Category Archives: Dreamlanders

Alex Queral lets his fingers do the carving…

Posted on March 17, 2014 by almosthipguy

…and his portraits do the talking Baltimore sculptor/painter (and erstwhile Rumba Club musician) Alex Queral takes an ordinary phone book and, using a sharp X-Acto knife and a pot of acrylic medium for detailing, carves something extraordinary out of it … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Pat Moran!

Posted on January 17, 2014 by atomictv

Dreamlander Pat Moran strikes a caped pose on West Read in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood. Taken next The Leather Underground shop sometime in the 1970s. More about Pat Moran on Baltimoreless Or Less.

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Tom D’Antoni: People seem dumber in Baltimore

Posted on January 9, 2014 by almosthipguy

Former Baltimore writer Tom D’Antoni (Harry, Baltimore City Paper, Evening Magazine, MPT, WFBR) looks back in anger at his native city in this excerpt from his book “Rabid Nun Infects Entire Convent: And Other Sensational Stories from a Tabloid Writer” … Continue reading →

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Mondawmin’s “Color Blind” Santa Luke

Posted on December 18, 2013 by almosthipguy

Not everyone is dreaming of a White Christmas, as today’s Baltimore Sun profile of Lucas Durant (aka “Santa Luke”) makes clear. – BoL Generations flock to visit Mondawmin’s “color blind” Santa Luke By Jonathan Pitts (Baltimore Sun, Dec. 18, 2013) … Continue reading →

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