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If you think watching Chris LaMartina’s low-budget horror films is unnerving, try making one

By Lee Gardner (Baltimore City Paper, 10/12/2011) A party’s getting out of hand in a paneled basement as assorted twentysomethings guzzle beer, and down the hall a buzzed dude gets ready to get busy with a buxom babe. She takes … Continue reading

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Nostalgia Convention

6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention September 22-24 The Marriott Hotel, Hunt Valley, MD This past Saturday I was all set to head down to the Baltimore Book Festival to get my read on, when my girlfriend Amy asked what our … Continue reading

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2011 Natty Boh Film Festival

The inaugural 2011 Natty Boh Film Festival was held this past Saturday night at Fraziers on The Avenue in Hampden and featured 16mm prints of vintage Natty Boh commercials (courtesy of Sam Fitzsimmons) – not to mention some Natty Boh DVD rarities from Atomic TV and the excellent documentary Mr. Boh’s Brewery by Alex Castro, Harry Connelly and Lyle Hein – as well as live music about Natty Boh (and other quality-of-life essentials in the Land of Pleasant Living) by the Motor Morons, TT Tucker, The Beatoes (a special reunion for the former Baltimore eccentrics whose leader Chris Dennstaedt now resides up I-95 in Philadelphia), Mongolodian Glow, and some related songs by guest artists . Continue reading

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John Waters Unplugged: The Transcript (Roger Ebert’s Journal)

Roger Ebert: This is the lightly-edited full transcript for the interview I did with John Waters recently. My questions were typed, his were spoken. Waters: There’s nothing you could ask that I would balk at. I’m pretty open. Ebert: If … Continue reading

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