Lawrence Lanahan
@llanahan.bsky.social
Host/producer of REARRANGED, an Osiris Media documentary podcast about music arrangers. Author, THE LINES BETWEEN US: TWO FAMILIES AND A QUEST TO CROSS BALTIMORE'S RACIAL DIVIDE. Reporter, radio producer, adjunct, researcher. www.lawrencelanahan.com/music
Let's see if the driver gets charged with anything at all. www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...
Can Anyone Stop Baltimore City’s Most Dangerous Drivers?
Crashes have killed nearly 500 people in Baltimore City over the past decade, and safety advocates say leaders have left tools on the table.
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Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 2w agoDriver cut off school bus that crashed into Parkville pharmacy, police say
ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to close relatives who spoke to The Associated Press.
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When I found out my former editor Kelley Benham French was helping w/a story on the most infamous photo from July 4, I knew it would be special. Read this amazing piece on how a photo, taken in a troubling moment, reveals so much about truth and assumption in today’s media. https://loom.ly/-kUCN40
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
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Distracted while reading a passage of Freud: “ah crap, I don’t think I put it on the Google Calendar that I rescheduled that dinner with Mom and Dad”
O’s are winning at floppy hat night but I’m more interested in the common green june beetle that somehow landed on my head in the upper deck.
HED Turkey: Trump Dumps Air Force One Two for Air Force One One DEK With only enough artillery to shoot down one plane, Iran has been had
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 4w agoJUST POSTED: Security Precaution Led Trump to Use Old Air Force One in Leaving Turkey The Secret Service is said to have asked that the president not use the Qatari-donated jet when he left Ankara. The swap deepens questions about the retrofitting of the new plane www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...
Stop what you’re doing and put on Argentina v Cabo Verde.
It’s a great song title, but I have the good sense not to write “100 Degrees on Trash Day.”
This is very sad news. Susan Goering had a way of seeing and parsing the structural roots of racism and inequality, and she had the skill, deterimination, and patience to make sure change came.
Barbara Samuels@bsamuels72.bsky.social · last mo.Difficult to overstate the impact Susan Goering had on Baltimore & MD as the architect of challenges to the status quo of school finance, housing segregation, zero tolerance policing & Black voting power on the EShore. She came to MD & saw complacency w/ inequity & knew we could Be More.
The rhyme scheme for the chorus of REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling” is A A A A A A A A A A.
Mixing the first run-through of new Glad Pulses tunes by Eben Dennis, Chuck Rainville, and myself from tonight’s rehearsal. So fun to start to think through the right arrangement for other writers’ great tunes, then watch them get your song on two legs. Here’s to bands with multiple songwriters.
Would have been less messy if NYT had done the 30 greatest dead songwriters.
Glad Pulses plays a set Saturday 6pm at the HART Festival in Hamilton, NE Baltimore, just blocks from my front door. Lots to see and do that day: www.facebook.com/events/13302...
Almost a year after the police killing of Pytorcarcha Brooks, her family still hasn’t seen change or accountability baltimorebeat.com/almost-a-yea...
Almost a year after the police killing of Pytorcarcha Brooks, her family still hasn't seen change or accountability
Her family called her Baby Sis. A quiet, gentle woman, Pytorcarcha Brooks couldn’t have weighed more than 100 pounds soaking wet. On June 25, 2025, the 70-year-old was deep in a mental health crisis…
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I’m confused. Was this family not offered a pre-k seat at another school? Did they not know about the choice policy that might prevent them from getting a spot at the school they wanted?
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 2mo ago“The zoned schools are on Zillow, attached to each house. It is a critical part of why people choose to live where they live. ... And, if Baltimore City cannot design a process that acknowledges this, then we’re in trouble.”
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet • Happy Today album-length concert film
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Happy Today (album-length concert film)
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"The charging documents filed in Alexandria, Va., still leave a lot unanswered about his recent conduct."
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo agoA senior CIA official was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence, a small fortune that he apparently brought home from work, according to court papers.
Come on out to BCPL Catonsville at 3pm on Saturday for a free talk from @llanahan.bsky.social about @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social!
If you, like me, became a data fiend in the 20th century only to become horrified by all things 21st century, I suggest this pairing of The First Measured Century with @marionf.bsky.social and @kjhealy.co's The Ordinal Society, a fine angle on the second measured century.
Join me at 3pm Saturday, BCPL Catonsville, for a free talk about @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social! I'll get into musical creativity and originality in the AI age, why Gil Evans rules, and why arrangers have been belittled, insulted, and sued for over 200 years, from Franz Liszt to Public Enemy.
So much fun to talk to Eblis Álvarez about Colombian music, music technology, and the elaborate process behind his mesmerizing Meridian Brothers albums. Great story about their @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert, too.
Rearranged@rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social · 2mo agoFinal episode of @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social Season Two is up: Eblis Álvarez of Meridian Brothers. Don't miss Ruido Tovar, his new collaboration with Mexican Institute of Sound. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
![[HEADLINE] "Baltimore's beloved 8×10 club gets new lease on life — literally" [PHOTO OF THE FLOOR VIEWED FROM IN FRONT OF STAGE AT OTTOBAR AND CAPTION] "The 8x10, Baltimore's beloved music venue, announced on Monday that it has found new owners, staving off a planned June 30 closure. Abigail Jansens and Brian Shupe, who have owned the club for nearly half of its 43-year existence, will be retiring. STAFF FILE"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zn57sdjta5cznmardn4ry7ds/bafkreiaqa5s6mrhtqv6gl2penvaeggemtkoh2kgoabzjrygub4uhx2ih5m)
