Ten Years Ago in City Paper: March 21, 2001

Michael Anft's feature spotlights a state-employed machinist's proposal for

. In Mobtown Beat, Michael Corbin reports on a

that was killed in the General Assembly. Media Circus is Tom Chalkley, critiquing

The Baltimore Sun

's coverage of

. Chalkley's Charmed Life catches a buzz with

. The columns are: Sandy Asirvatham's Underwhelmed, on

; Mink Stole's Think Mink, on

; Wiley Hall III's Urban Rhythms, on

; Joab Jackson's Cyberpunk, on

; and Tom Scocca's 8 Upper, on the play-off performance of

. Scocca and Joe MacLeod's proto-blog,

, reads the comics so you don't have to. In Imprints: Jill Sebra appreciates the honesty of Helen Stapinski's memoir

Five-Finger Discount

, Eileen Murphy feels manipulated by Dennis McFarland's novel

Singing Boy

,and John Sewell sees potential in R.A. Moulds' short-story collection

Porch Swing Stories

. Art is

, on Cat Mihos' photographs at Photo Works and Youngmi Song's compositions at Montage Gallery. Bones is Garcia Jackson and Jr.'s poem,

. In Film,

CP

's critics

through the ages, including Heather Joslyn on

Sullivan's Travels

, Luisa F. Ribeiro on

A Place in the Sun

, Andy Markowitz on

, Lee Gardner on

Apocalypse Now

, Adele Marley on

Raging Bull

, and Ian Grey on

Heavenly Creatures

. Otherwise, the section features Jaime Baron on

Too Much Sleep

and

Heartbreakers

and Joe MacLeod on

Exit Wounds

. In Belly Up, Susan Fradkin says

is worth the wait.

(Editor's note: Please remember that this restaurant review is exactly a decade old, so take any information within with a shaker of salt.)