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Baltimore Positive and WNST are celebrating 28 years, and instead of giving you another list of football players, baseball games, favorite sports somethings or places where I’ve eaten a crab cake – and I’ve got plenty of all of those – I’m going back to where a lot of this really started for me: the music. My Almost Famous youth as a teenage music critic…
It’s going to be quite a trip ahead for Leonard Raskin and many Baltimore Ravens fans who are not only getting their passports stamped in Brazil this month, but also better have their visa! And their credit card and security for their phones. Nestor, who did the Copacabana, Ipanema and Corcovado run in 2006 with the Rolling Stones in the biggest concert in the history of the planet, asks our resident financial expert what he’s hoping to find in Rio de Janeiro – other than Dallas Cowboys fans.
It’s going to be quite a trip ahead for Leonard Raskin and many Baltimore Ravens fans who are not only getting their passports stamped in Brazil this month, but also better have their visa! And their credit card and security for their phones. Nestor, who did the Copacabana, Ipanema and Corcovado run in 2006 with the Rolling Stones in the biggest concert in the history of the planet, asks our resident financial expert what he’s hoping to find in Rio de Janeiro – other than Dallas Cowboys fans.
Drummer Gil Moore of Triumph tells Nestor about the second leg of the most unlikely tour coming to Baltimore on November 21st and all of the history of a Canadian band that still inspires, rocks and brings the rock and roll machine to life with fresh energy and great songs.
Drummer Gil Moore of Triumph tells Nestor about the second leg of the most unlikely tour coming to Baltimore on November 21st and all of the history of a Canadian band that still inspires, rocks and brings the rock and roll machine to life with fresh energy and great songs.
Back at the beach for the Maryland Counties Conference, we welcome Tom Perlozzo – yes, he’s Sam’s brother – back from Ocean City to talk tourism, families, the lure and lore of the beach and how Maryland is trying to compete with Virginia Beach year-around for youth sports events and all of the great economic benefits of that happening with the new proposal. Oh, and we didn’t want to discuss the Orioles but we did anyway…
Back at the beach for the Maryland Counties Conference, we welcome Tom Perlozzo – yes, he’s Sam’s brother – back from Ocean City to talk tourism, families, the lure and lore of the beach and how Maryland is trying to compete with Virginia Beach year-around for youth sports events and all of the great economic benefits of that happening with the new proposal. Oh, and we didn’t want to discuss the Orioles but we did anyway…
Concerts ain’t cheap and bigger experiences cost even more. In his never-ending quest to educate Nestor about money and living his best American Dream life, Leonard Raskin returns and discusses whether this Rush reunion is worth all of the fuss.
Concerts ain’t cheap and bigger experiences cost even more. In his never-ending quest to educate Nestor about money and living his best American Dream life, Leonard Raskin returns and discusses whether this Rush reunion is worth all of the fuss.
It’s always fun to visit with old friends and our concert pal Ed Stylc joins Nestor at Massoni’s in Perry Hall on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the good old days of Section 513 at Baltimore Ravens games and why rock music and going to a big concert still sustains us all these years later.
It’s always fun to visit with old friends and our concert pal Ed Stylc joins Nestor at Massoni’s in Perry Hall on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the good old days of Section 513 at Baltimore Ravens games and why rock music and going to a big concert still sustains us all these years later.
Concerts and families and tourists and miles of beaches keep bringing us back to the Boardwalk and the good life of Ocean City, Maryland. Our favorite tourism pal (and brother of former Orioles manager Sam), Tom Perlozzo returns to help us kick off a week of MACo conversations on the heart of the Coastal Highway about what makes life beach keep getting better in our favorite summer destination. Who else is heading to Oceans Calling?
Concerts and families and tourists and miles of beaches keep bringing us back to the Boardwalk and the good life of Ocean City, Maryland. Our favorite tourism pal (and brother of former Orioles manager Sam), Tom Perlozzo returns to help us kick off a week of MACo conversations on the heart of the Coastal Highway about what makes life beach keep getting better in our favorite summer destination. Who else is heading to Oceans Calling?
It’s a lot more complicated than even destroying the sunrise view of the Atlantic Ocean from the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland forever. As Mayor Rick Meehan points out, there’s far more at stake for the ecology and economy of our favorite lifelong resort and its future with the pending fight for the shoreline.
It’s a lot more complicated than even destroying the sunrise view of the Atlantic Ocean from the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland forever. As Mayor Rick Meehan points out, there’s far more at stake for the ecology and economy of our favorite lifelong resort and its future with the pending fight for the shoreline.
Nestor Aparicio and Leonard Raskin discussed the cost and value proposition of modern fandom Nestor Aparicio and Leonard Raskin discussed
As the Ravens preseason game tickets go unused and the Orioles send out Birdland renewals for 2026 with a last-place mess on the field, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the current cost and value proposition of modern fandom. And where the rest of the money is coming from to make sports wealthier.
