City Paper's Best of Baltimore awards
The City Paper released its Best of Baltimore awards today. This year's list includes a brand new Nightlife section.
The CP crew put together a pretty nice list of drink deals (three beers for $3, penny beers), a delicious-sounding specialty drink and the standards like Best Jukebox Best Irish Pub.
I chuckled at the inevitable award for Mount Royal Tavern -- they invented a new category: Best New Bar Smell.
In other B.O.B. news, Ponytail was voted Best Band of 2008. Last year, they won Best Live Band.
Midnight Sun lost out to Adam Meister's Baltimore Politics Examiner in the Best Local Blog category and Baltimore Unsigned lost out to the Internet in the Best Radio Show for Local Music category.
But I'm not peeved. Not in the slightest. Because Midnight Sun technical director Carrie has come up with an awesome design for the Best of the Best of the Best Award. And I am gathering a few hilarious categories of my own.
Load cannon!
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 "
Comments
Sam, I'm really sorry!!!! :(
I voted for you twice!!!
Posted by: Sue | September 18, 2008 10:03 AM
how can the internet be included in a vote for best of anything? it is accessed and updated by practally everyone in the world every minute of the day. there is NO WAY to compete with that!! if every contest had the internet as a contestant, then NO ONE would win ANYTHING!!!!
plus, exactly who receives the award for "the internet"? Al Gore?
Posted by: ss2 | September 18, 2008 12:16 PM
I won the BOB for "Best Excuse To Stay Home"...not sure if that's a compliment or a major diss, but at least it gets me in the party.
Posted by: Jeff Mewbourn | September 18, 2008 12:17 PM
Jeff, I'll be there too. Don (CP's publisher) sent me two invites. He wanted me to check out their party before I threw my own Best of the Best of the Best party. How will I be able to identify you? Will you be wearing headphones?
Posted by: Sam Sessa | September 18, 2008 12:43 PM
I won't be taping (at least I don't think they have any bands...though I'll have my gear in the car just in case), so hopefully I can blend in better with the crowd. I'll probably be the only person wearing a tye dyed shirt with a collar. I'd love to meet you...I invited you to a show once, but I think that was at a time when you were still relishing in your physical anonymity.
Posted by: Jeff Mewbourn | September 18, 2008 1:05 PM
Jeff: compliment.
Posted by: Michael Byrne | September 18, 2008 2:08 PM
Losing to the Internet...ouch. We lost to citypaper.com for Best Baltimore-Related Website...go figure. Speaking of drink specials, we've been adding a ton to 600block. We're up to 98 thirst-quenching specials at http://www.600block.com/specials. In the next week, we'll be adding at least 100 more. It's our little way of gearing up for the the Best of the Best of the Best!
Posted by: Tom | September 18, 2008 3:30 PM
Darn, the blog ate my URL. Should be http://www.600block.com/specials
Posted by: Tom | September 18, 2008 4:37 PM
Nice to meet you Sam. Here's the set from the Crazy Dreams Band:
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http://av.beatbots.com/2008/09/18/best-of-baltimore-best-new-band-crazy-dreams-band/
Posted by: Jeff | September 19, 2008 12:11 AM
I love me some BOB...and the party. Do they still have it at the 13th floor? Not to hate, but they could use a different venue. Large crowds and crappy elevators never mix.
Posted by: Cheese | September 19, 2008 9:18 AM
It was at the Museum of Industry on Key Highway (near Little Havana). Granted this was my first BOB party, but I'll assume they've outgrown the comfy confines of the 13th Floor. It was spread out, more people outside than in, and still it was packed. Parking sucked, all of the entre dishes were empty (except lasagna) when I went thru the line...and full when I turned around to grab a napkin. You didn't have to walk far to grab a beer or see beautiful and freaky people. I even got my picture taken nude and all I drank was RC cola. Go figure....
Posted by: Jeff | September 19, 2008 10:06 AM