Category Archives: Decades

Dundalk Eagle’s April Fool’s Day Prank

Posted on April 1, 2012 by almosthipguy

The following story originally appeared in the March 31, 2010 edition of the Dundalk Eagle newspaper. On the paper’s front page, the article was topped by a banner saying, “Unbelievable news!” Readers who saw the story on the Internet or … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 30, 2012 by atomictv

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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Wall Street Journal Soapbox: John Waters

Posted on March 30, 2012 by atomictv

The enigmatic auteur on his weird childhood, the sorry style of today’s rebels and the social importance of bad taste By John Jurgensen (The Wall Street Journal, 3/29/2012) John Waters, the writer and director who emerged from the midnight movie … Continue reading →

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What is an Alt-Weekly?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by almosthipguy

“…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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