Category Archives: John Waters

“From Prince to Pope” – 1986 John Waters “Crackpot” Interview

Posted on April 13, 2012 by atomictv

(Exploitation Retrospect, 1986) First off, what’s your new book Crackpot about? Alright, Crackpot, well it’s subtitled “The Obsessions of John Waters,” and basically it’s just about all the things that interest me. You know, before I was paid to be … 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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Devo plays Painter’s Mill, eats shrimp cocktail in Pikesville and talks about John Waters (1979)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by atomictv

Five men in spacesuits plug into your ‘Devo’ By Eric Siegel (The Baltimore Sun, 1/7/1979) Jerry Casale, Devo guitarist and chief spokesman, paused between bites of a shrimp cocktail and sips of white wine in the dining room of the … Continue reading →

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Sharon Bernstein Peyton Remembers the Bluesette

Posted on March 29, 2011 by atomictv

By Sharon Bernstein Peyton (via BaltimoreJam.org) “The Bluesette/Blues Back Alley, owned by Art and Sharon Peyton, was a non-alcoholic night club in central Baltimore City at 2439 North Charles Street, near 25th St., Charles Village. It was in operation from 1965 … Continue reading →

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