A lot of traditions were put on pause during the pandemic. This month marks the return of January Jams at the Upper Jay Art Center, an open mic event every Sunday of the month from 2-6 pm.
Spirit Of The Beehive. Photo by Peggy Fioretti. In a way, we can thank an â80s hair metal biopic for partially inspiring Spirit Of The Beehiveâs
Entertainment, Death, the Philly experimental collage-rock bandâs fourth and best album. Over Zoom, Spiritâs Zack Schwartz recalls a scene in
The Dirt where Motley Crueâs manager gets a tattoo of the phrase âEntertainment or Death.â âI just thought it was a cool title,â Schwartz says, shrugging across a laggy Zoom call from his apartment in Philly â Corey Wichlin, a multi-hyphenate and recent addition to Spirit, sits next to Schwartz, with founding member and bassist Rivka Ravede joining the conversation remotely from her job at a vinyl plant.