AltWeeklies Wire
The Final Number: 4,486new
With the Iraq War over, we can stop adding up the casualties and start adding up the cost.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
01-04-2012 |
War
Tags: Iraq War, Iraq War Deaths
Students Create An On-the-Spot Portrait of Occupy Baltimorenew
A new Visual Journalism course requires students to take their drawing materials out into the city.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
11-16-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Bottle Rockersnew
The secret is to stay on your feet with a bottle of water in your hand and get it gone.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
06-14-2011 |
Features
Tags: Features, Street Vending
Right to Lifenew
Twenty years on, Maryland death-metal veteran Dying Fetus is still in it to win it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
02-16-2011 |
Music
Tags: Death Metal, Dying Fetus
Oneida's 'Rated O' Feels Like a Watershednew
There aren't many (any?) indie-ish rock bands of whom it can be said that their 11th full-length is their best, especially given that said full-length comes out to much more than "full length" -- nearly two solid hours of music spread across three CDs or LPs.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
09-01-2009 |
Reviews
The Filmmaking Robinson Brothers Debut Their First Feature, 'China White'new
While Jonathan, now 28, and Rick, now 24, had always loved watching movies and even fooled around with video cameras, the idea of becoming professional filmmakers seemed too daunting for two guys who grew up in East Baltimore. But here they are, prepping for the world premiere of their debut feature.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
06-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Photographer Andy Cook Documents the People Behind the Grim Economic Statisticsnew
Cook recently found himself in the same position as a growing number of Americans -- unexpectedly out of a job. He turned his predicament on its head and the result is Faces of the Recession.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
04-21-2009 |
Art
Torche Takes on Metal with an Unlikely Arsenal of Pop Hooksnew
It's a little difficult imagining Torche's eureka formula of unalloyed metal power and unabashed pop hooks not winning over susceptible converts everywhere the Miami/Atlanta-based trio brings it. But to hear drummer Rick Smith tell it, Torche's hybrid appeal hasn't made things as easy as you might think.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
04-21-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
National Security Agency Expert James Bamford Talks Secrets and Liesnew
The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America presents an account of the drastic and ominous shift in the agency's mission and tactics over the past seven years.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
11-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The Flag Project' Runs It Up The Polenew
Ask people about the American flag and you'll get interesting answers.
Baltimore City Paper |
Uli Loskot and Lee Gardner |
07-10-2007 |
Culture
England Dreamingnew
Cuaron's future days move and muddle in equal measure.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
01-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Behind Energy Linesnew
Local filmmaker documents the devastating toll of cheap coal.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
11-16-2006 |
Reviews
Guilty as Chargednew
You're guilty of helping screw up Sidney Lumet's latest movie.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
Guitar Anti-Heronew
Marc Ribot strings tangled links between punk and everything else.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
10-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark Ribot
Rhys' Piecenew
Enduring Love builds up enormous good will with its lapel-grabbing opening, its canny set-up scenes, and Rhys Ifans’ unnerving performance as a stalker in love. But in focusing on the psychological aspects of the psychological thriller, director Roger Michell asks a great many questions about love and obsession and then has trouble answering them.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
11-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Michell, Enduring Love
