Category Archives: Decades

Buzzcocks in Baltimore: Many Happy Returns

Buzzcocks @ Baltimore Soundstage w/The Residuels, Expert Alterations April 18, 2015 Touring in support of their latest release, The Way (Pledge Music, 2014) – their ninth album over the course of a celebrated 40-year career (1976-81, 1989-present) and the first … Continue reading

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Freddie Gray’s Funeral Service (4-27-2015)

Our friends Todd Stachowski and Paul Brown at DoNotWatch, Inc. (follow them on YouTube) produced the following video documenting the Freddie Gray Funeral Service held Monday, April 27 at the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest Baltimore. Stachowski, who filmed … Continue reading

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RIP Gayety Theatre’s John H. “Bud” Nickel, Jr. (1971)

Rites Set For J. H. Nickel, Former Operator Of Gayety (The Baltimore Sun, 4/8/1971) Funeral services for John H. Nickel, Jr., who with his sister owned and operated one of the city’s landmarks, the Gayety Theater and Nightclub on The Block, … Continue reading

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Easter in Essex, Maryland, 1970s

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