Category Archives: Roadside Attractions

Close Encounters of the Turd Kind

We love award-winning plumber (City Paper’s “Best Plumber” 2004, 2005 and 2010)   Chris Jensen for many reasons (including such memorable Jensen Plumbing Service slogans as “#1 in the #2 Business” and “Your Poop is My Bread and Butter”), but none … Continue reading

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Mondawmin’s “Color Blind” Santa Luke

Not everyone is dreaming of a White Christmas, as today’s Baltimore Sun profile of Lucas Durant (aka “Santa Luke”) makes clear. – BoL Generations flock to visit Mondawmin’s “color blind” Santa Luke By Jonathan Pitts (Baltimore Sun, Dec. 18, 2013) … Continue reading

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The Beatings Recall ’90s Balto Rock Days

[The following “Gigs from Hell” excerpt by Adam Turkel of local band The Beatings recalls the Baltimore music club scene of the late ’90s, name-checking the city’s bands and venues like Memory Lane, The Cultured Pearl (1984-1998), and the then-new … Continue reading

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Pictures at an Eck-sibition Opening Reception

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Friday, December 13, 2013 Maryland Institute College of Art Fox Building, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave. By Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) Friday night marked the opening reception for two must-see exhibitions at the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Fox … Continue reading

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