Category Archives: Music

BLAMMO – “Sweet Home Balt-amore”

Posted on April 9, 2013 by almosthipguy

BLAMMO, the Beleaguered League of Artists Meeting Mass Opposition pay their respects to their hometown of Balt-amore, home of Schmoke and beer, the Ori-oles and Ripkin the “Sacred Cal,” where “it’s the same old shit, the city that reads the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 11, 2013 by almosthipguy

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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Michael Edward ‘Mick’ King (1964-2012)

Posted on March 3, 2013 by atomictv

Bartender made art and music with the same dexterity and measure of whimsy he brought to his bartending By Frederick N. Rasmussen (The Baltimore Sun, 3/10/2012) Michael Edward “Mick” King, a longtime Mount Royal Tavern bartender who in addition to … Continue reading →

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On ‘Hairspray’s’ 25th anniversary, ‘Buddy Deane’ Committee looks back

Posted on January 19, 2013 by atomictv

By Jessica Goldstein ( Washington Post, 1/18/2013) If you were a teenager in Baltimore in the late 1950s and early 1960s, you watched “The Buddy Deane Show.” When the final bell rang you sprinted home from school, saddle shoes smacking … Continue reading →

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