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1998 Stories by City Pages Staff

• Artists of the Year

  published December 30, 1998

  Digital cameras, dead comedians, frustrated F.O.B.s: Twelve months on the cultural assembly line More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 23, 1998

  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Last Wednesday Off Beat scraped the season's first coating of ice off the windshield and motored... More >>

• Give Until It Hurts

  published December 16, 1998

  With expectations suitably raised, we merrily present our second annual Holiday Box Set Roundup. More >>

• The Lists

  published December 16, 1998

  City Pages Staff Top Five/Bottom Five for 1998 More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 16, 1998

  Off Beat Was Born in a Small Town While out for a drive one day last week, Off Beat was treated to a John Mellencamp minibonanza on... More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 9, 1998

  Sink or Swim--Naah, Just Sink Offbeat got a coveted invitation from the flacks--ahem, promotions specialists--at St. Paul firm... More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 2, 1998

  Smoke Gets in Your Byline Considering the price of a pack of Marlboros these days, Off Beat--a cheapskate during the best of... More >>

• 1923

  published November 25, 1998

  Landmark culture from the era of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Warren Harding and St. Joan. More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 25, 1998

  SWM Seeks Class Action Settlement Thought you'd never have a piece of one of those multimillion-dollar class-action legal cases?... More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 18, 1998

  Dim Bulbs While innocently sipping our morning coffee and perusing our e-mail last week, Off Beat encountered the following dire... More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 11, 1998

  When Is a Subsidiary Not a Subsidiary? As city officials debate whether to declaw the Minneapolis Civil Rights... More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 4, 1998

  By the Time We Get to Phoenix What to do about The Hottest Governor's Race in History when your paper goes to press on... More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 28, 1998

  Let the Healing Begin Seems like only yesterday perennial DFL candidate/retired U.S. Army First Sgt. Dick Franson was challenging... More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 21, 1998

  You Wanted It Done When? Political insiders are chuckling about a foul-up in the campaign of Edwina Garcia, the DFL nominee for... More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 14, 1998

  He'd Love to Change the World Everybody's heard Norm Coleman's story about how, back in the '60s, he worked as a roadie for the rock... More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 7, 1998

  The End of the Civil War Was Near... Addressing an Insurance Federation of Minnesota luncheon on September 29, Carleton College... More >>

• Off Beat

  published September 30, 1998

  No Parking Anytime Soon We shudder to think of the implications, but it seems Minneapolis City Council President Jackie... More >>

• Off Beat

  published September 23, 1998

  The Cost of Political Partying According to a document acquired by Off Beat (okay, we picked it up off the floor), Ted... More >>

• Off Beat

  published September 16, 1998

  Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time: That's a fundamental law of physics. In politics, though, two or more... More >>

•  State Writes

  published September 9, 1998

  Here at Scrawl headquarters, we've forgone the phony ballots and blue-ribbon committee and cut straight to the whim. The end result? The Great... More >>

• HONORABLE MENTIONS

  published September 9, 1998

  Also of note: A selective listing of honorable mentions More >>

• Off Beat

  published September 9, 1998

  Just how intelligent is the local electorate? A prominent advertisement in last Monday's Strib may hold the key. Bearing the imprimatur of... More >>

• A Fair To Remember

  published August 26, 1998

  City Pages serves up Minnesota State Fair on a stick. More >>

• Into the Mix

  published August 5, 1998

  Rock as dance music. Dance music as rock. More >>

• At the Fringes

  published August 5, 1998

  Dean J. Seal wants you to get hooked on "fringing" this year at the 1998 Fringe Festival. More >>