Third Story Recording

Third Story Recording The oldest operating recording studio in Philadelphia, located in the old Rambler car factory on 52nd & Walnut Street, West Philly

We do all styles of music and have done many hit records in all genres over the more than 30 years we've been around- you won't be disappointed!

The Cobalt Blues Band was formed in 1988 by Rashidii Reynolds, Kahn Arik, Lenny Gordon, Rodney Burton & Scott Herzog.We ...
01/06/2026

The Cobalt Blues Band was formed in 1988 by Rashidii Reynolds, Kahn Arik, Lenny Gordon, Rodney Burton & Scott Herzog.
We were the house band at Zakaries and The Cypress Club in Center City, Philadelphia.

local philly blues rock band of the 80s & 90s

12/28/2025

BREAKING: How a South Park writer just SABOTAGED Trump’s Kennedy Center renaming scam.

Just when you thought the Trump rebrand machine couldn’t get any tackier, reality delivered a punchline even Saturday Night Live couldn’t write.

As the Trump-appointed board rushed to slap Donald Trump’s name onto the Kennedy Center — a cultural landmark meant to honor art, not ego — they forgot one tiny detail: someone already grabbed the web domain. And not just anyone. A comedian.

While workers were literally bolting Trump’s name onto the building, comedy writer Toby Morton was sitting back, refreshing his inbox, watching the chaos unfold… on a website he already owned.

TrumpKennedyCenter.org? Taken. TrumpKennedyCenter.com? Also taken.

And not by Trump and his minions — but by a satirist who’s made a hobby of turning conservative branding exercises into political self-owns.

Morton, a veteran comedy writer with credits on South Park and Mad TV, saw the writing on the wall months ago. Having previously acquired domain names related to MAGA reps such as Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace, and Marjorie Taylor Greene for his satiric web-based purposes, the writer knew exactly when to spring into action.

As Trump purged the Kennedy Center board and replaced it with loyalists, Morton quietly scooped up the domain names, anticipating exactly what would happen next. And happen it did, completely validating his prescience.

Now, as Trump attempts to immortalize himself by stapling his name onto a national arts institution, Morton is preparing to turn the whole thing into a digital roast — one that mocks the ego, the vanity, and the absurdity of a president treating a cultural landmark like a piece of personal merch.

The irony is rich: Trump can rename buildings, bully boards, and slap his name in gold letters across history — but he can’t control the internet. The satire has already landed and will get even more savage once Morton decides on the content he’ll add to the sites.

And in a twist that feels almost poetic, the man who once rebranded casinos, steaks, universities, and water bottles can’t even lock down his own name online.

As Morton put it, once art becomes ego, parody becomes inevitable. Some monuments are built to last. Others exist just long enough to be laughed at.

Please like and share if you’re laughing too!

Zen Guerrilla had the most energy by far of any band I ever recorded!
10/08/2024

Zen Guerrilla had the most energy by far of any band I ever recorded!

Love her!
10/03/2024

Love her!

Part lost Velvet Underground album and part baroque-folk pop-art experiment, Nico's 'Chelsea Girl' is a classic on its own terms.

All's I can say is it was mighty cold!
12/22/2022

All's I can say is it was mighty cold!

Provided to YouTube by DistroKidLook's Like This Time It's AA · Scott HerzogSubway Queen℗ Third Story RecordsReleased on: 2020-09-11Auto-generated by YouTube.

Great song by a singer songwriter I recorded and produced, Matt Wanamaker-check him out- many other cool songs
09/25/2022

Great song by a singer songwriter I recorded and produced, Matt Wanamaker-check him out- many other cool songs

Directed by Chris Marston (http://cmarstonfilm.com)Produced by Humanscale Production LLCCinematography: Chris MarstonEditor: Chris Marston Grip & Assistant C...

03/12/2020
Wonderful singer and band! I enjoyed recording this at Third Story Recording
09/13/2019

Wonderful singer and band! I enjoyed recording this at Third Story Recording

Official Music Video for "Madonna" by Lexi Todd. Directed by Stephanie Elise Haller. Cinematography by Nick Collingwood. Key Grip/Gaffer: Jason Bullok All ri...

08/28/2019

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5120 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
19139

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 3:45am
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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