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Roadside Attraction: John Waters Hitches Across America

ROADSIDE ATTRACTION: John Waters Reflects on His Hitchhiking Trip Across America and His Love of Baltimore By Baynard Woods (City Paper, June 4, 2014) John Waters refuses the weed I offer him. I had a feeling he would, but there … Continue reading

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Tesco Vee Sells His Soul to Visit Baltimore, “Capital of Sleaze”!

WAY USA host Tesco Vee makes a pact with the Devil to meet John Waters! In 1988, MTV was still cool, if only for one show. Way USA  was an ultra-cool, albeit short-lived, underground travel series that aired on MTV … Continue reading

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Alex Queral lets his fingers do the carving…

…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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A Christmas Conversation with John Waters

The director talks about his favorite holiday movie, why kids shouldn’t write to Santa, and his hatred of pears By Melissa Locker @woolyknickers (TIME, Dec. 10, 2013) John Waters loves Christmas. (Make that mostly loves Christmas, but more on that … Continue reading

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