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October 10, 2008
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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Comments
Rafter's on Fort...
Posted by: AK | October 10, 2008 11:43 AM
Rafters
Posted by: JC | October 10, 2008 12:10 PM
rafters, done deal!
Posted by: jason | October 10, 2008 12:10 PM
What is formstone?
Posted by: Sue Hopper | October 10, 2008 12:14 PM
Rafters?
Posted by: BA | October 10, 2008 12:14 PM
Rafters
Posted by: Rick | October 10, 2008 12:28 PM
@ Sue: Is your caps lock broken? ;)
Posted by: J.M. Giordano | October 10, 2008 12:47 PM
You're all wrong... it's Rafters!
Posted by: Andrew | October 10, 2008 12:50 PM
Sue Hopper,
I didn't know either.
Wikipedia:
"Formstone is a plaster compound creating the trompe l'oeil appearance of rock. It is commonly applied to brick rowhomes in many east coast urban areas in the United States, although it is most strongly associated with Baltimore. Film director and Baltimore native John Waters described formstone as "the polyester of brick."
Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formstone
Posted by: GDA | October 10, 2008 1:14 PM
I guess Sue and GDA just got called out as being non-natives.
Posted by: bryanintimonium | October 10, 2008 1:19 PM
bryanintimonium,
You've not been paying attention.
There have been several occasions that prompted me to take a stand as a New Jerseyan, Old Sport.
Posted by: GDA | October 10, 2008 1:25 PM
Rafter's
We're lucky Sam didn't specify "first person" gets a prize. Fingers crossed for a bobblehead
Posted by: JD | October 10, 2008 1:26 PM
if he has to give out prizes to every right answer, he might just get a clean desk out of this!
Posted by: ss2 | October 10, 2008 3:17 PM
you've got a good point there, ss2.
the way i see it is, the more junk on my desk, the harder i'm working. a clean desk means i've had too much idle time. lord knows that's not the case lately.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | October 10, 2008 3:25 PM
Rafters!
Posted by: JTK | October 10, 2008 6:59 PM