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1998 Stories by Amy Kiser

• Playlist

  published November 19, 1998

  Liz Phair Whitechocolatespaceegg (Matador) To set the record straight: Liz Phair (who headlines the Ogden Theatre on Sunday,... More >>

• The Doctors Are In

  published October 22, 1998

  Generally speaking, there is little overlap between the demographic destined to practice medicine and the one whose members are fated to play... More >>

• Are You There, God? It's Me, Tori

  published August 27, 1998

  Earlier in their careers, Madonna, Liz Phair and Tori Amos routinely prescribed megadoses of overt female sexuality, and since their musical pills... More >>

• Teen Angst

  published August 13, 1998

  In the 1950 film classic All About Eve, a critic pays homage to Bette Davis's aging Broadway star. "You're maudlin and full of self-pity," he... More >>

• Close Encounters

  published August 6, 1998

  When Los Angeles-based jazz singer Pamela Stonebrooke began billing herself as the "Intergalactic Diva," the smoky-voiced chanteuse was not yet... More >>

• Spy in the House of Love

  published July 2, 1998

  The sun is hanging low in the sky, softening the asphalt parking lot beyond the air-conditioned studio of KOSI-FM/101.1 as a phone line lights up.... More >>

• The Closer He Gets

  published June 18, 1998

  Every minute of every day, an introspective bedroom strummer somewhere on earth takes a break from penning maudlin tunes about his ex-girlfriend... More >>

• Desperate Measures

  published May 14, 1998

  Compact discs' victory over vinyl wasn't merely a revolution of format. The change in sound quality, which at first furrowed brows, has altered... More >>

• Grading on the Curve

  published May 7, 1998

  Three million children nationwide have been identified as having "special needs," but the term is so broad that it covers disorders from autism to... More >>

• It's a Massacre

  published April 30, 1998

  To date, San Francisco's Brian Jonestown Massacre has received more press for the mock scuffle its members initiated with Portland's Dandy Warhols... More >>

• Elfin Magic

  published April 16, 1998

  "Let me tell you about the Red King's Kingdom...Picture an island of intense beauty on which a magnificent castle is surrounded by sprawling... More >>

• Let It Ride

  published April 9, 1998

  On the surface, Silver Scooter, an obscure band from Austin, Texas, is little more than a trio of geeky Caucasians squeezing punk pop from a... More >>

• Electronica Goes Punk

  published March 19, 1998

  Electronica has evolved faster than fruit flies multiply, but its hybrids are no longer raising eyebrows: If a synthesized sonic bouillabaisse... More >>

• Playlist

  published January 29, 1998

  Various Artists Lounge-A-Palooza (Hollywood) Various Artists Paint It Blue: Songs of the Rolling Stones (House of... More >>

• The Three Weissman

  published January 1, 1998

  Denver's Perry Weissman 3, a five-piece combo featuring no one named Perry, is, by default, a jazz machine. However, none of its members are... More >>