X-Content: Ten years ago in City Paper: Sept. 4, 2002

The feature package is

in the 2002 Maryland primary elections for

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

, and

. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen reports on a Butchers Hill movement to take control of

. The Nose pounces on

tours

, and reports that nearby construction is damaging

. In Campaign Beat, Van Smith reports on the feisty race for

. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life muses on the

. Christopher Myers'

gets answers from Francisco Tobio, Mich'l Kirby, and Rebekah "Mr. Quackers" Robinson. Michael Anft's Media Circus gauges the ethics of

Sun

scribe

.

has letters from G. Stuart Lacher, Nancy Williamson, and Dana Maier. The columns are: Suz Redfearn's Germ Bag, on

; Joe MacLeod's Mr. Wrong, on

; Mink Stole's Think Mink, on

; and Wiley Hall III's Urban Rhythms, on

. Scocca & MacLeod's proto-blog,

, reads the comics so you don't have to. In Imprints: Michael Anft pillories Martin Amis' handling of Josef Stalin's legacy in

; Mahinder Kingra praises Darren Williams' novel,

; and Frank Diller likes Nancy Zafris' novel,

, despite its handful of flaws. Art is Bret McCabe, articulating the Baltimore Museum of Art's curatorial chops in its

New on View

show, and Mike Giuliano, on the annual faculty show at

. Ben Yaster's Feedback hip-hops with

at Ottobar. In Music, Mikael Wood explains how

is not selling out. Film is: Adele Marley, wishing Robert DeNiro was above

, and Eric Allen Hatch, crowning

.