Atomic TV #17: The “Baltimore Local Music” Episode

Atomic TV presents a sampling of Baltimore troubadours past and present, captured live and in canned videos. Get your groove on with Garage Sale, Sick, Blister Freak Circus, Dirty Sanchez, Berserk, Gerty, The Put-Outs, The Beltways, The Kicksouls, Mark Harp plus DC’s prodigal son Tommy Keene and Maypole’s infamous appearance on The Jerry Springer Show! … Read more

The Stop-Motion Genius of Chuck Vincent

“What the hey???” Discovered by Scott Huffines during his Atomic Books tape-trading days, “No Strings Attached” was easily the strangest stop-motion animation clip we’d ever seen – or aired on Atomic TV (it was originally included as an extra on the “1997 East Coast Video Show” episode). Watch “No Strings Attached.” (1978?) “Good morning, Mrs. Lady. I’m selling Scout cookies – … Read more

“Le Toy Shop”

This mind-blowing stop-motion short is believed to be a late ’70s or early ’80s (?) film by Robert Patten (Chuck Vincent), who is allegedly the same auteur behind the companion piece, “No Strings Attached,” which features several of the same cast members! Related Chuck Vincent’s “No Strings Attached” Screencaps and discussion about “Le Toy Shop” About … Read more

Underdog Marches for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Suzanne Muldowney joins the Martin Luther King Day, Jr. Parade “When the Negro was completely an Underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well…. But now that the Negro has rejected his role as an Underdog, he has become more assertive in his search for identity and group solidarity; … Read more