Dec 31 : The Fiscal Cliff

Did you know that some of our neighbors face The Fiscal Cliff every day as they struggle to provide themselves and their families with food and other basic necessities?

West Girard Community Council tries to help our neighbors through our Food Cupboard by providing people with a boost of Free Food to help hold them over until the end of the month. Most of the food we give comes from the government, while some is donated by residents just like you. ... And, to tell the uncomfortable truth, we find ourselves in the position of having to go out and buy more food ourselves to supplement the dwindling support from the government, while new people come in to register each month.

And that's where you come in. Please go to our main web page TODAY and make a donation via PayPal. Get a 2012 tax deduction at the same time you're coming to the aid of neighbors who are looking for help as they face The Fiscal Cliff every day.

Yes, you can make a difference. Even if all you can donate is $5 or $10, it will make a difference. Small contributions from lots of people add up.

We just completed one of our most successful Toy Drives ever. And, as we move into 2013, we'd like to continue to build on that momentum, continue our other projects as well, and maybe even expand!

Go to our main web page for the PayPal donation button, or to see our street address to mail a donation, and check out our Photo Gallery, where we've added back in some pictures from our efforts over the past few years.

In the meantime we want to thank you, our Friends of WGCC, for supporting us and making 2012 a really good year for us, and, on behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to wish you and yours a Happy and Healthy 2013!

Sincerely,
Bob Seabury, President
West Girard Community Council
http://www.westgirardcc.org

P.S. :::: We are an all volunteer organization. If you would like to volunteer to help with one of our projects or if you have some great ideas that we should know about, please don't hesitate to drop me an email at BooksBob@aol.com .... Thank You!

Dec 30 : "Electric Splash" - Bad Liquor Pond (Baltimore)

New Music / Freshly Released (2012)

I thought they would NEVER come here. Ever since I first started to listen to Bad Liquor Pond, I realized that they never seemed to play too far from their native Baltimore. Maybe once in a while at a nearby festival, but mostly they restricted their playing within their city limits!

I was shocked to see them up here one evening a couple years ago attending another show (as audience members). Why not come up here to actually play?!

My wishes were fulfilled a couple weeks ago when Bad Liquor Pond came up to Philly to play at Kung Fu Necktie. It was a good fit for their first visit.

I first came across Bad Liquor Pond as I was checking out websites of bands that were playing in Baltimore the same night that another band that I like was doing one of their rare shows. ... I liked Bad Liquor Pond immediately and looked forward to seeing them live for the first time.

They wound up being just as good live, and that was the beginning of several trips down to Baltimore to see them ... although the alternatives of being up most of the night waiting for train back home or splurging for a hotel made it something that I couldn't do that frequently.

When I first heard them they had already just produced their full-length cd "Radiant Transmissions" (2008), which followed their previous full-length cd "The Year of the Clam" (2007).

Also in 2008, they came out with "Gypsy Cab E.P.", which does four covers including a very excellent rendition of the Stones' "The Last Time". That's something that they should also put out in wider release. ... They're faithful to the original, but strongly implant the Bad Liquor Pond psych sensibility within.

At the Kung Fu show they played a lot of work from their new 2012 full length cd "Blue Smoke Orange Sky". One of the songs, "Electric Splash" had previously been released as a single and is also playing right here on my blog page :::

To visit Bad Liquor Pond on the internets, here is the click ::: Bad Liquor Pond (CLICK HERE)

I hope that this was just the beginning, that Bad Liquor Pond will be back to Philly often!

Dec 26 : "Christmas Prayer" - Panophonic (Clifton Heights)

I hope everyone has been having a good holiday season. Playing right here on my blog page is a little holiday music from Clifton Heights, PA, music outfit, "Panophonic". The song is "Christmas Prayer". Panophonic is the solo project of musician, Tom Lugo.

To visit Panophonic, here is the click ::: Panophonic (CLICK HERE)

Dec 18 : "Crazy High" - Dirty Virgins (Allston)

(speeding through November .... part 2)

One night last month after I was through working I went over to Spike Hill and saw some interesting bands. One of them was Dirty Virgins, who list themselves as being from Allston, but the event listing said they were now (also?) from Brooklyn.

One of the things I liked about the band was the powerful instrumentals. Current song playing here on my blog page is "Crazy High" by Dirty Virgins. :::

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Looks like this was an outdated link.

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To visit Dirty Virgins here is the click ::: Dirty Virgins (CLICK HERE)

Dec 16 : "One Day In Newtown" - City Rain (Philly)

New Music / Freshly Written (Today!)

Philly Music!

As we've all heard the stories of the horrific events in Newtown, Connecticut this week, people have tried to make sense of what happened, to talk about how to prevent or minimize something like this from happening again. We've all thought about it and expressed ourselves in different ways.

Ben Runyan of Philly band City Rain has written a song about it, "One Day In Newton", just posted a few minutes ago. ... Here it is :::

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Looks like the band removed this song from their webpage!

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In describing his emotions leading up to the writing of the song, he said on his Facebook page, its that feeling after you've cried hysterically over something. and you just ran out of tears and a weird peace sets in. kind of a forgiving peace.

To visit City Rain and hear more of their sounds, here is the click ::: City Rain (CLICK HERE)

Dec 12 : "On My Way Down" - Long Walk Home (Philly)

(speeding through November... part 1)

Philly Music!

The past six weeks were the busiest of the year, but I did get out to see some bands, but not as often as I would have wanted. Also didn't get enough time to keep the blog up-to-date.

But, in an effort to catch up, let me tell you about a show I went to at the end of October. Had a mental block about writing this one, because Philly band "Long Walk Home", one of my favorite bands, did a whole show where they were covering a rock icon, who happens to be one of my least favorites. I tried to come up with all sorts of quips like "they did the impossible, they almost got me to like _____________" ... but I just decided to bite the bullet and get the writeup down."

Long Walk Home disbanded their regular performances a couple years ago and now just does one or two shows during each holiday season. I like Long Walk Home with their rich and complex instrumentals. They did an excellent cd in 2009, "Heavy Sand". The opening track "On My Way Down" is a favorite, and it's currently playing

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7/5/20 ::: OOPS. Link to music seems to have disappeared.

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To visit Long Walk Home, here is the click ::: Long Walk Home (CLICK HERE)