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2003 Stories by Peter S. Scholtes

• Old School

  published December 24, 2003

  Sweatin' to the local oldies with our favorite reissues. More >>

• Meet The Musicians

  published December 17, 2003

  Checking in with some Minnesota music makers. More >>

• Local Music Yearbook '03

  published December 17, 2003

  We Sang. We Danced. We Set things on Fire. And Sometime after the Bar Closed, We Wrote It All Down for You. More >>

• The best trillion hip-hop records you may never hear

  published December 3, 2003

  Freddy Fresh's list of every old-school rap record ever made. More >>

• Tomb Raider

  published November 26, 2003

  Before Pere Ubu, before the Dead Boys, there was Cleveland's Rocket From the Tombs. More >>

• Sex, Lies, and Audiotape

  published November 19, 2003

  Har Mar Superstar and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O. go on record about french-kissing fans and cock-blocking Beck. More >>

• Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: Streetcore

  published November 19, 2003

  Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros Streetcore Hellcat Well, this is goodbye. I've put it off all year,... More >>

• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

  published November 19, 2003

  When is knocking out a man's fake teeth a proper art form? The comic books of Azzarello and Risso. More >>

• Superhopper: Does This Sound Exciting Yet?

  published November 5, 2003

  Superhopper Does This Sound Exciting Yet? Guilt-Ridden Pop Maybe you have to loathe snotty pop punk... More >>

• Various Artists: No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion

  published November 5, 2003

  Various Artists No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion Rhino Finally, a box set that deserves the... More >>

• Once Upon a Time in Mexico

  published October 29, 2003

  The very voluptuous world of comics artist Gilbert Hernandez. More >>

• The Filth and the Fury

  published October 29, 2003

  The Dirtbombs blow Motor City out of the garage. More >>

• Son of a Preacher Man

  published October 8, 2003

  Mark Curtis Anderson's '70s memoir looks at what happened when white evangelicals first embraced the devil's music. More >>

• Blazin' on $20 a Day

  published September 17, 2003

  A DJ for every club, a mic for every stage: Five days in our own hip hopolis. More >>

• Bombs Away

  published September 3, 2003

  'Masked & Anonymous' director Larry Charles lets it fly. More >>

• First Love

  published September 3, 2003

  The whole sleazy story of our rock' n' roll bus station, told by the people who were there. More >>

• First Avenue's Day in Court

  published August 27, 2003

  First Avenue freeze-out More >>

• Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers

  published July 16, 2003

  Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers S-Curve There's pop music, and then there's "pop in... More >>

• Still Desperate After All These Years

  published July 9, 2003

  X return with their original lineup for the first time in more than a decade. More >>

• Justice is Blond

  published July 2, 2003

  Reese Witherspoon wraps herself in the American flag for 'Legally Blonde 2' More >>

• Turn on the Black Lights

  published July 2, 2003

  In the shadow of Joy Division, Signal and Report find more darkness. More >>

• Body Rock

  published June 25, 2003

  Heads and Bodies take off their clothes, shower in beer, and shake what punk rock gave them. More >>

• Red, White, & Blonde

  published June 11, 2003

  The liberty, equality, and sorority of the Soviettes. More >>

• Three Times the Rock

  published June 11, 2003

  Scenes from the new Triple Rock Social Club. More >>

• The King of France: Salad Days

  published June 4, 2003

  The King of France Salad Days Egret Records Though credited to the King of France (who he?),... More >>