AltWeeklies Wire
Happy Holidays, Dammitnew
The holidays shouldn't have to be so antagonistic.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
12-14-2005 |
Commentary
The Santa Clausenew
Finding a black Santa used to be difficult, but it was an important tradition--and it still is today.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
11-16-2005 |
Culture
Tectonic Shiftsnew
Dylan Carlson is positively wanking, though his dynamics suggest caveman repetition more than Guitar Center tech. At its best, Sword is hypnotic and crude like prime Crazy Horse. (OK, maybe not as good as all that.)
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
11-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Usual Subtextsnew
The Johnny Cash biopic misinterprets the Man In Black as just another troubled artist in search of redemption.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-16-2005 |
Reviews
Law Unto Themselvesnew
Supreme Court decisions are the highest form of "because I said so" in jurisprudence.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-16-2005 |
Commentary
Social Studies: "Mike in Five," "Story Time," "The N-Word"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
11-16-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Fortresses of Whitenessnew
This study of the thousands of all-white towns that banned blacks after sundown is marred by classic blame-the-victim rhetoric.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-15-2005 |
Nonfiction
This Ain't No Partynew
Grumpy old men LCD Soundsystem and the Juan MacLean get on the good foot.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tony Ware |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
God at the Box Officenew
This new Israeli movie has a clear understanding that religious movies sell not only tickets, but also ideas.
Baltimore City Paper |
Eric Allen Hatch |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
She's a Flat Characternew
And the story in this threadbare Jane Austen adaptation is pretty dull, too.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joe Wright, Pride and Prejudice
F is for . . .new
The return of 1980s screenwriting hotshot Shane Black isn't just bad--it's really f$#!ing bad.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Always Be Closingnew
Writing proper business letters may be the Divine Plan of the Creator. Just don't close with "best."
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
11-09-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Heckuva Job, Bushie!new
The Bush administration sold us on its competence, its can-do spirit and the great taste of freedom, and now we know what it really means.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-09-2005 |
Commentary
Les Is Morenew
Les Kinsolving has had a long, strange, and maybe even meaningful career as a right-wing media gadfly.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
11-09-2005 |
Media
Cluck Corporate Americanew
Two books get inside the big businesses of corporate farming and poultry production.
Baltimore City Paper |
Scott Carlson |
10-26-2005 |
Nonfiction
