About Erik Maza
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.Midnight Sun covers Baltimore music, live entertainment, and nightlife news. On the blog, you'll find, among other things, concert announcements, breaking news, bars closings and openings, up-to-date coverage of crime in nightlife, new music, round-the-clock coverage of Virgin Mobile FreeFest, handy guides on bars staying open past 2 a.m. on New Year's Eve and those that carry Natty Boh on draft. Recurring features include seven-day nightlife guides, Concert News, guest reviews of bars and concerts, Wednesday Corkboard, and photo galleries, as well as reader-submitted photos. Thanks for reading.
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Virgin Fest. Top 3 bands: Foo Fighters, STP, Kanye West
Lil Wayne's lateness was absurd.
Posted by: JD | August 11, 2008 11:26 AM
I saw Pineapple Express(which is probaly the best Stoner Action film I've ever seen) on Friday
Worked behind the Barricade at North Stage of V Fest on Saturday
and
Led a roaming security team on Sunday at V Fest
Posted by: WheelSee | August 11, 2008 12:06 PM
I keep hearing reviewers (professional and amateur) of Pineapple Express say it's the best Stoner Action Film ever. My question: is "Stoner Action Film" really a genre? I don't doubt it's a great flick and I really want to see it, I just struggle to think of more than a few films in that genre.
Anyway, 2nd place overall in the softball tournament, which means we played both Saturday and Sunday. Watched a bunch of Olympics, the opening ceremony was SICK, despite any political undercurrent. I enjoy watching our boy MP pull the gold. Strolled around Annapolis Saturday evening, that place gets so jammed out with tourists it makes the Inner Harbor look like Monkton.
Posted by: AC | August 11, 2008 1:41 PM
scotch & cigars on the deck friday
CAR SHOPPING saturday (hunted, killed and carried it home... )
cleaned the pool, changed the filter, tilled and watered the garden, cleaned out the work truck, and cigars & scotch on the deck sunday
what weekend?
Posted by: SS2 | August 11, 2008 4:45 PM
haha. I visited Dewey Beach for the first time in my adult life. I'm more the scarred for it. It's like Federal Hill on a Friday night, but with more booze and depression.
Posted by: GMan | August 11, 2008 5:16 PM
Totally agree w/JD...and i had no intention of even checking out Kanye West. NIN bored me so i went and saw him put on an amazing show. and Dave Grohl and Foo were easily the best show i've seen in a long time.
Posted by: Chris | August 11, 2008 5:17 PM
where is drew from greektown?
Posted by: DavidS | August 12, 2008 1:31 AM
I have that STP song "Dead and Bloated" stuck in my head.
"I AM smelling like a rose that somebody gave me ..."
I think I just vomited a little in the back of my throat.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | August 12, 2008 10:43 AM
Looks like Drew from Greektown is too busy watching synchronized diving to post this week.
Posted by: Smith | August 12, 2008 1:05 PM
AC,
I picked it up from Seth Rogens appearance on The Daily Show and he said it may well be the first "stoner action film" so hopefully we will see more
Posted by: wheelsee | August 13, 2008 9:22 AM