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    December 1, 2011

    Da Capo's Second-Best Music Writing 2011: 112 Of Last Year's Most Notable Music Stories

    The 2011 edition of Da Capo's annual anthology Best Music Writing— which this year was guest edited by The New Yorker classical writer and The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross; Daphne Carr has been the series editor since 2006—contains 32 essays and is augmented by a a jumbo-sized "Other N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    New York Times Traffic Down 24% From Paywall; Erik Wemple to Washington Post

    ​Lately the New York Times has lost a few of its star writers including legendary critic and columnist Frank Rich and foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins, along with a handful of others, and although people change jobs all the time and for a variety of reasons, the timing was enough to make u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty Sounds Like a Real Charmer/Asshole

    Via WCP/Darrow Montgomery.​Washington D.C.'s got a mayoral election coming up. As such, there's no better time for the Washington City Paper's Alan Suderman to run a terrific profile on the incumbent, Adrian Fenty, entitled "Adrian Fenty is a Jerk." Quite the thesis! How so?

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    This Blog Is The Shit: Runnin' Scared Takes Home 2010 Alt Weekly Award

    Pictured: Village Voice editor Tony Ortega hoists Runnin' Scared's Atl-Weekly Award, flanked by staff.​Not that you didn't already know, dear reader, but as the young people would say, "game recognize game," because we have just been officially told we are what the young people would call ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    The Perils Of DIY Touring: There Are Too Many Goddamn Bands

    Ian MacKaye's the Evens at a not exactly Bowery Ballroom-like venue. (Nice lamps.) Excellent,though somewhat dismaying, piece in the Washington City Paper about the increasingly overcrowded and booking-agent-besotted DIY touring circuit, which makes it tough for young bands to get gigs anywhere. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Beard Awards Media and Journalism Finalists Are Announced

    The man himself.​The James Beard Foundation is announcing its James Beard Awards finalists via Twitter this morning. The list of chefs has just started rolling out (currently, regional finalists are being named), but the list of final nominees for the foundation's Media and Journalism Awards a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Behold, Jonathan Lethem's Playlist for Chronic City

    ​In which Cat Power is compared to Thomas Pynchon, and Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It With Mine" echoes in the "abandoned gothic cathedral" of Nico's voice. Courtesy of the Washington City Paper. Who knew Lethem was an Animal Collective fan?

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Jerry Fuchs Memorial This Thursday

    ​Thursday, 7pm-11pm at Enid's in Greenpoint. More info and a collection of sad-making photos at the Washington City Paper.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Marion Barry Voicemails to Alleged Stalking Victim Mostly Sad

    Here's a fun way to spend a couple of minutes: reading the transcripts -- or actually listening to -- former D.C. Mayor and current D.C. city councilmember Marion Barry's alleged voice mails to the woman he is accused of stalking. The Washington City Paper got the goods from the ex-husband of Donna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Finally, the Date-Rape-Song Charticle We've All Been Waiting For

    Washington City Paper (great arts town!) is now offering a fabulous "hierarchy of date-rape jams," and while we're a little higher on Asher Roth (poor guy), a little lower on Sublime, and a lot lower on Rod Stewart, we applaud this first-rate speciment of graphics-based rock crit. Odd perhaps that ... More >>

  • Music

    December 31, 2008

    2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

    Washington City Paper (great arts town!) is now offering a fabulous "hierarchy of date-rape jams," and while we're a little higher on Asher Roth (poor guy), a little lower on Sublime, and a lot lower on Rod Stewart, we applaud this first-rate speciment of graphics-based rock crit. Odd perhaps that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2006

    UPDATE: 'Voice' Editor Quits Before He Starts

    Washington City Paper (great arts town!) is now offering a fabulous "hierarchy of date-rape jams," and while we're a little higher on Asher Roth (poor guy), a little lower on Sublime, and a lot lower on Rod Stewart, we applaud this first-rate speciment of graphics-based rock crit. Odd perhaps that ... More >>

  • News

    May 30, 2006

    'Village Voice' Gets New Editor

    Erik Wemple says he'll revamp front of the book

  • News

    November 13, 2001

    Howard's End

    'City Paper' Editor Leaps to 'Tribune'

  • Specials

    September 25, 2001

    Letters

    'City Paper' Editor Leaps to 'Tribune'

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    Tumbling Dice

    'New York Press' Backer Linked to Bahamas Lawsuit

  • News

    March 13, 2001

    Acme of His Career

    ‘New York Press’ Editor Needs Ethics Lesson

  • News

    October 24, 2000

    Here's Your Piece of the Pie

    Salon Reaches Out to Freelancers

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    'City Paper' Revolts Against Witt

  • News

    August 1, 2000

    Krugman Takes On ‘Seattle Man’

    The Times’s Crusade Against Ralph Nader

  • News

    April 25, 2000

    Nation

    The Times’s Crusade Against Ralph Nader

  • News

    April 4, 2000

    City Paper's New It Boy?

    Slate Writer Eyed to Edit D.C. Weekly

  • News

    February 29, 2000

    The Year of Living Pseudonymously

    Of Mugger, Masher, Donna Johnson and . . . Calendar Boy

  • News

    August 10, 1999

    The Conversation

    Tina Brown Gets a Buzz Cut

  • News

    May 25, 1999

    War of the Words

    Tina Brown Gets a Buzz Cut

  • News

    March 16, 1999

    Pinochet Noir

    Tina Brown Gets a Buzz Cut

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