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In Memoriam: Desmond Dekker

Bob Marley? Bah. Desmond Dekker was cranking out hits when Bob Marley was still wearing…

Decasia Live Paired Decaying Footage, a Brass Band and a huge abandoned Synagogue to create the world’s Trippiest Avant Garde Event

Indulgence is the most easily misunderstood aspect of avant-garde art. It’s not enough to pile…

What’s Happening is Not Happening: Meditations from the serene side of the Baltimore Uprising

What’s happening is not really happening. Sunday, in between two days of sensational CNN headlines…

Cajun Our Way: A Popeyes Odyssey

In Memorium: Popeyes founder Al Copeland The consumption of a good piece of Popeyes fried…

Indie in Tweenville

I’ve never liked Times Square. The midday sun adds a strange smell to that section…

A Brief History of Musicians & Murder

Hair jokes aside, we don’t see any levity in yesterday’s conviction of legendary girl-group producer…

NOT MY BALTIMORE

New York Times writer Tim Kreider may not live in Baltimore, but he sure knows…

Lost Library Privleges

My father became a high-school librarian the year I was born. Each birthday brought a…

The Beard's Wicked-Awesome Summer Singles

Beach Days are officially upon us (even if it's been hot-ass-hot for awhile), so let's celebrate. Acceptable Oddities is proud to re-visit our popular update ever... my ORIGINAL Popettes mix...

An Aspiring Nerd's Guide to Ambient

An electronic sub-genre too-often grouped with pastoral folks, new age and other, lackluster "background" electronics, ambient is better compared to the frenzy of air molecules streaking just below the surface of a pot at the brink of boil. The Beard offers full streams of 4 seminal albums to get you going...