Holiday visits with friends around town brought Sam Sessa to Amicci’s in Little Italy to tell Nestor everything he ever wanted to know about public radio life at WTMD, WYPR and the massive summer magic created by their incredibly successful First Thursday summer nights of music at the Canton Waterfront Park.
Holiday visits with friends around town brought Sam Sessa to Amicci’s in Little Italy to tell Nestor everything he ever wanted to know about public radio life at WTMD, WYPR and the massive summer magic created by their incredibly successful First Thursday summer nights of music at the Canton Waterfront Park.
Was it ZZ Top, Rush or Ted Nugent? Was it Hulk Hogan as a heel vs. Bob Backlund or Dusty Rhodes coming north? Was it Wayne Gretzky or Magic Johnson or Larry Bird? Nestor Aparicio and Leonard Raskin reminisce about their youth and experiences at Capital Centre and discuss the significance of keeping mementos from their past experiences.
Every special Capital Centre memory of music and sports and childhood wonderment told by Nestor to retrospective author Kevin Leonard at Costas Inn in Dundalk on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
Capital Centre retrospective book author Kevin Leonard regales Nestor with stories of Landover childhood glory and Abe Pollin from Costas Inn on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Everything you ever wanted to know about your favorite red and blue arena on the D.C. beltway where all the stars shined. (You need to get this book!)
Every special Capital Centre memory of music and sports and childhood wonderment told by Nestor to retrospective author Kevin Leonard at Costas Inn in Dundalk on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Interviewing ZZ Top, meeting James Brown and getting a backstage tour from Jon Bon Jovi. What a place!
Was it ZZ Top, Rush or Ted Nugent? Was it Hulk Hogan as a heel vs. Bob Backlund or Dusty Rhodes coming north? Was it Wayne Gretzky or Magic Johnson or Larry Bird? Nestor Aparicio and Leonard Raskin reminisce about their youth and experiences at Capital Centre and discuss the significance of keeping mementos from their past experiences.
Capital Centre retrospective book author Kevin Leonard regales Nestor with stories of Landover childhood glory and Abe Pollin from Costas Inn on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Everything you ever wanted to know about your favorite red and blue arena on the D.C. beltway where all the stars shined.
The terpenes are the science that makes it work. Our Chief Cannabis Officer Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness brings the terpene knowledge and explains more about getting a better wellness experience for adult use education.
The terpenes are the science that makes it work. Our Chief Cannabis Officer Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness brings the terpene knowledge and explains more about getting a better wellness experience for adult use education.
Our Chief Cannabis Officer for education Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness discusses the local business connection and partnership with CFG Bank Arena, rock and roll and contesting and gifting for the holidays. Even Mariah Carey is coming to Baltimore to sing about Santa!
Our Chief Cannabis Officer for education Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness discusses the local business connection and partnership with CFG Bank Arena, rock and roll and contesting and gifting for the holidays. Even Mariah Carey is coming to Baltimore to sing about Santa!
When our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection drops by the show, it usually involves music. This time after Nestor got back from an American bender through South Carolina for Sammy Hagar and Las Vegas for U2 at Sphere, he needed some answers about how Alice Cooper got there. And why people can’t shut up when Billy Joel or John Mayer are singing a love song.
When our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection drops by the show, it usually involves music. This time after Nestor got back from an American bender through South Carolina for Sammy Hagar and Las Vegas for U2 at Sphere, he needed some answers about how Alice Cooper got there. And why people can’t shut up when Billy Joel or John Mayer are singing a love song.
Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss Buffett and seeing that one particular harbour while you can
The death of Jimmy Buffet hit so many people so hard over the Labor Day weekend. So many shows. So many memories. Our financial advisor Leonard Raskin says it’s another reminder to have another boat drink and lose yourself in Margaritaville by living your best life. Just like Jimmy would’ve wanted.
Football agent Chad Wiestling rocks and rolls through Baltimore music history on MD Crab Cake Tour at Spirits West
Football agent Chad Wiestling asked Nestor if he could wear his Child’s Play shirt to honor East Baltimore rock music on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour in West Baltimore at Spirits West. From College Park to Hammerjacks, our favorite NFL agent rocks and rolls through Baltimore music history with some Pacifica belt buckle show and tell from our spirited host.
Bringing the big acts back to Baltimore becomes real with Bruce and The Eagles opening doors to CFG Bank Arena in April
Baltimore Magazine writer Ron Cassie joins Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at State Fare in Catonsville to discuss the future of live music in downtown Baltimore and the big acts and big hopes for a million people visiting the building in the first year.
