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2001 Stories by Chris King

• Remember the Volcano

  published November 14, 2001

  In times of crisis, we tend to heed the present and worry about the future but neglect the past. That is a shame, because history often has more... More >>

• Sparklehorse

  published November 7, 2001

  Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has said he wants to do to rock what Tom Waits did to blues -- junk it up, fragment it, mystify it -- and he's... More >>

• Losing Sacred Ground

  published August 22, 2001

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• Raising Eire

  published April 25, 2001

  At the moment, there are two sorts of people willing to drive all the way to Carbondale this weekend to absorb the Southern Illinois Festival of... More >>

• Gateway to West Africa

  published March 28, 2001

  They call St. Louis the "Gateway to the West." This weekend, that will be shorthand for the "Gateway to West Africa" and the rest of that distant... More >>

• Dr. Love

  published March 21, 2001

  In American culture, the learned are seldom known to discuss matters of the heart. The soul song "Super Love" pretty much sums it up: "Ain't no... More >>

• Cell Theory

  published January 31, 2001

  We tend to like prison stories in which prison life comes to an end, either through death (as in Dead Man Walking) or escape (as in O... More >>