Across the Bay 10K Finishers Party w/ THE PAUL REED SMITH BAND & FAKE FLOWERS REAL DIRT

Join us at the finish line on Sunday, November 9th as we provide funky ambiance for some of the 20 thousand runners at the Across The Bay 10k finishers party!  The Post-Race Party is open to runners, friends and family and it's located in front of PRS Guitars (one of the biggest and best guitar manufacturers in the country) in the Chesapeake Bay Business Park on Kent Island. Entertainment is sponsored by PRS and will feature special performances by the founder of PRS, The Paul Reed Smith Band (10:30am) and Fake Flowers Real Dirt (12pm).

BOSLEY & FFRD "LIVE" at THE MET on FRIDAY APRIL 18th

BOSLEY:  Named #1 on Baltimore Magazine's 2013 Hip List, Bosley's career accelerated after the release of his outstanding debut album Honey Pig. The Baltimore native's music channels eclectic influences from 40s swing to 60s R&B, to 80s Hip Hop. He and the self-anointed 'Beautiful Band' shell out hot, unique pop music and sweaty, high-energy live performances. And if you just can't get enough, the Charm City's underground soul sensation's turned it up a notch in his sophomore album titled, "The Dirty Dogs Radio Show" --an electrifying new album that will keep you on your toes. Dance parties welcomed. "The Motown-esque singer oozes soul... from the sound to the synchronized dance moves -- a modern spin on 60's cool." --Baltimore magazine “In the brief moments the evening felt like a tranquil Monday night at Bohemian Caverns. Bosley ditched his keyboard or guitar and hopped into the crowd all rhythm and frantic two-tone wingtips a-flying, just one cape shy of James Brown’s brand new bag and a pompadour short of Janelle Monae’s tightrope.” --Brightest Young Things

"It's especially hard for a white kid to pull off the soul frontman without seeming like a bad imitation of the Blues Brothers [...] Nevertheless, Bosley manages to make this tradition his own by looking backwards and forwards at the same time." -- Baltimore City Paper

FAKE FLOWERS REAL DIRT:  In the steamy basement of an otherwise unremarkable house in Baltimore, "Fake Flowers Real Dirt" forges their mix of genres from the funk/dope characteristic (e.g. funk, hip-hop): driving skank reggae moves to frenetic breakbeat/jungle, joined together with a series of quick jazz changes.  Simple melodic lines and hooks give way to solos, with space.

FFRD's efforts began when singer Billy D William marshaled the forces of an accomplished group of veterans from the DMV music scene.  Their goal is nothing less than sonic nirvana - obtained through the melding of diverse musical traditions into a form greater than the sum of its parts.

Atop the groundwork carefully, yet ruthlessly laid down by drummer Kevin Shuss and bassist / sound-man extraordinaire Ethan Montgomery, Billy D William sings skyward with gospel soul, singer Viki Nova adds delicious harmonies while increasing the band's class considerably, Dave Eynck invites listeners into his world with cerebral chord voicings and sound, turntablist GERM mashes and scratches (real) vinyl, Gene Chapman and Ernesto Ponce play searing and soaring sax lines - close your eyes and imagine Cannonball!!! - while Paul Haney and his trusty laptop go from buzzy synth, with attendant envelopes and filters, to your classic hammond B3. Brian Escavage provides percussion and extra drive to the deep rhythms - the icing on an already tasty cake!  The group embraces the style nouveau while never forgetting the trivial inequality: 10 seasoned players, still on their way 'round the block > 1 laptop.

FFRD transcends superlatives; their awesomeness is matched only by their modesty.  From the basement in a house in Baltimore, MD to your ears, "The flyest and the most, as real as non-fiction."

169 West St, Annapolis, MD 21401

metropolitanannapolis.com

TICKETS:  http://metropolitantickets.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=27

FFRD "LIVE" at HONFEST 2013 - 12:30PM FALLS ROAD STAGE

Think all summer street festivals are about the same? Check out HonFest. Locatecd in the Baltimore neighborhood of Hampden, HonFest celebrates the working women who helped make this great city what it is.

“Hon”, short for Honey, is a classic Bawlmer term of endearment. For generations, it has expressed the warmth and affection bestowed upon neighbors and visitors alike by our mothers and grandmothers.

