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Holy Fuck: Worth the Hypenew
These Toronto kids (centered around Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt and notably including Broken Social Scene's Dave Newfield and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett) deliver an epic Krautrock throwback lit up with outsider techno slash hipster techno.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Holy Fuck
Janelia Sanya Hides in Plain Sightnew
Nigerian star Janelia Sanya is relatively unknown in her Baltimore home and that's just fine.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Director Sidney Lamut Creates the Taut Dramanew
Whenever a movie begins with a wide-screen view of Philip Seymour Hoffman's ass, there's a director behind the camera who doesn't take orders.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
True Hollywood Storynew
Gladiator director Ridley Scott glams up the life of Harlem heroin distributor Frank Lucas.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Vote for Change in Baltimorenew
We're not trying to tell you what to do, just do something to move away from the Baltimore that voter apathy built.
Baltimore City Paper |
Erin Sullivan |
11-06-2007 |
Politics
Color-Codednew
Like many issues left over from slavery, we've never honestly addressed the so-called color line in black America.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
11-06-2007 |
Commentary
King Rudynew
Come the first few months of 2008, if you're an old-fashioned American progressive in need of entertainment, you won't be able to beat listening all over the country for heads exploding across the aisle any time Rudy Giuliani wins a Republican primary.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-06-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Rudy Giuliani
Everybody Will Love This Doc on a Little-Seen Bandnew
An entertaining and informative overview of one of Baltimore's more beguiling musical treasures.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
11-06-2007 |
Reviews
Josh Slates Remembers Another Reason To Hate the 80snew
89 Gator Mine explores the politics of nuclear war and personal loss through the ruminations and interactions of a girl named Rhett, played by fire-engine redhead Nicolette le Faye.
Baltimore City Paper |
Molly O'Donnell |
11-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 89 Gator Mine, Josh Slates
Arthur Alexander Was Country's Soulnew
The music on Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter still provides a living link between hillbilly twang and R&B.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-06-2007 |
Reviews
Mr. Wrong: Mall of Americanew
I have encountered people who are like, "Eeuw, the mall? Why on Earth would anyone go there?" Well, you know, fuck you, 'cuz I go to the mall. They have stuff there.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
10-30-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
The Green Party Struggles To Grow In Baltimorenew
Why are Maria Allwine and Bill Barry the only Baltimore Greens out on the stump this year?
Baltimore City Paper |
Erin Sullivan |
10-30-2007 |
Politics
Where I'm Fromnew
Jay-Z precipitates a Baltimore rumination in this excerpt from The Message: 100 Life Lessons From Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs.
Baltimore City Paper |
Felicia Pride |
10-30-2007 |
Excerpts
Other People's Propertynew
The world may never run out of songs, but you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise. How else do you explain the approximately eleventy-bajillion covers albums released in 2007 -- including ones from Shawn Lee, Ann Wilson, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michaelangelo Matos |
10-30-2007 |
Music
Ian Nagoski Brings Us Obscure World-Music 78snew
That elusive journey to another time and place purely via ephemeral music is what Nagoski aims for with The Black Mirror. It's a 24-track tour through obscure Syrian, Thai, Balinese, Indian, and various Eastern European folk music, with liner notes providing the best information Nagoski could uncover about the recordings, the music, and the artists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
