Burl Veneer’s Music Blog

It's raining queens (Mississippi Queens)

2008-04-03T01:43:01Z

I have previously written about my dear friend, the late Mark Harp. Mark's band Null Set brought postpunk to Baltimore; when another band called Null Set, from another city, put out a record, Mark's Null Set changed their name to Cabal. The sing...

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Baltimore "new wave" -- Growing Up Different

2008-02-13T02:21:23Z

My old chum Platters That Matter Records just had a great batch of records on ebay; it was unsold stock from legendary Rockville record store Yesterday and Today, much of which was in turn unsold stock from Baltimore's legendary Music Machine (whi...

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Walkin' in an Essex Wonderland

2007-12-17T04:43:57Z

Speaking of Baltimore accents (as I was in my last post), the best exaggerated Baltimore accent ever recorded is in 98 Rock's Twisted Tune, "Walkin' in an Essex Wonderland." (Though Mrs. Veneer claims she's heard more extreme Baltimore accents in...

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King of Peru

2007-12-13T04:29:58Z

I read today that Alberto Fujimori, former President of Peru, was just convicted of abuse of power, the first in what should be a string of convictions. But that just reminded me of my dear friend Mark Harp, who in his final years was the self-st...

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Homegrown Gothic: Vigil

2007-12-09T17:04:04Z

One Baltimore-area band to almost hit it big in the 80s was Vigil; I think they were actually based in Glen Burnie. The quartet of Jo Connor, Andy Reynolds, "X Factor" and Gregg Maizel had gained a local following under the moniker "Here Today," ...

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