AltWeeklies Wire
Challenging the Limits of Inaccessible Music with Popnew
The appeal of pop-based music generally lies largely in its accessibility, its ability to capture and hold one's attention right away. But artists like Sightings, Yellow Swans and Fiery Furnaces do the opposite.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
10-23-2007 |
Reviews
Like 'The Devil Wears Prada' For Lawyersnew
Chambermaid delivers post-law school ennui without the frayed nerves and student-loan debts endured by lawyers. Better yet, it makes us root for them.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
10-23-2007 |
Fiction
'Naked on the Internet' Looks at Risks and Restrictions of the Internet's Pornographic Gazenew
Though the title implies some To Catch a Predator moralizing, what's found inside is just the opposite: a guide for women considering breaking into sex blogging or other online sex specialties.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
10-09-2007 |
Nonfiction
Freebird!new
Mitch Myers might have done better to split The Boy Who Cried Freebird into two separate halves: one devoted to straightforward rock journalism and another for fiction-oriented CD reviews and tall tales best told over tallboys.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
09-11-2007 |
Fiction
Let's Pray Each Presidential Candidate is Perusing 'Second Chance'new
Brzezinski soberly explains how the United States has cumulatively squandered its top-banana world's policeman status since the Cold War ended -- with increasingly dire results.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Fine Novelnew
Horses is ultimately a testament to just how easily mellows can be harshed -- to life's hidden tripwires, strung everywhere and capable of catapulting anyone back down the bittersweet rabbit hole of stinging memory.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
05-08-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
One Man's Warnew
Tale is told so plainly, forthrightly, and with such unveiled disclosure that it carries an indisputable moral authority that most of the political and media discourse surrounding this war lacks.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
04-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
Authenticity's Impossibilitiesnew
Faking It doesn't answer all the questions it raises but it's certain to inspire some awesome conversations among readers.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
04-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
