Month: May 2008
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Who, Me? Ugly?
How utterly devastating it must be to go through life as "unfortunate looking." I could live with plain, ordinary, even homely — but unfortunate? This is no way to live. It’s shear impetus to go under the knife: just get surgery and look like everyone else. Certainly, many people bank on their good looks to…
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starchitecture
Art museums are host to two species of rats, those that skulk in the basements, gnawing on the art in storage, and, lower on the food chain, the people who handle the art. “Museum rat” is trade slang for the stagehands, the workers who hump crates of art off trucks at the loading dock, maneuver…
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Please Welcome Kate Iverson to The Rake
As you may have noticed, our Secrets of the Day header has changed. From here on out, Kate Iverson will take the lead on compiling the Secrets and letting you know what great things are happening in the Twin Cities. We are very excited to have her with us, as I’m sure you will be…
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Sign Your Life away on the Dotted Line
Personally, I’m a little tired of insider media gossip, but I find myself compelled to contribute to the cause. What the hell is up with these ridiculous non-competes!? The Pioneer Press has one. The Star Tribune has one. According to Brian Lambert, John Hines even had a non-compete agreement with KTLK. Work for any media…
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kenwood
Dane Smith is back, and he’s back with the panache that only serious money can sustain. Is this a good thing? As per Rupert Murdoch’s Pravda West, you decide! When last we saw our hometown hero, March of 2007, Dane Smith was walking the plank at the Newsreel of the Twin Cities, where the new…
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Our Dear Friend "Utah" Phillips
We just received this email from Red House Records, and thought you all should know: It is with great regret that Red House Records mourns the loss of our friend Bruce "Utah" Phillips who passed away Friday the 23rd at his home in Nevada City, California. In a time when words like "icon" and "legend"…