OOT News

By Helene

Dave & Busters brings out the kid in everybody! Bring the family, bring a date, bring your friends! A day or night at D&B has everything to make the ordinary into a special event!

Did you know that there are over 55 locations? We have two in the Philadelphia area-Franklin Mills Mall in NE Philly and at 325 N. Columbus Blvd.-overlooking the river! This location has been HOT all summer long! Weather permitting, right on one of the coolest decks around you can check out some of the best Entertainment! Live bands, both cover and original, DJ and even karaoke. This location is open everyday from 11:30am, Sunday-Wednesday until Midnight, Thursdays until 1:00am and Friday & Saturdays until 2:00am!

D&B has the Latest Interactive and Video Games which can only mean one thing FUN! Monday-Friday from 4:30 to 7:00pm its Power Hour, 60 minutes of video game play for just $10.00! And for the rest of the summer, every Wednesday you get ½ off all games from open to close! D&B has a great Restaurant too! You can order up anything from Chicken Wings to a New York Strip Steak! Now imagine this….something your mother always told you not to do…..Eat & Play! For just $15.99 you get a choice of 8 of their best selling entrees and a $10.00 game card. (Sun-Thurs Open to Close, Friday and Saturday until 5 pm). Here are the great 8 menu items: Build Your Own Soft Tacos, with a side of spicy rice and black beans, Double Stacked Chicken Parm Sandwich served with a Caesar salad and marinara sauce for dipping, Blackened Chicken Pasta with Cajun Alfredo sauce, Gold fingers (Chicken Tenders) with French fries and a side of country gravy, Black Jack BBQ Chicken served with mashed potatoes and sautéed green beans, Dave’s Double Cheeseburger served with French fries, Parmesan Crusted Chicken Caesar Salad, and of course the Philly Cheese Steak also served with French fries! A delicious combination!

Another great thing about Dave & Busters is that they have a Late Night Happy Hour! You get ½ price Cocktails and other beer & wine specials from 9:00pm to 11:00pm, Sunday thru Thursday! Dave & Busters can also host your next event-big or small-you know it will always be a great time and there is plenty of parking too! For more information check out their website at www.Daveandbusters.com

EAT, DRINK & PLAY at Dave & Busters….need I say more?!

By L.Ramage’

