
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
Great article Sam.
IMO, Big Boi is a musical genius. And not just a "rap/hip hop genius." The man simply KNOWS music inside and out.
Many folks claim Andre is the more talented of the two, but I've always thought it to be the opposite.
Posted by: Brad | July 11, 2009 1:12 PM
Sam, please, please just never use the word "thuggier" in a story ever again.
Posted by: KB | July 12, 2009 10:23 PM
where's the ATL story? The link goes to big boi and I can't find it on the music page. ATL are my boys. :(
Posted by: Caitlin | July 13, 2009 1:56 PM
never mind I'm dumb..didn't see that there were two links.
Posted by: Caitlin | July 13, 2009 2:00 PM