Inside the Hackworld: How a Do-Nothing Became a Lame Duck
by Theodore HammLocal
Its Primary Day, Tuesday, September 13th, and were feeling pretty good. Outside polling places in the Upper West Side, West Village and Park Slope, most everyone is happy to see Norman.
March on Washington, September 24, 2005
by Thomas Micchelli and Margaret MicchelliExpress
We pulled into the parking lot at 5:50 a.m. and knew we were in the right place by the improbable clutch of people huddled together in the predawn darkness. Both sexes in almost equal numbers, with their Whole Foods bags and backpacks, but most were decidedly not young.
Ann Reynolds and Eve Andrée Laramée
by Joan WaltemathArt
Ann Reynolds is Associate Professor of Art and Art History, and Womens and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Robert Smithson: Learning From New Jersey and Elsewhere (MIT Press, 2003).
Elizabeth Murray
by Phong Bui and Robert StorrArt
In the midst of preparing for her upcoming retrospective, which will be on view at the Museum of Modern Art beginning October 23, 2005, Elizabeth Murray sat down with the painter Robert Storr, curator of the exhibition, and Rail publisher Phong Bui to talk about her life and work at her studio loft in Tribeca.
Siddhartha Deb with Hirsh Sawhney
by Hirsh SawhneyBooks
The mainstream media has its cyclopic eye on South Asia, broadcasting images of nerdy brown people stealing office jobs or the destitute and emaciated awaiting alms.
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
by Theodore HammIve bee sitting at a different desk for the last few issues, and not a littleto say the leasthas happened in that time. Heres a brief roll call of some important names: Katrina, Rita, Michael Brown, John Roberts.
- Adam Cvijanovic by Katie Stone Sonnenborn
- Rita Ackerman by Roger White
- The Art of 9/11 by Lyra Kilston
- Jesse Bercowetz and Matt Bua by Thomas Micchelli
- Maureen Cavanaugh by James Kalm
- Lara Schnitger by Nick Stillman
- Bruce Pearson by Ben La Rocco
- Paloma Varga Weisz by Stephanie Buhmann
- Ryan Wolfe, Mark Esper, Dam Stuhltrager by James Kalm
- John Paul Villegas by William Powhida
- Joseph Karoly by Shane McAdams
- Post-Everything by Ben La Rocco
- Dan Torop by Jason Murison
- Kim Jones by Tomassio Longhi
- Enemy Image by William Powhida
- Engaging Ephemera by Hrag Vartanian
- Krzystof Wodiczko by Dore Ashton
- Chris Martin by John Yau
The Soul Stirrer: The Legacy of Sam Cooke
by Norman KelleyMusic
If Ray Charles caused consternation in then-Negro America by using gospel sounds as a foundation for the devils music, what some blacks pejoratively called R&B, Sam Cooke made some people damn right apoplectic.
Full Contents
Local
- "Some Guy's Idea:" MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow Creates Existential Crisis--Resolves with Cronyism
- What's For Dinner by Marjory Garrison
- Inside the Hackworld: How a Do-Nothing Became a Lame Duck by Theodore Hamm
- Immigration Mess by Eleanor Bader
Express
- Baghdad Reunion: Tale of a Kidnapping by Christian Parenti
- How to Get to Gitmo by Aimee Molloy
- "It's You, Stupid." by Gabriel Thompson
- But What If the Truth Ain't Funny? by Williams Cole
- CHAos Creates Change by Micah Maidenberg
- March on Washington, September 24, 2005 by Thomas Micchelli and Margaret Micchelli
Art
- Elizabeth Murray by Phong Bui and Robert Storr
- Marcel Dzama: The Course of Human History Personified at David Zwirner and Jon Pylypchuk: I have thought deep into this trouble at Friedrich Petzel Gallery by Daniel Baird
- Ann Reynolds and Eve Andrée Laramée by Joan Waltemath
- Bill Bartman (1946-2005) by Eyal Danieli, Chuck Close, Dorothea Rockburne, Jeffery Sturges, Merill Wagner, Eyal Danieli, and Amanda Guest
- Ranier Ganahl with Paul Mattick by Paul Mattick
- Japanese Anime, Expo 2005 and the Future of the World by Ellen Pearlman
ArtSeen
- Adam Cvijanovic by Katie Stone Sonnenborn
- Rita Ackerman by Roger White
- The Art of 9/11 by Lyra Kilston
- Jesse Bercowetz and Matt Bua by Thomas Micchelli
- Maureen Cavanaugh by James Kalm
- Lara Schnitger by Nick Stillman
- Bruce Pearson by Ben La Rocco
- Paloma Varga Weisz by Stephanie Buhmann
- Ryan Wolfe, Mark Esper, Dam Stuhltrager by James Kalm
- John Paul Villegas by William Powhida
- Joseph Karoly by Shane McAdams
- Post-Everything by Ben La Rocco
- Dan Torop by Jason Murison
- Kim Jones by Tomassio Longhi
- Enemy Image by William Powhida
- Engaging Ephemera by Hrag Vartanian
- Krzystof Wodiczko by Dore Ashton
- Chris Martin by John Yau
Books
- Siddhartha Deb with Hirsh Sawhney by Hirsh Sawhney
- Memoir: An Outsider's Journey by David Varno
- Art: Bohos in Paradise by Michael Calderone
- Mythology: True Norse by Pete L'Official
- Social Criticism: Deconstructing Race in America by Eleanor Bader
- Fiction: The Wandering Convict by Mac Barrett
Music
- The Soul Stirrer: The Legacy of Sam Cooke by Norman Kelley
- Neblung Price Third by Dann Baker
- A Limited Edition of One In Conversation, sort of, with David Berman by Justin Taylor
- Come Hell or High Water The New Orleans Jazz Fest Soldiers On by Todd Simmons
Dance
- Inserting a Bit of Nature into our own Asphalt Jungle: Jennifer Monson / Bird Brain takes its final flight by Jessica Weiss
- Breaking Ground: Dance Charrette by Kathryn Enright
- Beverly Blossom by Nicole Pope
Film
- Be True to Your School by Sarahjane Blum
- Anomie, Italian Style by David N. Meyer
- Junebug: Culture Collision by Tessa DeCarlo
Theater
- In Dialogue: suffer little children: The Sturm und Drang of David Adjmi by Heidi Schreck
- Nelson Rodrigues: The pornographic angel comes to NYC by Sarah J Townsend
- Poor Imitations by David Kilpatrick
- Local Stops
Fiction
- Four Short Stories by Kenneth Bernard
- Chip Off The Old Block by Lynda Schor
Poetry
- Night by Pura López Colomé
- Electronic Desires by Brian Kim Stefans
- Twilight Suite by Nicholas Bredie
LastWords
- LAW AND ORDER SUV: Special Urban Vice by Scot Crawford
Editor's Message
- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Theodore Hamm



