Vol 20 Issue 979
Published 9/8/1999 through 9/14/1999
Ballpark Frankness (Cover Story)
St. Paul mayor Norm Coleman wants you to buy the Twins a spiffy new $325 million home. The team could have a nicer stadium for half that price and with no public financing. Here’s how.
Off Beat
Gouger's Paradise, All the News That's Fit to Bemuse, Gube Won't Cut Ties With City Pages, and Wonder If the Governor Subscribes to Details.
Public Spectacle (City Beat)
Art meets advertising in a West St. Paul brush with the law.
The Uncashed Cache (City Beat)
What's a city to do when the checks--and balances--go bad?
High-Wire Reporting (Browser)
At the Twin Cities' local dailies, online journalism shakes up the newsroom.
Site Specific (Browser)
Local font guru Chank and the Minneapolis-based design cooperative Spunk venture into "fine art."
The Price Is Right (Eaters' Digest)
California cherry tomatoes aren't supporting Minnesota farmers, Minnesota barn owls, and little Minnesota microbes in the Minnesota dirt. Red Cardinal Farms, Stillwater
Shadow and Act (Arts Feature)
Penumbra Theatre's campaign to build an ambitious new stage has the makings of an epic drama--or a nonprofit tragedy.
9th & Hennepin (Music)
Despite the faux-shabby charm of his performing persona, there is something
uncomfortable in the public's cultish embrace of Tom Waits.
Celebrity Skin (Music)
Hip hop's morph master Kool Keith raps about beauty, porn, and life without bodyguards.
Every Chord Tells a Story (Music)
With some of the keenest eyes in pop, Freedy Johnston trails male loneliness into its blackest nights.
The Adults Are Alright (Bringing It All Back Home)
With a messy start and a star-making buzz, the Plastic Constellations have emerged as local rock's fountain of youth.
Sound Check
A St. Paul native's road to MTV dominance. Also: Willie Wisely goes West, the Coffee Shock shutters, and Mark Mallman plays a record-setting 26-hour song.
About Face (Film)
"Changing the Guard" reflects the new British cinema's turn toward the personal and the political.
Gathering Leaves (Film)
Director Eric Rohmer tells his Autumn Tale--and a seasoned critic turns the page.
A Mickey Mouse Utopia (Books)
A new book examines what there is to celebrate in Disney's famous planned community.
