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Baltimore 1948: Television Killed the Jukebox Star
We’re the Techni Generation We’re so technical We can be just like any other generation We can be just like you We’re the Techni Generation Disco roller frisbee punk rockers We can be just like you
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Baltimore’s Block Burly Performers Not “Strip-Teasers” but “Beauty-Flashers”...
Not Strip But Flashers (The Billboard, 6/27/1942) Feminine burly performers are not “strip-teasers” but “beauty-flashers,” according to Gus Flaig, veteran stage manager for the Gayety, only...
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HOMING PIGEON – A high-flying bird who migrates regularly between our Montreal hutch and her Maryland family (Playboy, 3/1969) Baltimore’s Kathy MacDonald: March 1969 Playmate of the Month (NSFW) “It’s...
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For nearly 40 years, Dale’s Esso Center first thing people saw when entering...
Photo courtesy Sue Byrd., via Ocean City Dispatch. Click to enlarge. Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann (Ocean City Dispatch) For nearly 40 years, Dale’s Esso Center was the first thing people saw...
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Ex-girlfriend, secret teen lovers nearly bludgeon Maryland man to death...
WHEATON, Md. (WJLA) – A 32-year-old man is recovering after being attacked with a bright red tire iron near a Porta Potty. Montgomery County Police have since arrested victim Andres Hernandez’s...
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Maryland celebrates New Year with unique drops
As the doughnut drops, a new year begins Middletown Valley Bank employees take a selfie with the 6-ft. papier mache doughnut for the Krumpe’s Do-nut Drop 2015 that is on tour and parked outside the...
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Mouth Trumpet Lets You Toot Your Own Horn, but Without the Horn
Also Known as ‘Vocal’ or ‘Lip’ Trumpet, Musicians Use Their Own Mouths to Jazz Up the Music Scene By Angus Loten (Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2015) Singer songwriter Victoria Vox is leading a...
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John Waters Looks for Trouble
Filmmaker John Waters is still looking to make people laugh uncomfortably—this time in the art world By Alexandra Wolfe (Weekend Confidential, Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2015) John Waters (Allison...
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Crab Cakes, Lacrosse & Porn: That’s What Maryland Does!
Thanks to the Charm City Wire blog, we learned that Lebanon-born, Miami-based sports enthusiast/porn star Mia Khalifa (2014′s #1 ranked porn star on Pornhub.com, with 6.2 million views), tweeted the...
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Baltimore in Song
Thanks to Chris Richardson and his fantastic blog zeroto180 (“Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic: Discoveries of a Pop Music Archaeologist”) for his recent piece “90+ Years of Baltimore in Song” – a...
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The Judies Fixation Tapes
“We got Punk Rock, honey, and we’re not gonna compromise for anything!” Thanks to Craig Stitchcomb for unearthing this “crappy cassette” tape of a May 8, 1980 Judies Fixation show at the Marble Bar....
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The Rockstars: 1+1=Death
Happy New Year! Todd Stachowski and his video-savvy friend Paul Brown have launched a YouTube channel called donotwatch, which promises to post a new unwatchable video every week. Donotwatch’s Todd...
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Even the Flesh Is a Mask: Reflections in the Cobbled Spookhouse of Laure Drogoul
Excerpt from our friend Rupert Wondolowski’s ongoing “Saints & Haints of Baltimore: A Secret History of The Baltimore Underground, 1984-2014, Hidden in the Drawer of a Dust Mote” with added visuals...
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Bikers Take a Break. Sunday Afternoon in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, 1973
Click to Enlarge Bikers Take a Break. Sunday Afternoon in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland, September 1973 From the series Southern Roads/City Pavements © 1973, Roland L. Freeman Smithsonian...
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John Waters’s Favorite Stripper: Lady Zorro
The Butch Local Girl Who Looked Like Victor Mature By Burlesque Babes (burlesquebabes.wordpress.com, 2/26/2015) Her real name was Sheila Alberta Bowater. Get by with a little help from my friends… A...
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WKHS Disc Jockeys Harken Back to Radio’s Golden Era
By Bill Arrowood (The Chesapeake Spy, March 26, 2014) The community DJ’s donate their time and musical acumen to produce radio like nothing else in the region, and offer their audience something...
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He Is Risen – Easter Window Display, Hampden, Maryland
Easter 2012 window display next to Atomic Books, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Easter in Essex, Maryland, 1970s
Jackie Nickel (Huffines) and sons, Essex, Maryland, 1970s Drawing by son John, 1973
View ArticleMary Sue Easter Eggs Factory Tour and Commercial
“Here is a commerical for Mary Sue Easter Eggs. This was produced by the production team at WBAL TV and the rabbit was the pet rabbit of Beth Miller, the wife of WBAL Radio’s News Director.”...
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