Episode 3

Emily Slaughter and Mickey Freeland, Baltimore’s ultimate and penultimate authorities (respectively) on Race and Racism have teamed up to bring you an exciting and intellectually stimulating new episode of their podcast: Is This Racist? Over the course of roughly an hour, Emily and Mickey will play us potentially un-PC songs from all corners of the past century of popular culture and determine, once and for all, which are deserving of the “Racist” stamp. Join them for an inane hour of discussion, argument and nutty music on their new podcast. Enjoy!

Contact Emily and Mickey: isthisracist@gmail.com

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Download: Is This Racist? (Episode 3)

Drunkdriver live at Golden West Cafe on February 27, 2010. Video by Scott Russell.

The Art Department

Floristree

Baltimore, MD

November 28, 2009

1. Get On
2. Thus Always to Tyrants Rex and Stegasori
3. We Are In Court
4. On A Sidewalk Tepid
5. New to Coffee
6. I Am Yr Censor/ Let’s Imply Stuff
7. Pains Me
8. Carolyn
9. Second Nature
10. Standin’ Around

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Taper: Ben Bass (baltimoreloveland@gmail.com)

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Notes: Lineup:Weekends>TheArtDepartment>BloodBaby>ThankYou>FutureIslands

SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC

Guy Werner lives in Baltimore and messes with video on occasion. When he isn’t taping a local band’s set or making a bad video installation he is working in the “event industry” or at the Metro Gallery. Guy produces the Baltimore talk show “The Ed Schrader Show” which can be funny every so often. He also does video for the “Mobtown Modern” series and is one of the curators of “Videopolis”, a film and video festival held yearly at the Metro Gallery.

Parts 2 and 3 after the jump …

Guy says: “It took me forever but I just uploaded the esteemed Baltimore Afrobeat Society playing on 12/11/09. Featuring the music of Fela Kuti, the YouTube clip is of the song Zombie. With too many phenomenal musicians to name here, this really is one of the best times to be had in Baltimore.”

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Jon Salvia is a Masters student in Film and Video at American University in Washington, D.C.

My friend Gayla Lee is a glass artist based out of Annapolis, MD. She creates beautiful platters, jewelry, and assorted glass based art. The idea was to film her creation process and tell her story. She was kind enough to let me do this short documentary bio on her for a film school project. Check out her work at gaylalee.com and support an aspiring artist!

Putty Hill is a new feature-length film project by Baltimore filmmaker Matt Porterfield (director of Hamilton). A fundraiser and preview screening for the film is happening on Monday, February 1 at The Charles Theater at 9PM. Don’t miss it! RSVP

Putty Hill: A young man dies of a heroin overdose in an abandoned house in Baltimore. On the eve of his funeral, family and friends gather to commemorate his life. Their shared memories paint a portrait of a community hanging in the balance, skewed by poverty, city living, and a generational divide, united in their pursuit of a new American Dream.

All Our Noise, DC based independent media journal, sat down with Fan Death Records founders Sean Gray and Chris Berry to discuss the history of the label, DNA Test Fest, and why the DC scene sucks. Check out the full article and parts two and three of the interview on the AON website.

Episode 2

Emily Slaughter and Mickey Freeland, Baltimore’s ultimate and penultimate authorities (respectively) on Race and Racism have teamed up to bring you an exciting and intellectually stimulating new episode of their podcast: Is This Racist? Over the course of roughly an hour, Emily and Mickey will play us potentially un-PC songs from all corners of the past century of popular culture and determine, once and for all, which are deserving of the “Racist” stamp. Join them for an inane hour of discussion, argument and nutty music on their new podcast. Enjoy!

Download audio file (isthisracist-episode2.mp3)

Download: Is This Racist? (Episode 2)

Photo by Valerie Paulsgrove for Bmore Musically Informed

Karl Blau
The Windup Space
Baltimore, MD
November 1, 2009

1. Looky Looky Look Look Look
2. Waiting for the Wind
3. MT Handed
4. Nothing
5. Goodbye Little Song
6. Welcome In NW
7. Apology to Pollinateurs
8. Dark Sedan

Download: MP3
Download: FLAC
To listen to flac files: VLC media player

Taper: Ben Bass (bbass2@students.towson.edu)

Source: 2 adx51 condensers + direct line from board>tascam 424 mkIII
Transfer: tascam 424 mkIII>m-audio fast track ultra>wav>flac
Notes: Lineup:Lake>Karl Blau>Wye Oak

SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC

Beautiful Swimmers is the disco-house duo of DC’s Andrew Field-Pickering (Future Times, Food For Animals) and Ari Goldman. Video by Aurora Halal & Ashiq Khondker.