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How bacon sizzled and people got sweet on cupcakes
Bacon. It’s everywhere. Wendy’s features it in the “Baconator” and Paula Deen crumbles it into quiche. Ditto for those deluxe cupcakes top-heavy with frosting. Is there a bakery or supermarket […]
Channel your inner geek
I saw a post on Twitter today from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra touting half-off tickets to its new “Icarus at the Edge of Time” webumentary. Something about science and the Icarus story […]
Smithsonian music exhibit on 5-state tour
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The Smithsonian hears America singing, playing instruments and telling its history through music. The Washington cultural institution’s New Harmonies program will feature this musical history with […]
Dock of the Bay out to sea?
As I’ve followed the Dock of the Bay saga through its many iterations, the one constant has been the neighbors’ vigilance to ensure the Millers Island restaurant does not violate […]
Dock of the Bay restaurant faces $5K fine for live music, karaoke
A Millers Island restaurant must remove from its premises a speaker system that amplifies live music and karaoke or face a $5,000 fine, a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge ordered […]
Figuring out how ‘it’ works
When I was approached by Generation J.D. with an invitation to blog, I was excited about the opportunity. I don’t perceive myself as an expert on any subject at this […]
Sony Walkman, 31, changed face of music
The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced Monday […]
Pulling the plug on the Walkman sends me to Electric Avenue
Consumer electronics giant Sony said Monday it would no longer make its iconic Walkman, and I immediately thought of Eddy Grant and Thomas Dolby. Songs by those two pop stars […]
Critic’s lawsuit struck a chord
Longtime Cleveland Plain Dealer classical music critic Don Rosenberg last week lost his lawsuit against the paper and the Cleveland Orchestra, which he alleged forced him out of his position […]
The ‘Shaggy defense’ and other pop-culture legal strategies
A recent declaration by our sister publication, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, that the “Shaggy defense” is a term of legal art went national this week. That’s thanks to Slate, the online […]
Baltimore students get rapper Sean Combs as a client
This Friday 20 Baltimore high school students are hopping on a bus to New York to present their marketing plans to Bad Boy Entertainment, rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ recording label. […]
Singing Filipinos don’t go ‘My Way’
I don’t do karaoke, but I’ve thought I should have some go-to karaoke songs if ever in a position where my singing could save a damsel in distress or my […]
