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John Waters Swears off the word “Hon” and Honfest

From the archives: Associated Press article, 6/13/2008. BALTIMORE (AP) — John Waters is done with “Hon.” Honfest, an annual celebration of beehive hairdos, cat’s-eye glasses and other kitschy fashions, is getting bigger and bigger. Participants are known as “Hons” in … Continue reading

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John Waters & Thee Katatonix on TV

“Shakedown,” Baltimore WJZ-TV Channel 13, 1985 Thee Katatonix Thee Katatonix – “Ordinary Sunday” (Urbanity) John Waters appeared as a special guest on this episode of Shakedown.

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John Waters’ “Role Models” reviewed

By Jonathan Yardley (Washington Post, Sunday, June 20, 2010) ROLE MODELS By John Waters Farrar Straus Giroux. 301 pp. $25 It’s just about impossible to believe, but John Waters, the ineffable Bad Boy of Baltimore — “The King of Puke,” … Continue reading

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John Waters: “Man of the Year”

HARRY’s “Man of Year,” John Waters. From the alternative newspaper’s first incarnation, probably 1972.

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