Category Archives: Music

Lost City: The Regent Theater

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Scott Huffines

(Maryland Historical Society, 3/21/2013) The theaters, night clubs, and restaurants that once made Pennsylvania Avenue Baltimore’s center for African-American entertainment are today a receding memory. In the segregated Baltimore of the early to mid twentieth century, the Avenue was where … Continue reading →

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James Nasty turns “Orioles Magic” into a club banger

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Scott Huffines

By Brandon Weigel (Baltimore City Paper, 4/5/2013) On your way to Opening Day? Take the time to get pumped up with producer James Nasty’s fresh take on the classic team anthem “Orioles Magic.” Nasty recasts the song as a pounding, … Continue reading →

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BLAMMO – “Sweet Home Balt-amore”

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Tom Warner

BLAMMO, the Beleaguered League of Artists Meeting Mass Opposition pay their respects to their hometown of Balt-amore, home of Schmoke and beer, the Ori-oles and Ripkin the “Sacred Cal,” where “it’s the same old shit, the city that reads the … Continue reading →

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Baltimore’s 1960s “Sunshine Pop” band The Peppermint Rainbow

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Tom Warner

By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 10/15/2012) Thanks to Johnny Dollar for reminding us of Baltimore’s forgotten 1960s “sunshine pop” band The Peppermint Rainbow (1967-1970). JD scored the group’s lone LP Will You Be Staying After Sunday at a Joppa Road … Continue reading →

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Michael Edward ‘Mick’ King (1964-2012)

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Scott Huffines

Bartender made art and music with the same dexterity and measure of whimsy he brought to his bartending By Frederick N. Rasmussen (The Baltimore Sun, 3/10/2012) Michael Edward “Mick” King, a longtime Mount Royal Tavern bartender who in addition to … Continue reading →

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