Since 1994, HonFest has grown from a tiny Baltimore's Best Hon pageant behind Café Hon, to a nationally recognized festival that covers four city blocks on Hampden's very own 36th Street. In recent years, the festival has been acknowledged by The New York Times, Rachel Ray's Tasty Travels, Nightly News with Brian Williams, The New York Post, Southern Living, The LA Times, HGTV, CNN, and The New Yorker. 

Each year, revelers from every corner of our city, region, and nation--not to mention from overseas—have come to Hampden to celebrate Baltimore heritage and experience what makes the town like no other.

PASADENA'S (TOUR ENDING PARTY) with FAKE FLOWERS REAL DIRT, STICKY LONGFINGERS AND THE RUSTED BUTTER AND ALEXANDER PETERS

This will be the first time you can catch our homies from Pasadena (PASADENA) in Maryland since they left for Buffalo on 4/25. By the time they get to the Whiskey on 5/25, they will have played 26 out of 30 days since they've been away. That sounds pretty hardcore to me! Their tour ending party also featuring FFRD, Sticky Longfingers and the Rusted Butter and Alexander Peters promises to me a big one. That's a lot of bomb diggity in one room kids. We highly recommend that if your planning on attending, that you purchase your tickets in advance (info coming).

BOSLEY & FAKE FLOWERS REAL DIRT... LIVE at THE MET

Bosley (Soul/R&B) & Fake Flowers Real Dirt (Funk/Soul/Breakbeats) team up to play one of Naptown's hippest, most swankiest of establishments.

Do your mind, body and soul a favor and support local music in style!

Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge

169 West St  Annapolis, MD 21401

(410) 280-5160

http://www.bosley.virb.com

http://www.fakeflowersrealdirt.com

http://www.metropolitanannapolis.com/

Make Melissa Smile at The Whiskey October 7th, 2012

Melissa Smith, 28, from Stevensville, MD, is a beautiful, strong, loving young woman who would love nothing more than to make a difference in the world, smile by smile. She is unable to at this time due to her unfortunate case of "Transverse Myelitis," which is a result of radiation from a long battle of Hodgkin's Lymphoma.


She put herself through 4 years of college, all the while battling cancer, but never gave up something she wanted so badly. She is, to say the least, a fighter. Melissa has

been accepted into the Anne Arundel County Nursing Program of 2012, but cannot attend this semester because she cannot even walk, let alone stand for 10-12 hours a day.


Transverse Myelitis is a rare and extremely painful neurological disorder in which the body attacks its own spinal cord and has spread lesions through her entire spine. This is not only physically and mentally exhausting, but is a huge financial burden as well.



Melissa is well known in the Annapolis area, mainly for her huge smile and her even bigger heart. She has always been passionate about donating and volunteering for charities, and when she was feeling better, she would make weekly meals for the homeless. She has always been dedicated to helping others, and now we are asking for your help in taking the financial stress off a woman who would not only give you the shirt off her back, but never ask for anything in return.


Please help us "Make Melissa Smile."

Thank you in advance for your generosity,

Sarah (Dani) Swisher & Jamie Herrell

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- SUNDAY OCTOBER 7TH @ THE WHISKEY IN ANNAPOLIS

- $20 COVER

- DOORS OPEN AT 12PM, ALL AGES UNTIL 8PM

- SILENT AUCTION AND RAFFLES!!!
- PIERCINGS BY MYSTIC!!
- FACE PAINTING!!
- AWESOME GIVEAWAYS!!

COME JOIN US FOR AN AWESOME DAY, FOR AN AWESOME CAUSE, FOR AN AWESOME GIRL, FILLED WITH FOOD, DRINKS FUN AND SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC AROUND INCLUDING:

- PBnJ
- EARTH TO KEVIN
- HYPNOTIC PANTIES
- SKRIBE
- SANDBOX KINGS
- US DISMANTLERS
- THE GRILLED LINCOLNS
- FAKE FLOWERS REAL DIRT
- JIMI HAHA
- PETE BEST
- FATMAN CATBITE
- THE PHANTOM LIMBS
- KELLY BELL BAND
(set times to be announced)

STAY TUNED FOR MORE BAND ANNOUNCEMENTS TO COME!!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE :)



**IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO DONATE ANYTHING FOR THE SILENT AUCTION PLEASE EMAIL US AT MAKEMELISSASMILE@GMAIL.COM **

Saturday, September 29th, 2012

Armadillo's

132 Dock St, Annapolis, MD 21401

w/ Jimi HaHa

10pm

www.armadillosannapolis.com