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Baltimore’s The Block is a stretch on the 400 block of East Baltimore Street in Baltimore, Maryland containing several strip clubs, sex shops, and other adult entertainment merchants. In the first half of the 20th century, it was famous for its burlesque houses. It was a noted starting point and stop-over for many of noted burlesque dancers, including the likes of Blaze Starr.
The Terrors of Tinytown: Sex, Sleaze, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and Other Nefarious and Notorious Goings-On
(Baltimore City Paper, December 2, 1992)
As part of my Spring Cleaning this weekend, I ran across this old article I worked on with fellow Baltimore City Paper scribes Tom Chalkley (who also drew the pictures), David Dudley, Mike Guiliano, Brennen Jensen, and Michael Yockel. I’m posting it here because I don’t think the City Paper ever uploaded it to their online archives. Which is too bad, because I love scandals and it’s one of the best run-downs of Baltimore’s Hall of Shame. So take a gander at our Rogue’s Gallery of Charm City Charmers like Spiro T. Agnew, Wally Orlinksy, Clarence Mitchell III, William Zantzinger, Joan “Dragon Lady” Bereska, Alice Pinderhughes, Jeffrey and Karol Levitt, B104 DJ Willie B, Patterson Park investigative journalist Marty Bass, B’more political oddity Monroe “That’s a bunch of junk!” Cornish, and child-molesting serial killer Arthur Goode. You’ll have to click on the images to enlarge them (sorry, I’m not very good with scanning stuff in!).
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by Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude)
Jackie Nickel (1942-2007)
My friend Scott Huffines’ mom, Jackie Nickel, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2007 at the age of 65 after a 6-year battle with cancer. All of us expect death as part of the birth-school-work-death cycle, but it always comes too soon. Jackie’s was too soon.
Jackie was the coolest friend’s mom I knew. She worked, for one thing, which was unlike other moms. And she worked hard, leaving behind several books and a writing leacy at the Essex Avenue paper. What I liked best about her was that she was truly interesting. You didn’t just make awkward, polite small talk with her, as you did with other parents. You had real conversations, because she was fun to talk to. She knew everything about Essex and most things about Baltimore and Maryland. At parties at Scott’s, I didn’t just say Hi and Bye, but would seek her out to talk about the Essex Cube or Precious the Skateboarding Dog or the proposed Essex Raceway or the inside dirt of local politicians. She was on top of everything and she was sharp. Just like a reporter. Just like a writer.
And Jackie treated everybody the same, regardless of who they were or what their title was. Whether she was talking to John Waters (as pictured below) or a local councilman, a next door neighbor or one of Scott’s weirdo friends (and there were many!), you were just people to Jackie.
Continue reading “A penny for your thoughts. A Nickel for your memories.” at Nickel For Your Memories.
Oct. 19, 1978 – July 21, 2008
By Al Shipley (City Paper, “No Cover,” 7/30/2008)
Last week, Baltimore club music lost its queen. Khia Edgerton, who in the course of a decade had risen from a teenage 92Q intern to the station’s most popular DJ, passed away in the early hours of Monday, July 21, from neck injuries sustained in a swimming-pool accident at her home. Better known as DJ K-Swift the Club Queen, she was at the height of her career, months away from her 30th birthday.
Continue reading “Khia ‘DJ-Swift’ Edgerton Obit” at Citypaper.com.
