"He offended me with his bad taste..."

Welcome to Spitfirepress, the web blog dedicated to music, photography, opinion and personal interest. Enjoy the touring all of the above in ever-generous interest of educating the consuming world to the world according to the Spitfirepress. Keep in mind over the coming weeks (or month or years or however long this lasts) that the opinions expressed are limited to those contributing directly to the creating and preservation of this blog. Apologies to anyone offeneded by the points of view disclosed from here in.

In the future the blog community will be exposed to a vast group of new music artists and their mp3s,

as well as exclusive concert photography and reviews or both their shows and records. Points of interest in the

Baltimore-Washington area will also be covered to inform the public to keep the reader abreast of

musical activities throughout the area.

Currently, Spitfirepress is compiling the 3rd Annual Spitfirepress Music Awards
Last year's questionaire offered the following questions answered by a panel of music lovers from New York to San Francisco. The questions for last year were as follows:

Artist(s) of the Year

Your pick for the act that changed your life in 2004

10 Favorite Records of 2004

Your pcik of the 10 records released in 2004 you got the most spins out of

Honorable Mention(s)

Because you can never pick just 10

5 Favorite Singles of 2004

Which songs put a dent in your soul or the charts

Favorite Songwriter(s) of 2004

Who is "like right there with me and my feelings and shit"

Favorite EPs or Mini Albums of 2004

Some people are just scared of making a commitment

Your Favorite Reissue(s) of 2004

It was good but they made it better so you'll buy it again at a 50% mark-up

Favorite Album Art of 2004

So it's like art, but there's art on the outside too

Favorite Video of the Year 2004

Somewhere in between the daily 21 hrs. or Real World/ Road Rules Challenge

Biggest Disappointment of 2004

The bastards who tried to ruin everything

Your Favorite Discovery of 2004

What you found too soon or too late and now can't live without

The "Next Big Thing" of 2005

What's going to be "so last year" in 2006

The Biggest Loss to Music in 2004

Who died, quit, got fired, left or disappeared and made your life a little empty

Most Underrated Artist of 2004

Who's so underappreciated their mom's don't even know how good they are

Most Overrated Artist of 2004

Who got so much face time that you got sick

Worst Person in Music 2004

Who sold-out, gave in, got paid and lost touch

Spitfirepress will post the host's results within the week. Highlights from that and other submitted lists will be posted with information on the artist(s), mp3's and touring information.