Month: June 2021
Covers: Sad But True
Former Agriculture Secretary’s sleazy deal
More on high temperatures
I live in Baltimore. It felt like it was over 100 today. Actual temperature was in the 90s.
Media ratings decline after the former guy isn’t president
Media outlets give excessive coverage to Trump to try to get the ratings they had when he was president. They cover Trump cult members but I never see interviews with Biden supporters. They help him evade his Twitter ban by posting his rants.
The return of Hammerjacks
The original Hammerjacks was a bar on South Charles St. It looked great – lots of exposed brick. However, it played loud hard rock and heavy metal music which is not my type of music. Then it moved to a huge old industrial building. Again, it looked great. They had concerts but mostly nothing I was interested in. I saw three shows there – Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, and the Kinks. The building was one of the ones demolished to make room for the Ravens stadium that opened in 1998. Attempts to revive it have failed but a new effort is coming.
PA Republicans and the big lie
There may be an audit there. Terrible news.
The Syria Mosque – Pittsburgh
The Syria Mosque is my favorite concert hall. I saw some great concerts when I attended the University of Pittsburgh from 1971-1975. The Mosque was torn down in 1991.
This is a great article on the history of the Mosque. It was built by the Shriners and used by them in addition to the hosting of concerts. The capacity was 3,700.
This is a link to a list of concerts at the Mosque.
Here are shows I know I saw there. I’ll add more if I think of them.
| Artist | Date |
| Allman Brothers Band | 10/15/71 |
| Poco, Fleetwood Mac | 11/9/71 |
| John Mayall, Crazy Horse | 10/8/71 |
| Loggins and Messina, Jim Croce | 3/13/73 |
See images here
Two decades later, razing of Syria Mosque still a sore topic | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sad! 