Category Archives: 2000s

Shit-canned: Remembering the Preakness Toilet Races

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Tom Warner

“You can’t kill stupid; you can only attempt to contain it. Like on a very large infield.” – (Source: “The Quotable Tom Warner Omnibus.”) “In 2009, the first year without B.Y.O.B., attendance plummeted to 77,850 from 2008′s 112,222…” (Source: Maryland … Continue reading →

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Five Years after The Wire… Baltimore is still Poverty-Plagued City

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Scott Huffines

Five years after The Wire left screens, the TV set remains… how the real Baltimore is still poverty-plagued city of series By Katie Davies (The Daily Mail, 4/10/2013) They are images which wouldn’t be out of place in the opening … Continue reading →

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Ocean City’s Legendary Boardwalk Elvis

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Scott Huffines

By Mike Beatty (DJ Batman) (7/27/2011) I’m here to tell you that Ocean City’s legendary “Boardwalk Elvis” is very much alive and well – and still very much enjoying his inexplicable celebrity in this town. I have a wonderful current story about … Continue reading →

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“That’s bullshit!” Baltimore Smoking Ban, 2007

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Scott Huffines

By Scott Huffines and Alice Hand (Superstar Inn, 2007) Wayne, Transmission Mechanic, Rosedale “I disagree with it myself. I’ve been smoking since I was fucking 14 years old. I’m a Vietnam vet, I’m 51 years old. I feel they’re taking … Continue reading →

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Star of Bethlehem lights up steel mill one final time

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Tom Warner

Decades-old December tradition continues past the death of Sparrows Point By Jamie Smith Hopkins (Baltimore Sun, 12/24/2012) The five-pointed star, made of stainless steel and dozens of heavy-duty light bulbs, looks deceptively simple. Its symbolism is anything but. Not long … Continue reading →

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