Jen Pague
Location (Philly Neighbourhood): West Kensington
Hometown: Downingtown, PA
Current Project(s)/Band(s): Vita and the Woolf
Past Project(s)/Band(s): Downingtown West High School Band 2007, SpArc Services.
Instrument(s) you play: Piano, Guitar, Clarinet
What else do you do in the Philly music scene? I try to be supportive and connect friends with other friends who play music or need a gig.
Location of Photo(s): Spruce Street Harbor
What do those location(s) mean to you?: I like the lights, lights look good in photos sometimes, bodies of water make me think better.
Favourite Place in Philly: "Graffiti Pier", though I don't like that name. It's creepy, majestic, and beautiful. It's an important place for street art. I love the eclectic mix of style and color that comes from the layers of tags and art produced over the years. It's also probably the last place in the Fishtown/Kensington area that hasn't been torn apart and made into a construction zone.
Favourite Watering Hole/Coffee Spot: I like Johnny Brenda's. I like to go there alone with my dog and sit outside drinking Kenzingers. It's great.
Favourite Restaurant: Mood Indian Restaurant. I go there at least once a week.
Favourite Cheesesteak Place: I just don't do the cheesesteak thing. I grew up eating Cheesesteaks and I just never continued the habit.
Favourite Pizza Spot: Pizza Brain.
Favourite Philly Record Shop: Creep Records
Favourite Philly Venue: Union Transfer
Recording Space: The spare room in my old house.
Favourite Philly Band(s): War on Drugs, Alex G, Ellen Siberian Tiger
Best show you’ve seen in Philly: Diane Cluck.
What are you listening to now:
The Cure
Mary J. Blige
Caribou
Patti Smith
Michael Jackson (always)
Bon Iver
Passion Pit
Bruce Springstein
Alex G
Lana Del Rey
Mariah Carey
If you could sum up in one sentence what Philly / Philly music scene means to you, what would it be? It's small enough to actually get somewhere, and big enough to know the good stuff.
Life motto: I always make my bed in the morning..... unless it's a hotel.
Random Fun Fact: I sew.
Childhood Dream Job: Veterinarian
Pets: Xena aka the 60 pound husky you might see me walking around on Frankford ave.
Future plans: Moving to LA. I love Philly but life is too short to stay in one place.
