Soon you may be heading off on a thanksgiving vacation. The trip may be short or it may be long. Unless your relations live next door, however, you will have to make that journey in an automobile. These days that will likely mean a minivan or small European "touring wagon" (which Chrysler attempted to call … Read more
Hate to say it, but last night’s RetroRama was sort of a disappointment. Not only was there little to no cleavage, but there were also little to no people. Where were you, folks? (You were at the 10,000 Arts party, from what I hear.) Of course, the first RetroRama, in April, was such a raging … Read more
There’s nothing new about the link between great food and sultry sex. It’s been around since the era of the ancient Romans, then flagged during repressive periods such as the Dark Ages and the 1950’s, but went through a glorious renaissance right around the time I was born. Gael Greene, an outrageous and perversely reed-thin … Read more
ART Alec Soth: Dog Days, Bogotá One of these photos—a scruffy dog isolated in the center of the frame—appeared in passing on a web page and immediately snagged my eye. There was no attribution provided but I thought, that’s got to be Soth. And it was. Why was this goofy, tragic dog as good as … Read more
Imagine you have a medical condition that causes you to lose weight. And miraculously, the more you eat, the more you lose. Pastry for breakfast, pasta with clam sauce for lunch, a five-course dinner with crusty bread and any dessert you like, plus snacks in between — the sweeter the better. Follow this diet and … Read more
No Country for Old Men opens with a series of shots of a dry, desolate Texas, a place that seems unkind to both man and beast. Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) begins to speak in voice-over, ruminating on his life, on his being a sheriff, admiring the men who served before him, and lamenting the … Read more
RYBAK: Sigh. For some time, I’ve put off writing a post about today’s 11 a.m. debut of what’s being touted in some circles as the divine answer to the Twin Cities’ current Crisis in Journalism. I’m referring, of course, to the launch of MinnPost.com, the online newspaper creation of Joel Kramer, the former Star Tribune … Read more
ART, MUSIC, FOOD 10,000 Arts Party Join us this evening for a highly charged 10,000 Arts Party at The Bakken Museum. This electric event features the music of Bella Koshka and performances of Mary Shelley Finding Frankenstein by the Bakken Science Theatre. You’d think that’d be enough, but not even close! Tonight’s event also features … Read more
Back in October, I wrote about a downright decent jug wine from Three Thieves, which I bought more for the John Wayne-ness of the design and the silver screwcap than the substance inside. Today, it was announced that Newman’s Own, the food company-cum-charity owned by Paul Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, is adding wine … Read more
My first night in that shitty motel room in a tiny Wyoming town I was exhausted and wiped out on malt liquor and I slept in my clothes on top of the bedspread. All night I dreamt of potatoes on a conveyor belt, an endless river of potatoes. I’d driven straight through, twenty hours, to … Read more