11-1
This month!
A countdown! The top 5 things that have led me to a general boycott of the City Paper!
You may have wondered: “Who is this angry guy at the heart of this movement? What has poor old City Paper done to piss off this ‘Davey G’ character. I need SPECIFICS!!!”
Well here you go--for the next 5 Thursdays I will treat you to the top 5 things that the City Paper has done that has led me to this awful, dramatic breaking point. Enjoy.
Number 5: The handling of the closing of the Talking Head Club last winter.
I wrote about it here in my other blog, which contains a link to the article which you can read for yourself.
http://daveygandthekeyboard.blogspot.com/2007/01/talking-head-club-demise.html
It led to some good angry letters from City Paper Readers that pretty much explain it all. The Talking Head was a great little club that supported local music and was, dare I say, a cornerstone of the Baltimore scene. This article was a hatchet job of “journalism” that highlighted the owner’s criminal history in some sort of attempt to kick him when he was down. (luckily, the club has since reopened in the same space.) This alone was almost the moment I stopped reading forever because I was soooooooo pissed off.
Next week: Number 4 (duh!)
And here we go with the links…
Links to syndicated columns that appear in City Paper and other links to things that don’t appear in City Paper. So that you don’t have to read the City Paper.
Columns
Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10779
(sorry I linked to the same post twice--this really is the new P.A)
Savage Love
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
Straight Dope.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/071102.html
Comics
This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/10/29/tomo/index.html
The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/
The Perry Bible Fellowship
http://www.pbfcomics.com/
Music/Events
Music happening this week!!!
http://www.bmoretunes.com/?p=53
Music sites.
http://www.bmorelive.com/
Clubs/Performance Spaces
http://www.talkingheadclub.com/
http://theottobar.com/
http://www.sidebartavern.com/
http://www.themetrogallery.net/
http://www.lofisocialclub.com/
http://www.redemmas.org/2640/
http://www.hamiltonarts.org/dhome/
Yin/Yang
Free Will Astrology!
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
Michael Shermer’s E-Skeptic Newsletter!
http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-10-31.html
Thanks for Reading!
Ps--do you have a favorite movie review site? One that does the movies that are coming out that week? I’d like to link to something that isn’t as massive as IMDB that might be useful to readers. Leave a comment if you do!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The Best Issue Yet!!!
10-25
This week!
Still a work in progress, but all the feedback has been good so far. I have been constantly on the lookout for other papers and sites that are good alternatives to City Paper.
You may notice an attempt at better organization in this edition. And maybe a greater focus on the music section. If you have a show you want me to list, go ahead and I will list it in a non-snotty, non-judgmental way. Because that’s what we’re all about at The Parochialist!
Links to syndicated columns that appear in City Paper and other links to things that don’t appear in City Paper. So that you don’t have to read the City Paper.
Columns
Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10287
Savage Love
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
Straight Dope.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/071026.html
Comics
This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/10/22/tomo/
The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/
The Perry Bible Fellowship
http://www.pbfcomics.com/
Music/Events
Stuff to do!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/live/
Music sites.
http://www.bmorelive.com/
Clubs/Performance Spaces
These places have music and stuff that you can go to. I won’t criticize the bands like certain Alternative Weeklies do.
http://www.talkingheadclub.com/
http://theottobar.com/
http://www.sidebartavern.com/
http://www.themetrogallery.net/
http://www.lofisocialclub.com/
http://www.redemmas.org/2640/
Yin/Yang
Free Will Astrology!
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
Michael Shermer’s E-Skeptic Newsletter!
www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-10-24.html
Win tickets to the next Davey G and the Keyboard show! Enter here!
www.daveygandthekeyboard.com
Thanks for Reading!
This week!
Still a work in progress, but all the feedback has been good so far. I have been constantly on the lookout for other papers and sites that are good alternatives to City Paper.
You may notice an attempt at better organization in this edition. And maybe a greater focus on the music section. If you have a show you want me to list, go ahead and I will list it in a non-snotty, non-judgmental way. Because that’s what we’re all about at The Parochialist!
