Poem for the Rooftops of Iran – June 19th, 2009

Have you seen this yet? It’s a moving poem read from a rooftop in Iran as screams of, “Allah-o Akbar” (“God is Great”) can be heard from the streets and homes below. This won’t leave me for a long time.

I.M.P. vs Live Nation

The operator of Merriweather Post Pavilion is continuing to pursue a federal anti-trust claim against the world’s largest concert producer, claiming the producer is keeping major acts from performing in Columbia.

Competition, in anything is always good, so I hope Seth Hurwitz wins this one. Plus, we’ll get better acts at Merriweather. What do you think?

A Photo Essay: Digital Watercolor

For the past year, whenever I would see something that looked interesting, I’d take a photo of it with the built in camera that came with my blackberry. Now, I know the quality is horrible, and there are other phones that have better cameras. But as I looked back on these photos, it became clear to me that these pixalated, grainy images were actually quite beautiful. They reminded me of watercolor paintings, so I decided to call this series “Digital Watercolor”. The first photo is called, “Baltimore @ Night” and it was taken from the top of the newly renovated Silo Point.
Baltimore @ Night

The Low Anthem @ The Bowery Ballroom Tonight

Check out this cool video of The Low Anthem playing on a rusty old ship. They are playing the famous Bowery Ballroom tonight in NYC, after playing at the Bonnaroo festival this past weekend. They are also featured on today’s NY Times podcast of new music. They’re on about half way through the podcast.

They’ll be in Baltimore at the Ottobar in August, so get yourself familiar with them now because you are all invited to the show!

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