February 23, 2014
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on City Paper Is Dead. Long Live City Paper
I was going to write an extended obituary for City Paper, Baltimore’s alternative weekly, following its sale to frenemy Baltimore Sun this week, but Gawker editor and former CP staff writer Tom Scocca (who’ve we’ve mentioned here before) beat me … Continue reading
February 3, 2014
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Five-Points Book Review: Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas* Hunter Thompson 1. There are books (and movies and music and…) that ingrain themselves into your conscious so hard that you forget just how much they influence your everyday. Fear and Loathing in Las … Continue reading
January 27, 2014
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Advice from Writers: Scocca, Alvarez, Christensen Help A Young Scribe
Ten years ago I was a middling student and aspiring journalist wrapping up my career at Tulane in New Orleans. Since the university didn’t offer journalism, I carved out a career resume serving as the sports editor for The Hullabaloo … Continue reading
January 9, 2014
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Murder in the City: Hey Mister in Belair-Edison
Police confirm the death of the man shot in the car at this Belair-Edison corner last night. pic.twitter.com/9v1fJiGbN6 — Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) January 3, 2014 first in a hopefully occasional series following Baltimore’s 2014 homicide rate, in an attempt to … Continue reading
January 7, 2014
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on A King’s Table: Cuban Black Beans
One in an occasional series on adventures in cooking It’s January, a massive cold front blowing down from the arctic, and our fair Charm City is about to endure single digit temperatures. So how bout a big bowl of black beans to … Continue reading
December 27, 2013
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on 5-Point Book Reviews: Pimp – The Story Of My Life
Pimp: The Story of My Life Author – Iceberg Slim
December 27, 2013
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on 5-Point Book Reviews – The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling Author – David Shoemaker
December 3, 2013
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Of Life (and Death) On The Pike
Historic US Route 1 intersects Jessup, Maryland about mid-way up the Mid-Atlantic. It’s a small community located on the border between western Anne Arundel and Howard counties in the central part of the state, and known both regionally and nationally … Continue reading
September 17, 2013
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on First Fridays
The shucker stacked the opened oysters on top of a bed of cracked ice, piled up on a folding table set up on the corner of Elm Street and the Avenue. He served three different types —Choptanks and Delaware Bays, … Continue reading
September 3, 2013
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Time Traveling
Pittsburgh. Mid-morning. I turn a corner. The room is dim, but for a purple light pulsating around the border of a large rectangle set on the far wall of the room I’ve found myself in. My eyes try to focus … Continue reading