The feature, by Andy Markowitz and Tom Scocca, conjures a baseball team comprised of
. In Mobtown Beat: Afefe Tyehimba profiles
's race-relations efforts; Brennen Jensen gauges the potential for
; and Van Smith reports on
's legal dispute with Maryland government. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life uncovers the history of
,
City Paper
's office.
has letters from Adolf Kowalski, Myron Von Hollingsworth, Janine Holc, Alan Barysh, and Medina Krause. The columns are: Sandy Asirvatham's Underwhelmed, 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 Imprints, Rupert Wondolowski heaps praise on Ian McEwan's novel,
; Susan Muaddi Darraj says Richard Skinner's
is a novel trying to be a biography; and Frank Diller delights in the enjoyable confusion of Ben Marcus' novel,
. Christopher Skokna's Books piece decodes the alt-comics world of
. In Art, Ned Oldham appreciates
at Gomez Gallery. Ian Nagoski's No Cover explores the sonic chaos of
. In Film: Tom Scocca's love of
is unabashed; Andy Markowitz lauds the A&E/BBC mini-series,
; Eric Allen Hatch summarizes the film-history importance of
; Ian Grey is aghast at
and suffers through
; and Adele Marley gags through
. Michelle Gienow's Dish savages
. In Cheap Eats, Michelle Gienow tries out Polock Johnny's two remaining locations: at
and on
.
