Noise In 2004, VH1 aired Bands Reunited, a series in which a host would ambush members of defunct bands on camera and try to convince them to reunite, for at least a one-off gig. Some of the bands balked, while most went along with it. It was always surprising that the members of Squeeze, the British new-wave band that'd only been broken up for a few years at that point and appeared to harbor no animosity toward each other, were among the bands that declined. But then, if it was inevitable that Squeez ... [MORE]
Feedbag Calling all imbibers: Get thyselves to Harford Road. After five months of construction, Northeast Baltimore's latest watering hole, the Hamilton Tavern (5517 Hamilton Avenue), opened a little over a week ago. Newly renovated by Brewer's Art partner Tom Creegan, the joint boasts tin ceilings, wood floors, wall art--from farm implements to a vintage guitar--procured at bargain prices from the Crumpton Auction, and just under a dozen tables. And, oh yeah, four taps (the beer selections will rotate) ... [MORE]
UliBlog Yoga is Purification, emotionally, physically and energetically. A basic Sivananda Yoga class consists of the same 12 Asanas (postures). They are easy to remember and are repeated until the student is ready for the next level. By keeping to a routine we not only benefit the body, but also discipline our mind. With the help of these exercises we stimulate circulation, bring more oxygen into the body, detoxify, increase our energy and strength, release endorphins, increase our metabolism, strengt ... [MORE]
S/Hitlist Sabbatical Exhibition Decker Gallery, Fox Building, 1303 Mount Royal Ave. Aug. 22-Sept. 7 Reception: Thursday, Sept. 5, 5-7 p.m. The Maryland Institute College of Art starts off its fall 2008 exhibition schedule with an annual trio of shows featuring the works of students, faculty, and faculty returning to the fold. The Foundation and Faculty shows open Aug. 29 and Sept. 18, respectively, but the Sabbatical exhibition officially opens today, with its reception coming in two weeks. This year's ex ... [MORE]
Noise In the past six months, we've been noting more and more shows of interest going on at the Black Hole Rock Club, a recently rechristened Dundalk venue previously known as the Zu. We'd been procrastinating checking it out because we so rarely make it to that part of the Baltimore metro area for any other reason, and let's face it, it smells kind of funny out there. But on Wednesday, we finally hit one of the Black Hole's weekly "Hip Hop At The Hole" nights, which places an emphasis on booking loca ... [MORE]
UliBlog After 2 weeks body and mind work at the Bodytree Ana and I are signed up to study yoga at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwanthari Ashram in Nayyar Dam. The Ashram is only about a two hour drive from Kallar, a beautiful drive through small tropical villages and sits on the edge of a lake bordering a wildlife preserve. Sounds like paradise. We feel luxurious and go by taxi, which costs less than taking a bus for the same distance in the USA or Europe. On my last trip to India I felt reluctant ... [MORE]
The News Hole Ioannis "Crazy John" Kafouros has been a federal fugitive (see the "Wanted" poster here) since he skipped town nearly a decade ago, rather than face federal sentencing for his part in an interstate stolen-goods conspiracy based in Baltimore. When Kafouros disappeared, law-enforcement authorities told City Paper he was believed to have gone to his native Greece ("One the Lam," Mobtown Beat, June 2, 1999). City Paper was curious about the government's efforts to find Kafouros in the years since, a ... [MORE]
The News Hole IRS agents today returned search warrants executed on properties and business connected to one of Baltimore's largest bail bondsmen Milton Tillman, Jr. and his son, Milton Tillman III. According to court records, agents were looking for evidence of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, tax evasion, and illegally engaging in the business of insurance. Five properties, a car, and a building at Dundalk Marine Terminal were searched Monday by IRS and FBI agents looking for records relating to the T ... [MORE]
The News Hole Teon White, a 25-year-old African-American man, was shot repeatedly in the 2100 block of Koko Lane in West Baltimore on July 28, 2006. Jonathan Everett, a then-20-year-old African-American man, was arrested several months later in St. Louis and was convicted of White's murder on Aug. 20, 2007. He was sentenced to life in prison. The body of 11-year-old African-American boy, Irvin Harris, was found in a wooded area behind a church in the 2900 block of Belair Road on July 30, 2006, two days afte ... [MORE]
Noise Panther playing the Talking Head Tuesday night wasn't a bad show. It just felt like one of those somewhat perfunctory, minor-league touring indie band Baltimore stops that happens before a crowd of less than 20 people where you can just tell the band would really rather be dozing in its van at a rest stop a few hours closer to New York than playing a weird little place with a secret entrance and an Agnostic Front show going on in the next room. Panther, though, has a different standard for chari ... [MORE]
