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Making a Scene: Baltimore, Maryland’s Wham City

[8.Jan.09] :. Goofy, childlike, chaotic, tribal, artsy -- all of these and more describe Wham City, the sprawling collective of artists working together to make Baltimore, Maryland, a community thriving on wild abandon and mutual support.

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Features
:. PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2009
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Columns
Moving Pixels: Philip K. Dick’s Defense of Video Games
Alternative Rock Cultures: On the Sixth Day God Created Man…chester, Part Four.

Blogs
Consuming Consumables: Jazz
Short Ends and Leader: Critical Confessions: Part 19 - Top Ten-tative
Mixed Media: The Best Singles of 2009: Bishop Allen - “Oklahoma”
Marginal Utility: MySpace’s Demise
Notes from the Road: The Hidden Cameras + Gentleman Reg: 3.Dec.09 - Chicago
Sound Affects: Verse-Chorus-Verse: An Interview with Diane Birch
Channel Surfing: Not-So-Tragic-Mulatto’s Low Point: Crossing the Color Line in ‘The Jeffersons’
Graphically Speaking: The Sociology of Superheroes: Andi Ewington and 45

Music
:. Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Live
:. Cold Cave: Love Comes Close
:. Rupa & the April Fishes: Este Mundo
:. Various Artists: The Music of Glee: Season One, Volume One
:. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: Los Suenos De Un Hidago
:. The Pines: Tremolo

Events
:. Art Brut: 15 November 2009 - New York

Television
:. Men of a Certain Age: Series Premiere
:. ID Investigates: The Madoff Mystery

DVDs
:. One Foot in the Grave: The Complete Collection
:. New Police Story

Books
:. Saint John of the Five Boroughs by Edward Falco
:. 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe by Mary Elise Sarotte

Multimedia
:. Spore Hero

News
:. Comcast scores controlling stake in NBC Universal
:. We solve the mystery behind the success of TV crime shows
:. Out of South Africa: ‘Invictus’
:. Sense of humor survives Robin Williams’ heart surgery
:. Is ‘New Moon’ the worst successful movie ever?
:. INTERVIEW:Tai Babilonia straps on her skates again for the troops
:. The message? Exhibit A could be textual infidelity

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