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James Nasty turns “Orioles Magic” into a club banger

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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Corpse Courier

When the time comes, Emily Wyatt brings the dead to the next stage on their journey By J.M. Giordano (1/2/2013) Emily Wyatt lives for the dead. The Remington resident will pull up to your house in her nondescript silver van … Continue reading

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Pumped-Up Kix: Baltimore’s hard-rock heroes play the hits while considering a new album

By Al Shipley (Baltimore City Paper, 12/26/2012) In 1995, Kix decided they’d had a good run. After forming as the Shooze in Frederick, Md., in the late ’70s, ruling Baltimore’s hard-rock scene throughout the ’80s, and eventually scoring Top 40 … Continue reading

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Old Hampden/New Hampden

Seeing last night’s “The Day the Earth Stood Cool” episode of “The Simpsons” – in which Homer’s cool neighbors from Portland, OR, transform Springfield into a Mecca of Hip – made me reflect about our own cool neighborhood of the … Continue reading

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