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1998 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• Korn holed

  published October 22, 1998

  He is the walking dead, a corpse who roams the earth long after his time ran out. He has died twice now: first, when the world discovered he was a... More >>

• Out Here

  published October 15, 1998

  Bless this mess The Nu Nation Project Kirk Franklin Gospo Centric/Interscope Kirk Franklin is preacher as pop star, a Man of... More >>

• Out There

  published October 15, 1998

  Dust, brutha You've Come a Long Way, Baby Fatboy Slim Astralwerks/Caroline Norman Cook's pure-pop pleasures do not last... More >>

• Ghost chasing

  published October 15, 1998

  Russell Doak Walker's home sits just a few doors down from Southern Methodist University, where his father's high school fame blossomed into... More >>

• Out There

  published October 8, 1998

  Tupelo honey Weird Tales Golden Smog Rykodisc Wide Swing Tremolo Son Volt Warner Bros. It's far easier to... More >>

• Out Here

  published October 8, 1998

  Bad Livers Industry and Thrift Sugar Hill The Gourds gogitchyershinebox Watermelon/Sire The Gourds' Kevin... More >>

• The oldest story in the world

  published October 1, 1998

  Last year, Peter Case sat holed up in a tiny studio in Santa Monica, California, finishing work on the third Plimsouls album--the band's first in... More >>

• Out There

  published October 1, 1998

  Wet, wet, wet Is This Desire? PJ Harvey Island Records In the past, Polly Jean Harvey's quiet moments have always stuck out... More >>

• Bringing up baby

  published October 1, 1998

  He walks onto the outdoor court at the Four Seasons Resort and Club, and the cheers fill the thick late-evening air even before the announcer... More >>

• Baby, it's them

  published September 24, 1998

  Hero worship is not such an easy thing for rock-and-roll fans. To adore a songwriter or a performer from afar for so many years is to be... More >>

• Out Here

  published September 17, 1998

  Words up The Right to Remain Silent... cottonmouth, texas HEIRESS-aesthetic Jeff Liles' reputation has always surpassed his... More >>

• Out There

  published September 17, 1998

  Hype factor nine Psyence Fiction UNKLE London/Mo' Wax When it was just on import, this was the most beloved record album of... More >>

• Absolute perfection

  published September 17, 1998

  For now, Reed Easterwood is content to give away his music, quite literally. His new record, Absolute Blue, means so much to him that, until now,... More >>

• Out There

  published September 10, 1998

  Singles going steady First Love, Last Rites Shudder to Think Sony Music Soundtrax Those who would refer to Shudder to Think... More >>

• Juan for all

  published September 10, 1998

  On September 5, against the lowly Minnesota Twins, Juan Gonzalez broke the Texas Rangers' single-season runs-batted-in record by getting hit with... More >>

• Out There

  published September 3, 1998

  Pretty on the outside Celebrity Skin Hole Geffen Records Here, after four years and one shotgun blast, is the most awaited... More >>

• Souled out

  published September 3, 1998

  All morning long, KTXQ-FM staff members--on-air personalities, sales personnel, and receptionists alike--wandered through the radio station's... More >>

• Out There

  published August 27, 1998

  Slick Willie Teatro Willie Nelson Island Records Willie Nelson has more music inside him than white blood cells. For him,... More >>

• Jerry Lee, Dino, and Homer Henderson

  published August 20, 1998

  It's the damnedest collaboration in recent rock-and-roll history--then again, maybe not. On the one hand is Homer Henderson, who's all alley and... More >>

• Chairman of the bored

  published August 20, 1998

  There is no romanticism left in the stories of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. Too many biographies--good and bad, well-told and... More >>

• Out Here

  published August 20, 1998

  Cashing in Mr. Action Packed Johnny Dollar Dragon Street Records Until 1997, the 20 tracks on this collection were safely... More >>

• Rebound

  published August 20, 1998

  He will never forget the date: March 25, 1990. That's the day Mark Aguirre, dressed in Detroit Pistons blue, came home to Reunion Arena to play... More >>

• Out There

  published August 13, 1998

  Strung up Long Walk Back Junior Brown Curb Records Come On In R.L. Burnside Fat Possum... More >>

• Not fade away

  published August 13, 1998

  Ours is a reissue society now, a collection of lost tapes and found masters and other such detritus being wiped off, polished up, and sold as new;... More >>

• Out There

  published August 6, 1998

  Bringing it all back home Spyboy Emmylou Harris Eminent Records Emmylou Harris is in her 50s now, and she's as relevant... More >>