Today we started off the morning with some tracks from the rotation shelf before delving into Baltimore with Dylan ’16.

Scroll down for music and chatter.

“The Great Fire” – Future Islands

• Baltimore has a thriving music scene that encourages young people to engage with and create art.
• Dylan grew up in a neighborhood called Hamilton.
• There is actually a body of water named Prettyboy in Maryland.

“Diagonally Talking Echo – Dustin Wong

• Dylan has five sisters. One of them, Bella, is moving to Chicago to today.
• Despite a strong independent school culture, Baltimore’s public schools, according to Dylan, remain underserved. Dylan, citing her inspirational kindergarten educator mom and high school English teacher, envisions herself becoming a teacher.

“Prettyboy” – Dan Deacon

• Baseball season starts soon. Dylan is an Orioles fans. Watch out Yankees and Red Sox.
• Baltimoreans, not Baltimorons. Got it?
• If Dylan sees you wearing an Orioles shirt and enthusiastically says hi, you shouldn’t leave her hanging.

“Supers” – NARCstudies

• There’s an abandoned warehouse in Baltimore with pink and pastel-colored puff balls. Dylan says it looks like someone vomited color all over its exposed-brick walls. Can someone verify?
• Dylan’s interested in narrative journalism and wants to secure a MiddChallenge grant to tell the stories of people in her city. Help her make it happen!

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Next week: we’ll at least have New York.