Glam, Bam, You Looked Slammin' Mam Lastnight @ The DEN! Baltimore glam is alive and well, a treat for those who care to find it. It was a Saturday, first of March to be exact, just had dinner and looking a place to sweat of a couple pounds off of the groove thing, question is, where to go? If you’re in the know and you know Heidi of HeidNSeek entertainment, she’d point to the Den, host of this years’, “Glam Rock Hair and Fashion Spectacle”. Beautiful people, good tunes cranking, and all the liquor you care to take in, now that’s a good time.
By Steve Chau ...read more. Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Sushi San Attitude I was greeted with, “come on feel the noise,” by Quiet Riot at the door. Felt the noise I did and felt the vibe too, it was sure good, the vibe that is. There were plenty of pretty people at the bar engaging in thoughtful chatter. Large red round Asian lanterns hung from the ceiling giving the place a soft mellow glow. Straight lines and dark wood set the theme for furniture and décor, contemporary, elegant and bold. This wasn’t your usual sushi bar, this was Sushi Ra!
By Steve Chau ...read more. [ In restaurants ] Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Bringing The Brutality at Brass Monkey with The Barn, Anebria, Goatbag: 2/23/08 Metal from the back roads is coming. Be prepared.
By Barrett King ...read more. Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Angels Rock Bar at Baltimore's Power Plant Live Angels Rock Bar: Dance the night away to rock music and lascivious behavior.
By Barrett King ...read more. Monday, February 25, 2008
Honey I'm going to Roy's! Chef Roy Yamaguchi of Roy's reminds me of Josquin Des Prez (c.1450-1521). Des Prez was a musical genius, a visionary thinker, a person who defied convention to create a new fusion of sounds which elevated his craft to which some may call sublime. Back in Des Prez's days, church music was just simply chants (Gregorian), all monotones. Nothing wrong with chants, it served its purpose, mainly to teach scriptures, but after a while I would imagine it to be, well? monotonous. Des Prez must have certainly recognized this and to his credit, he challenge the status quo (the church) of the day and introduced harmonies and melodies which really kicked things up a notch, thus ushering in a new era of pious music, baroque to be more precise.
By Steve Chau ...read more. [ In restaurants ] Sunday, February 17, 2008
Phở, a kind of soul food My mother would say, “I’m hungry for some pho,” and right on cue my dad would get up, go upstairs, put on his going out clothes, and I would follow right behind him. Moments later we would meet out at the car and off we went. Out of our drive way we would head south down Federal street to a nondescript single family home located on an ordinary street in a typical suburban neighborhood. Once there we would all file out, knock on the door and was thusly escorted down to the basement were other like minded Vietnamese were gathered. One long table was set up in the middle of the room that accommodated perhaps fifteen to twenty happy noodle slurping patrons seated quite closely to one another. The close proximity didn’t really seem to bother anybody, once you’re in your world of pho; nothing else really seems to matter. After a short while three seats became available, once seated we proceed to order. My brother would come along too but he was too little for a seat so he sat on my mother’s lap, “no space to spare,” the lady would always say. I always got the same thing, Phở Tái, Bò Viên (rare beef with meatballs).
By Steve Chau ...read more. Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Pontiak w/ Begushkin: Golden West Cafe 2/8/08 It's 1974 in Baltimore as Pontiak play Golden West Cafe in Hampden with Brooklyn's Begushkin.
By Barrett King ...read more. Wednesday, February 13, 2008
