Category Archives: 1980s

Adolf Kowalski’s “Maryland Musician” Column

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Tom Warner

By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 5/10/2012) “Back in the ’80s, I used to love reading Adolf Kowalski’s column in Maryland Musician. I used to clip ‘em and save ‘em each month, but can’t seem to find any these days. I … Continue reading →


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Tom Warner Reminisces About His Towerlight Daze

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Tom Warner

“S’More of My Back Pages Or: One Man’s Clippings Are Another Man’s Kindling” By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 4/25/2012) “I opened the Pandora’s Box that is the bottom drawer of my bedroom dresser and – buried beneath the whip, handcuffs … Continue reading →


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The Day Davy Jones Did Baltimore

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Michael Yockel (Baltimore Fishbowl, 3/1/2012) Twenty-five years ago, smiling profusely, exuding his ineffable English schoolboy cuteness, and sporting an aggressive mullet, Davy Jones parachuted into — of all places — Westview Mall on Route 40 West, not far from … Continue reading →


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Frank Zappa, “Evening Magazine” Interview

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Unaired footage from Baltimore’s “Evening Magazine” interview with Frank Zappa, August 1985. Related: The Groupies and Other Girls (excerpt) — (Rolling Stone, 2/15/1969) Frank Zappa: ‘Every band that travels carries either Cuprex or A-200 to kill the crabs groupies lay … Continue reading →


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Space Invader — The Futura Flying Saucer House in Dundalk

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Tom Warner

By Michael Yockel (Baltimore City Paper, 11/14/1980) City Paper photo by Barry Holnicker The Place looks like the former residence of George and June Jetson before they packed Elroy up and moved to a high-rise, or something left over from … Continue reading →


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Slayer at the Seagull Inn, 1985

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(As told by Mike Smith of Deceased) The day was March 17, 1985. I saw probably the greatest Heavy Metal show of my life. Back then, shows were truly underground, word of mouth was how you found out about a … Continue reading →


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RIP, Brian Jack

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Child’s Play Vocalist Brian Jack Has Passed Away (By Dana, Eddie Trunk.com) Reports coming out of Baltimore, Maryland reveal that Child’s Play vocalist Brian Jack has died. No details on the cause of death have been stated as of yet. … Continue reading →


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“From Prince to Pope” – 1986 John Waters “Crackpot” Interview

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(Exploitation Retrospect, 1986) First off, what’s your new book Crackpot about? Alright, Crackpot, well it’s subtitled “The Obsessions of John Waters,” and basically it’s just about all the things that interest me. You know, before I was paid to be … Continue reading →


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Jen & Dave: Mom and Pop Porn Pioneers

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Tom Warner

It hardly looks like a porn palace, but Jen and Dave have been making and distributing amateur internet porn here for the last 17 years. In fact, through trial, error, and exhibitionism, they helped invent online pornography. Continue reading →


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When the Colts left town: the night that lives on in infamy

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Kevin Cowherd (The Baltimore Sun, 3/29/2012) I was there that night. It was 28 years ago, in the snowy, pre-dawn darkness of March 29, that the Mayflower vans rumbled out of Owings Mills and the Baltimore Colts left for … Continue reading →


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What is an Alt-Weekly?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Tom Warner

“…these covers not only provide a survey of the history of City Paper, they also scan as a thumbnail history of Baltimore, at least through the alt-weekly lens. ” Continue reading →


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Baltimore Hair Bands Then and Now

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Wesley Case (Midnight Sun, 3/26/2012) More than 25 years ago, the Baltimore hard-rock scene was almost as big as the hair. Bands such as Kix, Mannekin, Child’s Play and DC Star toured the country, signed major-label record deals and … Continue reading →


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