It took me a while (because it's kind of tucked round the side of Pita Pit on King Street) but last night I found the Upper Deck Tavern and saw some deft art on the walls. (I haven't been there for a while and I have a lousy sense of direction).

DJ/artist Ice Bread and graphic guru/artist Johnny Pundt threw up a show at very short notice - which is even more surprising when you consider that Pundt's part of a group show at West Ashley's Voodoo lounge on Thursday May 22nd.

Also on the Voodoo cards: Julio Cotto, SHT!, Wolfkid, Ishmael, Scott Debus, Carl Janes, Proton.rt, Josh Branstetter and Badjon Photography.

DJ D ROCK and DR FUZZ will be on the 1's and 2's!!

The organizers have also teamed up with Continuum skate shop for a Nike sb "heat" contest. Simply wear your best sb dunks to the show and come enter for free to win a pair up up coming sb's from Continuums new 843 store.

Birthday Bash

Last night was the CP's 10th anniversary, celebrated in noisy style at the Windjammer on the Isle of Palms. This was my first visit to the Jammer, although I've written about the place doubling as a theatre space up until a few years ago.

This is a pub on the beach with a volleyball net, room for a couple of bands (one inside, one outside). Very cool. CP music editor T. Ballard Lesemann played drums with his band, The Sound Affects; there were a whole bunch of other groups there too - The Diesel Brothers, Sol Driven Train, The Stiff Joints... and a musicians from much-loved bands like The Archetypes.

Also there: artists Scott Debus and Philip Hyman, who made a giant pink birthday cake for the paper's cover shoot There was just enough room for a birthday suited girl to hop out - for the photo shoot only, sadly. Ah well, maybe next year.

Philip Hyman proudly pokes his cake (above); The Sound Affects in action (below).