August 2007
Aaron points out that the “Jesus!” tag on vita.mn is linked to many, many church listings. How many, many? At least a couple hundred, which must have taken a really, really long time, and for the sake of consistency and comedy was totally worth it.
July 2007
The Liberator Magazine has up a vid of interviews with the Wu Tang that’s worth checking out.
Awesome. Even though KG’s heading east, local blog I Heart KG answered my email and said that the blog will still continue. That’s great news for anyone who follows hoops; IHKG is not only a great basketball blog, it’s one of the most devoted, most updated, and most well done blogs in the Twin Cities. In a similar vain, even though T-Hud will most likely be traded out of town,...
New Atmosphere track from their upcoming EP →
Lap Dances for a Good Cause
Well aren’t they all? Anyway, on August 25th at Sheiks all cover money and some ca$h from dancers will be going to benefit one of the club’s doormen who has unfortunately been burden with medical bills because of cancer. And you know me, I’m such a sucker for a good cause, and will most likely partake in this charitable fund raiser.
Non-Required Reading
Kameraflage makes t-shirts with graphics seen by digital cameras, but not the naked eye; in a genius move, Louis Vuitton selects former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev as the brand’s new top model; Seth, that wonderful bastard, has me hooked on “Chocolate Rain”; and Sven Birkerts declares in the Boston Globe that we’re at a new literary moment (hmmm…).
Garnett Trade Updates All Over Local Sports Blogs →
Steve Marsh checks in with Rebecca Jarvis, the foxy Apprentice finalist and current CNBC correspondent who hails from the Twin Cities. (Hey Becky, if you’re ever in town and want to get drinks, just send me an email.)
“Here it goes: I made a mistake. The kind of mistake that is embarrassing and...”
– METRO Editor Erin Madsen. It’s funny, but also sucks, because those are the kind of mistakes that we all make eventually.
Who's the Biggest Dick in Duluth →
(And when’s the last time you read Richard III?)
Looks like CP can’t keep from hatin’ on vitamn. Frankly, this newest jab couldn’t be anymore embarrassing. Let’s set aside the fact that, yeah, there’s several slight problems with the List of Lists that could’ve been riffed on. And let’s also set aside the fact that no one’s putting the CP on any list, where ever it might be, for it’s...
Cut your reporting staff to cut overhead and then find out you need to still find news? Try directly appealing to readers for stories.
Smarter than a fifth grader? Well, I can do their math, if that means anything. Doing 11th grade math? That’s a different story.
“On the “Live Earth” broadcast from London a couple weekends ago, Madonna sang...”
– Jim Walsh in Reveille
Non-Required Reading
Bill Moyers had a great Journal segment on earmarks; August Rush looks like the dumbest movie of all time — and that’s before Robin Williams pops up; an interesting piece on micro-practices (like smoking) and sociability from the author of Queuing for Beginners; and number of questions to candidates from YouTube? 2,989. Number of responses submitted to P.Diddy, who’s looking...
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We here at this blog love T-Hud’s rap career. Since day one, we been as supportive as we can be of Hud’s attempt to bring his rhymes to the world’s rap community. But despite even our full support, Steve McPherson picks up that Undrafted went almost entirely un-purchased, selling only 78 copies in its first week. And most of those, 38 copies, were here in Minneapolis, where...
Troopers Find 15 Lbs. Of 'Shrooms In Traffic Stop →
Did WCCO just use ‘shrooms in one of it’s headlines? lolotov.
Think about honking if you →
Not only does ‘CCO have internet supa star J Dilla on staff, they also feature miss Heather Brown, who, you’d never guess, is an amateur scientist. I’m not kidding. Check out her experimentation in what would otherwise just be another hokey outrage piece: WCCO-TV’s Heather Brown did an experiment on how hot it may have gotten inside the van. She put a thermometer in a...
If you’re still sitting at home and looking for something to do — c’mon, it’s the weekend! — head over to Big V’s for a show to benefit some folks who suffered a housefire. And it’s a pretty good line up: MC/VL Thunder In The Valley Vampire Hands Drinking With The Reverend Amen and the Hell Yeahs
Non-Required Reading
The upcoming ninth Metallica Album forces a reflective moment; The Oranges Band are friends of Lifter Puller on MySpace, but still make good music; Seth quips “Like a fine piece of classical music, this Holly Hunter satellite junket reveals more detail and meaning with each experience” and he’s right; G.B. Trudeau, the brain behind Doonesbury, is such a normal guy that his wife,...
The first St. Vincent song I listened to was “Jesus Saves, I Spend” and did so on the name alone. And while I’m not a big enough fan to brave the crowd of music critics at her Entry performance, here’s two recaps of the show, one from City Pages and one from the new Reveille, that testify to the young lady’s talent.
