“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:

I don’t know about you, but things are getting rough AND tough in my neck of the woods in 2026. It feels like the world is ending. Here are some things you can do when you have that feeling. @timkabara.bsky.social returns with good advice for hard times in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓

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

Now that the word "run" as a verb is part of headline news, many have posed the following question: youtu.be/_wDNQBD-qQE?...

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

Seated. At the venue (H. Frijoles). Line out the door to get in. Show will sell out. The evening's reading:

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

Top Five Reasons I Don't 1. Art can't be ranked or measured 2. These lists are a function of commerce- shopping lists for $$$ spending season, not a "year" 3. The lists are stealing the labor of people like me who spend 24/7/365 engaged in thoughtful art consumption and contemplation

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

In the midst of what some call "dead week," I dream of the sleeping giant awakened and seeing what is on the end of its fork in the coming new year: youtu.be/IaWt6d1iDqs?...

Christmas is over if you want it.

Standing. Outside the venue (The Undercroft). The evening's reading:

@bruisermag is on holiday break. My column will return when it does,in the new year.

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

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

The last night at the original Baltimore location of Wham City was a slam-bang good time. Attendance was strictly limited. I did not have a ticket or anything, but I got in, anyway. @timkabara.bsky.social covers another CD you might have missed, in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks… dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of harsh noise. It’s AN EVENING AT ANGEL INN with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

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

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

If you see Netflix putting in an acquisition bid...

Hey Dewey, Been a minute. You died this past month 30 years ago. You were 19. So was I. An open letter on grief and loss from @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

Thanksgiving is over if you want it.

AI will never have its pedal short out in the middle of the song and have to improvise what to do to get to the end. AI will never have to kick someone out of the band. @timkabara.bsky.social on Suno, Alzabo, and Missing the Entire Point of Being Alive in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