March 13, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Hunter S. Thompson: On Sportswriters
“Sportswriters are a kind of rude and brainless subculture of fascist drunks whose only real function is to publicize & sell whatever the sports editor sends them out to cover… Which is a nice way to make a living, because … Continue reading
March 5, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Writing in the 21st Century: A Manifesto
I recently wrote a 2,500 word article for the March issue of Inside Lacrosse concerning the NLL franchise Minnesota Swarm, and their owners, former medical CEOs John and Andy Arlotta. The father/son pair purchased the organization from the Minnesota Wild … Continue reading
January 20, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Baltimore Nights: The Hampden Evening Magic
Years from now, people will talk about Hampden, the neighborhood where I grew up and have now returned to, the way they talk about New York’s East Village or Silver Lake in L.A., or Austin, Texas or Ashville, North Carolina … Continue reading
January 18, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on MLK Jr. Day – An Interview with James Baldwin
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I’m posting a three-part interview series with author, intellectual and Civil Rights leader, James Baldwin. Here, in an interview with Kenneth Clark, Baldwin gives his perspective on MLK, Malcolm X and the … Continue reading
January 3, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on InPraiseOf Gallery: Daniel Krall
Daniel Krall is strong pop illustrator based out of Baltimore. I came across his work at Common Grounds, the coffee shop on Hampden’s 36th St. Since then I’ve noticed his work published multiple times in Baltimore City Paper as well … Continue reading
December 14, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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Each week InPraiseOf will highlight a local/regional/national artist whose work provides inspiration for this blog. Many of you know James Schaffer as the Art/Creative Director for Inside Lacrosse magazine. I’m lucky enough to call James my friend. Aside from all … Continue reading
December 9, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Scenes from New York: A Few Thoughts at 33rd and 8th
There is a crush of humanity here. It’s humbling. Faces pour by in sheets, an artist’s pallet of brown, beige, pale flesh, pink. Phrases cut the air, foreign languages; English, Spanish, French, German, Franco-African, Chinese, Japanese, all the tongues. How … Continue reading
December 8, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Scenes from New York: Trip to the Met Part II
Scenes from a Saturday Trip to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art The Modern Wing Jackson Pollock
December 7, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Scenes from New York: Trip to the Met Part I
Scenes from a weekend visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans
December 7, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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Because of our Aunt Frankie’s retirement ambitions, the price for a New York City sojourn has been considerably cheap for The Shannon Family in the last decade. Wanting to spend her golden years close to her Upstate New York-resident daughter … Continue reading