Vol 21 Issue 1012
Published 4/26/2000 through 5/2/2000
Off the Hook (Cover Story)
Connect people’s phones? Respond to customer complaints? Abide by state rules? Please. A brave new U S West can’t be bothered with trivial details.
Agribusiness as Usual? (City Beat)
At the University of Minnesota's farm school, discord blooms over budget cuts and the biotech bonanza.
All Unquiet on the Western Front (City Beat)
Minnesota Public Radio's empire- building purchase of Marketplace Productions hits a snag.
Off Beat
Mess With the Best, Sing With the Rest, Mess With the Best, Dress Like the Rest, and Take Us Out to the Ballgame...Please!
The Chino Syndrome (Eaters' Digest)
Waiting for a table at Chino Latino is about four times as entertaining as eating an entire meal at nearly any other restaurant in town. Chino Latino, Minneapolis
Footsteps (Arts Feature)
After a storybook career on the stage, dancer and choreographer Lise Houlton helms the troupe her mother founded, Minnesota Dance Theater.
Head Over Heels (Music Notes)
A country-and-western Mary J. Blige? Sleater-Kinney tout their latest release.
Kat Power (Bringing It All Back Home)
With a new band, Katastrophy Wife, and a new babe in toyland, Kat Bjelland makes more noise than ever.
Sound Check
Minnesota Public Radio gives the boot to L.A.'s most revered Latino DJ. Also: your (least?) favorite Dixie Chicks song helps out a local domestic abuse shelter; and Soul Coughing coughs up a lung.
Made in Taiwan (Film)
Hou Hsiao-hsien's trademark is his cinematic search for a Taiwanese identity.
The Empire Strikes Back (Film)
Bollywood star Om Puri makes a second career in British films about frustrated Eastern immigrants.
If the Suit Fits (Theater)
Outward Spiral examines a transgendered vaudevillian; the Jungle visits the wounded world of Tennessee Williams.
A Fine Line (TV)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? turns cultural cliché into genuine comedy.
Torture for Tots (Performance)
Shockheaded Peter inflicts exquisite punishment on naughty children.
Dennis Perrin: American Fan (Books Roundup)
Ernesto Quiñonez: Bodega Dreams (Books Roundup)
Mark Z. Danielewski: House of Leaves (Books Roundup)
