Category Archives: Entertainment

WNUF Halloween Special

Posted on October 18, 2013 by almosthipguy

[This faux found footage horror spoof from Baltimore filmmakers Chris LaMartina (“President’s Day“) and Jimmy George of Midnight Crew Studios looks like what you’d get if you combined “The Blair Witch Project” with “Grindhouse.” The film will also be released in … Continue reading →

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We Will Rock You, Come What May

Posted on October 13, 2013 by almosthipguy

“They really don’t need me,” May was quoted telling the Baltimore Sun’s Tim Smith in a phone interview from Las Vegas. “It’s really a cast-iron show. But I’ve got to be there on opening night, and if I’m there, I would rather participate than just be an uncle to the show. I’d like to get out there and interact with the cast.” Continue reading →

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Whaddya mean you don’t know George & Ben

Posted on October 1, 2013 by almosthipguy

By Tim Perlich (The Perlich Post, 5/30/2012) Back in 1968, Baltimore’s George Figgs and Ben Syfu recorded a brilliantly bent psych curio called Boa Constrictor & A Natural Vine for the Vanguard label’s newly minted Apostolic subsidiary. At the time … Continue reading →

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Blaze Starr’s Wild Animal Acts

Posted on August 21, 2013 by almosthipguy

I’ve been reading Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America by Leslie Zemeckis, who also directed the hit documentary film of the same title. It’s an oral history of American Burlesque “as told by the performers who … Continue reading →

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