mussels don’t grow on trees y’know, they grow on ropes… Since the weather won’t cooperate, I’ll have to satisfy my vernal cravings in the kitchen. I know I’ve been on a seafood kick lately, mainly due to over-potroasting and maxi-meatloafing during the colder months, but I’m not done yet … Mussels. Glorious little Prince Edward … Read more
Those of us baffled by what the Star Tribune meant this morning when, in its first straight news staff-reported piece on Minnesota US Attorney Rachel Paulose and the widening scandal out of DC said, “No one has linked her to the controversy in Washington,” (with “controversy” being a bit of a dismissive euphemism, I’d say), … Read more
Grindhouse, 2007. Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror) and Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof). With additional trailers written and directed by Rob Zombie, Eli Roth and Edgar Wright. Starring Rose McGowan, Kurt Russell, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn, Stacy Ferguson, Quentin Tarantino (unfortunately), Michael Parks, Rosario Dawson, … Read more
DANCE Contemporary Dance Triptych The SCUBA Touring Network is a co-operative enterprise bringing together dance artists from Minneapolis, Seattle, New York, and Philadelphia in an effort to take regional talent to a national scale. This weekend, the fifth annual SCUBA Touring Network brings three new contemporary concert dance artists to Minneapolis. At the top of … Read more
Dean Singleton, the face of the new ownership of the St. Paul Pioneer Press was in town today, meeting with various employees in addition to an afternoon general newsroom gathering, where we are told, he expressed great umbrage at the behavior of his former publisher, Par Ridder, who as most of you may know by … Read more
God almighty, did you see poor J.D. Durbin’s pitching line for the Diamondbacks last night? It was mind boggling: two-thirds of an inning pitched, seven hits, seven earned runs, and a walk (2007 ERA: 94.50). This wasn’t a mop-up performance, by the way; Arizona brought Durbin into the game in the eighth, trailing 4-2. It’s … Read more
FILM Real Life Has No Big Budget Once again, the Twin Cities proves its cutting edge quality — this time in film. Tonight the Heights Theater offers a screening of RealLive, a unique combination of documentary, action, adventure, comedy and drama. Follow local director, videographer, editor, producer, musician and biker (and Columbia Heights High School … Read more
The giving of thanks: lip service is easy, but really feeling it, truly giving it away, expressing it from your heart, that’s more difficult. