The East Coast, Simplified

People from Boston are great… …until you get them talking. People from New York are interesting… …until you get them talking about food. People from New Jersey aren’t as bad as all that… …until they start talking about New Jersey. People from Philly are really awesome… …as long as no one mentions pro sports. People […]

The Queers, Sick Sick Birds @ Black Cat Tonight

We’ve never been very big into the Queers. There was a point in time, early high school, when we should have been a huge Queers fan. It was all there on paper: they’ve got songs about drinking, girls, farts, pranks, the suburbs, hating school, etc, etc. When we were a 15 year old suburban terror […]

Men of Baltimore, Put Your Goddamn Keys Away

This has gone on far too long, Baltimore. We see a lot of people on a day to day basis. We notice things. Once we notice them enough, we start to form an opinion, and then we run and tell that to the internet. That’s how blogging works. Of course, we’re not just now noticing […]

Today is Martin Luther King Day

As we all pause today to honor Dr. King’s legacy, it is important to note that some of us honor that legacy by word alone, and not by deed. Hypocrisy and injustice continue today, and for those of us who truly value civil rights and equality, protecting that legacy means guarding against its appropriation by […]

In Praise of the Workbench

We’ve got some wasted space in our bedroom closet. It’s not much space, really. 31″x21″x20″ About 8 cubic feet we’d guess. In a Baltimore rowhouse though, closet space is a precious commodity, and the waste of any of it is silly and shameful. For one such as the Chop, who shops for clothes regularly and […]