Really loved the "really learn stuff about yourself". ...

Undersound Music doing it big! Big ups family! This crew continues to raise the bar combining good music with style and a strong sense of the music business. Great job! Sean-Toure' ...

Wrong. ASCAP was actually created to deal with the early 20th century version of cover songs. In 1914, covers were a very common mode of copyright abuse. Remember this was before recording/playback tech was at the broad consumer level, at least compared to today. So, businesses would have a band playing (another artist's songs without permission, often) in much the same way businesses now have a C ...

He takes his kids to a theme park named for a notorious anti-Semite....calls readers who don't like his writing "cockroaches"....His initials are VW...Mere coincidence? In the immortal words of Vyvyan from the YOUNG ONES, "Had enough Naht--see...or do yer WANT some MORE?" ...

I don't think ASCAP licensing applies to live covers of licensed songs. I think it's just playing recordings of licensed songs over a speaker system, right? Also, isn't the Hexagon a nonprofit? Is there some sort of exception there for ASCAP? ...

What an utter waste of my time. This film has no plot and is not worth your time. ...

I love this restaurant. ...

This is a well researched and written piece. I am very proud of this young journalist's contribution to blacks getting better acquainted with our history. Yes, Biddy we cannot wish for segregated dreams nor realities any longer. I would love to hear more about the real reason ' The Ave' burned after MLK's death. May very well be why ' Old Town" in East Baltimore was where the first match was stru ...

What a depression article that this Keven McAlester wrote. Perhaps Val was a person that was looking for something in his life, but was not able to reach it. There are a lot more positive things you could have said about him and didn't. Was the information that Keven recieved accurate or did he just focus in the negative? Oh by the way, he mentions that Val had a short memorial service. Actua ...

I've always been suspicious of Baltimore City water billing. I had heard that the entire blocks usage would be averaged, or that meters were never read, etc. I recently moved out of the CIty (to Texas) and received our first water bill for a house that was vacant for half of the billing cycle. The actually daily usage was actually HIGHER than the period before where were occupied the property f ...

i ran into a nessie also when i went to new england lol; my boyfriend. he had no idea what i was talking about when i asked where the closest snowball stand was one hot summer afternoon. he said you mean a snowcone and i said no a snowball. i had no idea that outside of baltimore they had no knowledge of snowballs. i was born and raised in baltimore and i remember snowballs fondly as part of being ...

I am doing research on jazz vocalists of Baltimore's yesteryear - those who performed on Pennsylvania Avenue and elsewhere in the heyday of jazz in Baltimore. I know about Ruby Glover and Ethel Ennis - would love to know about others. efixsen@yahoo.com 2/4/10 ...

OK! I've fuckin had it with your fuckin whining about your dribble being published every third week (it was every other week - and you were complaining then, I know) STFU already! Write an email to the higher up dumb fucks about it, post notes on their car window, hell, write it on the wall in the bathroom so they see it when they wizz, but just STFU about it. You're lucky . . . very fuckin luck ...

Lavern is a righteous woman. To imply that Lavern was aware of the illegal business practices of Reeves is utterly rediculous! I recall Lavern being extremely passionate about her Women in Power project and what Hollywood in a Bottle meant for young people. I personally find your story very suggestive. ...

I agree, the Dems get what they deserve. Those incompetent assholes couldn't even muster enough party loyalty to not filibuster their own party. Jesus, people -- vote against the health care bill if you want, but don't filibuster it! The problem is that the Dems are pussies, plain and simple. Harry Reid should have said to Nelson and Lieberman and Landrieu and the others who said they would no ...

Poor guy...first he dies, then he has to have a scumbag like Chris Toll read at his funeral.... ...

May I be the 1st (not the last I hope) to say this ASCAP shit sucks? I was in a band that performed covers. If this had been going on back then we wouldn't have been allowed to do Bowie's "Starman" or Lennon's "Love" or the Byrds' "I Come & Stand at Every Door" (among others). Gee, I wonder why everyone hates the music industry? ...

I don't know about that but I think "Believe"'s post above really says it all. ...

Well said, Anon. Sherwin's ego and overall greed lost him some of the most talented people on the East Coast -- gifted artists, musicians, and curators that will find alternative venues when abusive landlords exploit the local creative community. Boycott indeed. ...

I posted the open letter I am Samuel and neglected to include my e-mail address as follows xsamuelx@sbcglobal.net I am Samuel, and I am e-mailing a duplicate of this letter to all those I think this communiqué will be of some interested. I believe that Mrs. Lacks was descendent of the tribe of Joseph son of Jacob who was, Israel. In the year 1619, twenty two members of that tribe, arrived on ...

I am Samuel, and I am e-mailing a duplicate of this letter to all those I think this communiqué will be of some interested. I believe that Mrs. Lacks was descendent of the tribe of Joseph son of Jacob who was, Israel. In the year 1619, twenty two members of that tribe, arrived on coast of Virginia from Egypt. They were not, as have been chronicled in the history books, slaves, rather they arrive ...

In the Constellation Eeyore- in mem, david franks Who are you, who do you think we are? It’s all so far, so far, so far. Start in the constellation “Eeyore”- that guide star…. Pin a tail on it- go from there south in the southern sky… That shadow had not looked that way before, And since I’m asking why: Vast forests to the north, bor- eal taiga, the last time I saw my father, Spoke to him- I c ...

from david eberhardt- balto poet/activist this quasi review by a fan appeared in the baltimore brew and the web site poetry in baltimore under reviews of recent events by dave eberhardt 1/31/10- between 50-75 persons gathered at the creative alliance's patterson theatre today to honor the memory of legendary baltimore performance poet- David Franks- the order of events was: 3-4, Memorial, 4-5, ...

that supposed to be Benson and Stabler, Em? ...

For the Hexagon Space, $100/month really IS a lot of money. The decision to go PRO-free was as much a practical decision as an idealogical one, and you will find fairly even variety amongst the members as to which kind of decision it was. Regarding ideology, the decision to go PRO-free has to do with the Hex's mission of supporting local and underrepresented artists (not Kanye) and not necessa ...