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April 2002 Issue

FEATURES

Robot Attack!

You spent all that time and money building a combat robot, and now your opponent is tearing you a new oil plug. Welcome to the iron cockfight, where the only human casualty is geek pride. The Rake spies on the Twin Cities' smartest subculture.

Desire Revisited

Desire Revisited

Dylan in Dinkytown, 1959

by Hans Eisenbeis

LETTERS & RED HANDED

And Now a Word from a Bonafide Rock Star

There's That Word Again—Monopoly

Silly Old Bear

Underlying Attitude

Xena: Who Gets the Blame?

from Paris: French Toast

They don’t show it, but they really love Minneapolis jazz over here.

by James Diers

Depreciating Assets

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Goes Around, Comes Around

Kids These Days

Goes Around, Comes Around

Jump on. Minneapolis is fast becoming Bike Town, USA.

by Hurl Everstone

Classic Rock of the 90s

In Our Midst

Classic Rock of the 90s

Actually, Ole Bull—our first public sculpture—is a study in heavy metal.

by Paul Schmelzer

Gastronomer

At the Public Trough

Wellstone vs. Coleman: Whose fund-raising buffet is better?

My Friend the Post-Punk Comedian

The Green Room

My Friend the Post-Punk Comedian

Nick Swardson may be the funniest man out of St. Paul since, uh… George Latimer.

Impersonal Finance

Totally Free From Checking

Writing a check? No Problem!

by Sheila Eldred

Galapagos A Go-Go

Wild Kingdom

Galapagos A Go-Go

Never mind the humans—let’s evolve!

by Dan Gilchrist

Good Intentions

Go Fish

Just when you most want to wet a line—you can’t.

by Hans Eisenbeis

The Snapper

Hockey Heaven

In the era of Slap Shot, the Saints were beloved and bedeviled.

by Steve “The Snapper” Shantz

SO LITTLE TIME...

Twins vs. Detroit

Outings

Twins vs. Detroit

April 13

Concerts

Great Big Sea

Fine Line Café, April 19

Theater

Art

Park Square Theatre, through April 13

Theater

The Snow Queen

The Children’s Theatre Company through April 13

The Fish’s Eye, by Ian Frazier

Books

The Fish’s Eye, by Ian Frazier

Available now

Sheryl Crow, C’mon, C’mon

CDs

Sheryl Crow, C’mon, C’mon

Available April 16

Concerts

Emmylou Harris

O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, April 7

Restaurants

Kinhdo

2755 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis

Art

Charles Meryon Etchings, Mnpls Institute of Arts

April 5 – August 11

Theater

Medea

Theatre de la Jeune Lune, through April 21

Cassandra Wilson

Concerts

Cassandra Wilson

Fitzgerald Theater, April 11

Mulholland Drive

DVDs

Mulholland Drive

Available April 9

Restaurants

Totino’s Italian Kitchen

523 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis

Art

Chank!

Frank Stone Gallery, April 5 - 7

Film

Mnpls St. Paul Intl Film Festival

Various Locations, April 5-25

Books

In the Middle of Everywhere, by Mary Pipher

Available April 1

Dave Matthews Band

Concerts

Dave Matthews Band

Target Center, April 29

Concerts

Paul Kelly

400 Bar, March 29

The Singing Detective Box Set

VHS

The Singing Detective Box Set

Available now

Restaurants

Gallery 8

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Readings

Michael Frayn

Reading April 22, Open Book Center

Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel

CDs

Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel

Available April 23

DVDs

Bull Durham

Available April 2

Readings

Neal Pollack

Reading April 11, Ruminator Books

GRAY MATTERS

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t

Over The Coals

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t

Look into David Copperfield’s eyes… You are getting very sleepy… You are taking $50 out of your wallet…

by Nathan Rabin

DOWN THE HATCH

The Hat-Stretching Hangover

The Hat-Stretching Hangover

You were on quite a bender last night. Is there anything you can put in your mouth this morning that will make life worth living again?

by Julie Brown-Micko

Strong Drink for General Washington

Strong Drink for General Washington

No man is an island. But Madeira is!

by Oliver Nicholson

MOTLEY KRüSE

A woman and her SUV? Nope.

A woman and her SUV? Nope.

My other car is a bulletproof Caddy!

by Colleen Kruse

NATIVE SON

Let’s Roll!®

Let us now praise famous widows.

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Free The Jackson Five!

Free the Jackson Five!

Free The Jackson Five!

If you loved me, you’d pay me not to work.

by Clinton Collins

Thinking in Captions

Thinking in Captions

“All that is passing is but a parable.” —Goethe

by Jeannine Ouellette

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