Located on a hellish strip of University Avenue in St. Paul, the utilitarian structure sports the name of the candidate – a name which sparks equal amounts of love, hatred and a lot of stuff in between. The drab walls within, like those for any campaign headquarters, are sprinkled here and there with images of … Read more
Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy (otherwise known as CSS) will make a stop at First Avenue on July 30th to promote their new album *Donkey*, which will hit stores July 21st. The Go! Team with Matt and Kim and Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head will be appearing with the up-and-coming South American group, sponsored by … Read more
The best of the 48 Hour Film Festival will be showcased at Bryant Lake Bowl when Jenny Dalton takes the stage for her second annual performance. She will be joined by former Cloud Cult members Dan Greenwood on drums and Maria Stemm on bass. Local folk heroine Eliza Blue and El Perdido will also appear … Read more
Just about anyone can be an artist when the Center for Independent Artists hosts the Midsummer Festival on Wednesday, July 23 in South Minneapolis. The festival will feature welding, Afro-Cuban drumming, a T-Shirt studio, performances, free ice cream and more. The fun begins at 6 pm in Bancroft Meadows Park on 42nd and Bloomington across … Read more
A glimmering Minneapolis night on the water. And fireworks. What could be more perfect? Attitude City’s Third Annual Yacht Club sets sail July 26th for a night of dancing and celebration on the Mississippi River. Boarding begins at 9:15 pm at Boom Island Park. Pre-boarding drinks will be served at the Northeast Yacht Club starting … Read more
Less than twelve hours after Nine Inch Nails wraps up, you can roll out of bed and head out to Canterbury Park for VWT, the extravaganza all the snarly-snarky-kewl skate-punks love to disdain. And there’s plenty to curl your lip at, what with 76 bands on the docket (no lie) and a much broader cross-section … Read more
The new Trent Reznor isn’t for everybody, including a large portion of his established fan base, who cherished the obsessive perfectionist who pushed the industrial-punk envelope with vintage stuff like Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral. But after waiting at least five years apiece to put out his first three discs, the sex symbol … Read more
And now for part two of my review on This Sporting Life. Because you play sports like I do, I realize your time is short and you do not favor a Freudian analysis of the film’s finer points. And really, don’t all rush to read this; the first part of my review was so extensively … Read more
Timberwolves Resign Craig Smith This thoroughly minor signing justifiably barely caused a flutter league-wide in the NBA, but smart Wolves fans have a right to wonder why it happened. The Rhino is an undersized power forward on a ballclub that just drafted an undersized center and traded for a journeyman legit center to pair alongside … Read more
MUSICKevin Mahogany Sings Big Joe Turner Mahogany’s resemblance to Turner is more physical than vocal. While matching Big Joe’s large, expansive frame, Mahogany is more dulcet crooner than blues shouter, closer in spirit to another vocalist he feted four years ago on his Mahogany Music label, Johnny Hartman. But Mahogany did play a Turner-Jimmy Rushing … Read more