It says something about the quality and value of TV news, local TV news in particular, when a guy suggests a big city newspaper like the Star Tribune demonstrate a hipness to the coming convergence of internet and television and smart people react like he’s suggesting polluting Perrier with dioxin. In the previous post I … Read more
FILM Hearts of Darkness In preparation for Francis Ford Coppola’s sold-out presentation tomorrow night, the Walker is featuring Hearts of Darkness this evening. If you have somehow managed to miss this documentary about the making of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now until now, go, go, go! The production of Apocalypse Now is infamous for its scope, tension, … Read more
Cleveland Cavaliers (2) vs. Detroit Pistons (1) If I had any guts, I’d call the Cavs in 6 or 7. That is what my gut tells me–the same gut that said the Bulls would need no more than 5 or 6 games to knock off these same Pistons. Obviously, there is something about Detroit–the overwhelming … Read more
In shoppers’ news: Both West Elm and American Apparel are set to open local posts, in Edina and Minneapolis, respectively. If you’re not familiar, here are some quick bios on these bizes: West Elm is a Williams-Sonoma-owned (related to Pottery Barn, therefore) retailer of furniture and housewares of the clean, modernist, neo-Ikea sort. Think platform … Read more
As foul as the air is over the Star Tribune these days, (and it isn’t any better across the river), the soon-to-be-“right-sized” staff might feel the slightest bit better if they were being given any reason — ANY REASON — to believe the end result of all the slashing, cutting, out-sourcing, etc. was going to … Read more
You’d sure like to see your team hold a 4-0 lead, particularly since the Twins have had so few early leads of late. And, yeah, Dennys Reyes is the lefthanded specialist out of the bullpen –or was– but he hasn’t done much of anything to justify that position thus far in ’07, and his stellar … Read more
MUSIC B.Y.O.V. Bring your own vinyl, folks. How often do you get to do that? Tonight, MinnieIndie.com will be spinning vinyl all night at the Uptown Bar and Cafe. Stop by and listen to a sampling of indie, glam, punk, psych, Motown, 80’s kitsch, 70’s AM hits, and whatever else people bring to the table. … Read more
San Antonio Spurs (3) vs. Utah Jazz (5) This will be a war, very physical, but don’t for a moment believe it will be boring. Neither the Spurs nor the Jazz are a plodding team, both feature creatively intelligent big men and freakishly athletic ‘tweeners. The war will be in two places: on penetration and … Read more
Late Breaking: There’s an AAW Fashion Show featuring the aforementioned Foat Design (yoga wear and funky, earth-friendly knits) to the musical accompaniment of Faux Jean–which is a very fashionable band. (See ’em at left … I wonder if the foppish lead singer will don the Foat duds.). Check it all out on Saturday (tomorrow) at … Read more
The sight of Roger Parkinson, the sharp-edged former publisher of the Star Tribune, strolling through the newsroom yesterday inspired dozens of tongues to cluck the same two words, “interim publisher.” The innocent explanation for Parkinson’s appearance is that he was in town from Toronto as part of his duties with the local Humphrey Institute and … Read more