The Pulse of the Twin Cities

December 12th, 2001 Volume 5, Issue 37	This week's Cover Story:	KQ’s Homegrown Music Crusade
	GENERAL FEATURES Letters Phillips considers energy co-op Abdel Shakur Women speak out against war Melanie Lundheim Drake Hotel agrees to plan to stop Somali discrimination Amanda Luker NORML fights for hemp rights Sam Wilhide	*Arts and Film* “Ashes to Ashes” Dustin Hansen “Snake Lady Sheds Her Skin” Laura Winton “A Christmas Carole Petersen” Dwight Hobbes “She Loves Me” Marty and Martha Roth MUSIC Bob Stinson Donny Doane Pigface’s Martin Atkins Erin Anderson ‘Round the Dial Tom Hallett Bright Moments in Jazz Dan Emerson

“It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”
- James Baldwin