April 2008
March 2008
Minnesota businesses sign on to offer RNC... →
In downtown Minneapolis, a store is born →
Bob Collins's live blog of "are we dumb" gets 73... →
My liveblog of his liveblog got only one.
a slideshow of Richard Prince's art →
(yes I did just link to MinnPost)
“Morally, our tacit acceptance of violence within prisons is grotesque. But...”
– Ezra Klien in the LA Times
INTERVIEW: Josh Grier of Tapes ‘n Tapes →
Another empty desk at City Pages: DJ Sarah Askari... →
As a tribute to Miss Askari, here’s the interview for “Picked to Click: WTF?!“
150 Things to Do in Minneapolis →
Pop Quiz: Know Your Media Ladies →
Win Tickets to Askeleton's Vinyl Release Show →
watching Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four with Erin and Adam.
The New Social Circulation: Frontline, Out of...
You’ve most likely read about—or even sat through the entire four hours of— Bush’s War, the fantastic Frontline documentary that aired last Monday. If you didn’t catch it, don’t worry, you can still watch the program in its entirety online. Also, if your friends or family haven’t heard of the documentary or seen it, you should send the program link to...
Listen to The Sword's new album, which is damn... →
MSP Mag's Twitter Account →
Teaching fools how to play ping pong at Mackenzies.
Fine Line website gets a big time make over →
“Just wanted to thank the many standing on the bridge near the Walker Art Muesum...”
– this blooper on Live Journal isn’t as good as this one on MinneMon.
Just saw Robert Skoro at 50th & France. WTF!?!
British Band the Vessels spent December at... →
WatchMetro’s “Get Connected”
This week on Flak Radio, Jim and I get skooled on...
Scene Showcase: Hojas Rojas →
MN State Colleges and University's tuition and... →
Electric Arc done on the Current →
this is the best summary of media+new technologies... →
Since the $64-a-semester U-Pass was first offered... →
since its first year, the average number of... →
Some of that is of course a settling in of the station after its debut, but the piece points out that the new rotation of the indie hits was still enough for DJ Danny Sigelman to move on.
“WE ARE THE INHABITANTS OF A KINGDOM VASTER THAN ALL CHRISTENDOM. Its name is...”
– Glenn Gordon on mnartists
Robotics competition redefines 'March Madness' →
A few bars in the metro have web cams so you can... →
A new study has found that the practice of forced... →
Steve Marsh profiles the guys behind Powerline →
Rock for Hunger Interviews Brother Ali →
Sly Stone coming to First Ave →
“Just leave the blank text box. Let’s be honest here: it would make it more clear...”
– Aaron
The road to perdition is simalarly paved (poorly)
One can sort of get used to our bad roads. When you’re cruisin’ down the highway, trying to make it to work on time, a foot-wide gap in the tarmack doesn’t mean slowing down, even if you drive over another gap every few yards or so. But when out-of-state visitors show up, it’s a totally different story. The first few fissures don’t matter all that much, but each time...
wtfcnn
So you want to be a blogging star? →
aatw: Don’t expect to get rich. Write about what you want to write about, in your own voice. Fit blogging into the holes in your schedule. Just post it already! Keep a regular rhythm. Join the community, such as it is. Plug yourself. The New York Times
no matter how bad the day, coming home to a new issue of Decibel on top of a new issue of Foreign Policy makes for some sunshine
NBC news with limited commercial interruptions? please, Jesus, let this be the start of limited commercial interruptions.
“Like many Americans, Kohler can’t seem to get away from work while...”
– Ed is really not at all like many Americans