Mike Vagnoni and I talk often about one the best era’s in music which was in my opinion was the 80’s into the early 90’s.  This was my generation as I was in my early 20’s when the disco era was winding down.  I was freshly divorced and hitting the club circuit and well life took on a new meaning as there was this exciting vibe in the mid to late 80’s.  Women dressed very well,  I’m gonna go with “slutty”!  There was no better way to describe our attire. We all looked like street walkers. I was no exception. The shorter and more skin tight the mini skirt, and the higher your “F-Me” boots stiletto heel was and preferably with a chrome pointy heel the better and hotter you felt! For the guys? The tighter the jeans, preferably black stretch jeans or ripped and torn stone washed the more your chances at scoring were (they called those jeans Nut huggers by the way). If you had the money, you bought your clubbing and band attire at “Warrior” custom clothes store in the Northeast.  Back then? Going out was an event. And? The best part was you had someplace to go almost every night of the week!  From the Telford Inn, To the Galaxy in New Jersey to Gahooleys  to our beloved Empire Rock room on the Boulevard.
After the Empire was closed down, the rockers or metal heads some may call us had no where to go. Fortunately that era had Lori Gallagher (RIP) and that lady went to the owners of the then club “Cherrys” at the entrance ramp of Bristol Pike and Woodhaven Roads.  She talked the owners Jimmy and Teddy into allowing her to revamp the club and they did into this penitentiary style decoration and atmosphere complete with hand painted cinder block walls, barbed wire fencing and prison cat walks in the suspended ceilings. Thus the club “Cellblock” was born around 1990. It reminded me of something you’d go through in an amusement park.  Hoppy Riddle was always the sound man and Ronnie Hammil on lights and Tracy was the light girl/spotter. Lori first booked the club until the end of 1991 and I went in till the fire destroyed the house in June of 1995.  The first National I booked was Dee Snider’s “Widowmaker” in early 1992.  Hoppy and I figure we  worked with 46 National Acts when all was said and done.  I tried to figure out how many local original bands I worked with from Thursday to Saturday nights and it had to be in the hundreds.  Some of the top bands we nurtured along the way were: “Naughty Jane, Mr. Bones, MetalWolf, Roughhouse, American Pie. Dollhaus Puppets, Das Rhein, CreekRoad, The Jury, Teachers Pet, Dezire, Taken”  and just so many  label ready, as far as I was concerned .  On our good nights we would see about 400 or so come in the door,.  Towards the end though, those numbers were dwindling rapidly.  I often wondered what happened to everyone and those bands. I still have all their CD’s and press kits.
That’s the thing, back then the bands really made an effort and worked hard at promoting themselves. You don’t see much of that anymore.  I was interning at a Kloss Recording Studios for a while and so many bands were spending the money and time to get a polished CD made to get shows and maybe make a few bucks. Back then? You couldn’t leave the “Cellblock” without having your car really plastered with so many band fliers trying to get you out to a show. They’d send you a post card too to remind you! Some even picked up this lost art of using the phone!  Now with the Internet? Everyone just does an email blast and hey download our latest song if you feel like it. They got lazy these bands.  When I was working a National? I used to drive Teddy’s BMW and he’d jump out and plaster every telephone pole or Store window we could get away with with posters about the shows…and it must have worked! They came in droves! I totally believe in advertising!  I would advertised every  big show in the “Inquirer” and”Out on the Town” (that’s how my column started way back then BTW)  as well as “The Aquarian” Advertising has gone way with the Internet, sadly and I think when people don’t see or hold something in their hand to remind them of an event or something they forget about all the things that are saturated on the Internet.
We had a reunion some years back, one night at the Pirates Den and the next night at the Whiskey Tango, it was the only way I could get so many of the bands a chance to play. Well as time goes on and it’s amazing that these guys still stay in touch and so we have about 6-7 bands that want to get back together for one night of going down Memory Lane. On Sunday June 6  from about 5- midnight  at the Whiskey Tango; we are going to get together again with these actual musicians that graced the Cellblocks Stage: “Surrender Dorothy, KRANK (yes with Frank) Instinct, Chain Saw Jane, Shock Tank Kittens and members of Savage Attraction.  There will be some give aways, CD’s etc.  and I’m working on a guitar to Raffle. It will be just a nice time to get people together that used to come out to the club and everyone is welcome!

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The third-annual Philly Beer Week (PBW) 2010 will kickoff on Friday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m., in the spectacular Independence Visitors Center (6^th and Market Streets) with the Opening Tap, a celebration honoring over 25 regional breweries whose beer helps make Philadelphia “the best beer-drinking city in America.”  The Opening Tap will begin with Mayor Nutter and the ceremonial ‘first tap’ using the official Philly Beer Week keg mallet (affectionately known as the Hammer of Glory) followed by a strolling beer tasting on two levels.  Opening Tap tickets cost $40 and can be purchased online at www.phillybeerweek.org, no tickets will be available for purchase at the door.

“The Opening Tap is a one-of-a-kind event featuring our local breweries and their beers, as well as the men and women who create them,” says Don Russell, Executive Director of PBW.  ”It’s only fitting that we kick off a celebration of America’s best beer-drinking city in the shadow of the birthplace of America.”

Invited breweries for the Opening Tap include:  Appalachian Brewing Company, The Brew Works of Allentown and Bethlehem, Dock Street Brewing Co., Dogfish Head, Earth Bread + Brewery, Erie Brewing Company, Flying Fish Brewing Company, General Lafayette Inn, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Lancaster Brewing Company, The Lion Brewery, Manayunk Brewpub, McKenzie’s Brew House, Nodding Head, Philadelphia Brewing Company, River Horse Brewing Company, Rock Bottom, Roy Pitz Brewing Company, Sly Fox Brewery, Sam Adams, Stewart’s, Stoudt’s Brewing Company, Triumph, Troegs Brewing Co, Twin Lakes Brewing Company, Victory Brewing Company, Weyerbacher Brewing Company, Yards Brewing Company and Yuengling.

Beer friendly food will be available for purchase on site from Max & Me Catering and there will be live music by the Flathead Gang.  Attendees must be at least 21 years of age, and no children will be admitted.

To purchase tickets for the Opening Tap or find general information including the ever-expanding schedule of events and list of participants, please visit www.phillybeerweek.org.

