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Pickin' a Fightnew
Young punks and rockers -- like the Avett Brothers and the Everybodyfields -- try to find their place in an old folks' bluegrass world.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
04-17-2007 |
Music
Ice Cube's Transformative Potentialnew
It looks to me that this is the way America is supposed to work -- because if Ice Cube can successfully make a public journey from one place to another, who knows how far we can all go in our private journeys?
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
04-17-2007 |
Commentary
Raw Recruitingnew
The Maryland Army National Guard cleaned house recently, but inside sources say it missed plenty of dirt.
Baltimore City Paper |
Randy Leonard |
04-17-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Dennis Cooper Meets Osamu Dazainew
Ryu Murakami isn't afraid of the horrific side of contemporary life, which he renders in writing of an almost unbearable calm serenity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-10-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Piercing, Ryu Murakami
A Dream-catcher Storynew
Cummins applies a sensitive skill to the slow movements of the characters peopling the arid landscape of New Mexico and a Navajo reservation in her first novel, Yellowcake.
Baltimore City Paper |
Wendy Ward |
04-10-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Ann Cummins, yellowcake
The Sound and the Furrynew
A tiger suit, found dress, ukulele, beatboxing, and transfixing simplicity -- meet the Santa Dads.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
04-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Santa Dads
TV News Asks Too Many Questionsnew
You can't turn on a TV anymore without news people asking you questions, which they are supposed to answer but never do.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
04-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Advocating -- and Protesting -- For City School Moneynew
Algebra Project holds "die-in" to protest board's refusal to support education rally.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jason Torres |
04-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
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
Christopher Tate's MillionDollarPolaroid.comnew
The art student turns a found polaroid of Carlos Mencia into an internet phenomenon.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-02-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Bossman's Kingdom Comenew
He conquered his hometown of Baltimore, though not without a fight -- is he ready to take on the world?
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
04-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bossman
Still Separate, Still Unequal in Marylandnew
Bill to offer equal rights to transgender individuals fails in the state's Senate.
Baltimore City Paper |
Laura Laing |
04-02-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: transgender
Back from the Gravenew
A revitalized Stooges manage to show up the Black Lips and the Ponys, two young pretenders to the throne.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
03-27-2007 |
Music
On the GOP Attorney Scandal Talking Pointsnew
Claiming "Clinton did it, too" is to confuse the public with facts that the people spouting them know are irrelevant to the issue.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
03-27-2007 |
Commentary
