POETRY We Build to Last Author and poet Bill Holm was in Iceland during the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge. He heard about the sad affair on Icelandic state radio. His response? A poem. When Holm returned to the Twin Cities just a few weeks ago, Scott Beyers — audio engineer, producer, and publisher … Read more
How was your lovely Labor Day weekend? Mine? Horseshit, but thanks for asking. Though it pains me to admit this, and though I should be ashamed of myself, I spent the weekend watching baseball. Over at On the Ball, Britt Robson, David Brauer, and I discuss the disappointing season to date. Go over there and … Read more
Michael Jackson, the world’s foremost beer critic, has died at age 65. Jackson wrote some of the best guides on the subject. Read his books and you’ll be off to
Over at the website The Movie Box they have the R-rated “Red Band” trailer of the Coen Brothers new film, No Country For Old Men. Country has already garnered raves at Cannes, and this trailer is both a thriller, and a chiller… not to mention in good condition (as opposed to those gauzy YouTube trailers).
The name Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation for wines coming out of France’s Southern Rhone Valley. The area is huge: about 171 villages, with more than 100,000 acres of vineyards in a space 60 miles long and 30 miles wide. What’s more, there are a number of varietals grown in the Côtes du … Read more
Even a… e-hem… non-conservative like me got a chuckle out of these t-shirts. Maybe the absurdity made them even funnier.
Welcome to the fourth and final Twins diablog of the 2007 season. As always, I’m joined by two savvy diamond heads: the game-cherishing Twins neurotic Brad Zellar, The Rake’s Twins beat writer and author of the Warning Track Power blog; and feisty fan and longtime local journalist David Brauer, who talks about the media on … Read more
Boing boing cued us into a video podcast about teen sexuality.
James Hannaham, a friend and former colleague of mine, writes about the joys of anonymous sex.
Guardian writer Jeff Jarvis explores new media journalism.