Links to syndicated columns that appear in City Paper and other links to things that don’t appear in City Paper. So that you don’t have to read the City Paper.
Columns
Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10287
Savage Love
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
Straight Dope.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/071026.html
Comics
This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/10/22/tomo/
The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/
The Perry Bible Fellowship
http://www.pbfcomics.com/
Music/Events
Stuff to do!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/live/
Music sites.
http://www.bmorelive.com/
Clubs/Performance Spaces
These places have music and stuff that you can go to. I won’t criticize the bands like certain Alternative Weeklies do.
http://www.talkingheadclub.com/
http://theottobar.com/
http://www.sidebartavern.com/
http://www.themetrogallery.net/
http://www.lofisocialclub.com/
http://www.redemmas.org/2640/
Yin/Yang
Free Will Astrology!
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
Michael Shermer’s E-Skeptic Newsletter!
www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-10-24.html
Win tickets to the next Davey G and the Keyboard show! Enter here!
www.daveygandthekeyboard.com
Thanks for Reading!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
10-18: Pissing in the Wind?
10-18
This week!
A note from the editor:
Hello, everyone!
The launch of The Parochialist last week is only the beginning of my effort to provide an alternative to the Baltimore City Paper. I know there are people out there who feel the same as me--you pick up a paper every week, and not five minutes go by before you say “What the hell?” and get really angry at something in the editorial content of the City Paper. It has taken me years to get to the point where I just can’t take it anymore, and rather than make unproductive complaints, I am trying to do something about it. Even if that means a pissing-in-the-wind sort of effort that makes no difference to the juggernaut of the Baltimore City Paper, I believe it is important to undertake that effort.
I hope that this will become interactive: if you know of a good site or blog that people should know about that I should list here, let me know! Leave me a comment--I will approve anything that isn’t blatant spam. Band listings, events, anything!
Come! Let’s be less parochial together!
Thanks!
Davey G, founder of the Parochialist.
Links to syndicated columns that appear in City Paper and other links to things that don’t appear in City Paper.
Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10526
Savage Love
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/10/15/tomo/
The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/
The Perry Bible Fellowship
http://www.pbfcomics.com/
Straight Dope.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/071019.html
Music sites.
http://www.bmorelive.com/
New to The Parochialist! Michael Shermer’s E-Skeptic Newsletter!
http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-10-17.html
Free Will Astrology!
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
Stuff to do!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/live/
Big thanks to Alex Fine for this great flyer!
Come back here next Thursday for the next edition of The Parochialist!
Win tickets to the next Davey G and the Keyboard show! Enter here!
www.daveygandthekeyboard.com
This week!
A note from the editor:
Hello, everyone!
The launch of The Parochialist last week is only the beginning of my effort to provide an alternative to the Baltimore City Paper. I know there are people out there who feel the same as me--you pick up a paper every week, and not five minutes go by before you say “What the hell?” and get really angry at something in the editorial content of the City Paper. It has taken me years to get to the point where I just can’t take it anymore, and rather than make unproductive complaints, I am trying to do something about it. Even if that means a pissing-in-the-wind sort of effort that makes no difference to the juggernaut of the Baltimore City Paper, I believe it is important to undertake that effort.
I hope that this will become interactive: if you know of a good site or blog that people should know about that I should list here, let me know! Leave me a comment--I will approve anything that isn’t blatant spam. Band listings, events, anything!
Come! Let’s be less parochial together!
Thanks!
Davey G, founder of the Parochialist.
Links to syndicated columns that appear in City Paper and other links to things that don’t appear in City Paper.
Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10526
Savage Love
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/10/15/tomo/
The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/
The Perry Bible Fellowship
http://www.pbfcomics.com/
Straight Dope.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/071019.html
Music sites.
http://www.bmorelive.com/
New to The Parochialist! Michael Shermer’s E-Skeptic Newsletter!
http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-10-17.html
Free Will Astrology!
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
Stuff to do!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/live/
Big thanks to Alex Fine for this great flyer!
Come back here next Thursday for the next edition of The Parochialist!
