Category Archives: 1960s

Memories, music and a meal for Morris

Posted on January 17, 2012 by almosthipguy

“Oh, Mon Dieu! Those mouse turds, too!” by Fern Shen and Mark Reutter (Baltimore Brew, Jan. 16, 2012) The people Morris Martick screamed at, cooked with, cooked for, fired, rehired, insulted and nurtured – in other words, the people who … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Baltimore Playboy Bunny — Part One

Posted on November 8, 2011 by atomictv

Ultraswank.net Interviews Playboy Bunny Sharon Bernstein Peyton In the summer of 1964 when Sharon Bernstein Peyton was 18 years old, she saw an ad for the new Baltimore Playboy Club opening. This stylish, sexy and glamorous world was quite different … Continue reading →

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The Strawberry Alarm Clock Tolls for Baltimore

Posted on October 29, 2011 by almosthipguy

by Michael Yockel (Baltimore Fishbowl, October 27, 2011) For an extended lysergic blink in the late 1960s, Top 40 radio turned day-glo, suffused by the sounds of psychedelic pop, which achieved its apocalyptic apogee in November 1967 when the Strawberry … Continue reading →

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Film helps African-Americans remember a lively Carr’s Beach

Posted on October 16, 2011 by almosthipguy

Destination was popular resort during era of segregation By Mary Gail Hare (The Baltimore Sun, October 13, 2011) Decades ago, a trip to segregated Ocean City presented far too many challenges for African-American families. Instead they went to a sandy … Continue reading →

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