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On my way home last night I decided to drop into The Judge's Bench for a beer. Earlier in the evening I was in Baltimoreat an art opening and talking to Rick Bloemke, a guy who seemed to be quite knowledgeable aboutthe Baltimorebeer scene. He singled out The Judges Bench for high praise so good beer was onmy mind as I rolled back down Main Street.

As I sat at the bar enjoying a Sierra Nevada Narwhal Imperial Stout, I witnessed a progression of musicians arriving with theirinstruments. Before long, the little pub was packed. It was Open Mic with Mikenight and musicians were rolling in from as far away as Annapolis to participate.
The music covered a pretty broad spectrum too. Last night,by 9:30 PM, fourteen musicians had already signed up to perform a twenty minuteset. Mike Vance, the impresario of the evening told me that the bar has beenholding this Tuesday night gathering for over five years and it is always busy.“The bartender loves us,” he added.
I wish I could have stayed longer and maybe caught theseguys.
And speaking of music, last night on All Things Considered,Melissa Block interviewed Keith Richards. The Rolling Stones are celebratingtheir 50^th anniversary and all week the NPR reporters are talking tothe individual band members. When asked his favorite Rolling Stone song Keithreplied “Street Fighting Man.”
"Street Fighting Man" was banned by some U.S. stations.It was called "subversive," but Richards says it wasn't meant to beprovocative.”
He then added, “You could count on somebody in America to findsomething offensive about something — you still can.”
Amen to that brother Keith.