The first run of stickers have arrived and the printing looks really great. If you'd like some, please send me a snail mail with some additional stamps enclosed so I can mail them back to you. I believe they bumped up postage from 37 to 39 cents. Send your letters to: Beatbots c/o Justin Blemly 101 W 39th St. Apt c2 Baltimore, Md 21210 I'll throw in some fun Beatbots flyers too, incase y ... Continue Reading

Posted: February 4th, 2006

We here at Beatbots are proud to announce the newest addition to our writing staff, J. Bowers (Baltimore, MD). You might recognize her name from her illustrious freelance art/music features in the Baltimore City Paper. We are very excited that she's taken such a shine to us, cause she's sure to up the awesome in '06. J. Bowers enjoys "reading comic books, playing video games, riding horses, fen ... Continue Reading

Posted: January 3rd, 2006

In an effort to increase the flow of site content, we are currently trying to fill 25 new staff positions with reviewers. An open call to all critics & media junkies, we need you! While we have no restrictions on what to review (in regards to genres, release dates, etc), we do focus our attention on independent and fringe releases. If that's your thing, this position might be for you. What d ... Continue Reading

Posted: December 16th, 2005

Have an upcoming event that you'd like to promote? Be sure to add it to our new Community Calendar - a public calendar focusing on choice events in the Baltimore/DC Metro area and beyond. Art & music shows, craft fairs, book groups, interesting lectures, flea markets, workshops, community events, house & block parties, festivals, critical masses, cons & expos, diy movie screenings, etc ... we w ... Continue Reading

Posted: December 5th, 2005

Last night I upgraded our message boards from YaBB 1.4 to YaBB 2.0. A full list of the feature updates in this newest release can be seen here, you know, if you're into that sort of thing. What this means for you registered members out there is that you can now create polls and split/splice threads - among a myriad of other updates like advanced personal messaging and user selectable templates. ... Continue Reading

Posted: October 25th, 2005

On October 3rd, 2005, a momentus day for our fledgling creative endevour, Smooth Henry posted the 100th article on Beatbots! Now 10 months since the launch of this site, it's remarkable to see what a mass of information we've pooled together. I want to take a second to publically thank everyone on staff here at Beatbots for a job well done. We're starting to make a name for ourselves and we w ... Continue Reading

Posted: October 18th, 2005

And now without further ado, we’d like to direct your attention to our newest enterprise, free MP3 downloads! We are currently offering cuts from Coffinberry, Jason Dove, Esquimaux, Instant Camera, Rod Lee, Night Is Invisible, Planar and The Post. Get 'em while they last. ... Continue Reading

Posted: August 26th, 2005

We'd like to introduce you to our two newest creative writers, John Bennett (Baltimore, MD) and Laura Klebanow (Baltimore, MD). John is a humorist who in his off-time works with Better Hollywood Productions, making quite a ruckus with their acclaimed shorts A Special Message from the CCAQZ and Robot-ussin. Laura is a self professed book nerd who plans to bring her "own brand of idealism, goofine ... Continue Reading

Posted: August 25th, 2005

After a springtime drought here at Beatbots, we’re back in action with THREE new staff writers! Meet creative writer Becky Schwartz (Baltimore, MD), and reviewers CJ (Silver Spring, MD) and Bill Darcy (Brighton, MA). We’re extremely excited to have them aboard as they totally swooned us with their staff applications. There’s been a flux of new content recently and we hope that we can keep up th ... Continue Reading

Posted: June 30th, 2005

Lots to report. On April 1, 2005 Beatbots moved HQ to the beautiful city of Baltimore. If you’ve previously sent us promotional material or plan to do so in the future please update your records with our new address. In the spirit of moving Beatbots also moved web hosting. Out with the old, in with the new as they say. Our huge increase in storage and bandwidth opens new avenues for Beatbots ... Continue Reading

Posted: May 5th, 2005