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1990s TV: Ocean City Maryland Bikini Contest hosted by DJ Batman

Posted on January 14, 2017 by atomictv

Ocean City’s DJ Batman hosts a bikini contest at the Ocean Club for a show sponsored by Marquis Motor Cars. Plus an interview with Michelle from L&M Modeling. Originally aired on Comcast’s leased access channel in the 1990s. Duped from … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Rappers air local infomercial at Main Event Night Club in Essex, Maryland

Posted on January 14, 2017 by atomictv

The Main Event was a night club in Essex, Maryland whose heyday was the late 70s/early to mid 80s. In the late 90s Street Legal Entertainment / Down Low Productions briefly aired a rap show on Comcast’s leased access channel. … Continue reading →

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City Paper interviews the “Don Juan of Satanism”

Posted on October 2, 2016 by atomictv

Sociable Satanist: Occult investigator “Dr. Daniel Rumanos” doesn’t need a day job By Van Smith (Baltimore City Paper, 8/8/2012) Meeting “Dr. Daniel Rumanos” face-to-face can be somewhat of a letdown. He is, after all, someone who once claimed to cast Satanist … Continue reading →

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1920s Hopkins Professor Sought 34 Gallons of Rye for Research During Prohibition

Posted on August 12, 2016 by atomictv

By James Stimpert (Johns Hopkins University Hub, 8/11/2016) A rather unusual permit application resides in the Records of the Office of the President in the Johns Hopkins University Archives. In April 1920, Professor John B. Watson, a psychologist credited as … Continue reading →

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