Category Archives: 2000s

Jen & Dave: Mom and Pop Porn Pioneers

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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What is an Alt-Weekly?

“…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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A Mysterious Death At Baltimore’s The Belvedere

By Benn Ray (Atomic Books Blog, 3/21/2012) In this month’s issue of Fortean Times (#286), local author Mikita Brottman has an article involving the curious 2006 death of Rey Rivera, a 32 year old financial writer working for Agora called … Continue reading

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15 Short-Lived Baltimore Sports Experiments

15 Baltimore Teams That Didn’t Make It By Joe Platania (Press Box, 3-12-2012) Baltimoreans are a practical lot. If you have a business of any kind that showcases consistency and success, the people here will support you for a long … Continue reading

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