Win tickets to the next Davey G and the Keyboard show! Enter here!
www.daveygandthekeyboard.com
Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Maiden Voyage
Welcome to the maiden voyage of my new blog which will send shudders down the spine of a certain alternative weekly, if they ever happen to google it, and scroll down to listing number 237, click on the icon, put in a password, and...damn, they really won't care, will they?
So you wanna boycott the Baltimore City Paper because you’re sick of their pandering to an elite few while ignoring your favorite artists (like Davey G and the Keyboard?) Boy, are you in luck!
I have (had) been a City Paper reader for 13 years, and I’d always found it to be worth the ten minutes or so I spent with it every week. But now, I just can’t even conceal my disgust for this Alternative Weekly. The complete pandering to their butt buddies from whatever local group is cool this week, the snotty and useless movie reviews, their handling of the Talking Head situation (where they unnecessarily highlighted the owner’s criminal record in a “fair” and “balanced” assessment of why the club had to close down last winter), the god-awful ramblings of Mr. Wrong (yeah, I get it, you’re supposed to be that guy everyone loves to hate--only you express yourself so poorly that even when I agree with you I want to disagree). Hell, they can’t even admit when they actually LIKE something, as that would somehow subtract from their coolness. In short, I am sick of reading the City Paper, and I refuse to support them anymore.
But there is a problem. Do I throw out the baby with the bathwater? After all, there are things in the CP that I do like to read, such as Savage Love, Political Animal, This Modern World, etc. Not to mention that CP is a free source for what’s going on in Baltimore on any given week. How can I still get this information without having to resort to picking up the paper that irritates me so much?
Well, here’s where my plucky resourcefulness comes in. I am making my own bastardized version of the City Paper, for my own personal use, (minus their snotty, annoying commentary) and you can too! Print it out for yourself, add your own columns!
This week!
A music site.
http://www.bmorelive.com/
Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10287
Savage Love
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
Free Will Astrology!
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/10/08/tomo/
The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/
Straight Dope.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/071012.html
Stuff to do!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/live/
Win tickets to the next Davey G and the Keyboard show! Enter here!
www.daveygandthekeyboard.com
See you next week for the next edition of The Parochialist!
So you wanna boycott the Baltimore City Paper because you’re sick of their pandering to an elite few while ignoring your favorite artists (like Davey G and the Keyboard?) Boy, are you in luck!
I have (had) been a City Paper reader for 13 years, and I’d always found it to be worth the ten minutes or so I spent with it every week. But now, I just can’t even conceal my disgust for this Alternative Weekly. The complete pandering to their butt buddies from whatever local group is cool this week, the snotty and useless movie reviews, their handling of the Talking Head situation (where they unnecessarily highlighted the owner’s criminal record in a “fair” and “balanced” assessment of why the club had to close down last winter), the god-awful ramblings of Mr. Wrong (yeah, I get it, you’re supposed to be that guy everyone loves to hate--only you express yourself so poorly that even when I agree with you I want to disagree). Hell, they can’t even admit when they actually LIKE something, as that would somehow subtract from their coolness. In short, I am sick of reading the City Paper, and I refuse to support them anymore.
But there is a problem. Do I throw out the baby with the bathwater? After all, there are things in the CP that I do like to read, such as Savage Love, Political Animal, This Modern World, etc. Not to mention that CP is a free source for what’s going on in Baltimore on any given week. How can I still get this information without having to resort to picking up the paper that irritates me so much?
Well, here’s where my plucky resourcefulness comes in. I am making my own bastardized version of the City Paper, for my own personal use, (minus their snotty, annoying commentary) and you can too! Print it out for yourself, add your own columns!
This week!
A music site.
http://www.bmorelive.com/
Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10287
Savage Love
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
Free Will Astrology!
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/10/08/tomo/
The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/
Straight Dope.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/071012.html
Stuff to do!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/live/
Win tickets to the next Davey G and the Keyboard show! Enter here!
www.daveygandthekeyboard.com
See you next week for the next edition of The Parochialist!
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About Me
- Davey G.
- Davey G and the...is the handle for writer, performer, musician and sports fan, David G. Cookson. This blog (as the late George Carlin would say) is just a place for his stuff.