
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
The blog is starting to get really heavy on the "Get Out" and concert reviews.
Can we get back to some of the bar/nightclub scene discussions?
Posted by: Trouble | August 25, 2010 2:06 PM
Agreed. Hopefully its just a summer slow period or something, but the blog has been on a downward slope. Used to be must read, now it's generally quite uninteresting.
Yes, I know I'm here, making a comment on said blog.
Posted by: Trouble Jr. | August 25, 2010 8:32 PM
Agreed, used to be some good info here, lately its ads for bars/events. While those are all well and good, I liked when we were getting actual nuggets about the baltimore scene, good and bad, not a review of every show a sun staffer or sessa comrade went to.
Get Out: Take a walk in your 'hood and enjoy the last days of summer.
Get Out: there is a fair apparently in Timonium soon.
Get Out: I heard Justin Beiber is playing.
Get Out: Seriously, Get out of the bathroom, I gotta poo.
..but yes, i still frequent MS, hoping for a good post.
Posted by: Trouble III | August 26, 2010 9:49 AM
Chill out, guys, I'm on vacation. It's bad enough that I'm blogging/posting comments -- I'm not going to take 3-4 hours and write 3-4 awesome posts every day of my vacation. I'll be back Monday. Till then, you're gonna haveta deal.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | August 26, 2010 10:53 AM
Sessa, enjoy the vacation, but it's more than just this week. It's been much of the last few weeks.
For example, you missed the Taps auction yesterday.
Posted by: Trouble | August 26, 2010 11:12 AM
Dude, I didn't miss the Taps auction. I knew it happened yesterday, but I've been on vacation and was nowhere near South Baltimore when it happened. There was never a formal blog post about it because people commented on it all over the place, and I didn't feel the need to write one. Still, I was planning on calling Mark McFaul, who I hear bought the place, talking to him and writing a blog post for today -- even though I'm on vacation.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | August 26, 2010 11:31 AM
Chill out Sam. Just constructive criticism.
Posted by: Trouble Jr. | August 26, 2010 11:36 AM
I demand satisfaction!!!!
(Shaking fist in the air)
Posted by: RayRay | August 26, 2010 12:32 PM