Charles Ferguson, director of, No End in Sight, currently playing at the Edina Theater, has produced what, for The New York Times at least, is the first video letter to the editor, responding to Iraq boss Paul Bremer’s recent assertion [in Times Select] that numerous military officials were aware of and agreed to his decision … Read more
My children have been blessed with a wonderful stepmother who is unlike me in most every way. She is tall, a statuesque brunette, while I’m the sort of mom a teenage boy can pick up and move out of the way. She’s concrete and detail-conscious where I am abstract and forgetful. She loves to shop, … Read more
ART Ernest Arthur Bryant This young (got his BFA from MCAD in 2005) and fast-rising (fellowships from Jerome, McKnight, Bush, and Skowhegan) Minneapolis artist works in the mode of the moment: a combinatoire of painting, assemblage, ragpicking, and video. These are fragmented times we live in, and it’s artists like Bryant who pull together the … Read more
With the broadcast networks routinely sliding Presidential speeches off to their cable sisters, I parked myself at MSNBC for this evening’s run-up, Bush speech and run-down. Obviously, Keith Olbermann, who last Friday beat Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly in the head-to-head ratings for the first time, was primed for battle. With every cable anchor staking out … Read more
Mercedes is so back with the C class. I mean I just saw one in black and its more bitching than Johnny Cash* at Folsom prison in full stereophonic sound. Speaking of which, I just came across this totally bitchin’ website cover: www.stereophonics.com/home php *and as Big&Rich remind us in their first and best album … Read more
The Twins organization just announced that general manager Terry Ryan is resigning. This is a huge blow for the franchise. More than anyone else over the past decade–Tom Kelly, Carl Pohlad, Torii Hunter, you name it–Ryan fostered a “Twins Identity” that relied on the farm system, pitching, and the most thorough scouting and information retrieval … Read more
Ah, the dilemma of being an upright mammal. Each of us — excepting strict vegans, of course — must make peace with his or her spot on the food chain. Are we carnivores, herbivores, or pesci-vegetarians? Do we eat fowl but not red meat, because cows have sad eyes while chickens are mostly irritating? Is … Read more
HBO exploits your voyeuristic tendencies. (You can stare for hours.)
Chevron tries to show us the future of energy. This kind of model is one of the most attractive and dangerous tools we can employ to affect our public policies. (I mean, it is Chevron, after all.) The site demands a serious discussion. What do you think?
These trash shadows, inspired hybrids of sculpture and shadow puppets made from various household refuse, caught our attention this week. Prude that I am, I don’t much care for the whizzing-themed installation. Other than that: What a great way to recycle!