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1999 Stories by Peter S. Scholtes

• Clashback

  published December 15, 1999

  A bio-doc looks at the punks who changed the complexion of white rock. More >>

• Hart On His Sleeve

  published December 8, 1999

  With Good News for Modern Man, Grant Hart pulls away from his past--while keeping an eye on the rear-view mirror. More >>

• Handsome Boy Modeling School: So... How's Your Girl?

  published November 17, 1999

  Handsome Boy Modeling School So... How's Your Girl? Tommy Boy I NEVER EXPECTED to hear the... More >>

• Ebony and Ebony

  published November 17, 1999

  Mint Condition and Sounds of Blackness trace soul's tributaries to the cusp of the mainstream. More >>

• Bringing Out the Dead

  published November 3, 1999

  Trail of Dead revive pure punk energy with Madonna . More >>

• Valley B-Boys

  published October 13, 1999

  L.A.'s Styles of Beyond make the suburbs safe for hip hop. More >>

• You're Not Invited

  published September 22, 1999

  Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock? More >>

• Sound Check

  published August 25, 1999

  From a new hip hop shop to a new drum 'n' bass cafe, here's all the local music news that fits. More >>

• Walk Like a Panther

  published August 25, 1999

  Baritone saxophonist Fred Ho makes music for the revolution. More >>

• School's Out Forever

  published July 28, 1999

  If the Donnas were really the teen rock trash they pretend to be, they wouldn't sound like the Donnas. More >>

• Release Yourself

  published July 21, 1999

  From Sly Stone's roughhouse to the Artist's clubhouse, groundbreaking bassist Larry Graham finds new power in Minnesota. More >>

• Consumer Guides

  published July 7, 1999

  The Rank Strangers slim down with their latest album Consumption More >>

• Dope, Guns, and Settling Down

  published June 16, 1999

  How Amphetamine Reptile changed American music--and then went into the bar business More >>

• Duking It Out With the Blues

  published June 16, 1999

  How many of us truly love rock 'n' roll's absentee father, the blues? More >>

• Bon Voyage

  published May 26, 1999

  Dinkytown turns off the mic on local hip hop--again. More >>

• Pop Will Eat Itself

  published May 19, 1999

  On the eve of his first American tour, Brazilian cut-up artist Tom Zé talks about Tropicália and its cultural remixes. More >>

• Rockers Without a Cause

  published May 12, 1999

  The Short Fuses play greasy punk from the wrong side of the sock hop. More >>

• Flipping the Record

  published April 28, 1999

  Radio K releases the best local-music compilation of the year, Stuck on AM 2 More >>

• The Rise of Punk Civilization

  published April 7, 1999

  The ornately pierced, spiky-haired subjects of Patti Rhodes's hourlong video-film seem almost nostalgic for a time when punks at least received... More >>

• I'm So Lonesome I Could Smile

  published April 7, 1999

  Honky-tonkers Accident Clearinghouse create a country for punks. More >>

• Norse by Midwest

  published March 31, 1999

  This weekend's Nordic Roots Festival unearths connections to the Old World. More >>

• Slow Ride

  published March 24, 1999

  Low have been heckled by crowds and dropped from their label. Now Minnesota's quietest band returns with its best album yet. More >>

• Wrecking Balls, Meet the press, The rites of summer and Low-power readings.

  published March 17, 1999

  Wrecking Ball: Last-minute Jitters and hard Times on Nicollet Mall Despite all the talk about maintaining the "character" of... More >>

• Safe at Home

  published March 17, 1999

  Twenty years ago Safety Last made rockabilly cool in the punk-rock Twin Cities. Now they're making a quiet comeback in the age of swing. More >>

• Fight the Power

  published March 3, 1999

  A new FCC proposal creates high hopes for local low-watt radio More >>