AltWeeklies Wire
The Sting of Comedynew

Albert Brooks talks about finding the funny, apartment hunting in Bahrain and how shitty the movie business is.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
On Backgroundnew
If the Baltimore Sun's Michael Olesker is a plagiarist, then who isn’t?
Baltimore City Paper |
David Simon |
01-18-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Manifest Destinynew
The power-pop pretty boys in the Click Five storm the mainstream by any means necessary.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
01-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thinking Differentnew
When does the war on terror -- and the violations of our Constitutional rights -- end?
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
01-11-2006 |
Commentary
Fuck Lazy Sundaynew
The newest Saturday Night Live skit is not only annoying, it's also based on racist assumptions.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
01-11-2006 |
Commentary
A Million Little Piecesnew
Like his surreal collages, George Sakkal's life has been shattered and put back together again.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
01-11-2006 |
Art
Bar Carnew
Thousands of Baltimoreans practically live on the MARC commuter train -- many commute in silence, but some live it up.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
01-09-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Offensive Treatmentnew
Despite efforts to ease former prisoners' re-entry into society, Maryland's annual Justice Monday argues much more needs to be done.
Baltimore City Paper |
Christina Royster-Hemby |
01-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
It Doesn't Add Upnew
Bush's estimate of Iraqi War dead doesn't mesh with scientists' figures.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
01-09-2006 |
War
Rastawomannew
There's been a dearth of anti-war albums this year, but Sinead O’Connor's self-released collection of reggae standards attempts to fill the void.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Ten-atively for My Conveniencenew
What's on your Top 10 list?
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
12-21-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: yearinreview2005
Set Up to Failnew
Whenever anything bad happens in this country, it's all the liberals' fault.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
12-21-2005 |
Commentary
The Semi-Free Statenew
The author and her partner leave Virginia for Maryland in search of a place more accepting of their same-sex relationship.
Baltimore City Paper |
Laura Laing |
12-21-2005 |
LGBT
Comedy Is Not Funnynew
Comedienne Sarah Silverman rubs our noses in it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Clash of the Titansnew
New Zealand's biggest director meets American cinema's biggest metaphor.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gary Dowell |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson