
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.
Comments
Man's best friends
Posted by: Brian Carmen | January 7, 2009 10:59 AM
Bad owner! Bad, bad owner!
Posted by: baltimoregal | January 7, 2009 11:00 AM
Oh yes! it's Ladies Night. Oh what a night.
Posted by: C Double | January 7, 2009 11:01 AM
cdouble, aaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha
Posted by: Sam Sessa | January 7, 2009 11:03 AM
How about a little hair of the human?
Posted by: Chris Ensey | January 7, 2009 11:03 AM
A dude is showing off for the paper by feeding his dog beer, but dogs don't usually drink beer. Which is funny because beer can kill dogs.
Posted by: seriously | January 7, 2009 11:05 AM
This bud's for you.
Posted by: GG | January 7, 2009 11:07 AM
Friday night, me, my "[female word for dog that i don't think you can get away with on a Baltimore Sun site]" and Buds. Priceless!
Posted by: Kurt | January 7, 2009 11:10 AM
Caption #1:
Hey Sparky! Don't be a bottle hog!
Caption #2: Ahhh, Baltimore!
Posted by: Daniel | January 7, 2009 11:11 AM
"A couple more and she'll be a 10. Wait, shouldn't I be the one drinking?"
Posted by: Groundskeeper | January 7, 2009 11:13 AM
"SLOW DOWN, DADDY!"
lol
Posted by: Sue Hopper-Elderson | January 7, 2009 11:27 AM
Okay, who spiked the dog's water!
Posted by: D | January 7, 2009 11:31 AM
"Deep throat it, you b***h!"
Posted by: Andy Davis | January 7, 2009 11:38 AM
Barley and Me.
Posted by: Mitch | January 7, 2009 12:03 PM
Mitch. You win (IMHO). that's awesome.
Posted by: J.M. Giordano | January 7, 2009 12:08 PM
i think seriously meant: "A dude is showing off for the paper by feeding his Budweiser, but dogs don't usually drink Budweiser. Which is funny because Budweiser can kill dogs (or at least turn them off to beer)"
Posted by: J.M. Giordano | January 7, 2009 12:10 PM
Hey seriously I hear that beer can kill humans too, confirm/deny?
Posted by: Evan | January 7, 2009 2:46 PM
Man's best friend...and a dog.
Posted by: jade fox | January 7, 2009 3:24 PM
Booze hound.
Posted by: Benjamin Shayne | January 7, 2009 4:31 PM
See boys!! I told ya' she was a dribbler!! Now, anybody seen my tractor keys??!! takin' this one home!
Posted by: Chris | January 7, 2009 4:58 PM
Let's see,
We have a guy who looks like a redneck re-inforcing the image that they uneducated on multiple fronts.
A barkeep with a deathwish to run afoul with the board of health by not only letting a non-seeing eye dog on the premises but allowing it to sit at the bar.
A photographer who rewarded all this praiseworthy behavour by finding this a cute item to photograph and submit for publication then abetted by an editor who approved it.
Did I miss anything in this absence of common sense moment?
Posted by: GDA | January 7, 2009 5:27 PM
Ladies night in Dundalk
Posted by: Mike | January 7, 2009 6:16 PM
Evan, you know, I think you might be onto something here.
We ought to research this a little more. I heard that kids these days take a funnel and stick a tube on the end of it and then stick the tube in their mouths and pour beer down the funnel! Into their mouths! Have you heard of this?
What craziness. I mean, when we were kids, all we had to drink was strychnine.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | January 8, 2009 9:23 AM
Sam,
Oblviously you're talking about that elite group who are connoisseurs of a well crafted brew that savor every sip.
Evan,
you're talking about that gorumand* lot who drink like a fish
*read glutton
Posted by: GDA | January 8, 2009 10:09 AM
gourmand was mis-spelt.
Seriously, the long term health effects of continual heavy drink are general well known.
Only ever heard of sudden death as the result of drink contest, usually liquor, where a lot was chugged much more quickly the body could process it, dramaticly depressing respiration.
Posted by: GDA | January 8, 2009 12:38 PM
Man's Best Buds
Posted by: Tyler | January 8, 2009 1:30 PM
Strychnine? You had strychnine? Man when I was a kid all I had was sweet, sweet antifreeze. The glycerol goes down smooth but maaaaan does that methanol have a kick! I also lost 47 dogs this way.
GDA you are truly a master of common knowledge
Posted by: Evan | January 8, 2009 2:11 PM
This is the coolest dog in the world! I think Im going to start putting beer in my dogs water bowl!!!!!
Posted by: Tim Lumber | January 11, 2009 1:53 AM
Tim Lumber - I hope your pet insurance is paid up.
Posted by: Stebbin | January 12, 2009 8:59 AM
Beer for my dogs, whiskey for my men.
Posted by: Pat | January 12, 2009 12:23 PM
Stebbin thats a good idea! I think I better go to Petco today, and see if i can get some life insurance! If my dog gets alchohol poisining, I'm getting paid! Either way its a win, win situation! You got the right idea Pat, us men drink whiskey, and i am going to give my dog some beer!
Posted by: Tim lumber | January 13, 2009 3:00 AM