AltWeeklies Wire
Hostilities of Escalationnew
I'm in a hurry, I got a plane to catch, and I just enjoyed the "Extreme Cheese & Beef Quesadilla" ($1.29) at my friend Taco Bell -- so get the fuck out of my way, please and thank you.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
06-26-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
On GOP Vote Suppressionnew
It may be sad that the "white male Christian" establishment is so desperate to hold onto power that they will tilt the American justice system to meet their own ends -- but the good part is that in the end, the US attorneys scandal will likely put a nail in their coffin once and for all.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
06-26-2007 |
Commentary
'La Vie en Rose': She's Just That Goodnew
The line to lavish praise on Marion Cotillard's Edith Piaf starts right here.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
06-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
LOS Rejected the Reality Show Lifenew
The rhyme spitter walked off Diddy's reality TV show Making the Band, only to later find himself signed to Bad Boy Records.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
06-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los
Portraits of the Fundamentalist as a Young Mannew
Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Yasmina Khadra's The Sirens of Baghdad take on the challenge of sympathetically looking through the eyes of the inscrutable.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
06-26-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
Hot Chip & Spank Rock Attempt to Answer 'What is Hip?'new
Both groups have toeholds in the international dance-music marketplace that are likely to be strengthened by their newly recorded DJ sets.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michaelangelo Matos |
06-05-2007 |
Reviews
Public Guilt Scratches the Surfacenew
Looks great, sounds even better -- the Baltimore record label helps midwife a noise document of right now.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
06-05-2007 |
Music
The Go-Betweensnew
Writers dismantle and recombine genre in search of fresh modes of storytelling.
Baltimore City Paper |
Adrienne Martini |
06-05-2007 |
Fiction
A Defense of Supposedly 'Simplistic' Southern Hip-hopnew
Roni Sarig's excellent new history of Southern rap is one of the few of its kind and nonetheless overdue.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
06-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
On Presidential Focus Groupsnew
After two wars, the destruction of a major city, and the tripling of gas prices in six years, our electorate is judging presidential candidates like American Idol -- and it's not necessarily their fault.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
06-05-2007 |
Commentary
One Attorney's Fight Against Eminent Domain is Going Right at Lastnew
John C. Murphy's recent successes in Maryland's highest court may change the way Baltimore uses eminent domain.
Baltimore City Paper |
Charles Cohen |
06-05-2007 |
Policy Issues
In the Realm of the Centsesnew
Man, I hate pennies, and you should, too -- I know "hate" is a strong word, but c'mon, what the fuck exactly do we need all these stupid goddamn pennies for?
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
05-22-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
History Never Forgetsnew
Two documentaries forever defined German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
05-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Most Vexing Tenantnew
Peter Muntjan is willing to fight a million-dollar libel suit for his right to call his landlord a crook.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
05-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Wham City Doesn't Want To Take Over The Worldnew
But the Baltimore-by-way-of-New York collective is a big part of the city's underground resurgence.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
05-22-2007 |
Culture
