Smilo

Mom is back with her mom now. Back home in Indiana. A life well lived. Been hard to find much peace this year. Doing the best we can navigating all the dynamics of families in life and in loss. We had a good day remembering you and simply being together. Telling stories and learning about the next generations in our tree. Rest easy to you and Grandma. Side by side. Step by step.

It’s day if you ain’t know. Happy Heavenly Birthday to one of the realest we knew. I thought a lot about him leading up to the as he kept popping up in long lost pics because he would have most definitely been there and would have blessed the wheels and the dance floor and the alley with us one more time. When I saw his youngest running around in the rain last Saturday I broke down in a way I wasn’t ready for. But in that way Vex WAS right there with us. We were missing his right hand man that day too. But the memories in shadow and Ava and blue room will always be there for us. The man that made us forget the days troubles when he spun and say “Damn” to some ill ass blend or some remix he made or found. We miss you man. We love you. May you eternally rest in beats. ❤️🕊️🔊

Via . Join us tonight at Lorelei (formerly Shadow Lounge), as we continue to celebrate Shadow Lounge’s 25th birthday. 

TONIGHT, for ONE NIGHT ONLY, we’ll be revisiting INTERVAL MONDAY, which ran at AVA Lounge from Monday, July 9th, 2007 until, I believe, March of 2013. Next Monday, the Monday after 4th of July, would actually be Interval’s 18th birthday. 

We had a long run and we did what they said couldn’t be done, bringing a truly diverse crowd out each week, which was FULL of young people, to enjoy one of Pittsburgh’s most culturally rich pastimes, LIVE JAZZ MUSIC. We apologize for the short notice. We hope to see many of the original Interval Monday patrons, as well as new faces, this evening at Lorelei. 

Big shout out to Peter, Maddie, Bonnie and the rest of the Lorelei staff for allowing this to happen. There’s no cover this evening. Shadow Lounge 25th birthday merch will still be available. T-Funk will be hosting. I’ll be spinning Jazz vinyl 6-7 PM, and during breaks. Howie Alexander will lead a trio, feat. Jevon Rushton & Glyn from 7-10 PM. We’d love to see the musicians who sat in regularly, with their axes in hand. 

Please share and spread the word. See you at 6 PM!

No words. Just vibes today. Life - Death and everything in between. ☀️

So another year around the sun tomorrow. ☀️ Mom always reminded me when younger that I got the longest day of the year to celebrate my Birthday on the solstice. That was a decent flex for an 8 year old. Won’t be hearing that tomorrow in what feels like the longest week of the year. However I am grateful that I will be creating music with friends amongst family in the sun to start my day. Join us if you can.

Rest in literal Peace Mom. We will keep fighting for it while we are still here.
3-26-43 to 6-13-25 . Thank you ❤️

Rando

Tonight!!!!!!!! Join me and at as we bring back the Architects of Funk battle that started long ago in the Lounge days. Connected by their innovation, multiple shared band members, and two of the MOST sampled artists in Hip Hop it gives us an insane amount of music to pull from as well as newer edits and remixes. So come out and dance to the classics as well as some of the rarer tracks as we go head to head repping these musical titans and their extended families.

Will be spinning at this wonderful opening today 1p-4p. Downtown (PGH) 820 Liberty ave