By Helene

Keenan’s Irish Pub is located in the heart and soul of North Wildwood, at 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., “Where all Neighborhoods Still Meet!” Family owned and operated since 1999, Scott Keenan, along with his Mom, Peg; Dad, Jack; and brother, Sean; love what they do and do what they love! You can feel it when you walk thru their doors.  With 25,000 sq. feet of wall to wall FUN, where else can you find 4 places to hang under one roof?!

Scott describes Keenan’s as a “One Stop Shop!” and now after three years of planning….Peggy’s Crab Shack will be opening on May 22^nd. Their dream of having a traditional Crab House/Restaurant has been realized.  And so will yours when you get those succulent crabs in drawn butter on your plate.  Get there on a Tuesday and it’s All-U-Can-Eat! Or hang out at Angry Jack’s (recently expanded), the Cabana bar or the traditional Irish bar.  Whether you want the warm ocean breeze or the chill of the air conditioner around you-it’s a little piece of paradise where all your senses are heightened!

Throughout the summer, Keenan’s holds over 40 parties and reunions, including Cardinal Dougherty, St. Matt’s, Roman Catholic and Hallahan’s reunions, to name a few! With the BEST live entertainment 7 days a week, the tropical atmosphere, and friendly staff-where else would you want to spend your summer?  Scott added, “We still run it like a family business, staff and customers are like family to us.  We are a team and although the neighborhood changes-one thing remains the same…Keenan’s Irish Pub!”

Here are some of the events to look forward to besides the big start of the season, Memorial day Weekend, of course!

Every Friday-“Eggs with Peg” doors open at 6am,  coming for Memorial Day Weekend - Preston and Steve from WMMR, LIVE! Then from 11am-6pm its “Beat the Clock Happy Hour”- Domestic Bottles start at $1.50. Live entertainment from 5pm ‘til closing!

Saturday Afternoon Jams- From noon-4pm get ½ price Twisted Tea Bottles. Live entertainment from 5-9pm and 10-2am!

Sunday Fun Day-All day with DJ Jim Mulholland. $2.00 Miller & Miller Lite Bottles, 5 for $15 Aluminum Miller Lite Bucket of Bottles. Live entertainment from 5-9pm!

Mondays Margarita/Corona Night with the Amazing “Soul Cruisers” from 11am-3pm. $1.00 Domestic Drafts/½ Price Margaritas (11am to 5pm), 5 for $15 Corona & Corona Light Buckets (10pm to 3am) and ½ Price Margarita’s (10pm to 3am).

Terrible Tuesdays-Live Band All-U-Can-Eat Crabs & Karaoke with Crystal Roxx. U-Call-It Night/All Domestic Bottles $2.00 and ½ Price Absolute Drinks from open to close!

Whacky Wednesdays- Open Mike Night with

LeCompt and All-U-Can-Eat Pasta! $2.00 Bud,

Bud Light, & Ultra Bottles, 5 for $15 Aluminum Bud

Light Bucket of Bottles, ½ Price So-Co Shots-Open

to Close!

Theme Night Thursdays with the Insiders! Shrimp and Wing special, $2.00 Coors Light & Twisted Tea Bottles, and ½ Price Bombs-Open to Close! Starting June 30^th meet at Keenan’s for their Hawaiian Luau Party! Each week a different theme, including Disco Night, Christmas in July, 80’s Prom Party and more!

Next time you head down the shore- Make Keenan’s Irish Pub your favorite spot whether you are with family or friends, sitting down to mouth watering crabs at Peggy’s Crab Shack or just chillin’ with an ice cold drink and jamming to great live music-this place has got it all! For more information please visit their site at www.keenansirishpub.com

By Roundhouse Ron

It is time once again for the all new Centurions Motorcycle Club calendar model search!! You may have already seen a few of the calendar model search competitions that Philly Music Video Promotions has conducted either at the FOP Lodge #5 or at Penguin’s Pub in Warminster , Pa. Also, let’s not forget the online contests that were held on facebook, myspace and Model Mayhem. Most of the amazing gurlz have been selected already and are waiting for their professional photo shoots with Roundhouse Ron (me) to begin in the month of April.

