The Parochial Awards.

A quick perusal of the City Paper the last 3 weeks have reaffirmed my reason number 1 of reasons why I hate the City Paper: no mention of the new Davey G and the Keyboard CD. (I sent it to them, and now it certainly feels like I wasted my postage.) No matter. Of course, there is still time to see if they will ever review it, and then…to see if they can find new and obnoxious ways to say that they hate it, even if they actually like it, because that’s what they do.

The Parochials: I feel that as we reach the end of the year, it comes time to reward those people and businesses whose spirit and actions stand in defiance of the small-minded mentality that envelops the city (and the City Paper.) So to that end, whenever I feel like it, I will be awarding the first ever Parochials: The award for consistent anti-small-mindedness.
Please send in any nominations, comment back to me in this space. Let me get the ball rolling with a few places I feel are deserving of mention:

Reptilian Records. They have been in business since 1989, rode the highs and lows of the Baltimore scene, and still they stand, selling punk rock at reasonable prices. Those guys have carried Davezine since 1998, they carry my CD, and have been about the straightest shooters in town. And, dammit, they are known across the country as a premier record store.
http://www.reptilianrecords.com/


Atomic Books. Ditto for them. Good folk, they carry whatever you can give them, and I have always, always been happy with how they treat me. Good non-parochial behavior.
http://www.atomicbooks.com/

Anyway, those are two off the top of my head. I also like the Hamilton Arts Collective, for all their wonderful wonderfulness. But these are just my choices, and yes, they are all places I have done business with. What I really want to know is, what people do you know who exemplify the open-minded (yet angry and bitter) spirit of The Parochialist?

--DGK.

Links to things the wanks at City Paper link to, and other things they don’t link to because they are too busy being wanks.

Political Animal
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/11417

Movies
Charm City Cineaste
http://charmcitycineaste.blogspot.com/

Comics

This Modern World
http://www.thismodernworld.com/newest-comic/

The Maakies
http://www.maakies.com/

The Perry Bible Fellowship
http://www.pbfcomics.com/

Music/Events

A good music listing site.
http://patsdistrict.com/music_scene/maryland_music_scene.html
http://www.bmorelive.com/


Michael Shermer’s E-Skeptic Newsletter!
www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/07-12-05.html