The music filled the room. Emanating from a trio of guitars, chords resonated with chords and dispersed throughout the Turf Club on Wednesday night, thick and palpable as the fog that periodically came out from the fog machines. Steady percussion from bass and drums crept under the noise to make it danceable (or at least … Read more
With consumers on the receiving end of an 87-octane enema for the last few months, it’s understandable that various politicians would be spewing forth bile-filled diatribes laying blame for the current situation squarely at the feet of the opposition. Democrats are accused of being so "unmoved by the plight of hard-working Americans, they are unwilling … Read more
FILM Serenity If you are a sci-fi nerd like me you’ll definitely appreciate this. If you are a Joss Whedon fan (again, like me), you’ll appreciate this even more. The 2007 cult classic based on one of my fave short-lived series, Firefly, comes to the big screen at the Riverview for a special three-day stint … Read more
(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys) NBA Finals Game #6: Los Angeles 92, Boston 131 Series: Boston wins 4-2 A 39-point margin in a championship-clinching game means that one team was relentlessly magnificent and the other quit early and never bothered to revive. Quite frankly, I’m shocked at how thoroughly the Celtics cut the heart out of this Lakers … Read more
Very occasionally, this critic can get it all wrong. Looking at the bespectacled electronic trio (black rectangular frames, black rectangular frames, and ’80s nerd chic frames) with their unobtrusive fashion (jeans, jeans, and khakis), I drew a few conclusions. Later, I asked keyboardist Ryan Olcott whether I had Mystery Palace figured out. Erin Roof: Are … Read more
photo by Denis Jeong I stopped by for lunch at Flame at the Rosedale Mall. I might be biased, because the owners – the same people who own Mission American Kitchen , Atlas Grill, and Via – are friends of mine, but I liked it. It isn’t the place I would go if I were … Read more
GALLERIESTwin Cities Jazz Festival Art Party Join The Rake, along with KBEM Jazz 88 and Artisan Vineyards, for a special edition of Gallery Grooves. Tonight the Twin Cities Jazz Festival kicks off with a snazzy art party featuring festival artist, Christopher E. Harrison. The poster design for the 10th Annual Festival will be revealed, and … Read more
Forget what the press says. Devonte Hynes does not look like AIDS. "It’s pretty harsh," Hynes says about the cruelest comment published about him. "’You look like a terminal illness. You look like death. I don’t know what AIDS looks like." It definitely isn’t him. Decked out in cut-off short shorts, a faux fur hat, … Read more
Giving a sharp sword to a hyper-ass eight-year-old boy goes against all parental logic. But that’s exactly what happened at the "Knight for a Day Camp," a place where kids are whole-heartedly encouraged to go completely medieval. The "Knight for a Day" summer camp was put on by The Oakeshott Institute, a Twin Cities foundation … Read more
The introduction to this week’s Poem Worth Reading is taken from Bart Schneider’s forthcoming novel, the highly Minneapolized The Man in the Blizzard: "Sometimes I wonder why Americans are as afraid of poetry as they are of al-Qaeda. Screw the ones who’ve decided that poetry’s an effete enterprise. Let ‘em party with the homophobes. It’s … Read more