This calendar has been developed over the past few years as a premier local charity fund raiser for the Centurions M/C with all proceeds being donated to the FOP Lodge #5 Philadelphia Police Survivors Fund. This very special fund is for the wives and families of the Philadelphia Police officer’s who have been killed in the line of duty. The Centurions M/C are a law enforcement motorcycle club with the mother chapter based here in Philadelphia and other chapters in Pennsauken, Burlington, South Jersey, and Delaware County. The 2010 calendar also teamed up with Brian’s Harley Davidson and over 12 other smaller local businesses to raise over $16,000.

Yes, my crazy azz has been selected once again as the lead project manager on this awesome fund raising project. I will be recruiting the 12 beautiful women, shooting all the photographs, designing the layout and also developing the 2011 Centurions M/C calendar. Projects like this are very exciting because everyone comes together, donates all of our time and hard work, but never complains about raising funds for an awesome cause!!

The all new calendar will be released on June 5^th, 2010 at the Philadelphia Police Survivors Benefit in center city at Finnigan’s Wake from 3pm to 7pm. Many of the amazing calendar gurlz will be in attendance for signing of both the 2010 & 2011 calendars!! For more information on this outstanding event, please go to: www.fopsurvivorsfund.com

On July 25^th, 2010 the Centurions M/C will be holding a huge Beef & Beer fundraiser for Shriner’s Hospital for Children at the Ukie Club 847 N. Franklin Street in Philly from 12pm to 4pm. Many of the sexy calendar gurlz will also be signing at this event.

To purchase the 2010 Centurions M/C calendar, you can still grab then at either the Philadelphia Police FOP Lodge #5 Cop Shop, Brian’s Harley Davidson or go to www.CenturionsMC.org

Ladies who wanna be in the amazing 2011 Centurions M/C calendar project must contact Roundhouse Ron as soon as possible @ 215 696 3841

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LAS VEGAS, NV — Jimmie Lee, The Jersey Outlaw recently ignited Las Vegas on fire with his huge sold out show which punched his career into the “Stratosphere”. This Live Show will be made into a live CD that will hit stores early spring 2010. This is one Jimmie Lee CD that you don’t want to miss!!

The Jersey Outlaw delivers powerful shows, and performs live as though his life depends on it. No entertainer on earth has ever been more powerful in front of the crowd, and Jimmie Lee needs nothing more than his music! Every new concert for Jimmie is a new test, a new challenge and the stage becomes his proving ground. Jimmies trademark country horse powered sound is still intact in each song , and our boy delivers.

The bad boy of country rock opened the show with “LETS GO”, a killer ‘in your face’ country rock extravaganza that’s an audience favorite!!
Jimmies concert included favorites as Kickin Ass, Crazy Bitch, Forever 29, and he reached into the attic for some songs from his early albums. Our boy kicked it like nobody’s business with an encore of his best, Gimme A Holler, Cross Country 4 Wheel Drive, and closed the show with his theme song, Country Rocker. A meaningful set ending piece with the jive band groove and evangelical exhortations. The Jersey Outlaw rides again, with an uplifting, exhilarating phenomenal show!! 5 Stars, Baby!!!

Jimmie has played last year to sold out crowds at the House Of Blues, Atlantic City; Hard Rock Cafe, Philadelphia; Prospectors Saloon and many more!!

Most recently, The Jersey Outlaw has teamed up with HighRollerClothing to create the Jimmie Lee Special Collector T-shirts. They are available at www.highrollerclothing.com and at all Jimmie Lee shows.

Expect big venues this year as The Jersey Outlaw Road Tour hits the ground running. Our boys on fire and better than ever. It’s a show you must see!

Source:http://www.pressrelease365.com/pr/arts-entertainment/artists/jimmie-lee-jersey-outlaw-4056.htm

