I’m confused. Was this family not offered a pre-k seat at another school? Did they not know about the choice policy that might prevent them from getting a spot at the school they wanted?

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet • Happy Today album-length concert film

NYT let the word “small” ride in front of fortune.

"The charging documents filed in Alexandria, Va., still leave a lot unanswered about his recent conduct."

Come on out to BCPL Catonsville at 3pm on Saturday for a free talk from @llanahan.bsky.social about @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social!

If you, like me, became a data fiend in the 20th century only to become horrified by all things 21st century, I suggest this pairing of The First Measured Century with @marionf.bsky.social and @kjhealy.co's The Ordinal Society, a fine angle on the second measured century.

Join me at 3pm Saturday, BCPL Catonsville, for a free talk about @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social! I'll get into musical creativity and originality in the AI age, why Gil Evans rules, and why arrangers have been belittled, insulted, and sued for over 200 years, from Franz Liszt to Public Enemy.

So much fun to talk to Eblis Álvarez about Colombian music, music technology, and the elaborate process behind his mesmerizing Meridian Brothers albums. Great story about their @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert, too.

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“God bless America,” we kept saying, “God bless America.” And, at long last, He has, with this, the first thing you see when you walk into the Parkville Giant.

New episode today! Baltimore composer Judah Adashi talks to @llanahan.bsky.social about writing for voice, listening to the community, and making music that is both "really intimate and really epic." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Hats off to the museum wizard who put the moose and the flying squirrel across from each other at the Walters.

Gotta say, having been in the initial convening on which this framework was to be based, these recs feel way out of step with the serious concerns folks were voicing about AI's commercial capture of education, teacher deskilling, short-circuiting of reading/writing processes, environmental costs.

News anchor: “The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh.” Baltimore viewer: “Hey, look, they confirmed Kevin Wash.”

New @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social episode! Clare and Olivier Manchon's arrangements for Clare and the Reasons, other artists, and film scores show a dedication to "never ever cutting corners" and ensuring real musicians play real instruments and get paid for it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

One spot left for 1:45 on May 30.

Folks sleep on Pier Six. One of my favorite 1,000+ venues. Some magical moments there, like an usher stubbing me up to pavilion just in time to see Richard Thompson play "1952 Vincent Black Lightning." (Also where I got the idea for a country song called "Twenty-Dollar Beer, Forty-Dollar T-shirt.")

Milton Nascimento once said, “Do you know why the song “Lília” by Clube da Esquina has no lyrics? This one is a tribute to my mother, and there isn't a single word in the world that can define the beauty of this woman.” Milton Nascimento & Lília, Piratininga Beach, Niterói 🇧🇷 1972 📸 Cafi

New Meridian Brothers! Their album with Mexican Institute of Sound comes out May 22. Don't miss my interview with Eblis Álvarez for Rearranged, which goes up May 26. meridianbrothers.bandcamp.com/track/cumbia...

The 12:30pm @llanahan.bsky.social podcasting workshop on Sat. May 30 at the Baltimore County Library's Catonsville branch is full. Still two spots for 1:45. Here's a link to register: llanahan.wixsite.com/rearranged/b... Come by at 3pm for my talk and Q&A about @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social!

I say own it and make your campaign slogan "TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY!!!!"

A journalist I know is writing something about Cal Ripken's streak. If you know anyone in the Orioles organization who had anything to do with that big celebration in 1995 at Camden Yards, please send me a DM. Or if you have a particular memory of watching that game.

Until perusing the Tom Lord Jazz Discography this morning, I never realized that John Coltrane recorded half of the "Giant Steps" LP and Charles Mingus recorded half of "Mingus Ah Um" on the SAME day -- May 5, 1959. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLF...

Really enjoyed talking to @gabrielkahane.bsky.social in the new episode of @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts: you can hear episodes with Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas), Brandon Ross, and Georgia Anne Muldrow, and more through May, including Judah Adashi and Eblis Álvarez.

