Bud Light pitch man, Walmart master of ceremonies, and sometimes rapper Pitbull will headline the Maryland Jockey Club’s effort to get young people into horse racing without actually seeing a race horse, a.k.a. the 2013 Preakness InfieldFest. We’re not the biggest fans of Pitbull’s music, but we are very much looking forward to lots...
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Serving as a fundraiser and an opportunity for Baltimore bands to compete for a $3,000 Guitar Center gift card and a slot at a future show, 89.7 WTMD’s sold out Thursday night Baltimore Band Block Party featured an appropriately diverse lineup. With each of the billed performers given their own webpage for ticket purchases,...
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History has shown that it takes roughly three sentences for an article on Jonathan Richman to mention his ‘naive’, ‘childlike’ persona and lyrical voice. I just did it in one. But with Jonathan Richman playing Golden West Cafe on February 23rd and 24th (the second was added after the first sold out in a...
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The makers of the documentary on the final days of Baltimore post-punk heroes Double Dagger revealed the film will be released on April 20, Record Store Day. It appears the title has changed from Double Dagger Is Dead to If We Shout Loud Enough, a phrase borrowed from the lyrics of More track “Vivre...
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Severn, Maryland-based rapper Brian Ennals has been slow to trickle out music from his upcoming Candy Cigarettes project since the great “Newport Music” single dropped last year, although the track finally got a video recently. So this week, Ennals unleashed the second single ‘When You Wake Up,” a spleen-venting breakup song, just in time...
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The Recher Theatre, a family-owned rock club in Towson, will close in late March after 15 years. When it re-opens in September, the large space on York Road will be a nightclub called Torrent Lounge. Brian Recher, who, along with brothers Steve and Scott, transformed the venue from a billiards room in 1998, said...
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There was no way of escaping the fact that the Zappa Plays Zappa show at Rams Head Live last night took place in Baltimore. When the white Fender Olympic Strat guitar that Dweezil Zappa wanted to use for the second song of the set didn’t work, it was like the lights going out during...
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A Super Bowl victory is the kind of thing that brings attention to the whole city, even the parts of it that have nothing to with football. So this week, the XXL used the Ravens’ big win as an opportunity to post “10 Baltimore rappers that you need to know.” There are some no-brainers...
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Ron Rico has long been one of the producers in the city bridging the worlds of hip-hop and Baltimore club music, although his soulful midtempo tracks for MCs like Mike Malachi often bore little similarity to his raucous club tracks. Over the years Rico has dropped verses here and there, but didn’t seem to...
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Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
How to Throw a Louisiana Style Crawfish Boil! Sizzlin’ Summer: Ordering 1. Figure out how many people you have attending. I usually do this by selling tickets for $25 each via Paypal. 2. Once you know how many people will be attending, you can figure out how many pounds of crawfish you need to order. The suggested a By Ben Claassen III 5/15/2013
Crazy Horse Film: Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman puts his focus on Le Crazy Horse de Paris, the French cabaret By Lee Gardner 4/4/2012
Fishing with Lefty Sizzlin’ Summer: Maryland’s foremost celebrity angler is still at it, hooking the most stubborn prey, and trying to ensure that there will be fish left for his grandkids to catch By Michelle Gienow 5/15/2013
Sizzlin’ Summer Sizzlin’ Summer: Summer in Baltimore is a sensory explosion, from the scent of Old Bay-smothered steamed crabs and the taste of marshmallow-topped chocolate snoballs to the smell of Ocean City salt water mixed with sunscreen and the vision of fireflies. 5/15/2013