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Periodicals postage ll w"!'? r: RIMES CLAMOR: A Loud and Continued Uproar of Many Human Voices • Number 24 • January/February 2004 MEDIA POLITICS 9 Tats Cru: 20 Years of Art in the Bronx 40 Sane Voices During Insane Times Joyce Orobello ed. by Amanda Luker and Madeleine Baran 12 Creativity in Confinement 47 Christofurious: The Art of Christopher Cardinale Susan Phillips interview by Sarah Grotf -Palermo 14 rad.art: Creating and Nurturing Culture of Resistance 48 Be Young, Have Fun, Smash Racism Nicolas Lampert Zach Morris SEX & GENDER PEOPLE 53 Fantasy Island 16 Will Power Carolyn Chamberlayne interview by Joshua Breitbart 55 Sexual Ruin 20 Documenting Justice: Andrew Stem's Photography Stephanie Abraham Robert Biswas-Diener 21 Fabric Addicts Courtney Becks ECONOMICS 24 Avant-Garde Fires Still Burn: Anselm Berrigan 56 Art Against Empire: The Beehive Collective Greg Fuchs interview by Arthur Stamoulis 61 A Tale of Two Pilsens: Art and Gentrification in America Kari Lydersen CULTURE 29 Free Jazz: Brief Reminiscence of Jazz in the '60s Robert Levin 'USTPAGE 31 Surrealism Thrives 66 Beautify Your Neighborhood! Craig Blair a free stencil by Josh MacPhee 32 Moving Units: Performance v.