By Helene

Curran’s Irish Inn just opened their third entity! Now they are 3x the FUN! The newest inn is located in Palmyra, NJ, at 5 West Broad Street, right over the Tacony-Palmyra bridge and this place is off the hook! Same great food, service, entertainment and drinks, including “Taste of Ireland”, a wide variety of Irish Whiskeys and beers that you can try each day! And Mikey V. from OOT will be there every Friday for the biggest After Work Dance Party to start your weekend off right! Curran’s two other locations are located at 6900 State Road in Philly and on Route 13 in Bensalem! You can go to any of these locations and know that you will have one helluva good time-any day of the week!  They are open from 11:00 am to 2:00 am and the kitchen is open from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm weekdays and until midnight on the weekends. Talking about food…Curran’s Palmyra has the best wings-Hands Down! Check out their famous Pudgy wings and they just added Fathead’s Seafood (yum!) and other daily food specials. Every Wednesday nite you can get those fabulous wings for just 35 cents each; can’t beat that anywhere!  And they have great drink specials, and entertainment like Quizzo, Acoustic and Full band acts, DJ music, Karaoke and look out for Bar Bingo coming soon! Every 17th of each month, Curran’s celebrates St. Patty’s Day with a whole bunch of fun stuff going on! Check out their website for up-to-date events and specials at all three locations at www.curransirishinn.com Don’t wait another minute longer and come on over to Curran’s newest Irish Inn in Palmyra and look out for the Grand Opening event in the next issue of OOT!

By Rob Nagy

While he is not a household name and is known predominantly as a musician’s musician, Philadelphia based guitarist Jef Lee Johnson has quietly managed to build an impressive track record as a studio musician, producer and solo artist. His guitar prowess and skill has found him working with the likes of Jeff Beck, Roberta Flack, George Duke, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, Mariah Carey and McCoy Tyner as well as a brief stint in the eighties as a member of Paul Schaffer’s “World’s Most Dangerous Band” of The David Letterman Show.

The product of a musical family, Johnson’s earliest influences included Herb Albert, Eric Dolphy and the Vanilla Fudge. As a young teenager Johnson discovered jazz-fusion and Chicago blues. His committed pursuit of mastering the guitar initially found him in local garage bands with friends and ultimately graduating to the ranks of accomplished studio musician, routinely doing sessions in New York and touring throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Having produced an impressive catalog of independent albums dating back to 1996, when he made his debut “Blue”, Johnson most recently released his eleventh album entitled “Longing Belonging Ongoing”, a two-disc collection of thirty tracks featuring a wide array of songs showcasing Johnson’s vocal abilities with a few instrumental tunes thrown in for good measure. Released under the moniker “aka rainbow crow”, Johnson covers a cross section of musical influences and styles that range from Jimi Hendrix to the Grateful Dead. He has again maintained his individuality and artistry, offering flawless guitar complimented by a vocal style that is engaging, deep and passionate. It is equally impressive to note that Johnson played all the instruments and did all the vocal tracks himself in the confines of his home studio. “It is my second double CD”, says Johnson. “Both were done out of spite to show people I can do a bunch of junk by myself. I don’t think people believe it. They say, ‘Well who’s the engineer? Who’s playing bass?’ They are not getting it. It’s me messing around in the house. Half of the tunes were just sitting around. Half of the tunes were kind of old – stuff that just fell out of my head.” Standout songs include the sultry “Gods Gone By”, the Hendrix style of “Silicone or Saline” and “The Moon Keeps Telling Me Things”, the funk laden “What’s In A Name”, the jazz-fusion of “Imposter” and the groovy pop sound of “The Gift”.

As an artist of substance and depth, Johnson is a true poet, a visionary, a musical voice expressing the essence of life and the day-to-day struggle that we all experience. This is the foundation of the passion and the continued awareness that Johnson pours into his music. While Johnson is anything but a failure – having achieved success on levels that most can only dream of – he admittedly is disappointed by his lack of notoriety as an artist in his own right. “I think it’s incredible on my part that I wasn’t more of an arrogant, aggressive bastard”, says Johnson. “I think I’m too humble. I should be more out there. I’m the guy. I’m the greatest this. It’s weird having these people calling me the greatest this and the greatest that, and I grew up idolizing these people, and now I’m getting a chance to play with them. If I’m so good how come I’m not more popular?” added Johnson.  “It doesn’t work that way. It’s not about ‘if we’re that good or we’re that talented’, especially now. It’s about hype.”  Johnson looks at his music from a very real perspective.  “One of the best things I heard is somebody said,  ‘It’s like real roots music.’ It’s real organic music because it’s coming out of that dirt. Out of that raw thing. It’s just got a bunch of other stuff happening. Sometimes it’s very little. It’s definitely out of a blues thing.  It’s just coming from so many other things. Sometimes it’s a soul thing. Sometimes it’s a psychedelic thing. I mean that’s the core. That’s the similarity. We’re inventing and reinventing and embellishing.”

