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X-Content: Ten Years Ago in City Paper: July 10, 2002
Afefe Tyehimba’s feature profiles the Baltimore-based band Fertile Ground.
In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen airs Washington Hill residents’ complaints about idling busses and Mayor Martin O’Malley responds to letters from Baltimore City College High School students.
In Campaign Beat, James Michael Brodie plumbs the influence of political consultant Julius Henson.
Ballot Stuffing covers battles brewing in Baltimore’s 44th District, where state Del. Verna Jones (D) is mounting a bid to unseat state Sen. Clarence Mitchell IV (D), and in Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District, where 29-year-old Scot Michael Young (R) is taking on elderly GOP incumbent Helen Delich Bentley.
Michael Anft’s Media Circus wonders why Baltimore Jewish Times editor Phil Jacobs skewered Jews for Peace, and questions The Baltimore Sun’s coverage U.S. Senior Open at Caves Valley Golf Club.
Brennen Jensen’s Charmed Life chills out with Comfort Link.
Christopher Myers’ How’s it Going? gets answers from Bernadette Dutton, Pat Turner, and Dwane Spence.
The Mail has a letter from Blaine Taylor.
The columns are: Joe MacLeod’s Mr. Wrong, on having a “Good One”; Mink Stole’s Think Mink, on irritating co-workers and talking about past lovers; and Wiley Hall III’s Urban Rhythms, on the death penalty.
Scocca & MacLeod’s proto-blog, Funny Paper, reads the comics so you don’t have to.
In Books, Frank Diller roams skeptically through Eddy Joe Cotton’s memoir, Hobo, and Elizabeth Gilbert’s biography of Eustace Conway, The Last American Man.
In Music, Ian Nagoski previews the free-jazz festival, Harmonic Baltimore, and P.J. Gach showcases women in metal.
Film is Lee Gardner, liking the first half of Road to Perdition, and Adele Marley, suffering through the déjà vu of Men in Black II.
Michelle Gienow’s Dish has a terrific lunch at Sofia’s Dining and Spirits.
Tim Hill’s Cheap Eats basks in the large portions at Salsa Grill.
In Clubs Review, Anna Ditkoff says Redwood Trust is a bit too pricey.
