celebration Place, East Park Revitalization Alliance, Farm to City, SHARE, and the Alston Beech Foundation to provide healthy food access to our community.

Our year-round project continues to be our Food Cupboard. Over the last year it served 95 families from Fairmount, Brewerytown, and beyond. This past year, food cupboards in Philadelphia have seen drastic cuts in state support. In these hard times, local families and seniors on fixed incomes are struggling to buy food and we have seen an upswing in Food Cupboard enrollments.

In addition to the Food Cupboard, we run a seasonal weekly farm stand to bring fresh produce and bread into the neighborhood. For the last 8 years, we have run a Thanksgiving Food Drive and a Toy Drive for local churches.

Thanks to your generosity last year, we did not have to cut back our services. In 2012 we would like to expand our programs. We are asking that you help us out with these projects by giving a tax-deductible donation to West Girard Community Council. We are a Public Charity as defined by Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Donations of all sizes are greatly appreciated.

We are an organization of volunteers who want to make a difference in our community through targeted projects important to the community’s health and well-being. Each dollar allows us to reach more families in need. WGCC operates with no paid staff, no office rent, no vehicles -- your donations go towards the operation of our projects in the community.

I thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to whatever support you can provide. You can mail your donation to the address below. Or you can make donations through Paypal via our website. For additional information about West Girard Community Council, please contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. You may also visit us on Facebook and our website, Visit our website (CLICK HERE)

Bob Seabury, President
West Girard Community Council
926 North 26th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
(215) 232-2728