Month: July 2008

  • Blood Visions and Bad Haircuts

    Tonight is the night of bad haircuts. There’s the bassist with the frizzed-out white boy Afro. And there’s a whole mess of uncontrolled curls. But who said rock and roll is supposed to be beautiful? Mick Jagger? Fuck Mick Jagger. Music sounds better when it’s snarled, in need of a comb. This evening is showcasing…

  • Reading This Post is Not Really Reading

    On the front page of yesterday’s New York Times is an article by Motoko Rich titled, "Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?" It’s the first in a series that will explore "how the Internet and other technological and social forces are changing the way people read." This installment focuses on the somewhat new debate…

  • Finding Beauty in Politics

    On Tuesday, the 29th of July, the votes will be tallied and the people will have spoken, singling out the King and Queen of Minnesota politics and bringing an end to the heated debate over who is truly the most beautiful at the Capitol. And while the answer to this question that burns with the…

  • Hüsker Dü EP Release Party (Really!)

    SPECIAL EVENTHüsker Dü J.C. Memorial EP Release Party & Film Exposé Snap up a lil’ piece o’ Twin Cities music history tonight at Grumpy’s! Minneapolis’ own original punk rock royalty, Hüsker Dü, are releasing a super special, super limited edition EP containing three live songs recorded in 1982-1983. Why here, why now you ask? Well,…

  • Outdoor Dining: Old Favorites, New Finds

    My how time flies. It is almost August, the days are getting shorter, and the evenings of patio dining will soon be a distant memory. I still haven’t made it back to my all-time favorite outdoor dining spot, the patio at the Black Forest Inn, for a mug of Pilsner Urquell, a pair of bratwurst…

  • Wolves firm up roster; and the hot Cubs-Brewers rivalry

    Wolves Sign Telfair and Gomes Both of these deals are far better news than the earlier locking up of Craig Smith for two years. Although the Wolves now have 15 guys under contract for the coming year, Telfair is the only one who could accurately be described as a point guard. Randy Foye is a…