[ In music ] Any Given Tuesday #18 - Squååks Join me as I talk with Squaaks about their album,
Rock Control, and the songwriting process, art, and more.
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[ In music ] Hex Screw/Needle Gun Split Double CDR An instant collector's item from Terra Firma Records.
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[ In music ] "It's Yourz" Party at Bedrock A celebration of Baltimore’s newest lifestyle boutique,
Pedestrian –located at 1707 Aliceanna Street in Fells Point, the “It’s Yourz” party is at club Bedrock.
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[ In music ] A Bilingual Eve - Under The Cloud Cover A gentle patina in her voice gives this self-released effort a sense of character unfamiliar to many indie acoustic singers, tinged with a soul unmatched by her peers. Her whistle-register voice is reproduced in a very honest and intimate fashion on the self-released EP,
Under The Cloud Cover.
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[ In any given tuesday ] Professionals Pulling Together To Perform It's intriguing to imagine a powerful trial attorney shaking in his shoes on his first open-mic night, or the pensive business lawyer tuning up her guitar for a mid-Atlantic tour, to be sure, but you're not likely to find these performers at the Ottobar opening up for The Melvins. As one attorney points out in the piece, it can be difficult to pull a weeknight gig with a set at 11:00 PM when you have a hearing at 9 the next morning.
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[ In music ] Artscape Is This Weekend! Whartscape Is, Too! Artscape kicks off this weekend and features plenty of Baltimore bands which have often graced the pages of this blog and magazine. Whartscape takes the cake this time.
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[ In music ] Any Given Tuesday #17: Telesma Hear three tracks from World/Electronic/New Age fusion group Telesma (www.myspace.com/telesma), and listen in as Ian Hesford plays the kubing (a bamboo mouth harp and Chris Mandra talks about his invention: the "man drum".
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[ In other stuff ] An Open Letter From the Decadent Designer Matthew Viator I must confess my ignorance of your columns in Gay Life. I read your newspaper once in a blue moon, as I typically prefer The Blade or Metroweekly for my dose of the LGBT world, and find myself addicted to the Times online.
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[ In music ] The Ghostwrite - Anxiety Forget about what you thought folk and nostalgia sounded like, this simple release is angry, frustrated, and whispers an angular promise of better things to come from The Ghostwrite.
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[ In podcasts ] Any Given Tuesday #16: Hearts By Darts Recently I sat down with Mike Evitts, one-half of
Hearts By Darts. The other principal member of HxD is Sei Peterson, who unfortunately could not be with us.
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[ In reviews ] Smile, Hon, You're In Baltimore! BALTIMORE -
Eight-Stone Press (ESP) Editor William P. Tandy shows a
little skin as he reads from ESP's recently published tattoo story
collection, Skin Deep, on the next edition of WYPR's The Signal
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[ In djs ] SEN Re-launch Party at Red Maple Last Friday night, the stylish and vogue came out to party with Baltimore’s a la mode.
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