AltWeeklies Wire
A Guide to Enjoying Prime Oyster Seasonnew
This winter in Baltimore may seem mild, but the raw beauties we call oysters are cold and in-season.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anisha Jagtap |
01-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Percentage Dealnew
Hey! It's time to run a whole year of my every-other-weekly "column" through the "AutoSummarize" tool on Microsoft Word. This year it's 20,684 words, boiled down to 4 percent of original size. Fun!
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
01-22-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Loyola College Students and Teachers Forge a Publishing Partnershipnew
In the basement of Loyola College's Dorothy Day Hall, a quiet revolution is gaining momentum.
Baltimore City Paper |
Darcelle Bleau |
01-15-2008 |
Books
Wu-Tang Clan Revolts Against Its Mastermindnew
Clearly emboldened by the fact that he doesn't need the Clan to move units, Ghostface Killah attacked RZA and 8 Diagrams with vigor.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
01-15-2008 |
Music
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
Another Gushernew
Let me state this plainly: There is no stronger entry for the Best American Movie of 2007 than Paul Thomas Anderson's showy, jagged, complex There Will Be Blood.
Baltimore City Paper |
Evan Guilfoyle |
01-15-2008 |
Reviews
The Next Phase of the Presidential Campaignnew
By this time next month, the primary election season will be all but over, and we will know who's going to be battling it out in November. I, for one, am partially looking upon this time with dread.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
01-15-2008 |
Commentary
President ... Obama?new
Maybe I've been wrong about what can and can't happen in relation to race in America. Maybe we're finally living in a country where you can honestly, honestly, tell every child that she can truly be anything she wants to be when she grows up.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
01-15-2008 |
Commentary
The Truth Won't Set You Freenew
His accuser has recanted and state officials have written letters on his behalf, but Kenneth Barnes remains in prison.
Baltimore City Paper |
Chris Landers |
01-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Dealernew
The rise and fall of Fred Brooks and how drugs get to Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jeffrey Anderson |
01-15-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Way Down in the Holenew
HBO's The Wire digs deep into Baltimore's underground for a soundtrack album.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
01-08-2008 |
Reviews
Music of the Streetsnew
The idea is to get all of these people to walk down Charles Street with boomboxes, with each stereo blaring its own part of Phil Kline's Unsilent Night ambient tapestry, until everyone reaches Joe Squared.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ed Schrader |
01-08-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: Unsilent Night, concerts
Our Corsets, Our Selvesnew
A journey through the Baltimore pinup revival scene.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
01-08-2008 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Lookin' Out For #8new
Anyway, in this Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight-Ball, strap on your helmet and enjoy a big plate of 2008 with gravy or cheese or chili or some steamed vegetables. I support you in your resolutions, dig?
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
01-08-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
'The Wire' Goes On the Recordnew
David Simon turns an unblinking eye toward daily journalism with its fifth and final season.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
01-08-2008 |
Movies
Top Ten: The Year in Moviesnew
La Vie en Rose, Control, and I'm Not There didn't merely rescue the music biopic from Hollywood; they represent the best of what 2007 movies offered: an explosion of cinematic craft.
Baltimore City Paper |
Staff |
12-18-2007 |
Movies
