“You can only live in music, as it were, if you have other interests, if you see the parallels with literature, if you see the parallels with painting, if you see the parallel with the development of political process, and if you have an interest, and then you have the ability to deduce, then all […]
The McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern has been around since 1998, when Dave Eggers started the not-quite-quarterly journal to publish his own work as well as pieces by his friends, many of which (the pieces by his (Dave Eggers’) friends) had been rejected by other literary journals. Over the years, the QC has evolved from a simple […]
Stats: Time: 3:04:40; Distance: 51.67 miles; Avg Watts: 172; Kilojoules: 1906.
Playlist: Warren G, “Regulate”; Amerie, “1 Thing”; Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, “Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby)”; Lupe Fiasco, “The Instrumental”; Jay-Z, “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”; Gorillaz, “November Has Come”; Lupe Fiasco, “Kick, Push”; Jay-Z, “Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)”; Kanye West, “Drive Slow”; […]
As observed at the Ottobar:
+ Newcastle seems to be a favored alternative to Natty Boh
+ No Pikesville Rye
+ Awesome jukebox
+ Saw the dude from the retro furniture store on The Avenue
+ Clocks are set 20 mins fast (wait, that’s the clock to the right of the upstairs bar—the clock to the left is set 18 […]
Last Friday’s performance of Unsilent Night in Baltimore lives on! Among the throngs of participants and supporters was one of Mobtown’s most renowned experimental percussionists, Bob Wagner, who came to the event packing a recording device and a microphone on the end of a very long boomstand. Bob herocially braved frigid fingers and tired arms […]
Let me answer the question before it’s posed: Yes, I did just redesign my blog. And yes, it was just a little while ago that I did. Why do it again? Although I enjoyed the starkness of SLN V.2.0 (i.e. the first WordPress version ATP (After TypePad)), it became a little too stark for my […]
Last Friday’s performance of Unsilent Night—Baltimore’s first annual—was a great success. Braving sub-freezing temperatures, folks came out to make it a very decent turn-out all things considered. We had an extremely diverse mass of people, including old acquaintances, new acquaintances, young, not young, and even a visit by Phil Kline’s brother, Michael, his wife […]
I get my:
+ coffee at A Common Ground
+ kielbasa at Ostrowski’s
+ cookies at Vaccaro’s
+ bread at il Scalino
+ wine at The Wine Source
Update No. 1: Unsilent Night was highlighted on boingboing today, generating a ton of interest for Baltimore’s version of the piece tomorrow.
Update No. 2: I’ll be appearing on FOX45 news tomorrow morning at 8:30am EST, promoting and talking about the evening’s big event.
Update No. 3: With all the press and interest this has pulled […]
Add this article in today’s Sun to yesterday’s CITYPAPER feature as the anticipation grows in advance of tomorrow night’s first annual performance of Unsilent Night in Baltimore. If you need me, I’ll be dubbing.