Category Archives: 1980s

Crack The Sky, “Skin Deep”, Painter’s Mill, 1980

Posted on January 4, 2013 by atomictv
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Morganna rushes infield and kisses Oriole Cal Ripken, 1988

Posted on December 27, 2012 by atomictv

Remember Morganna, the overly-volumptuous baseball fan who show up at televised baseball games to run onto the field in her hotpants and slobber over the players? Fred Rasmussen at The Sun takes a look back at her Memorial Stadium antics. … Continue reading →

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Pumped-Up Kix: Baltimore’s hard-rock heroes play the hits while considering a new album

Posted on December 26, 2012 by atomictv

By Al Shipley (Baltimore City Paper, 12/26/2012) In 1995, Kix decided they’d had a good run. After forming as the Shooze in Frederick, Md., in the late ’70s, ruling Baltimore’s hard-rock scene throughout the ’80s, and eventually scoring Top 40 … Continue reading →

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Star of Bethlehem lights up steel mill one final time

Posted on December 25, 2012 by almosthipguy

Decades-old December tradition continues past the death of Sparrows Point By Jamie Smith Hopkins (Baltimore Sun, 12/24/2012) The five-pointed star, made of stainless steel and dozens of heavy-duty light bulbs, looks deceptively simple. Its symbolism is anything but. Not long … Continue reading →

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