This past Saturday was the annual South Side Zombie Walk. I happened to be at a party in South Side Saturday so I sneaked away for 20 minutes to find me some brains…er..uh..zombies! The Zombie Walk started at 8 PM in the evening. After the “walk”, word on the street was to look for Zombies…at Dee’s! Zombies at a punk rock, indie, dirty, cheep beer, dive bar…totally makes sense. Love it!

The following are zombies I encountered on Carson Street and at Dee’s. Enjoy!

People seriously went all out. If you didn’t have Zombie make-up, you could get zombie-fied at the Town Tavern.

These guys were great. They kept yelling that they were zombie squatters! After the photo, they asked my friend and I to buy them a six pack.

This was Tommy Chong’s zombie…or at least I think so.

Tommy Chong.

This zombie was wearing a “Job For A Cowboy” t-shirt. That band scares me.
I should have told them that Job For A Cowboy is having a meet-n-greet at Hot Topic. That is soooo not metal.

I met this zombie at Dee’s. That’s actually a punk rocker behind him. He seriously creeped me out with those green teeth. Oh, and what is up with the Japanese Star Wars T-shirt? He is a metal zombie with a geeky side.

These two zombie lovers were also at Dee’s drinking PBR out of a plastic pitcher. Seriously, look close and you can see the Pabst logo. What’s awesome is that this guy made me wait while he put on his “Elmo” head. Yes, he told me he was an Elmo Zombie.

This past Sunday, Stephen Tribou and Dirk Miller from Rusted Root played a guest set at Discovery Urban Campus (Discovery Christian Church) in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Discovery meets at J. Verno Studios which is a photography and artist loft that hosts parties, art openings, and photo shoots.

Stephen Tribou is a talented painter and musician who plays locally throughout the city.

painting by Stephen Tribou

He performed several songs that were dark and moody in nature. Tribou often plays instrumental songs that fade from one song into another. This time, he added a layer of haunting vocals over live looping created with keyboards and guitars.

Stephen Tribou and Dirk Miller at Discovery Urban Campus:

Discovery South Side meets every Sunday night at 6:30 PM at J. Verno Studios.
J. Verno Studios, 3030 Jane Street Ext., Pittsburgh 15203. Plenty of street parking.

After the concert and service, we headed over to OTB Bicycle Cafe which happens to be my favorite bar in Pittsburgh. It is a bicycle themed cafe and bar that serves the most amazing food (love the vegan options!) and craft micro-brews. If you have been reading geekstar.com, then you know by now that I am a super fan! We packed out OTB from wall to wall!

View photos from the OTB Bicycle Cafe After Party here!

Stephen Tribou and Ryan Phipps (from Discovery) will be playing this coming Thursday June 4 at Lava Lounge in South Side.

This will be a fantastic show and a great way to kick off summer! Geekstar.com will be covering the show.

View the Lava Lounge Facebook Event Invite.

Website Links:

Stephen Tribou and The Vacant Sea

Dirk Miller and Rusted Root

Ryan Phipps Blog and Ryan Phipps Music 

Discovery Urban Campus, South Side

OTB (Over the Bar) Bicycle Cafe 

Lava Lounge

Join geekstar.com and friends at South Side’s OTB (Over the Bar) Bicycle Cafe Sunday May 24th at 8:00 PM for food and drinks.

Feel free to invite friends. All ages welcome but must have ID to order from the bar.
Nearly 50 people came out for our last OTB happy hour in March!

Monday is Memorial Day so stay out late!

OTB is formerly Quagmire’s bar and grill and is located between 25th and 26th street on East Carson.

OTB is bicycle themed cafe and bar with a full menu featuring vegetarian and non-vegetarian items. OTB also has a full bar that carries an assortment of craft brews and of course PBR.

For our happy hour, OTB is offering us the following specials (kitchen will be open till 10):

$1 off all burgers (turkey, black bean, or beef)
$1 off all draft beers
$2.99 Appetizers Menu

Menu: http://www.otbbicyclecafe.com/?page_id=112

Sunday May 24, 2009
8:00 pm – close
OTB (Over the Bar) Bicycle Cafe
2518 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA

http://www.otbbicyclecafe.com

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FACEBOOK INVITE

Last Saturday night, local fashion design company, People’s Cartel, sponsored Decade, an art and fashion event at the Double Wide Grill in Pittsburgh’s South Side. People’s Cartel designs and sells trendy T-shirts which come in a variety of neon colors (love it!).

The event was packed with concert goers and wannabe fashionistas. Decade featured local bands Life in Bed, Wizdom Band (reggae), and Landline. Geekstar was able to catch Landline and Life in Bed’s sets which sounded great. Pittsburgh has a fantastic local music scene and bands such as these are part of the reason.

The People’s Cartel fashion show consisted of American Apparel-esque models dancing on a lime green shag rug stage next to the band’s stage. The models threw People’s Cartel T-shirts out into the crowd and Geekstar happened to catch one. Click here to view the Decade event T-shirt.

I was able to capture a few photos during Life in Bed’s set and one little video. Enjoy!

YouTube Direktvideo link

all photos  © geekstar.com.