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At the suggestion of Dan Deacon, Schrader became the host of his own talk show, The Ed Schrader Show. "Dan was like, 'Hey, [experimental pop band] the Parenthetical Girls are coming to town … you should pretend to do a talk show and interview them,'" Schrader said. He did, and the monthly show took off from there. Hundreds came to the Metro Gallery to watch, and Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader were among Schrader's guests. Schrader toured as a stand-up comedian, which evolved into an act where he sang/screamed and played a drum on stage.

At the suggestion of Dan Deacon, Schrader became the host of his own talk show, The Ed Schrader Show. “Dan was like, ‘Hey, [experimental pop band] the Parenthetical Girls are coming to town … you should pretend to do a talk show and interview them,’” Schrader said. He did, and the monthly show took off from there. Hundreds came to the Metro Gallery to watch, and Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader were among Schrader’s guests. Schrader toured as a stand-up comedian, which evolved into an act where he sang/screamed and played a drum on stage.  (Christopher T. Assaf / The Baltimore Sun)

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Catching up with three key players in the Baltimore arts collective

Ed Schrader (now)

Schrader teamed up with Devlin Rice to form Ed Schrader’s Music Beat. They released an album, “Jazz Mind,” three months ago and have been on tour since mid-July (they’re playing the Windup Space Wednesday). In October, they’ll head to England and Europe for a monthlong tour. “I’ve never been out of the country, so this is going to be mind-blowing,” said Schrader, 33.   (Josh Sisk / Special to the Baltimore Sun)

Dina Kelberman (now)

Kelberman has published a series of comic books under the title Important Comics (she also has a weekly comic in City Paper). Her next book is due out next month. She developed a video projection for Deacon’s upcoming tour, and also designed some of Deacon’s merchandise. Now 32, Kelberman recently made a projection of photos from the early Wham City days. “Everyone looks like a tiny little baby,” she said.  (Gabe Dinsmoor / The Baltimore Sun)

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