New at @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social: I talk with Georgia Anne Muldrow and Brandon Ross about Harriet Tubman's album Electrical Field of Love. Interesting thoughts from both about composition, arrangement, and liberation, plus their work with Henry Threadgill. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

I'm giving a talk about @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social and conducting a couple podcast workshops at the Catonsville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library on Saturday, May 30. You can register at the links here: events.bcpl.info/events?n=2&t...

@rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social Season 2 premiere is up! Sean O’Hagan talks about discovering Brazilian music, arranging for High Llamas, his friendship with the late Cathal Coughlan, and how his battle with cancer shaped his music. Subscribe or leave a review! www.osirispod.com/podcasts/rea...

Exciting season of interviews about musicmaking starting April 21 from @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social. Listen to the new Harriet Tubman record featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow, then on April 28, check out my interview with Georgia and guitarist Brandon Ross. Their set at Big Ears totally ripped.

@rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social is back! Six new episodes weekly starting April 21, including Sean O’Hagan of High Llamas, @gabrielkahane.bsky.social, Eblis Álvarez of Meridian Brothers, Brandon Ross with Georgia Anne Muldrow, and more.

Make your plans for Friday, April 24! Great lineup at Morsberger's in Catonsville. My band Glad Pulses go last, but come in time for Go Dog Go and The Jennifers. And St. Mary's College alums: Pulses and Jennifers are lousy with SMCM grads. Call it a reunion! www.eventbrite.com/e/glad-pulse...

Tap, sparkling, or Inner Harbor?

appreciate the baseball players doing jackshit in the game I’m unable to watch

Think journalism needs a new definition for the 21st century? Check out this survey seeking your feedback on a simple question: How should the Society of Professional Journalists upgrade its Code of Ethics? https://loom.ly/JkQYItY

Good morning.

In a dream last night, there was a TV newscaster named "Ten Grafft."

This is excessively punitive and deeply satisfying. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/uni...

Baltimore! Glad Pulses, Batworth Stone, and The Llamas will be in Hampden from 1 to 4 pm on Sunday at Waverly Brewing Co. Come on by!

A dangerous expansion of @baltimorepolice.bsky.social license plate reader capability is flying in under the radar on today's BOE agenda. tinyurl.com/5n85jh5 As we did with another surveillance tool, the spy plane, Baltimore should shoot it down. [OP-ED]

Time for your midterm!

Glad Pulses plays Waverly Brewing this Sunday! 1 to 4pm, with The Llamas and Batworth Stone. Weather looks real nice, hope to see you there.

Fed up with reckless drivers in Baltimore? Wait till you see, in this investigative piece with excellent data graphics by Adam Marton, how little accountability they face even when they hit someone. My first for @baltimoremagazine.com. www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...

Have other book authors been getting weird AI outreach? I’ve had made-up Goodreads groups promising “exposure,” “narrative consultants” offering to correct my cluttered storytelling, and this “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” author impostor “reaching outward through the quiet.”

Paddy says he'll chew up my guitar cables if you don't come see Glad Pulses at Wax Atlas at 4pm on Sunday. 5523 Harford Rd, with The Llamas and Gold Action also on the bill. shows.waxatlas.com/event/glad-p...

The first Orioles hit of 2026 belongs to ... Tyler O'Neill.

Baltimore: come up Northeast on Sunday for a 4pm show from Glad Pulses! It's at Wax Atlas, 5523 Harford Rd, $10. We have lots of new tunes, and The Llamas and Gold Action are on the bill. Take a listen: gladpulses.bandcamp.com

This is great. You music-first folks should come check out @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social!

Update: That was a brutal battle at the car wash. Lotta people googling how to get “triple foam” out of your hair.

Look at the line for this car wash. The Banner was completely blind to the inevitable the salt-related car-washing panic they were going to cause. These people will eventually turn on each other. All this ice around? Someone’s gonna get hurt. Incredibly irresponsible reporting from the Banner.

I cannot run at this now, but I wonder if anyone is reporting on the army of excavators, small loaders, and dump trucks in Baltimore right now. I'm sure checks are flying out the door at City Hall, and I wonder about the oversight, given the way folks are seeing this play out in the neighborhoods.