Subject: Atlantic City

• Currying Favor

  September 21, 2000

• 21

  This card-counting film is a bust.

  March 27, 2008

• Holy Kitsch

  Yakov Smirnoff provides this guided tour to his adopted home, a Shangri-La for the God-fearing.

  August 30, 2007

• Land of the Real People

  Where does reality TV get those hayseeds? Here.

  April 27, 2006

• It’s His World

  Five nights a week, Al Latta turns the Cigar Box into a hot spot

  February 24, 2005

• His Way

  The old magic works at the Copa Room.

  August 19, 2004

• Night & Day Events

  Week of July 1, 2004

  July 1, 2004

• Roll Out

  The Prairie Dogg finds the dirt on Playboy, Popeyes chicken and Harry Potter with Ludacris.

  February 19, 2004

• Repent!

  And your sinful love of pop-punk may be forgiven.

  January 22, 2004

• Bright Spot

  The Red Star Tavern may be slightly dull in the kitchen, but sparks fly in the dining room.

  November 6, 2003

• Best of Music 2001

  Critic's Picks

  December 27, 2001

• Rod Stewart

  Human (Atlantic)

  March 8, 2001

• Various Artists

  Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (Sub Pop)

  January 11, 2001

• Spin City

  DJ and rave promoters insist it's all about the music and the vibe -- something the police and government bureaucrats need to know.

  June 22, 2000

• Steak and stogies

  The Cigar Box is one part old-fashioned saloon, one part intimate steakhouse, and one part cigar-smoking clubhouse.

  May 18, 2000

• Reflections on the fly

  February 17, 2000

• Marilyn Monroe and Studies in Crap unite to contemplate cleavage and toast Miss America

  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Miss America Pageant Official Year Book Date: 1952 Discovered at: Timeless Treasures Antique Mall, Kansas City, Mo. The Cover Promises: When the night is at its darkest, the police commissioner of Atlantic City aims a beacon to the heavens to summon that great protector of the

  June 25, 2009