Replacement fans, look out! Rhino Records has reissued deluxe editions of Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash; Stink; Hootenanny; and Let it Be — available as of yesterday. Listen to a sampling here. Here’s the lowdown from Rhino. This is where the legend of The Replacements begins. Rhino retraces the shambolic swath the … Read more
Yesterday was Earth Day, and somehow (and even unfortunately) it seems to have passed all too quietly. Is our Earth in such good shape now? I think not. And yet — despite the lack of attention — much is being done to try to remedy that. Recently, the Minnesota Legislature overturned Governor Pawlenty’s veto for … Read more
first published on realbuzz.com The crowd did not want to sit. I think it’s safe to say that, for the most part, these were the Converse-and-thick-glasses-wearing underground hip-hop fans more accustomed to the open floor space of First Avenue than to the rigidly rowed seating chart of the Fitzgerald Theater. So when Brother Ali came … Read more
first published on realbuzz.com It’s hard to believe that this is the same group that released Overcast a decade ago. Back then they were a minimalist trio, with pared-down beats that, because of their easily discarded rhythms, put emphasis on the lyricism of the their lead MC, Slug. (Quickly thereafter, Spawn, their other MC, left … Read more
FILMDouble Feature Picture Show Back when double features were standard fare, one good film would get paired up with a more questionable one. Granted, sometimes the second billing wasn’t so bad. I saw movies like The Brood and Barracuda like this — great B movies I never would have otherwise known. But tonight the Edina … Read more
I bellied up to the bar at Vincent A Restaurant yesterday evening, and started to dig into what has to rate as the best happy hour deal in town: tap beers and wines by the glass for $3, appetizers for $3.50-$4, and the Vincent burger, stuffed with braised short rib for $8 (regularly $12.75). The … Read more
What does it mean that I have to sit and think for several minutes, and eventually have to count on my fingers, to figure out exactly how old I am? I don’t know what it means, but I know it’s appalling, the fact that I have to do it, and the number I eventually end … Read more
Note: I know I said I’d have a Wolves recap for you Monday, but with all the playoff ball consuming my time (not to mention other writing projects–my editors know what they are) I now realize I’m never going to get this done unless I break it into parts. So, here’s Part 1, which deals … Read more
AP Photo/Jim Mone I love baseball stats, love them as least as much or more than the next woman. And like so many others, the explosion of the statistical analysis of baseball was what drew me deeper into the grip of the game at a moment in my life when I was just starting to … Read more
My son’s birthday party began with me looking like a giant dumbass. Big shocker there. We were in the jubilant 11:15 a.m. Backyardigans parade at the newly remodeled Nick Jr. amusement park in the center of the Mall of America. I was holding the foamy oversized hand of a teenage actor who was dressed as … Read more