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The week that was: Dr. Sketchy's, Baltimore at SxSW, The-Dream and more
Here's a round-up of our week at Midnight Sun:
•••• Last month, I attended Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School at the Windup Space. It's a very cool event — driven by sketching and beer, not by the gawking at pasties — thrown by...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Music, Def Leppard (music group), Twitter, Inc., Music Industry
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Can conductive inks save the newspaper industry?
Ever heard of conductive inks?
They are a hot little product right now as such inks can be incorporated in circuits that can literally be printed on a printing press. The process generally goes like this: buy a can of conductive ink, pour into an...Tags: Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Electronics, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Newspaper and Magazine
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Concert news: Fiona Apple, Summer Spirit Fest, Firefly Music Festival, Ledisi, and more
The Baltimore SunFiona Apple played a short series of promotional shows earlier this year to support her upcoming album. Now, she's launching a full tour for "The Idler Wheel is Wiser" that includes stops in Baltimore and Washington D.C. Apple's mini-tour, her first...Tags: The Flaming Lips (music group), Festive Events, Eric Benet, Minivans and Vans, All Time Low (music group)
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Q&A: The-Dream on 'Love IV,' writer's block, the Weeknd and 'wack' R&B beef
The word "brilliant" is too often abused by hyperbole, unless you're describing Terius Nash, better known as the prolific 34-year-old songwriter and R&B singer The-Dream.
Several of radio's most indelible hits of the past five years — including...Tags: Music, Memorial Day, Michael Jackson, Prince (music artist), Beyonce
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October 17 - October 23 in nightlife: J. Cole, Double Dagger, Jackson Browne
The Baltimore SunThe third Baltimore Beer Week came to a close Sunday. Over 300 tastings, homebrewing competitions and lectures were squeezed into the event's 11 days, sending thousands of beer lovers to bars in the city and the county. How did this year's event...Tags: J. Cole, Dining and Drinking, Heart (music group), Fine Arts, Jackson Browne
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Baltimore at CMJ Music Marathon: Lands & Peoples, Secret Mountains, Adventure, the Death Set
The Baltimore SunThousands of bands will play the CMJ Music Marathon this year, but some Baltimore bands have claimed today as their day: Lands & Peoples, Secret Mountains, Adventure and (formerly of Baltimore) the Death Set all have shows scheduled. And, later this...Tags: Festive Events, Arts, Animal Collective (music group), Entertainment Events, Neon Indian (music group)
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Getting Baltimore in tune with Austin
It's Thursday afternoon, and downtown is awash in live music. Guitar solos shriek through the air, and the crisp snap of snare drums echoes from inside live music clubs. Hundreds of bands are crammed into every nook and cranny, vying to impress the tens...Tags: Regional Authority, Dan Deacon, Tony Foreman, Waylon Jennings, Economic Policy
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Ellie Goulding tries to break through in America
There are so many big-voiced female British singers, it's hard to keep track of them.
There's Adele, out with new album "21," and there's Duffy, of the ubiquitous "Mercy."
Then there's Florence Welch and Elly Jackson, of La Roux, not to mention the ones...Tags: Electronics, Tracy Chapman, Natasha Bedingfield, Rock and Roll (genre), Joni Mitchell
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Weekend Reading: Lil Wayne's tour, Wiz Khalifa's 'Race,' 'Idol' and more
- SPIN's Eric Magnuson was in Rhode Island to catch the opening night of Lil Wayne's "I'm Still Music" tour.
- Joe Colly gets two grafs at Pitchfork on Wiz Khalifa's "The Race," my favorite song as of late. Rolling Papers! Eleven days!
- Another...Tags: Casey Abrams, Wiz Khalifa, Television, OFWGKTA (music group), Lil Wayne
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Greenspan: Baltimore's next rapper to blow up?
This piece was featured in b's "10 People to Watch Under 30" weekend edition. Check out the rest of the class of 2011 here.
"Don't care about your top five/Either you like my songs or don't, for real," Greenspan raps on his aptly titled track "Cold." The...Tags: Station North, Brian Dawkins, Documentary (genre)
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Charli XCX and Nite Jewel go back to the future
Pop & HissThe last few years have been a bull market for young women exploring the outer orbits of synth-driven dance music. Tonight in L.A., two of the best make a case that this trend has no signs of slowing.... -
Bruce Springsteen berates bankers — in German
Pop & HissHis Wednesday set at Berlin's sold-out Olympic Stadium was tied to his new album "Wrecking Ball." But his between-song banter took on the one percent as well....
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