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2006 Stories by Peter S. Scholtes

• Local Music Yearbook '06

  published December 20, 2006

  Prince went to Vegas. Smokers went to Maplewood. Tapes 'N Tapes went to the moon. And sometime after the last zombie dance party got busted, we... More >>

• Enter Sandman

  published November 29, 2006

  Why Neil Gaiman is about to become bigger than death. More >>

• The Shelf Life of Socialism

  published November 29, 2006

  Inside a Leninist bookstore in West St. Paul, a familiar refrain: What is to be done? More >>

• Reggaetón Animal

  published November 22, 2006

  Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot. More >>

• Who is Mick Jones?

  published November 8, 2006

  The Clash and Carbon/Silicon guitarist talks about life after Joe. More >>

• Talk Hardcore to Me

  published October 18, 2006

  Doc-making punks discuss their decline of Midwestern civ. More >>

• Various Artists: Life of Monotony: Six Bands from Minneapolis

  published October 11, 2006

  Various Artists Life of Monotony: Six Bands from Minneapolis c/o Tim Lunning P.O. Box... More >>

• Various artists: The Rough Guide to West African Gold

  published September 6, 2006

  Various artists The Rough Guide to West African Gold World Music Network Maybe West... More >>

• Träma Ward

  published August 23, 2006

  A New Yorker in Minnesota raps his contradictions, invites guests. More >>

• Living Like a Monk

  published August 16, 2006

  How Minnesota musicians revived '60s rockers the Monks. More >>

• Cold Rock a Party

  published August 16, 2006

  Why Heat rap better without men. More >>

• Mixtape, MN

  published August 2, 2006

  Local hip hop gets mixed up with the trend. More >>

• Ten Thousand Bullets

  published July 19, 2006

  D.C. lifer George Pelecanos writes about murder, drug feuds, riots, dog-fighting—and also a little violence. More >>

• Payback Is a Motherland

  published July 12, 2006

  How African hip hop "gives back" to two continents. Download and listen to Walk the Talk by M.anifest and Wanigusa by... More >>

• Out Loud

  published June 21, 2006

  They scream. They wear tacos for underwear. Meet Faggot, rock's next big gay thing. More >>

• No More "No Homo"

  published May 24, 2006

  Tori Fixx won't be trapped in the hip-hop closet. More >>

• Dirty Sandez

  published May 17, 2006

  When it comes to giving porn consumers what they want, the creator of Crimson Gash comics refuses to color between the lines More >>

• Mazta I: Thank the Lord and the Sword!

  published May 3, 2006

  Mazta I Thank the Lord and the Sword! Copycats With the gravelly exception of... More >>

• Can't Go Home

  published April 5, 2006

  Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made. More >>

• In Da Club: Metallagher at the Triple Rock

  published April 5, 2006

  One band bids farewell to the heavy metal/prop comedy scene with a final swing of the sledghammer. More >>

• Moochy C: "R.A.S.B."

  published March 15, 2006

  Moochy C "R.A.S.B." Self-Explanatory Records Chicago transplant Moochy C has been unusually... More >>

• Various Artists: Shite 'n' Onions Volume 2: What the Shite

  published March 15, 2006

  Various Artists Shite 'n' Onions Volume 2: What the Shite Omnium It's not so much that... More >>

• Schoolhouse Rap

  published March 1, 2006

  Unknown Prophets teach the children, rock with the force of prophecy. More >>

• Trampled By Turtles: Live at Lucé

  published February 15, 2006

  Trampled By Turtles Live at Lucé Banjodad Records Trampled By Turtles are a drummer away... More >>

• Various Artists: DUNation.com--Volume Won

  published February 15, 2006

  Various Artists DUNation.com--Volume Won Noiseland Industries If you like the theory that rap... More >>