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Specialty food gifts from Philadelphia and PA share local pride, send a taste of home, and support many small, local food businesses, many located within city limits.

 

Michael & Julie Holan own Pennsylvania General Store, located in Philadelphia's historic Reading Terminal Market for nearly 25 years, which sells and ships Pennsylvania-made food and crafts. The selection ranges from Philly favorites such as Tastykakes, soft pretzels and Goldenberg's Peanut Chews, to Pa. Dutch specialties such as apple butter and scrapple, to fine snacks and confections such as Keystone Crunch and Wilbur Buds, along with many more.

 

This holiday season, the Holahans estimate that they will ship more than four tons of just chocolate-covered pretzels, a fact recently noted by the Philadelphia Inquirer.  On Sat., Dec. 17, Pennsylvania General Store will be featured on the 6 ABC TV show, FYI Philly (7pm ET).

 

My favorites for the holidays include Chocolate Scrapple ("No swine-it's divine!"), a sweet, crunchy milk chocolate confection studded with pieces of nuts, marshmallows, caramel and nuts and packed in a cute reusable tin, and the Philadelphia Chocolate Collection, an elegant sampler of butter creams, truffles, caramels and more, made by some of the Philadelphia area's most outstanding chocolatiers.

 

Explore the best of Pennsylvania at PhillyGiftBaskets.com or call toll-free 1-800-545-4891.

 

Book events for The Strangest Tribe

An excerpt from Stephen Tow's The Strangest Tribe appears in the October issue of Seattle Met magazine. The Strangest Tribe from Seattle's Sasquatch Books is available wherever fine books are sold. Tow is a professor of 20th century US and popular music history at Delaware Valley College, outside Philadelphia, PA.

 

Several book launch events are scheduled in Seattle and Philadelphia:

 

Seattle, WA:

 

* Tuesday, October 18 at Feedback Lounge (6451 California Ave. SW) starting at 7pmPT with a reading/signing, followed by book-related Trivia That Rocks and special live music performance by Tom Price Desert Classic at 10pm PT.

 

* Tow will conduct a reading and panel discussion the following night, Wednesday, October 19 at Ellliott Bay Book Company (1521 Tenth Ave., Seattle) at 7pmPT. Joining Tow will be Seattle musicians Rob Morgan (Pudz, Squirrels), Tom Price (U-Men, Gas Huffer, Tom Price Desert Classic), and Leighton Beezer (Thrown Ups), along with producers Jack Endino and Steve Fisk.

 

Philadelphia, PA & other Pennsylvania locations:


* Tow will conduct a reading and book discussion at University of Pennsylvania Bookstore (3601 Walnut St.) on Tues., October 25 at 6pm.

 

* Author book reading and discussion will also take place on Friday, October 28 at 1pmET at the Penn State Bookstore in University Park, PA.

 

* On Weds., November 2 at 7pmET, Tow will read from and discuss The Strangest Tribe at Chester County Book & Music Company in West Chester, PA.

 

* On Thurs., November 3 at 6pmET, Tow will read from and discuss The Strangest Tribe at Doylestown Bookshop in Doylestown, PA.

 

Musician Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5, R.E.M., Baseball Project) said: "There is an avalanche of information in Stephen Tow's meticulously-researched The Strangest Tribe. It almost feels as if the author were there. Hell, I WAS there and I didn't know half this stuff. You'll find out how a bunch of punk rock geeks somehow turned sleepy Seattle and its basement-beer-bred music scene into a worldwide phenomenon. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll eventually fall over, as we did at the time. A ton of seriously killer music came out of the fuzz and fuck-all attitudes, and eventually money changed hands. But it was funny, too. Still is."

Gong Show Live at B.B. King's in Times Square, NYC Rescheduled for November 1st

 

Due to Hurricane Irene, the Gong Show Live show at B.B. King's in Times Square, NYC scheduled for Saturday, August 27 has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, November 1. All tickets for Aug. 27 will be honored.

 

TV talent shows are more popular than ever, and the grandaddy of them all was the pioneering Gong Show (1976-1980). Now it's live on stage, and Gong Show Live will return by popular demand to B.B. King's in New York City's Times Square on Tuesday, November 1.

 

Gong Show Live, the only Sony-authorized stage presentation of the iconic ‘70s TV show, The Gong Show, showcases a modern-day cast of offbeat, professional talent acts known from such hit TV shows as America’s Got Talent, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, So You Think You Can Dance and more. This will be the third time that Gong Show Live has been presented at B.B. King’s since its August 2010 premiere.



More info about Gong Show Live: http://www.gongshowlive.net

 

2nd Annual Phoenixville Blues Festival set for Sat., September 10

Steel City Blues Society will present the 2nd Annual Phoenixville Blues Festival on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 in Reeves Park, Phoenixville, PA. This fun, family-friendly day-long festival is free!

 

Donations will be accepted to benefit the Give the Gift of Music Foundation, which supports local music education for eligible children ages 7 to 18. More info: http://givethegiftofmusic.org

 

Lineup:

11:50am-12:25pm - Paul Michael & The Blues Recruits

12:30-12:55pm - Kids Blues Sing-Along

1-1:50pm - The Porkroll Project

2-2:50pm - Miss Melanie & The Valley Rats

3-3:50pm - Johnny Never & The Solar Pimps

4-4:50pm - Flamin' Harry

5:10-5:50pm - Riley Road

6-7:05pm - Sister Blue

7:15-8:20pm - Georgie Blue

8:35-10pm - HotLanta, the Allman Brothers Tribute Band

 

More info about the 2nd Annual Phoenixville Blues Festival can be found at http://pvilleblues.org

 

 

New book The Strangest Tribe coming October 2011

The Strangest Tribe The Strangest Tribe

As the world gets ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, author Stephen Tow looks at the music and community that vaulted the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Mudhoney to international fame. Packed with interviews, THE STRANGEST TRIBE - How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge extensively chronicles the rise of rock 'n' roll's last great statement and reveals what the music really meant to the key players in Seattle's underground music, from the inception of the punk rock scene in the mid-'70s through 1990 - just before Nirvanamania.

 

Tow is a professor of history, specializing in 20th century United States. He teaches at Delaware Valley College outside of Philadelphia, PA.



The Stangest Tribe (Sasquatch Books, paperback, 272 pages, $18.95) will be available in October 2011 and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.com.

 

Check out Stephen Tow's blog about the book and his Seattle music adventures at http://thestrangesttribebook.wordpress.com/.