AltWeeklies Wire
Bring on the Pensive White Boysnew
A card-carrying child of the boom-bap thinks he should be able to reminisce to some hip-hop relationship songs when it’s raining outside. But hip-hop doesn't do relationships very well.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
05-18-2005 |
Commentary
To Sid, With Lovenew
It's a good thing that race is a relatively minor concern in the new Ashton Kutcher/Bernie Mac film Guess Who. But why is it taken for granted that it's black people who are the ones with the problem?
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
04-06-2005 |
Commentary
Tubeway Armynew
Please please pleasepleaseplease do not yank my tube unless I tell you to, see?
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
03-31-2005 |
Commentary
Mike in Fivenew
If Michael Jackson’s found guilty of raping little boys, I think they should put him under the jail. But, if he’s not, he should still be sentenced to some jail time. With me. Because I could fix Michael Jackson in five months. Watch.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
03-25-2005 |
Commentary
Steroid Scandals Can't Erase Fine Moments in Baseballnew
One-time Yankees superstar Jason Giambi’s disgrace -- and the photos of his sickly body -- provides more of a deterrent to impressionable kids than any new rules about steroid use that the Major League Baseball’s management and players union can agree upon.
Baltimore City Paper |
Russ Smith |
12-08-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, drug testing
Bitter Bingonew

Tired of getting hit on in bars? We have no solution for you. But we do have a game that might make you happy when The Guy Who Compliments Weird Things or The Musician/Waiter shows up.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
11-03-2004 |
Recreation
Who's Got Game in the World of Madden NFL?new

The lives of Madden NFL "ballers" mirror the football players they spend so much time studying, and via the game, being. They tour other cities to play each other, they trash talk, they note their opponents' strengths and weaknesses, they intimidate and psych out the competition, and they often bring home big money.
Baltimore City Paper |
Christina Royster-Hemby |
11-03-2004 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Watching the Olympics: Let the Mind Games Beginnew
The swimming guy was supposed to win eight medals? Jesus H. Christ, don’t fucking saddle this guy with unrealistic expectations, right?
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
08-24-2004 |
Commentary
"Baltimore" Exhibit Comes to Baltimorenew
Isaac Julien's "Baltimore" installation brings great blacks to the Walters Museum and "Sweet Sweetback's" Melvin Van Peebles back to the streets.
Baltimore City Paper |
Eric Allen Hatch |
08-07-2004 |
Art