Category Archives: 1980s

His Name Is Not Legend: It’s tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

Posted on March 7, 2012 by almosthipguy

The Greatest Hits & Assorted Bits of Michael Tolson By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 2/3/2012) It seems everyone in Baltimore who is even remotely associated with the arts or its cultural underground has a story about Michael Tolson, the man … Continue reading →

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tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE remembers Baltimore’s Punk Scene

Posted on March 1, 2012 by almosthipguy

By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 2/3/2012) tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE reviews BANNED IN DC I came across this review of the book BANNED IN DC (long out-of-print, with used copies ranging from $86-$480!) after Googling “Da Moronics” to see if they … Continue reading →

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Sunshine Puts Beanies in a Whirl

Posted on February 27, 2012 by atomictv

By Catherine Gunther (The Baltimore Sun, 3/25/1980) In the Fifties and Sixties, every child who watched television had to have a set of Mickey Mouse ears or a Beanie propeller cap. Some lucky kids got both. Yet while Mickey Mouse’s … Continue reading →

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Memories, music and a meal for Morris

Posted on January 17, 2012 by almosthipguy

“Oh, Mon Dieu! Those mouse turds, too!” by Fern Shen and Mark Reutter (Baltimore Brew, Jan. 16, 2012) The people Morris Martick screamed at, cooked with, cooked for, fired, rehired, insulted and nurtured – in other words, the people who … Continue reading →

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