First things first: friend of the blog and sane, decent Baltimorean Paul Gardner has launched a petition on Change.org to voice opposition to the Harbor Point TIF. Since you are also a sane, decent Baltimorean please click over and sign it now, before you continue reading. Okay, now that that’s done we get to talk […]
So Ted Leo’s playing the Ottobar tonight. Not really sure what else to say about that. By now you should have formed your own opinion about Monsieur Leo. If you like his music, cool, we’ll see you there. If you don’t, just skip it I guess. If you still don’t have an opinion you should […]
Lately in Baltimore it’s been pretty tough to open a new bar or restaurant without drawing a lot of attention to yourself. As soon as your doors are open the fooderati are inside snapping up Instagrams of their dinners and Yelping their opinions all over the place. You might get a table visit from the […]
Sometimes when you’re a half-assed amateur blogger who writes about things on an as-they-happen basis there’s not much to do but tip your cap to a real professional staffed publication. You know, the kind that goes out and does real interviews and files and edits them and publishes them the day before the thing they’re […]
Like most people over 30, the Chop has a very certain and specific taste in music. We know exactly what we like and recognize it when we hear it. Now, we could do what most of our parents’ generation does and just put it on cruise control and listen to Pavement and the Vaselines and […]