S/Hitlist The Maryland Institute College of Art unveiled its latest campus project and addition to the Baltimore City skyline at a press conference this morning: the Gateway, a mixed-used residential and studio space located at the supremely visible corner of North and Mount Royal avenues. The building, designed by a team from the London office of the locally based RTKL Associates and built by Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., continues MICA's efforts to build its visibility in and around the North Avenue c ... [MORE]
UliBlog Ana and I receive head treatments shortly before we leave Kallar, so our psyches are well tuned for life outside the Bodytree. ... [MORE]
The News Hole Court documents relating to the recent federal raids of properties associated with politically wired Baltimore bailbondsman Milton Tillman Jr., and his son, Milton Tillman III, became available today. Seven affidavits supporting the search warrants, posted here, were sworn out on Aug. 14 by U.S. Internal Revenue Service special agent Thaddeous Miller and submitted to U.S. District Court magistrate judge Paul Grimm by Assistant U.S. Attorney Martin Joseph Clarke, who prosecutes white-collar crime ... [MORE]
S/Hitlist In a city as in love with its old and idiosyncratic history as Baltimore, it's often easy to scowl at any and all developmental gentrification. So, yes, let's all sneer a collective frown at the late arrivals of corporate coffee shops and those "hip," "urban" (and, perhaps, "unoccupied") lofts that have sprung up in various places over the past decade and, well, Harbor East as a general idea, much less a geographical destination. But, then again, we live here. We see how economic development dis ... [MORE]
The News Hole Serial criminal Jose Joaquin Morales was supposed to be in Howard County Circuit Court yesterday, answering to charges that he wrote a bad check for nearly $4,000 in construction materials from a Jessup supply store last fall. Instead, Morales was facing much more serious charges in U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas, in McAllen, where he was accused on Aug. 18 of crimes associated with his alleged attempt to transport $180,000 worth of cocaine to Baltimore using a chartered j ... [MORE]
S/Hitlist Compared to the loss of dozens of newsroom jobs, the dropping of a full page of comic strips is bupkis. But when one of those strips is Zippy the Pinhead, well, I can't just stand by and stay silent. To be honest, I go hot and cold on Zippy. Sometimes cartoonist Bill Griffith's anti-establishment vibe feels passively aggressive. But other times his gentle surrealism and sharp satire are exactly what put the cream in my morning coffee. In fact, it took reading Zippy in book form--its rhythms, bo ... [MORE]
The News Hole Elroy Long, a 20-year-old African-American man, was shot to death in his car in the 400 block of Long Island Avenue in Beechfield on July 8, 2006. Jerry Anderson, an African-American man who was 20 years old at the time, was arrested for Long's murder a month later. Anderson was found not guilty on all charges on July 17, 2007. In July 2006, three people were murdered in three days in the 500 block of Sheridan Avenue in Woodbourne-McCabe. The third, Gary Shipman, a 28-year-old African-American ... [MORE]
Feedbag What do you do when an institution passes away? Cry into the memory of your sweet potato soup or lift a glass of Beaujolais and remember the good times? We'll opt for the latter, as Sun columnist Dan Rodricks reports this morning that Martick's Restaurant Français, one of the last of Baltimore's old-guard restaurant institutions, has gone the way of Danny's, Haussner's, and, most recently, Marconi's, and closed its doors. At 86, Morris Martick says he's tired--of long days, of shopping for ... [MORE]
S/Hitlist I ride the portion of the Gwynns Falls Trail between Cherry Hill and downtown probably three times a week, not thinking much about safety for the simple reason that I rarely if ever see anyone else down there. Last night was a little different. Approaching the old BGE power station--the future site of the Westport development--a group of 10 to 15 teenagers (presumably) rushed me. I was able to swerve away for the most part but took a fist to the face and stayed, fortunately, on the bike. Accordi ... [MORE]
Noise Baltimore is taking over the world this fall, or at least a smattering of Midwestern and Eastern cities. With what's being billed as the Baltimore Round Robin tour, Dan Deacon has pretty much bested himself and really anyone who's ever rented a tour bus or three. Basically, Deacon is renting said three buses--veggie fuel-powered, natch--and taking some 60 Baltimore musicians on the road for three weeks. The idea behind the shows is, well, revolutionary. Each tour stop is a two-night affair with ... [MORE]
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