X-Content: 10 Years Ago in City Paper: Jan. 15, 2003

Nicole Leistikow's

reports from Kenya on the Baraka School. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen explores the format change at Towson University's public-radio station,

. The Nose welcomes

and announces that Fells Point's

is for sale. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life catches up with aging Baltimore boxer

. Christopher Myers'

gets answers from Andre Waters, Sean Jankowski, and Captain Paul Mueller.

has letters from Mark Chalkley, Jim Kraft, Adam Cooke, Donald Holland, Raymond Winbush, Dan Krovich, Mary Nisbet, April Smith, and Bella Chou. The columns are: Brian Morton's Political Animal, on

; Eddie Matz' Shirts and Skins, on

; Joe MacLeod's Mr. Wrong, on

; Afefe Tyehimba's Third Eye, on

; and Mink Stole's Think Mink, on

. Scocca & MacLeod's proto-blog,

, reads the comics so you don't have to. C. Kang and S. Kang's

tries more anal probe. Emily Flake's

imagines the other little engines. Smell of Steve, Inc.'s

goes to Mexico. In Imprints: Patrick Sullivan finds hope in playwright Dael Orlandersmith's

Yellowman/My Red Hand, My Black Hand

; James D. Dilts dubs Ashley Kahn's

A Love Supreme

a "worthy glimpse" of John Coltrane's creation; Susan Domagalski enjoys the party Julian Barnes throws with

Something to Declare

. Blake de Pastino's Art tours the

of photographs at the Contemporary Museum. Bret McCabe, in

, catches up with Cass McCombs and shadows Oji Morris and Brian Pope, former hosts of WEAA's Underground Experience. In Film: Luisa F. Ribeiro calls

The Hours

a "Hollywood rarity" that brings a complex novel to the screen; Tom Siebert skewers

Just Married

and

Kangaroo Jack

; and Bret McCabe says

25th Hour

ends up "coming up empty." Cheap Eats is Christopher Skokna, digging into dessert at

, but not so hot on the rest of the menu.