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IN NANCY ROBINSON'S art, hair sprouts and curls where it isn't welcome: poking through a woman's chest in Fear of Intimacy; carpeting the body of the first woman in Eve;...
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THERE'S A NEW star rising in the Twin Cities' gay scene. He's very, very quiet, and he's only 13-inches tall; nevertheless, he's managing to make himself known. Meet Billy,...
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LAST THURSDAY'S MEETING of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee--charged with the investigation of campaign finance--was a mess. Democrats and Republicans stared daggers...
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*Editor's note: William Wyatt and Joe Bagnold are pseudonyms.
THERE ARE FEW
things William Wyatt* seems to relish more these days than the simple act of stepping outside...
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OUTSIDE A SHABBY two-story office building on Nicollet Avenue, a friendly discussion has erupted. "I have chewed khat. My uncle used to sell khat. My father chewed khat. It is...
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IT'S BEEN ABOUT a year since relations between MPD Chief Robert Olson and his department's black officers' association turned so sour that a citizens' liaison committee was...
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IN A LAWSUIT THAT will determine whether same-gender sexual discrimination lawsuits are recognized as valid under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, oral arguments were heard June...
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YOU MAY HAVE seen the ad in last week's papers (including this one) regarding information about the whereabouts of local attorney Jim Moon, who disappeared in the summer of...
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When reactions to Heaven's Gate ricocheted around the media world there was a constant implied accusation that the on-line community was in some way responsible for not doing...
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Concrete Blonde Y Los Illegals
(Ark 21)
FOR DECADES, LOS ANGELES has been a center of American punk rock and its bastard descendants. And for much longer, the city has been...
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Blur
(Virgin)
LESS IS MORE. Or is that always true? Blur sure think so. With their latest self-titled release, the thinking man's Brit-poppers strip down the excess of...
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Middle Of Nowhere
(Mercury)
WATCHING THE VIDEO for Hanson's No. 1 single "MMMBop"--where the three cute Hanson boys (ages 16, 13, and 11) cavort Monkees-style through...
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Habana
(Verve)
THE CULTURAL EMBARGO be damned, Roy Hargrove's Afro-Cuban journey begins with the hushed, haunting prayer "Oh My Seh Yeh," a bass-laden trance pierced...
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FRONTIN'
DON'T LOOK NOW, but local club/lounge The Front has become a hotbed for the local acid-jazz and hip-hop scenes, which have long been in need of forums for kickin' it...
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Sherlock's Home
11000 Red Circle Dr. (intersection of Crosstown 62 and Shady Oak Road), Minnetonka; 931-0203
What did Holden Caulfield eat for lunch? What were the coasters...
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WATCHING DANCERS TWIRL past in a blur of boots and bolos at the Town House country bar in St. Paul, it's hard to see right off what distinguishes this place from any other...
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Todd Wiggins
zeitgeist
Henry Holt
THESE DAYS, WITH virtually every book on the store's shelves designed to stop traffic, it's high time that old 1940s classic, How to Read...
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The Pillow Book
Lagoon Cinema, starts Friday
Temptress Moon
Lagoon Cinema, starts Friday
LET'S GIVE THAT critical finger-wagger Michael Medved some credit: Movies are...
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Frank Stella at Tyler Graphics
Walker Art Center
A MAGICIAN RISKS diminishing the effect of a trick by letting the audience in on how it was done. Not so for an artist. At...
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You Will Be My Music: Seven Songs to Say Goodbye By
Melissa Birch
Master Class
Historic State Theatre
EVERYONE'S MOVING TO New York. Have you noticed? You will. And when...
