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1999 Stories by City Pages Staff

• Off Beat

  published December 29, 1999

  Down in the Alley...But Not Out, Third Down, Four Beers to Go and For the Off Beat Reader Who Has Everything. More >>

• A Power of Ten

  published December 29, 1999

  Ten albums from the 1990s that multiplied the meaning of local pop. More >>

• Artists of the Year

  published December 22, 1999

  Framed, penned, screened, danced, sung, shot, delivered: City Pages lauds the artistic creations of 1999 More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 22, 1999

  Council to Sayles Belton: The Nerve!, Gut Check, and Let the Backroom Dealing Begin. More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 15, 1999

  Jesse the Frog, Déjà Vu in the Worst Way and A Fighting Chance. More >>

• Dramatis Personae

  published December 15, 1999

  A broadcast version of some backstage chatter--direct from the proverbial equine aperture. More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 8, 1999

  Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You, From Here to Perdition and Legend of the Fall More >>

• Sound Check

  published December 1, 1999

  Hip hop quietly returns to Dinkytown. Also: Local music cooks on cable access. More >>

• Off Beat

  published December 1, 1999

  Granny Get Your Gun, Phone Tags and The Land of the Clenched Sphincter. More >>

• Sound Check

  published November 24, 1999

  The Madrid-Minneapolis pop connection. Also: Local rock, home for Thanksgiving. More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 24, 1999

  The Case of the Pubescent Pugilists, Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Out of the Clubhouse, Great Minds Think Alike and Maybe Next Week... More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 17, 1999

  In Search of a Good Plumber and There's Always Dolphin Staffing. More >>

• Sound Check

  published November 10, 1999

  Student free jazz nuts use U of M grant money to bring New York's Test to the Whole. Also: K-Tel's remarkable makeover. More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 10, 1999

  Swing Vote, Indeed, Voters to Red: Right Time, Wrong Team and Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say at Ragstock. More >>

• Sound Check

  published November 3, 1999

  International electronic music festival Sonic Circuits returns to its point of origin. Also: Stan Ridgway's local electronica connection. More >>

• Off Beat

  published November 3, 1999

  The Lengths Editors Go To, Fancy That and Innovative Headline Writing Derailed. More >>

• Sound Check

  published October 27, 1999

  Tina and the B-Sides say farewell with a new live album; the Cows' Shannon Selberg says hello with a new band. More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 27, 1999

  As the Sidewalk Crumbles and Shit Happens--Just Not Here. More >>

• Sound Check

  published October 20, 1999

  Take Me With U (Or Don't Bother) and A Local Magazine Objectifies Men. More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 20, 1999

  Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Eco-Warrior, He Was Just Partying Like It Was 1999, Out With the New, In With the New, and Never Mind. More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 13, 1999

  Let's Make a "Deal",Sitting Pretty and Cursor, Foiled Again. More >>

• Sound Check

  published October 6, 1999

  The Cedar Cultural Centre wins its uphill battle for existence. Also: Arcwelder celebrates 12 years with a new album, and Solid Gold Soul... More >>

• Off Beat

  published October 6, 1999

  Poll Taxing and On the Fly. More >>

• Off Beat

  published September 29, 1999

  Heck, Renting's Simpler Anyway and The Stain Masters. More >>

• Off Beat

  published September 22, 1999

  Junkball Politics, Part 1 and 2. More >>