Seated. At the venue (Ottobar). The evening's reading (+ set times):

The tough day was getting worse. With no time left on the clock, I turned to the only thing I knew that could get me through. Powerviolence. This week in Anything for a Weird Life, Tim gets PERMISSION TO EXPERIENCE HIS ANGER: www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

Ain't been this hot in Baltimore in May since 1962, or so they're sayin'. Then rain all weekend to mess up all the festivals.

I feel it is time to address the allegations. Yes, I was an emo. Yes, I was in an emo band in the 1990s. This week Tim gives some advice ON RECKONING WITH YOUR PAST: www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

A value I hold is that the act of making art and then sharing that art with others is the core. If I did that today, I’m good. This week @timkabara.bsky.social surfs the Baltimore music archive hotdogcity.fm www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

tonite!! @redemmas.org + @vickyacab.bsky.social = an amazing time redemmas.org/events/vicky...

The month of May in the Baltimore scene sphere is going to go as hard as the The Nation of Ulysses did when they performed in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, October 1st, 1991. @timkabara.bsky.social previews some May gigs: www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

Seated. At the venue (f-s). The evening's reading:

Essentially, when it comes to this patch of land I till weekly, I am free. When I stand there and shout, I want to praise, not punish. @timkabara.bsky.social returns IN PRAISE OF PRAISE in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife430

Tonight!

Seated. At the venue (Union Craft Brewery). The early evening's reading:

Seated. At the venue (The Compound). The evening's reading:

I am playing a show this Sunday, April 19th at The Mercury Theater. My set will be dedicated to all the people I am currently in line with at the CVS. One just muttered, "it makes no sense... it makes no sense..." Hard agree.

Like all things, bands end. A light was cast into the darkness. Did you see it? In this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE, @timkabara.bsky.social reflects on the final chapter of Baltimore’s Mondrary. MONDRARY: THE END www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife429

He screamed and hit himself in the forehead with a drumstick until he started bleeding. He drove us back from the city with bloodstains on his shirt. POWER // VIOLENCE by @dylanpyles.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/Pyles_Powerviolence

“In fact, Satanic panic seems almost quaint when compared to our modern-day horrors…” Tim Paggi reports on Connor M. Kizer’s latest piece of DIY theater at the Mercury, an adaptation of The Blood on Satan’s Claw

“Wavelength” is the term I tend to use to describe folks who I fall in with, travel with, and want to be around frequently in the Baltimore music and arts underground. Today in Anything for a Weird Life, @timkabara.bsky.social talks Cex: www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

***NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT*** THE WORLDS OF LUCILE HADŽIHALILOVIĆ @yellowveilpictures.bsky.social [FULL SPECS & WEBSTORE LINK] severinfilms.com/collections/... 4 DISC COLLECTION WITH 4+ COMBINED HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

“Every time I attend New Works I feel a bit like a jukebox afterwards, one full of Baltimore’s weird dreams instead of songs.” Jess Bither reports from the latest in Baltimore’s underground film scene

The flyer for the show does not contain a name for the venue or an address. One is instructed to “ask a punk.” The 2026 digital equivalent is “DM for address”. So, I do. Prepare for STRANGE TIMES IN THE “ASKAPUNKIVERSE” with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓

Standing (no seats). At the venue (Peabody Heights Brewery). The evening's reading:

You see people keeping tapes in clear norelco cases with no j-card. You can look at the tape in there. It looks fine. No big deal, right? Well what happen when a bird crashes into it? Birds don’t know anything about norelco cases. That just looks like air to them. Maybe think about that a little bit

Even with being past doors, I decided to walk, gas prices being what they are. The weather was nice and I was in the mood to amble. Maybe the show would not start on time? This week in Anything for a Weird Life, @timkabara.bsky.social shows up late: www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

Standing (no seats). At the venue (warehouse area- Peabody Heights Brewery). The evening's reading (on book club deadline):

"I have the tremendous privilege of celebrating the glorious jam that is the Baltimore music and arts underground. I may not have had the chance to celebrate you, the person reading this column." Today @timkabara.bsky.social has something personal against you: www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

A reminder: money is fake. Birds don't owe each other rent. youtu.be/IaWt6d1iDqs?...

"Word I heard is MOMs Rotunda is closed for a while." Why? youtu.be/g6GHXCg7qSA?...

@bruisermag.com is taking a much deserved break after a wild AWP weekend. Deals were made. Big things coming. My column will return when Bruiser does.

Spring forward, physically and mentally, is my most challenging time/day/thing. I would like to thank the golf lobby for the increase in heart attacks, strokes, and fatal car accidents on this day. *golf clap*

New Grudge just dropped. In my world, that is excellent news. @timkabara.bsky.social is back In Praise of Grudge in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE. www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife424

Seated. At the venue (The Ottobar). The afternoon's reading:

I went to a show last night! Crazy, right? Here’s what happened. @timkabara.bsky.social is back with the debrief on Pearl, Muscle, Androgynous Bulge @ Holy Frijoles in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife423

How I a) procrastinate or b) prepare to write.

Seated. At the venue (H. Frijoles). The evening's reading:

Choose your fighter.

A man in a strange outfit, neon yellow cap, black mask, floral print cape, festooned in colorful garb, plays a keyboard next to a lone lit candle . . . @timkabara.bsky.social returns In Praise of Human Host in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife422

Each day and in every way, I see my dream of a broken unusable Internet coming closer and closer to reality. I would like to humbly thank the handful of ultra-rich people who will accidently achieve my dream through their incompetence, hubris, and basic misunderstanding of other humans. #AIhooray

This year, I turn 50. That makes me, at best, a scene elder. You could also call me “scene elderly.” Either is fine. @timkabara.bsky.social is in with some Advice for Becoming “Scene Elderly” in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife421

Many events this Sunday will be advertised as happening during "The Big Game" because the name of said big game is copyrighted, so you can be sued for using it. In the scene I am in, I sometimes think we lost a bit of something along the way to that big game youtu.be/9wcLVh4yf6Q?...

“When did Lungfish break up?” Will Journobot1995™ pass the Lungfish test? Can you? Find out with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓ www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife420

Turned a student on to The Boredoms today. Now I can retire.

As I checked out, the clerk complimented my choice. But the question that is key is “What do you know about Baltimore Club Music?” @timkabara.bsky.social is back with another CD you may have missed in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

So, the story is... it's going to snow. In Baltimore, old traditions continue. I was explaining to a new friend in a long grocery line that yes, this is a bit of a "panic mode" thing, sure, but at least you get to hang out with the neighbors in line, something to talk about... something to do.

As their set progressed, a victory lap of sturm and drang, wild howls and heavy heavy hardcore in full effect, I reflected on thirty years of this here wild scene. @timkabara.bsky.social is back with the scene report in this week's ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE. www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

Seated. At the venue (Metro Baltimore). The evening's reading: