Mac Miller - Another Night

before i moved out to pittsburgh, a good friend told me that there was a talented young rapper from the area who i should make sure to check out. up until tonight i had completely forgotten to follow that advice. during an entirely unrelated conversation with a different friend (also not from pittsburgh), Mac Miller got brought up again. so i thought i should probably check him out.
i'm glad that i did, and now you can check him out too:


see his youtube channel here.

truth be told, i've been really curious about the hip hip scene in PGH. for example: there is no hip hop radio station in the city. how is that possible? it seems ridiculous. the closest you get is Kiss FM, and that is sad. aside from playing Wiz Khalifa's Black and Yellow over and over, local hip hop seems really hard to come by. what gives pittsburgh?

racial demographics of pittsburgh

Eric Fischer created 95 maps of various urban areas using ethnic demographics as a visual basis.

from his flickr: I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic divides and wanted to see what other cities looked like mapped the same way. To match his map, Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, and Orange is Hispanic, and each dot is 25 people. Data from Census 2000.

you can find Bill Rankin's map of Chicago here.

the end products are really quite beautiful, but also pretty interesting in the light they shed on how diverse (or not) some areas are.

FUTURE TENANT GOES SOUTH!

tomorrow night in pittsburgh:

a fun-filled night of southern sounds at Future Tenant!
featuring:
Shaina Kapeluck of The Horror The Horror (Asheville, NC),

Shining Path (Montgomery, AL),

Three Happenin Guys (Huntsville, AL)

music starts at 9:30PM, $5 suggested donation plus free beer at the bar

(plus it's the last weekend for Madelyn Roehrig's window installation Darksides. don't miss it!)

Belgian Party tonight!

if you're in the Pittsburgh area stop by Future Tenant tonight for the Belgian Party. Good times!

east end brewery.

here i am in pittsburgh. i've only been here about a week and i've already unpacked and decorated the walls. on top of that, i've been to a few prominent food and drink establishments around the city (notably the "dirty o," primanti brothers, and the east end food co-op). but most importantly i made a venture to the east end brewing company, conveniently located just minutes from my current residence.

the brewery is located in a very nondescript building a bit off the beaten track in pittsburgh's point breeze neighborhood. at certain times during the week they are open for "growler hours." at these designated times anyone can walk in off the street and chat up whoever is tending their storefront and sample some of their tasty beer. you can also walk away with a very reasonably priced growler ($10 + $3 bottle deposit). i myself went with the fat gary nut brown ale.

if you ever find yourself in pittsburgh, the east end brewing co. is definitely a stop worth making.

also good to know in relation to pittsburgh beer: saturday september 11th is the fourth annual big pour event sponsored by construction junction. for a flat fee of $55 you get to sample beer from over 30 craft breweries and taste food from 20 restaurants, as well as enjoy live art and music. what a deal!