Johnson most recently played at Phoenixville’s Steel City Coffee House to a modest but adoring audience of fellow musicians and guitar aficionados that were riveted by every note. While Johnson was visibly disappointed by the light attendance of the show, he did not disappoint – playing a solid seventy-five minute set. Fronting a three-piece band, which included the impressive skills of bassist Chico Huff, and drummer Charlie Patierno, the threesome was impeccable and often mesmerizing.  If there was a negative, it was the fact that the room should have been packed. Anyone that missed this show was deprived of one of the finest guitar players I have seen in a long time. Johnson heads to Paris, France this month to perform at “Sons d’Hiver” Music Festival, which has deservedly been sold out for two months.  For more info on Jef Lee Johnson go to www.myspace.com/jefleejohnsonmusic

Steel City Photo by Rob Nagy

By Patty-Pat Kozlowski

Jerry Blavat, known to millions as “The Geator with the Heator” and “The Boss with the Hot Sauce”, is the man many credit with having invented the oldies craze. A broadcasting pioneer, Blavat was the first disc jockey in the early ’60s to play music from the ’50s. He took risks, introducing audiences to songs no one else played, which became local and national hits all over again.

During a career spanning nearly five decades, Blavat has done it all. He’s been a dancer, a record producer, and nightclub owner. He’s launched television shows, made guest appearances in movies, and was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And what drives him first and foremost is his passion for music and the listeners he’s always put first.

50 Years of Being the Daddio on the Radio

Snow and Geators just don’t mix. A geator bakes in the hot sun and mud and doesn’t bother no one unless you get close and then he opens up his mouth and snatches you up.

But that’s the alli-geator, not Philly’s own Geator with the Heator, Jerry Blavat who welcomed the snow on Saturday night, January 30th to a sell out crowd at the Kimmel Center as he celebrated 50 years on the radio with a concert featuring The Skyliners, Jay Black, and Darlene Love.

It was déjà vu for Blavat who 50 years ago took to the airwaves in a blizzard to broadcast what was first booked as hour of radio time at WCAM in Camden, New Jersey. When the overnight guy didn’t show up in the whiteout, Blavat stayed the night and jibber jabbered, spinned the platters that mattered and had a captive audience on the airwaves as the Delaware Valley was blanketed with a snowstorm that closed cities and all major roads. With his rat-tat-tat banter and his selection of songs that came from his heart, not a research chart, the phonelines at WCAM were burning up with kids calling in to this new DJ. And the rest was history.

So when Darlene Love, yes that Darlene Love took the stage at the Kimmel Center and belted out that famous first line of “He’s Sure The Boy I Love”, “I always knew the boy I loved would come along, and he’d be tall and handsome, rich and strong” she had people on her feet dancing and swaying and then ended the song saying that, “Man, people in the east, like New York and Philly, they don’t stay in cause of the snow! They come out for Jerry!”

Sing it again, Darlene. Blavat is more than just a DJ. He’ll tell you himself, anyone can push the play button and cue the music, and I can testify that most DJs, myself included, can spin the music but can’t get out there on the dance floor and shake the tail feather, but Geator is an entertainer. One so much that case in point, the last time Cher had a concert at the Wachovia Center, the queen of over the top eye candy performances changed her outfit 13 times during her show. On Saturday night in January, Blavat changed clothes 9 times, including a black velvet suit and a shiny red pant ensemble with the boots to match and a white zoo suit jacket. (What more do you want from an Italian-Jewish kid from McKean Street?)

It’s the epitome of a following and Blavat has had it for the past five decades. His dance parties are legendary, he has a following that that would make an evangelistic preacher hawking prayers on late night television sell his soul to the devil (yet again) for Blavat’s groupies.

Once, Blavat was playing a local bar and restaurant in Philly’s riverwards and the dancefloor was packed-and it was a Tuesday night. One of the dancers was Mary Karcher, formerly Mary Stubeno of South Philly who remembered when Blavat played the dances at St. Maria Goretti High School for Girls when she was a teenager. And Blavat, with his trademark jeffcap, tassled shiny loafers and signature dance move that mimicks a hopscotch game called her out by name, “Mary, Mary from Maria Goretti!” four decades after her dances.

For Blavat was only a teenager himself at age 13 when he became one of the original dancers on bandstand in 1953 when Bob Horn was the host. Blavat’s popularity, dance moves and motor mouth made him a crowd favorite and he headed the the coveted “Committee”-the group of teenagers that told Horn what was hot and happening with his audiences. When Horn was fired and Dick Clark came on the scene, it was Blavat who performed the definition of loyalty and left the show in support of his mentor, Horn.

