Joab Jackson's feature tracks how
entered mainstream debate. In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba looks at the
" during Easter season. The Nose reports that Mayor Martin O'Malley reversed course on a
and echoes a rumor that Baltimore police commissioner
was interviewed to be top cop in Philadelphia. Michael Anft's Media Circus profiles Nestor Aparicio's sports-radio station,
. Tom Chalkley's Charmed Life goes to
in Beverly Hills.
has letters from Stephen R. Rourke, Rajani Bhatia and Jacqueline Robarge. 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 Art, Mike Giuliano checks out
at C. Grimaldis Gallery and
at Goucher College's Rosenberg Gallery. Bret McCabe de-lionizes
in The Arts. In Film: Ian Grey waxes revisionist about
and drools over
; Eric Allen Hatch likes having his buttons pushed by
; Joe MacLeod obeys
; Lee Gardner survives
; Andy Markowitz tries to be nice about
; Luisa F. Ribeiro gives
its due; and Adele Marley gives a cold shoulder to
. Michelle Gienow's Dish says
is a favorite. In Cheap Eats, Michelle Gienow gets soulful about
.