The feature is the fifth installment of Eileen Murphy's
series. Brennen Jensen's Mobtown Beat marvels at
, a WWLG old-time radio program for kids. The Nose probes "the fix" that put
in Bea Gaddy's vacated City Council seat and calls
"a liar." In Media Circus,
faults the media for failing to question the government's anti-terrorism efforts and calls out WBFF for missing the point about what's wrong with
The Baltimore Sun
. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life hoists a few with Fells Point's barfly painter,
. The columns are: Suz Redfearn's Germ Bag, on
; Joe MacLeod's Mr. Wrong, on
; Mink Stole's Think Mink, on
; Wiley Hall III's Urban Rhythms, on
; and Tom Scocca's 8 Upper, on
. Scocca & MacLeod's proto-blog,
, reads the comics so you don't have to. In Books, Michael Anft defends Oprah-snubbing
and his anti-consumerist novel,
The Corrections
. Christopher Skokna's Art piece celebrates
comic-book work. Bones is Tara Hart's poem,
Geoffrey Himes, in Music, explains the importance of
. In Film: Ian Nagoski is psyched that the Creative Alliance is screening a whole slew of
flicks; Lee Gardner is there for
; Eric Allen Hatch gets sucked into
, is enchanted by
, and picks a fight with
; Tom Scocca gets a kick out of
; and Ian Grey shrugs at
. Susan Fradkin's Belly Up is fine with
.
