Baltimore City Paper

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

John Ellsberry

SPECIAL

Our Top 40: City Paper Offers 40 Ideas From 2005 for Your iPod | Top Ten

The Year in News: Even the most ardent Baltimoron knows better than to take as anything other than a sick joke our claim to being “The Greatest City in America.” | Top Ten by Gadi Dechter, Edward Ericson Jr., and Van Smith

The Year in Movies: Fuck March of the Penguins. | Top Ten

The Year in Television: It signals that the major networks are following a cable and foreign TV lead: the season-long serial narrative | Top Ten

The Year in Music: 2005 was definitely a year of no consensus. | Top Ten

The Year in Local Music: From club music to indie rock to the fact that by year’s end it seemed like damn near every rapper in the city was signed, this was a banner year for Baltimore music... | Top Ten

The Year in Books: The you-know-what over in you-know-where continues to dominate American publishing… | Top Ten

The Year in Art: Only time can tell if 2005 is the year that Baltimore’s local art climate started to turn for the better. | Top Ten

The Year on Stage: Lack of talent is never going to sink Baltimore theater, but lack of space is a problem. | Top Ten

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NEWS

Contractor Crackdown: Critics say the city’s building-permit and code-enforcement process is weak, spotty, and possibly corrupt, with politically connected contractors getting away with shoddy work and/or no permits. | Quick and Dirty by Edward Ericson Jr.

Cut the Fat: Although more than 9 million U.S. children are obese, more than $10 billion is spent annually to advertise food and beverages to young people... | Quick and Dirty by Christina Royster-Hemby

Councilmania | The Mail | Mobtown Beat

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COLUMNS

Ball Bust: My money is on Sam Perlozzo's squad to finish last next year, and attendance at a spring game against, say, the Tigers, could dip below 10,000. | Right Field by Russ Smith

Lonely Child: A memorial service is for those who cared for and respected the deceased to get together to share their memories and their feelings, and should be an occasion for inclusion, not exclusion. | Think Mink by Mink Stole

Happy Holidays, Dammit: Seriously, this is the cat who hung out with prostitutes and lepers and fishermen. And you know what they say about fishermen. | Social Studies by Vincent Williams

Funnies No More: People may ignore the columns--but they stare at the cartoons. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

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