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1998 Stories by Jon Dolan

• Robyne's Hood

  published December 23, 1998

  Other TV news personalities stay planted behind the desk. Then there's KMSP's Robyne Robinson, who claims the whole Twin Cities for her stage. More >>

• Use Your Illusion

  published December 9, 1998

  White noise: The Jon Spencer Blues Dilution More >>

• Bad Rap

  published November 25, 1998

  The Hennepin County library system just wanted good clean fun on its CD rack. What it got was a free-speech debate that won't quit. More >>

• Velvet Underground

  published November 4, 1998

  Glam rock's history is the most unnatural thing in the world. More >>

• Fat Chance

  published October 21, 1998

  Check your head: U.K. "big beat" pioneer Fatboy Slim. More >>

• Surf's Up, Ole!

  published October 14, 1998

  Richfield Shocks, Fridley Shakes, Chaska Rocks. More >>

• Southern Discomfort

  published October 7, 1998

  Marlee MacLeod's accidental journey from the land of Lynyrd Skynyrd to a coffee shop near you. More >>

• Love for Sale

  published September 23, 1998

  Hole's Celebrity Skin is the completion of a trilogy that could make George Lucas quiver. More >>

• Hello Pasty

  published September 9, 1998

  Is the white minstrelsy of the Insane Clown Posse more than skin-deep? More >>

• Radio On

  published September 2, 1998

  Radio K may be making the leap to FM just as founder Jim Musil packs his bags. More >>

• Be My Baby

  published August 26, 1998

  Sweet, solipsistic alt-folkie Elliott Smith may be the most successful indie songwriter to come around in five years. More >>

• Just So So Stories

  published August 19, 1998

  Choose life!: Atlanta R&B Svengali Jermaine Dupri. More >>

• Ill Communicator

  published July 29, 1998

  Beasties collaborator DJ Mix Master Mike joins the B-Boys Hello Nasty tour. More >>

• Teenagers in Love

  published July 29, 1998

  In the world of the teen pop superdiva, Monica and Brandy are virtually the same side of the same coin. Or in their case, a Jacuzzi full of coins. More >>

• Alas poor Yorick, a fellow of infinite sadness

  published July 15, 1998

  William Corgan delivers a new Smashing double coaster. More >>

• Mysterioso

  published July 15, 1998

  Recruiting local guitar virtuoso John Crozier to play on your record is like calling upon one of the ancients who planned the aqueducts to come... More >>

• He Made Us Say Ugh

  published June 24, 1998

  After nine months of chart-topping playin' and hatin', Master P releases his final album. More >>

• Other Voices, Other Frooms

  published May 20, 1998

  Hollywood hit man: Studio genius Mitchell Froom creates a post-rock vaudeville More >>

• Inner City Blues

  published May 6, 1998

  A decade ago, Derrick May helped invent a dance music that complemented a hollow city, Detroit. Now that May's music has colonized two continents,... More >>

• Propellerheads: Decksanddrumsandrockandroll

  published April 29, 1998

  Propellerheads Decksanddrumsandrockandroll Dreamworks "IT'S LIKE SOMEONE did a demographic survey... More >>

• The Gourds: Stadium Blitzer

  published April 29, 1998

  The Gourds Stadium Blitzer Munich THE LAMEST THING about '90s roots rockers isn't their hackneyed... More >>

• Soul to Solex

  published April 29, 1998

  Sole-glo: Elisabeth Esselink smiths a post-pop pap paradise More >>

• Daydream Believers

  published April 22, 1998

  Five skeptical spin doctors probe for local music's pulse -- a City Pages roundtable More >>

• MUSIC: The Raincoats

  published April 8, 1998

  The Raincoats The Kitchen Tapes ROIR Glimpsed through the cracked rear views of Courtney Love and... More >>

• Turning the Tables

  published April 1, 1998

  Meet the Minneapolis DJ who might take the men's club out of clubland More >>