After graduating high school, Blavat was promoting records for the Cameo-Parkway label, became comedian Don Rickles valet and the road manager for Danny and the Juniors.

By 1963, Blavat was on the radiowaves and making appearances at nightclubs and dances reaching 5,000 teenagers a week who would flock to his shows in droves. Two years later, he was on television with his newly launched “The Discophonic Scene” which was aired in 40 markets across the country with Blavat’s bank account of contacts, he booked live performances of Fats Domino, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, The Supremes and Martha and the Vandellas. His ironclad rule was it had to be live performances, “none of that lip syncing crap”.

But radio and dance shows was and still is Blavat’s forte as he’s become a Philadelphia icon up there with the salt on the soft pretzel, the crack in the Liberty Bell and the sweet peppers on the hoagie.

Every weekday you can listen to the Geator with the Heater from 5-7 p.m. on Crusin’ 92.1 FM and on Saturdays at 6pm on WXPN 88.5 FM or go see one of his appearances. He’s spread out weekly at the Buck Hotel, Chickie’s and Pete’s, Parx Casino and on weekends in the summer from Memorial Day to Labor Day, his nightclub memories in Margate where you can listen live on NJ KOOL 98.3.

And again, anyone can be a DJ and push the play button and cue the next song but only an entertainer could single-handedly unofficially rewrite the first 27 seconds of Martha and the Vandellas hit song, “Heatwave”.

While the rest of the world thinks the first lyrics are, “Whenever I’m with him, something inside, keeps burning and I’m filled with desire…” we Philadelphians know much better. We know it goes something like this:

“According to! The big, tick-tock, on the, tower power, clock correct! It’s time-time, for the ,Big Boss, with the, Hot Sauce! And it’s got to be, the Geator with the Heator, Heator beater on the records, a swing-a-ling, a loop-a bop-a choo!”

Atlantic City, NJ –Round up your girlfriends. Hit up the boyz, and make sure you’re dressed to impress for the Atlantic City debut of MTV’s Jersey Shore cast members Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and DJ Pauly D which has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 13, 2010 in the Casbah Night Club at Trump Taj Mahal.

The Jersey Shore debuted on MTV on December 6, 2009 and tells the story of eight Italian-American 20-somethings who shared a summer house in Seaside Heights, a popular summer hot spot in North Jersey. Viewers get a glimpse of their lives and over the top personalities as the characters learn to live together, sharing meals, love, nightlife and learning to co-habitate. Drama unfolds with each episode and it has quickly become one of MTV’s most popular reality series.

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, 27, is from Staten Island, NY. He is known for his antics with the ladies and his rock-hard six pack abs. The way he sees it, he has the situation under control.

Pauly D, 28, hails from Johnston, RI and is Rhode Island’s most well-known DJ. He keeps a tanning bed in his house and orders gel by the case and does his hair twice a day–once in the morning and once before hitting the town.

Come join in the mayhem with two of the hottest cast members of MTV’s Newest Hit Series. The “situation” unfolds beginning at 10:30 pm when the doors open and will continue to heat up throughout the night.

Bring your hottest friends and show us what you got in our BEST ABS and HOT BODY Contests, hosted and judged by “The Situation” and DJ Pauly D for a chance to win cash and prizes! Enjoy a signature cocktail made famous by the Jersey Shore cast, featuring Ronnie’s Jersey Shore Ron Ron Juice.

Rev up your night with Casbah’s house DJ’s and club dancers for all the makings of an exciting evening at Atlantic City’s most sizzling club to party in.

Admission is just $20. Dress to impress. Doors open at 10:30 pm, and the party won’t end until the wee hours.
OUt oN The Town wants to send you down to ATLANTIC CITY.
HERE IS WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOME FUN: EMAIL NOW to: ootme2@aol.com What do you like most about the JERSEY SHORE! SEND OVER YOU RESPONSE NOW and WE WILL GIVE YOU TWO TICKETS TO( A) MEET TWO OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SHOW AND (B) PARTY IN THE CASBAH!

*Must be 21 or older. Positive proof of identification will be required. Subject to change or cancellation at management’s discretion.