BALTIMORE HOTLIST
Last updated May 4, 2011
Baltimore Shopping
16 Tons: Stylish menswear!
9th Life: One of our favorite shops, now in Hampden!
The Children's Bookstore - kids like to read too!
Celebrated Summer Records - so many records in such a small place
doubledutch boutique - Our cute next door neighbors!
A Good Yarn - Hey, knitters!
Hampden Village Merchants Other shops located near us in Hampden.
Killer Trash - A "nice and sleazy boutique" Fells Point
Mud And Metal Art to Live With
Normals Books They are collectively run. We think that means they are commies or something.
Own Guru - indie record store in Fells Point
Sugar - female friendly, sex-positive store in Hampden
The True Vine - a neighborhood record shop.
Film and Television
Bengies Drive-In Theatre
Better Hollywood Productions
CAMM - Creative Alliance Movie Makers
Cashiers Du Cinemart - cinema du decadence
Charles Theater When we're not drinking across the street at Club Charles we check out an art film now and then at this theater.
Creature Feature with Count Gore De Vol One of Scott's favorite shows when he was a kid... that and Captain Chesapeake
Divergent Thinking Productions Home of Alvin Ecarma's film "Lethal Force"
Dreamland A site devoted to the life and work of filmmaker John Waters
Maryland Film Festival
Planet Krulik Jeff Krulik created the classic "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"
The Senator Theater - not sure what's going on with this place...
Trash Palace Brian Horrorwitz's online catalog of cult videos, posters, music, more!
Video Americain - the best video store in town
Baltimore Bands
Arbouretum
The Barn Burners - roots
Beach House - atmospheric
The Beltways - guitar pop
Caleb Stine And The Brakemen - rootsy
Carpark Records
Celebration
Dan Deacon - mind-blowingly experimental
Defective Records
Double Dagger - It's Designer Core!
El Patapsco - surf rock
Frenemies
Garage Sale - Atomic TV's House Band
Human Host
The Jennifers - guitar pop perfection
Kim++ She doesn't care about your Macintosh
June Star - rootsy
Lexie Mountain Boys
Meatjack
Morphius Records
The New Flesh
The Oranges Band
Payola Reserve
Ponytail
Private Eleanor
Pulaski
Sick Weapons - Ellie is a force of nature
Squaaks
The Swingin' Swamis - modern lounge
Television Hill
Temporary Residence
Thank You
The Things
Thrillsville
The Ubangis
Video Hippos
Water School
Wax & Wane
Wye Oak - formerly Monarch
Wild Fire Wild Fire
Wzt Hearts
Festivals & Events
Artscape - come for the art, stay for the scape.
Baltimore Book Festival - party time. With books!
Baltimore Comic-Con - Excelsior, true believers!
Charm City Rollergirls - Our own roller derby league
HampdenFest - Our neighborhood festival
High Zero - experimental music
HonFest - Hampden's HON festival
Horrorfind Weekend - horror con!
The Intertribal Pow-wow - it's behind a Wal-mart
Maryland DeathFest! - death metal in a festival setting
Maryland Film Festival - "I like to watch."
Mayor's Christmas Parade
Miracle on 34th Street in Hampden - crazy lights!
Night Of 100 Elvises - so many Elvises - it's now 2 nights!
Otakon - people dressed funny
Preakness - horses!
The Sheep & Wool Festival - mmm... lamb burgers....
Small Press Expo - for some reason they insist on having this in Bethesda.
Sowebohemian Festival - AKA Sowebo.
Transmodern Festival - better than Post Modern!
Underdog - Our favorite superhero
Videopolis - kinda like if Slamdance was literally across the street from Sundance, but, like, in Baltimore
Virgin Mobile Festival - our monsters of rock
Whartscape - for those who prefer art to scape
Nightclubs & Bars
The 8x10 - It had a weird name-change phase, but it's back.
The 930 Club - Legendary DC club
The Black Cat - DC area club
Floristree - shhhh... don't tell anyone
Illusions - magic bar & lounge
Recher Theatre - Large hall in Towson
Ottobar Best place in Baltimore to see dirty punk rock chicks.
The Sidebar You think the Ottobar used to be fucking small? Go around the corner from where the Ottobar used to be to this joint.
