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The Hustle: Twitter to Riches- How to find Comedy Success and a Job at The Onion

June 17, 2014

Ezra Winter

The Hustle is a series where Ezra Winter interviews and features how people find success in creative ways in the…

The Three Card Monte :: The Hustle

April 16, 2014

Ezra Winter

Have you ever heard of the three card monte game? The three card monte, an old school hustle where a…

Interview :: Marissa Nadler

March 12, 2014

Ezra Winter

Marissa Nadler is a Boston-based musician who “wastes no time in cutting close to the bone on “July,” her latest album…

The Hustle :: New Band Goblin Mold Keeps Costs Low, Ambitions High

March 5, 2014

Ezra Winter & Josh Sisk

Super-talented photographer Josh Sisk had a chance to swing by the Copycat and see Goblin Mold practice this past weekend.…

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Interview with Magician Max Major

January 30, 2014

Ezra Winter

I was recently lucky enough to sit down and talk with my friend Max Major.  He is a very talented…

The Hustle: Booking It!

November 7, 2013

Ezra Winter

Adam Savage is a stalwart of the Baltimore music scene, where he is a booker and promoter for many of…

The Hustle: Get Paid to Crack Jokes

October 31, 2013

Ezra Winter

Mike Finazzo is a local comedian and filmmaker who has toured and performed extensively with the likes of Drew Carey,…

Photo by Carlos Pando

The Hustle: Professional Gambling

September 26, 2013

Ezra Winter

Bart Hanson is a professional gambler, broadcaster, and entrepreneur out of Los Angeles.  Through his site: seatopenpoker.net he gives lessons…

The Hustle: The Decline of the Record Store

September 5, 2013

Ezra Winter

The Faltering But Not Quite Decline of Record Store Culture Neill Jameson via Ezra Lefko Neill Jameson is a musician…

The Hustle: How to Get Paid to Dress Well

August 29, 2013

Ezra Winter

Fashion was my first real entrée in to the world of art and culture.  I have fond memories of working…

What Black Metal Taught Me About Comedy

August 15, 2013

Ezra Winter

The extreme music scene in Scandinavia may have a lot more in common with my beloved field of comedy than…

The Hustle: Terrible Cocktails

August 8, 2013

Ezra Winter

Please enjoy this list of rejected recipes; deemed unsuitable due to tastelessness, offensiveness or general grossness. …

The Hustle 4: Baltimore Improv Group

July 25, 2013

Gatsby

Did you know about Baltimore’s passionate improv community?  I recently had the opportunity to speak with Heather Moyer from the…

The Hustle: Ambitions as a Rider

July 19, 2013

Ezra Winter

The ARTIST shall be picked up at the airport in a vintage “plunger frame” BMW motorcycle with a sidecar.…

The Hustle: Drink till We’re Funny

July 12, 2013

Ezra Winter

Pour yourself a cold one and dig into this interview when Ezra Leftko sits down with irreverent and hilarious Baltimore…

The Hustle

June 26, 2013

Ezra Winter

By Ezra Lefko (the easier-to-pronounce comedy alter-ego of writer and artist Natan Lefkowits)   Welcome to The Hustle! Just as…