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2001 Stories by Keith Harris

• Nightmare Before Xmas

  published December 12, 2001

  Dan Scott Makes Unmerry With a Night of Melancholic Christmas Tunes. More >>

• Sub Pop

  published November 28, 2001

  Anti-Pop Consortium Return Hip Hop to the Art of the Rhyme. More >>

• Best Laid Plan

  published November 21, 2001

  Dismemberment Plan Search for "Meaningful Relationships". More >>

• Coup De Grâce

  published November 14, 2001

  The Political Message of the Coup's 'Party Music' Survives the Catastrophe in New York More >>

• There's This Book You've Never Heard of

  published October 24, 2001

  but if you had heard of it, you'd really enjoy reading it, which is why this unusual book review, Rain Taxi, continues to exist against what truly... More >>

• Lik It Up

  published October 17, 2001

  While critics' taste for politically conscious rap continues, Tha Liks prefer to lap up their Olde E and have a good time. More >>

• Out of Afrika

  published October 10, 2001

  A new 15-disc retrospective challenges the listener to separate the legend of Fela Kuti from the musician. More >>

• Porn to Be Mild

  published October 3, 2001

  U Film's "Erotic Tales" tell a tasteful--and tired--story. More >>

• The Big Picture

  published September 19, 2001

  The Heights Theater's love of cinema's abandoned technologies is larger than life--as is their upcoming 70mm film series. More >>

• The Writing on the Wall

  published September 12, 2001

  Divining the future of a city one mural at a time. More >>

• Line O' the Times

  published September 12, 2001

  While Poor Line Condition are pioneering live drum 'n' bass in the local music scene, their audience just likes to watch. More >>

• Pop Quiz

  published August 22, 2001

  Putting young R&B singers Alicia Keys and Blu Cantrell to the test. More >>

• Luscious Jackson

  published July 4, 2001

  On All for You, Janet Jackson savors the pleasure (and pain) principles of her personal life. More >>

• Model Behavior

  published June 27, 2001

  Clem Snide dolls up roots rock with the Ghost of Fashion. More >>

• What's Going On?

  published May 23, 2001

  Michael Franti replaces hip-hop polemics with soul that's good for the body--and the body politic. More >>

• The Real Slum Shady

  published May 16, 2001

  Chopper's sunless vision of a Down Under underworld is bleak to no end More >>

• Either This Wallpaper Goes or I Do

  published February 28, 2001

  By the time you read this, I will be gone. More >>

• Oarfolkjokeopus Tests Nuclear Device in Store on Lyndale Avenue

  published February 21, 2001

  Oarfolk will be renamed Treehouse on April 1. It is not moving to the Garage D'Or space. More >>

• Lil Wayne: Lights Out

  published February 14, 2001

  Lil Wayne Lights Out Cash Money/Universal THERE'S A CERTAIN sort of romantic rock fan who idolizes... More >>

• R. Kelly: TP-2.com

  published January 31, 2001

  R. Kelly TP-2.com Jive R. KELLY IS best known by everyone's parents as the throbbing, churchy voice... More >>

• Keith Harris's Jazz

  published January 31, 2001

  I'm writing an entire column on jazz without mentioning a certain bloated, middlebrow PBS doc. More >>

• Son House of Pain

  published January 24, 2001

  White rapper Everlast gets in touch with the raw roots of black blues. More >>

• Lick it Up

  published January 24, 2001

  Minneapolis 2-step fans step up. More >>

• The End of Arrogance

  published January 17, 2001

  In Gimme Shelter, a preening rock star's humility is just a stab away. More >>

• RPM vs. Twitch

  published January 17, 2001

  City Pages critic squanders opportunity to sleep with Twitch. More >>