Category Archives: Media

Wind-up Toys Based on The Wire

Posted on February 28, 2012 by atomictv

Mister Frothee: “Finally completed! A set of five miniature wind-up characters from yet another cancelled HBO series, “The Wire”. They’re each about 2.5 inches tall, and have weird proportions due to the small motors they contain. ” View the set … Continue reading →

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Fishing At Back River Near The Sewage Treatment Plant

Posted on February 23, 2012 by atomictv

This is what growing up in Essex and Dundalk in the 70s was like. Carp fishing in the summer, in the winter when Back River would freeze hillbillies would ride their pickups out on the ice and crash through to … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Shout-Out on “30 Rock”

Posted on February 23, 2012 by atomictv

(Link via This Charming City — baltiamore.tumblr.com) Last week I read about this “30 Rock” Baltimore joke on Scott Carberry’s Baltimore Boy blog, but I was too damn lazy to find the episode with subtitles. Thanks to those Baltimore Tumblr … Continue reading →

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Bustling Baltimore: 1917

Posted on February 22, 2012 by atomictv

View the super-sized image at Shorpy.com. (Link via The City That Breeds and This Charming City)

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