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1998 Stories by Greg Burk

• Birth of the Cruel

  published December 24, 1998

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• Dance Kontrol

  published December 17, 1998

  Fascism was made for dancing. The goose step — perfect. Popular dance has always tugged between bacchanalia and drill, it seems... More >>

• L.A. Weekly: The paper That Wouldn’t Die

  published November 26, 1998

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• New Standards

  published November 19, 1998

  Photo by Daniel Borris/EdgeI've woken Marcus Roberts up. Booked for an Orange County concert, he's crashed in a Costa Mesa hotel this afternoon.... More >>

• DJ Spooky's dream state

  published November 5, 1998

  Listen to DJ Spooky: Real Audio Format Theme of the Drunken Sailor Polyphony of One Peace in Zaire More >>

• Don't Wake Me

  published October 22, 1998

  Live jazz had a week to remember last month. One artist took a big career risk. Another made a long-awaited return. Another held a triumphal... More >>

• Jesus in Furs

  published October 8, 1998

  It makes you want to take the phone off the hook in the morning and drink all day and pass out with your headphones on and almost a smile on your... More >>

• Solitary Refinement

  published October 1, 1998

  Jesus didn’t want to go into the wilderness all by himself any more than you do. He got baptized, and the Spirit drove him there (Mar... More >>

• Let's Get Dead

  published September 24, 1998

  The zombie is an attractive role model. Every quality a modern urbanite covets, the zombie's got. Think of the title companion in Jacques... More >>

• Jazz Changes

  published September 3, 1998

  However carefully the course is plotted, a balloon can end up in Oz or the Indian Ocean - artists need to be wind-sensitive. Seeing that jazz... More >>

• Dances With Ants

  published August 27, 1998

  Listen to White Noise Vol. 2: Real Audio Format Uberzone Lunatic Calm Tipper More >>

• Summer is Dangerous

  published August 20, 1998

  Summer is dangerous. Elsewhere in this issue, various possibly well-meaning writers will try to persuade you that there are "things to do" in this... More >>

• Space Sparks

  published August 13, 1998

  Vinny Golia's improvisational trio was in a small European town one time. "There was actually a chicken fluttering around. We had a gig in this... More >>

• Heaven Can't Wait

  published May 28, 1998

  ESTHERO Breath From Another (Work) Excessive talent is received with suspicion in the democratic world of pop, and this... More >>

• How To Snort an Airplane

  published May 21, 1998

  Rock stars act as our surrogate pricks. In both senses. Like actors and athletes but without the expectation of role modeling, they must sleaze... More >>

• Sip It Slow

  published March 19, 1998

  CHARLIE HADEN AND KENNY BARRONNight and the City (Verve)Charlie Haden is not an underappreciated bassist. It would be foolish to... More >>

• Version Therapy

  published March 12, 1998

  How does it feel to be remixed?At the weird and exciting frontiers of technology, the identities of just about everything including... More >>

• Old Flames

  published February 5, 1998

  THE RIVERSIDE RECORDS STORY The year Charlie Parker died, 1955, Riverside Records founder Orrin Keepnews signed Thelonious Monk, who would... More >>