A Band Called Death Screening @ The Charles Tonight

You’ve probably heard of A Band Called Death by now. The Movie, we mean. Although to have heard of the movie is to have heard of the band. It’s kind of right there in the name. Anyway, after being made last year A Band Called Death was one of those movies that wasn’t bankable enough […]

Erin Fitzpatrick: Portraits @ Metro Gallery Tonight

Our first exposure to the work of Baltimore artist Erin Fitzpatrick was almost 4 years ago, when we attended her Baltimore Portrait opening at UB. It was an impressive show and we were certainly won over as a fan, but since then we’ve been mainly limited to keeping up with her work through her website […]

Tomorrow: Hampdenfest in Hampden

For real, Baltimore: we are excited about Hampdenfest. Like even more than Christmas. And let’s be honest here- we’re going to hang out with more friends than we ever have on Christmas. We’re going to eat more mac and cheese and bread pudding than we ever have on Christmas. We’re going to see more great […]

Angry Samoans @ Sidebar Tonight

Longtime readers of this blog will note that we’re generally not interested in nostalgia acts. It’s always been our feeling that any band’s useful lifespan is about 8 years, and you can maybe tack on two years to the front or back of that for garage days and farewell tours- but in no wise should […]

Syria: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

Two weeks ago in this space we took the position of not taking a position on Syria. We basically stuck a thumb up our ass and said ‘Oh gee well we don’t want to drop any bombs but chemical weapons are bad, ummkay?’ Now that the question is before congress let us hone this blog’s […]