Fantastic: Placement Gallery has loaded pictures of their exhibition onto Flickr. Check out the simply brilliant work of Keegan Wenkman and Grant Hart, as well as well-traveled pieces from Arajas and Ben Olson.
the eighth stanza in the ballad of 2717 Penn... →
You should all read this phenomenal write up of the Twin Cities’ newspaper situation by Mark Lisheron in American Journalism Review. It really does a great job of surveying and encapsulating the last few years of dramatic changes for print journalism and names the names of those involved. Here’s a couple quick footnotes: What’s going on with this quote? “Brian Lambert,...
And speaking of new blogs, METRO’s got a hawt new blog, intern Suzanne Pekow’s “The Newbie”. Even though she’s only posted a handful of times, Pekow’s blogging frequency already surpasses everyone else on roll.
“The purpose of this blog is to discuss life in the Twin Cities beyond the realm of consumer culture that define most mspmag.com blogs. Some days it will be heavy, some days it will be trivial, some days it will be macro, some days micro. Hopefully it will always be interesting or entertaining, and occasionally meaningful.” Wow. That’s a heckuva way to start off a MSP Mag blog. ...
Ricky Davis's new site →
“While waiting for the traffic light to change, I looked at the yard near the...”
– Squirrel Stories in the STrib
Ever wonder what it takes to have a blog? Then check out this interview with Amber by Blog Interviewer and see if you could hack it.
Luke Believes In Science →
SCROLL DOWN FOR SOME LIVE BLOGGING!!!
Ross reviews the Nickleback concert →
(Be sure to read all the comments, some are priceless.)
Non-Required Reading
The 11 Craziest Ways to Browse Flicker photos aren’t that crazy — or helpful; Mr. Belding sings Piano Man at karaoke; Zombie Paris Hilton a disgusting human being; an awesome HOVA and Helsinki mash-up; when good movies get into the hands of Adam Sandler; and made my week with a visual Planet Unicorn Remix.
City Hall Scoop posted their newest podcast, and this one covers the Saint Paul City Council race. It’s a bit wonky, but full of information nonetheless.
The Alarmists’ record release at First Avenue was a big success, and for those of you who missed/ skipped it, Dave has some great video footage at Twin Cities Live that also includes White Light Riot and Jelloslave.
Mpls. Police Issuing Tickets To Fill Budget Void →
(Or so Darcy concludes. Here’s another, more reasoned look at the MPD from the Downtown Journal.)
PSA: LIVE BLOGGING NEW RESTAURANT OPENING!!
Buster’s On 28th, a new dining establishment at 28th and 42nd, opens tomorrow and since it’s near or neighborhood, Aaron and I are going there for lunch. Here’s a treat: through the magic of LIVE BLOGGING, you can come along too! Share in our experience as we visit the new Buster’s On 28th. 5:05PM Lookin’ at Buster’s On 28th’s webpage. Nice. ...
Campers Rock Hard At Girls' Rock Camp →
In today’s Media Monitor — which everyone should really be reading — Paul reports on the big corporate money behind the new U football stadium and some of the embarrassing stuff on U football playas’ Facebook profiles. Good work publicly funded institution of higher learning! I haven’t been this proud of my alma mater since the 500th email asking me to contribute to...
Lambert makes a great point: would it kill WCCO’s broadcast to give an extra minute to Reality Check? Compared to the rest of the nightly broadcast, Kessler’s brief pieces are like Frontline Documentaries, actual news you can use that totals, you know, about half the run time of any of the weather or sports segments.
Aaron pointed me to Eric Black’s new post on Michelle Bachmann. It’s an interesting insight into considerations journalists make on what to report and what not to report. The post comes on the heels of a profile piece by Kim Ode in the STrib that’s heavy on Bachmann’s positive personality and incredibly light on the problems that Bachmann’s experienced as a...
“I have total fashion envy. My friend Vicky Melen showed me her new Marc Jacobs...”
– Sarah Glassman, In Fashion
This week is one of those fairly frequent weeks where, if I had any money, I’d being going to a show almost every night. I’d make my first trip to The Myth tomorrow to see the Sounds of the Underground, featuring Chimaira, Shadows Fall, and the almighty GWAR. Then on Wednesday the metal madness continues with High on Fire playing at the Triple Rock with local wundergroup Zebulon...
Jon Nelson, who puts together the excellent Some Assembly Required, announces this year’s Festival of Appropriation, a local artistic “recurring event, showcasing visual, sound and performance art by artists who create using images, objects and sounds from both their physical and media environment”, will be in November.
PSA: That Run Above Nye's to Henn & Central
Last night turned into sort of a mini-pub crawl through a few of the bars in, for lack of an accepted neighborhood name, near Northeast, that little area north of the river up to the intersection of Hennepin and Central. In case you’ve never been, or if it’s been too long, here’s the haps on hanging out on the weekend. Our first stop, and really what should’ve been the...
