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Comment on Slideshow: Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 by Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:16:27 +0000

Nice article, but the first alarm was received from the Hurst Building and transmitted to the fire stations at 10:48 AM, not 10:50.

Comment on Beatles @ Civic Center, Sept. 13, 1964 by Jon Teske, Olney, MD

Jon Teske, Olney, MD — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:43:28 +0000

I also was at the evening show. I was the “mercy date” for a girl at my workplace. At ages 22, Krissy & I were among the oldest ones there except for two of the Beatles and the cops. As seen above, the median demographic was a 12-13 year old girl. We were in the last row. Krissy and I entered on duty at a government agency on the same day in June of that year, both recent college grads. Since I was (and still am) a classical violinist, I had marginal interest in the Beatles. Krissy, when she found out that our agency had a ticket counter asked if they had Beatles tickets. The fellow who was giving up our “first day on the job” briefing had no clue, but said she should check during our lunch break…and she indeed got the tickets. I was not friends with her at this point, but later we ended up in the same apartment building and she rode to work with me every day. [There was no romantic interest here at all, I was engaged at the time to my now-wife, but she was still in the Midwest finishing college.] Krissy figured by the concert time she’d have a boyfriend who she would go with to the concert. Well that did not happen and I was the only one she knew with a car…so she provided the tickets and asked if I would take her to the concert. And so I did…not with the greatest of enthusiasm I might add (though in retrospect, I treasure the experience.) As others have described, you couldn’t hear a thing and we were in the dead last row of an upper balcony. I have since learned the tickets in that section cost $2.75. The Beatles themselves only played for about a half-hour. The warm-up acts were dreadful as I remember. I have no souvenirs from the concert as I bought a program and gave it to her. She remained at my workplace for a couple of years and was friends with my wife and I (we married shortly after my wife graduated) and then she resigned and returned to Michigan. I have totally lost track of her. The Beatles soon realized the limitations of three guitars and a drum set a year or two later and limited their activities to recordings and movies until they broke up. The recordings were done at Abbey Road and often had London-based symphonies as backups. (Think “Eleanor Rigby” as an example.) About 5-6 years ago, one of my symphonies obtained these orchestral arrangements from the Beatles’ licensees and did a Beatles set at one of our Pops concerts. As the oldest playing member of that group, I was also the only one who had ever seen the Beatles.

Comment on 2011 Natty Boh Film Festival by Dorothy tillmann

Dorothy tillmann — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:35:18 +0000

My brother was the Brew Master at Nat. boh in the 60′s. He retired in Wisconson. I would love to get him a. DVD of Mr Boh’s Brewery. I saw it 5-6 years ago at The Creative Alliance theater in Highlandland and it was very good. Can anyone help me?
thanks

Comment on Baltimore Colts – “1958 World Champions” 45 by dennis rohde

dennis rohde — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:25:14 +0000

I have one of these 45′s ,but i don”t have the orig. jacket. I would entertain offers . My season ticket was in section 32 u/d row 14 seat 15. i attended the 59 Championship and will never forget it.

Comment on About Baltimoreorless.com by Scott Huffines

Scott Huffines — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:05:23 +0000

Thanks for finding us Kim, welcome aboard!

Comment on About Baltimoreorless.com by Kimgerly

Kimgerly — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:07:59 +0000

Scott,
Took me awhile to find you. Wondered what happened to you after the Y2K-un-event. I do indeed continue to want to know about this ‘oddball minutiae’ you are perserving in [C]Harm City USA. Ja, I’m still like an electron bouncing around in a pi-orbital here in Oaksterdam, CA–but there ain’t no place like Balto. Send me a proper MD Crab Cake sometime, will you? Folks out here have NO IDEA what they’re missin’…

Comment on Bar Odyssey: Dundalk to Fells Point by Darlene Williams

Darlene Williams — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:29:10 +0000

I got my water bill today and it has gone up almost DOUBLE of what it was. How much more does the City want out the residents in the City that work hard everyday for nothing. The gas is up, BG&E goes up anytime they want to, the food is up, the City PAYS MORE TAXES THAN ANYONE. What do they want from us? What is the City doing with the money that should be set aside for all of this? Are we paying for the people that can’t pay their water bills? HOW FAIR IS THAT? BALTIMORE CITY STINKS!!!

Comment on 2007 Mariner Girls by Telayua

Telayua — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000

I did not consent to this. Please remove my picture Telayua Dennis. Thank you kindly.

Comment on Shonen Knife Cuts Thru Baltimore by Tim

Tim — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:26:12 +0000

Great article! I live in Southern California, but I used to live in Northern Virginia in the ’90s. That’s when I first heard of Shonen Knife and was lucky to see them at the old 9:30 club in ’94 and at the new (at the time) 9:30 club in ’97. Been a SK freak ever since. One big advantage of living in Southern California is I get to see Shonen Knife a lot. I’ve seen them three straight years – and just heard they will be touring the States in June/July 2012 as well. Can’t wait!!

Comment on Edgar Allan TyPoes by aaron

aaron — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:03:41 +0000

We’ve been printing & stickering the Edgar Allan Boh idea before any of these designs popped up. And we know how to spell too!
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Comment on Now Playing in Baltimore: Saturday, June 6th, 1972 by scott carberry

scott carberry — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:22:56 +0000

Check out that film playing at the Hippodrome.

Comment on The Peabody Book Shop: One for the books… Or Not. by Scott Huffines

Scott Huffines — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:28:39 +0000

Scott – I never made it to the Beer Stube either. I was a county boy!