Sonar - Downtown dance club turned major band venue (also home to The Talking Head Club now)
The Talking Head Club - the return!
The Wind Up Space - bar/gallery/space in "Station North"
Local Zines/Blogs
Aural States - excellent music blog
Bmore Musically Informed - a good local music blog
Brutarian - A zine dedicated to the sensibilities of Art Brut.
Eight-Stone Press - Creator of Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore
Gutter Magazine - this zine is online only
The Hungover Gourmet The journal of food, drink, travel fun
Leeking Ink - Visit Davida's zine empire
MobTown Shank Baltimore's free weekly ezine that gives you the lowdown on all the stuff that's worth doing in the Baltimore-Washington area
Monozine This anti-medical magazine has proven that you really can have fun at the expense of others.
Local Comics
Angry Dog Press - Whistle Blower, Potlatch
Bendependent - Ben Claassen III's comic world
Mark Burrier Whatever You Love, The Pitch, and more.
Closed Caption Comics - a collective making awesome minis!
Do The Math Comics - Wham City's Robby Rackleff writes comics about video games
Important Comics - home to Wham City's Dina Kelberman
Eamon Espey - we love the way he draws worms!
Daniel Krall - has done work for Oni Press, Image Comics, etc.
Jeff Sharp Flummery and more!
Newspapers & Magazines
Baltimore Business Journal - weekly business news
Baltimore's City Paper - our alt-weekly
Baltimore Independent Media Center - Your source for Baltimore's indy-media.
Baltimore Magazine - the monthly
Baltimore Messenger: Benn writes a column about Hampden in this paper.
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore's major newspaper
Bmore Live - The Sun's nightlife paper
Johns Hopkins Newsletter - a local university paper
Music Monthly Magazine - long-running free music paper
Towson University Towerlight - a local university paper
The Urbanite - now back in action goin' monthly
Arts
American Visionary Art Museum - Outsider & Visionary Art, Art Brut
Artmobile
Baltimore Collective - a recollection of things uniquely Baltimore
Baltimore Tattoo Museum
Beatbots - an online review community
Charm City Art Space
Creative Alliance - in Highlandtown
Dr. Sketchy's - the Baltimore Chapter
Load Of Fun
The Metro Gallery - gallery/performance space in Station North
Mission Space
Spoon Popkin
Squidfire - fashionable designs by Kevin Sherry and others
TheMagnificent - An Art Salon
The Johnny Eck Museum - The online museum to one of Baltimore's finest!
James Taylor's Shocked & Amazed! On & Off the Midway
Wham City
Tattoos
Baltimore Tattoo Museum (Fells Point)
Have Fun Be Lucky (Hampden)
Read Street Tattoo Parlor (Mt. Vernon)
Baltimore Guides
Roadside America: Maryland
Roadside America: Reader Tips for Maryland
Maryland Nightlife - Bars, Restaurants, Events, Live Music for Baltimore, Annapolis, Ocean City
Maryland Party Maryland's Guide For Live Local Music
Eats & Drinks
Andy Nelson's Southern Pit BBQ - the best BBQ/Pit Beef in town!
Arcos - Mexican eatery in Fells Point
Berger's Cookies - sweet heart attack!
Big Bad Wolf - more delicious Bmore bbq
Brewer's Art - try the Resurrection and Ozzy
Charm City Cakes - maybe you've seen their TV show?
Dangerously Delicious Pies - Rockabilly pies that are to kill for!
Donna's Cafe - coffee and more
Golden West Cafe - We eat here. A LOT!
Holy Frijoles - fish tacos!
Paper Moon Diner - Some of Benn's toys are there.
Peter's Inn - Tell Bud and Karen Atomic sent ya!
Pizza Johns - Another one of Scott's fave Essex hangouts. Don't forget--Closed Mondays!
Poncabird - where else can you get a hot dog with salami?
Red Emma's - Infoshop Coffeehouse collective
Rocket To Venus - try the brussel sprouts (seriously)
Whiskey Island Pirate Shop - hot sauces
Other
Maryland Paranormal Investigators Coalition - Ghost hunters!
Atomic TV Links A lot of cool sites to check out.
