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Watch Citizen Schaefer, it’s good

April 20th, 2011 | Add a Comment

A lot of folks have been gushing over Esquire’s reprint of their 1984 profile on William Donald Schaefer, but over on Z on TV Mr. Zurawick draws attention to MPT’s 2009 feature “Citizen Schaefer,” a compelling look at the man’s career in Baltimore and the state of Maryland, chock full of interviews and archival footage of Baltimore (my fave: aerial shots of the harbor when the Allied Chrome factory was still standing). Not exactly sure … Read entire article »

Filed under: Baltimore

A night at Sid’s of Pigtown

April 14th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Youtube brings it again: this completely awesome gem of a gem from 1978, an Evening Magazine spot about the shuffle bowl league at Sid’s over der in Pigtown. Sid’s most recently made some headlines and sparked a huge amount of discussion in the community when it was shut down about a year ago after a series of incidents involving the owner, Tareq Abdul-Ghani, including spitting on and assaulting an officer of the law (click through … Read entire article »

Filed under: Nostalgia

Foglemanileaks: the video the liquor board DOESN’T WANT YOU TO SEE

April 8th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Late last night, an anonymous tip came to us via Twitter revealing this shocking video of Stephan Fogleman, Baltimore City’s head of the Liquor Board. In it, the then future head of the liquor board details ways of dealing with stress, including underage drinking (probably) and Black Magic. Or, it could just be some college TV show from James Madison University in the 1980′s, I’m not some sort of videologist expert. (Seriously, watch some of the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Politics, Schadenfreude

Wild Bill Hagy on Evening Magazine = AWESOME

April 3rd, 2011 | 2 Comments

This video from the good ol’ days about Wild Bill Hagy is purestrain awesome and I want it bronzed and mounted on my wall. Also guest cameo by Marty Bass! … Read entire article »