The first installment of Eileen Murphy's series about
fills the feature hole, along with Van Smith's appraisal of
for Baltimore. Molly Rath's Mobtown Beat looks at the
in poor neighborhoods. The Nose sniffs out a
being used in City Hall downsizing. In Media Circus, Tom Chalkley talks with
about his new Middle East assignment and continues to trash
. Brennen Jensen's Charmed Life takes Norman "Duke" Benton's guided tour of
. 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
. Scocca & MacLeod's proto-blog,
, reads the comics so you don't have to. In Imprints: Michael Anft paints a picture of Don DeLillo's
; Eileen Murphy is seduced by Sylvia Brownrigg's
; and Mahinder Kingra is disappointed with George P. Pelecanos'
but dubs Douglas Galbraith's
a "triumph." Art is Caroline M. Saffer appreciating the photographs of the late
at a Photo Works retrospective exhibit and Mike Giuliano on
at C. Grimaldis Gallery. In Stage, Jack Purdy thinks Everyman Theatre's production of Jeff Baron's
is sappy and safe. Daniel Piotrowski's Feedback concludes that pianist
, performing with drummer Tony Oxley at Johns Hopkins University's Mattin Center, is well past his prime. Music is John Sewell, worrying about what Robert Pollard's drinking will do to
. In Film: Adele Marley finds wisdom in
; Joe MacLeod inhales
; Lee Gardner finds
sufficiently hair-raising; and Heather Joslyn isn't a big
fan. Susan Fradkin's Belly Up reports back from
on Liberty Road.
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(Editor's note: Remember this review is exactly a decade old, so take it with a shaker of salt)
