tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808430021611024332011-07-08T11:06:50.395-04:00Urban bytesUrban bytes: Interviews in Pittsburgh and Beyond.Jean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780843002161102433.post-63898091723296811872009-12-19T21:24:00.017-05:002010-01-16T20:38:25.267-05:00Jeb Feldman, Urban Homesteader, Talks About the Arts Explosion in Braddock, PANote: I will repeat all the links that are inserted in the text at the end of the post.This interview was done quite a while ago ...like.. a year.....which I am mortified about. But I did some editing to update it, and it should give the reader a good (if partial cause so MUCH is going on) idea of the exciting changes going on in Braddock.Braddock doesn't have a lot of urban homesteaders, but Jean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780843002161102433.post-12119276180959686972009-10-11T20:09:00.045-04:002010-10-16T11:09:15.596-04:00Ruth Levine: Artist, Wit and Urban DwellerPhoto by: unknownRuth Levine is an artist who has lived in Pittsburgh since 1998. Her work can be seen here.She is a natural for this interview blog, being both an urbanite and an artist. Also, she tells a great story.This interview was originally recorded in the summer of 2008, and with some updates, is finally being "blogged" now.Jean: You had told me a story about Andy Warhol. And I think you Jean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780843002161102433.post-24909037760456055812008-03-22T15:48:00.013-04:002009-11-07T11:42:48.292-05:00Victor Navarro Jr; Coffeehouse Denizen, Artist at Large, Survivor of the 60's and Muse to the Avant-Garde photo: J.McClungVictor Navarro Jr: Coffee House Denizen, Artist at Large, Survivor of the 60"s and Muse to the Avant-Garde. interview 1Quotable Quote "Anarchy is the Spice of Life through anarchy we learn our Art,Music and Literature"Interviewed: in late November 2007, Crazy Mocha Coffee House, Bloomfield Neighborhood, Pittsburgh PA. Posted March 15th 2008.Note: Victor is an old hand at this...Jean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780843002161102433.post-9488578071562215472008-03-15T15:42:00.012-04:002008-03-23T20:29:58.920-04:00Barbara Garcia Bernardo: The Brains and Beauty Behind Get Hip RecordsBarbara Garcia Bernardo :The Brains and Beauty Behind Get Hip RecordsQuotable quote"Okay you know what he probably has to take some steroids to make those jumps up and down, right?"Interview Date: 10/21/07 Interview post :3/14/08Pittsburgh often seems like the land of hidden hippness (some of it is not so hidden)....that is it's there, but you just have to know where to find it. For example...GetJean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780843002161102433.post-220962697238854792007-11-23T18:27:00.000-05:002007-11-24T18:06:21.938-05:00Photographs:Digging Pitt in NYC and The Chelsea HotelNo interview...photographs only this time. The images are from:1) The opening of an exhibit in NYC by Digging Pitt gallery...the Blogger Show in the front gallery, and an assortment of mostly Pittsburgh artists is in the back gallery. This NYC showing will be up through November 30th, 2007.Address: 170 East 2nd St.The gallery is in the East Village ...an area that, while still avant-garde, is Jean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780843002161102433.post-67974410068799320882007-10-11T10:30:00.001-04:002007-10-26T18:59:03.627-04:00John Morris: NYC Artist, Pittsburgh Gallery Owner and RaconteurJohn Morris: NYC artist, Pittsburgh Gallery Owner and RaconteurQuotable Quote "One of the weird and I guess kind of great things about Pittsburgh is that people and things that would cause riots in other cities go unnoticed here."Residence Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Neighborhood, Lawrenceville)Interviewed at Digging Pitt Gallery on August 11th, 2007.Why Did John Leave NYC to start Digging Pitt Gallery?Jean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780843002161102433.post-58931713628583129042007-10-11T10:30:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:31:49.475-04:00Stella: American Pit Bull Terrier, Unofficial Ambassadress for Pit Bulls, and Family PetSTELLA: American Pit Bull Terrier, Unofficial Ambassadress for Pit Bulls and Family PetQuotable Quote: "DQ Anyone?"Lives in Pittsburgh, PA. USA (South Side Slopes)Interviewed 10/06/07 at her home on the Slopes.NOTE: MARK YOUR CALENDER FOR OCTOBER 20th, 2007!!!! The First National Pit Bull Awareness Day!!!!!!http://www.blessthebullys.com/id86.htmlStella is a black and white 3 year-old American pitJean McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507864812518398928noreply@blogger.com