Category Archives: Decades

Ocean City 1970s ad for Trimper’s Rides on the boardwalk

Vintage ad from the July 2, 1971 issue of the Beachcomber. Via Trimper’s Haunted House – Ocean City, MD.

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Baltimore’s 1960s “Sunshine Pop” band The Peppermint Rainbow

By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 10/15/2012) Thanks to Johnny Dollar for reminding us of Baltimore’s forgotten 1960s “sunshine pop” band The Peppermint Rainbow (1967-1970). JD scored the group’s lone LP Will You Be Staying After Sunday at a Joppa Road … Continue reading

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National Enquirer: “John Waters NOT Dead!”

By Dick Siegel (The National Enquirer, 3/7/2013) Acclaimed filmmaker cult icon JOHN WATERS is DEAD – but is he? He’s NOT, The ENQUIRER happily reports. Social media erupts after a report surfaced online saying John Waters was dead, The Baltimore … Continue reading

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RIP Harris Glenn “Divine” Milstead (1945-1988)

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