Category Archives: Media

Classic National Premium Beer Commercials

Posted on January 28, 2011 by atomictv

Visit the new fan site for National Premium Beer and share your stories and images! They have some great old ads and history on about this “upscale” adult beverage. Here’s some National Premium commercials from Atomic TV’s “Atomic Cocktail Hours.” Note: … Continue reading →

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Babe Ruth Injected Sheep’s Testicles and Shilled for Tobacco

Posted on January 26, 2011 by atomictv

Excerpt from “Welcome to the Terrordome” by Dave Zirin “Scientists have attempted to use testosterone to build muscle going back more than 1,000 years, but the modern era of steroids starts in 1889 when prominent French scientist Charles Edouard Brown-Sequard … Continue reading →

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Pressed for Time (Globe Poster)

Posted on January 25, 2011 by atomictv

Baltimore’s Globe Poster Company holds decades of music and printing history–and it’s on the verge of being lost By Lee Gardner (Baltimore City Paper, 1/26/2011) Bob Cicero has the air of a man carrying a heavy load, despite the fact … Continue reading →

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Edgar Allan Poe Cryptography-Themed Concert Poster

Posted on January 22, 2011 by atomictv

Poe was a fan of cryptography and a fan cracked the code on the poster: “…based on the story The Gold Bug by Poe. That is what I used to figure out what the symbols represented. The text/symbols are based … Continue reading →

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