Britney Drops the Ball… again
In case you missed Britney Spears’s wretchedly uninspired performance at the VMA Awards, suffer through it now.
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See C Riders
C riders can rejoice. (e.d. I mean to say that Mercedes is going back to showing their face–i.e. the grill.) While I am not one to make predictions (only bad businesspeople do that, stupid foo’ businesspeople) I will offer an observation. I think the new Merc C class looks really “hot” in silver. That may … Read more
Zapata Comes to Powderhorn
Southside Pride reports on a statue of Emiliano Zapata presented to the city on behalf of the State of Morelos. Will we have a new statue in Powderhorn Park?
Companion book to "The War" Film
Head to Luverne tonight for your copy of The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945.
Sup like a steelworker
The latest Parasole restaurant opened for dinner last night in Maple Grove. It’s called Pittsburgh Blue, named for the way he-men in the Rust Belt eat their steak: charred on the exterior, cold and bloody inside. Why, you may ask, is a restaurant geared toward steelworkers located in the pink collar capital of the Midwest? … Read more
The Daily Mole
Minnesota Monitor gives us the dirt on Steve Perry’s new website. Check out the great teaser.
Cue, Once Again, Barber's Adagio for Strings
We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. –Chekhov, Uncle Vanya It’s all just history now, that still incomprehensible day six years ago, history buried under history, with more awful history heaped on top of it. It gets buried deeper all the time. Rubble and ruin … Read more
Minnesota at Forefront of Magnetoencephalography
The Economist’s recent article “Magnetic Personalities” reveals University of Minnesota scientist Apostolos Georgopoulos’s studies on the brain’s magnetic impulses.
Keep Your Baby Safe from Flying Bullets
Bullet Proof baby is actually a promotional site for the new movie Shoot’Em Up, but, man, if you don’t know that it can pretty startling.
Escape Telemarketers
You have just a few more days, until September 15th, to register your phone number(s) with the National Do Not Call Registry. Do it now.