(Via Stereo Gum) Children of the ’80s and ’90s, how do you feel about these ads? They feature posthumous celebrity endorsements from the likes Kurt Cobain, Joey Ramone, Sid Vicious, and Joey Strummer … In each of the ads, the dead (!) rock-n-roll luminary appears toga-clad and hanging out on a cloud. But nevertheless, he … Read more
Amen de Girlshop Did you ever have the pleasure of trolling Girlshop? This was a trailblazer among women’s fashion sites. For almost a decade, it sold the finest threads from various emerging NYC designers. There was absolutely zero chance of head-on collision (at parties, say) with your dress-double, so long as you stayed put in … Read more
Tonight is the Annual Bob Dylan Sound-Alike-Contest at the 400 bar. Need I say more? 9 p.m., 400 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612-332-2903. FILM Ready, Set, Film Last Saturday, filmmakers took to the streets, the studios, and the computers to create an original short in just 12 hours. This might seem like a lot of … Read more
Just dropping in to leave this entertaining link to a ridiculous television news story coming out of Utah this week. It’s a wake-up call to parents about the dark side of their sulky-chic teenagers’ ugly tastes in music and fashion. They call their story “Emos Exposed.” And yes, fearful friends, they do refer to “emo” … Read more
By now the question, “What’s going on with Eric Eskola?” has been pretty well answered among media insiders. The question remaining is, “How do we explain it to the general public, if we do at all?” The position taken by WCCO-AM is to say simply that Eskola, the station’s heretofore indefatigable government and politics reporter, … Read more
SCIENCE Star Gazing Who would have thought that reaching for the stars only meant a short drive to Champlin. The Jackson Middle School Observatory is hosting a public star gazing this evening. Tour the observatory, see constellations in the Spring sky, and discuss your findings with the staff on hand. The public star gazing will … Read more
Tonight’s game, along with last Friday’s win in Milwaukee (Bonser’s 11 strikeouts, Hunter’s grand slam), was a blueprint for the kind of team I thought the Twins were going to be coming into the season. Sort of, anyway. It still perplexes me that the guys in the middle of the order are being forced to … Read more
Okay folks, it really couldn’t have turned out much worse for the Timberwolves in the lottery tonight. True, the Wolves got the #7 choice, which was their mathematical likelihood in terms of record and ping-pong balls. But more importantly, the two top studs in the draft, Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, will be playing for … Read more
Don’t get me wrong. I’m as caught up in the romantic rituals of wine drinking as anyone: the instruments, shining and nearly surgical; the bottle long stored at a tilt; the small effort required to remove the cork; the serious sniff, the careful pour, the sip. But there are times I’m just not in the … Read more
Voodoo Doughnut, that’s who. Not only is this possibly the coolest doughnut shop on the planet, it’s a lesson. It’s a lesson about quitting your job and finding your life … about putting out a great and attention grabbing product … about having fun. Do you have a voodoo dougnut in you?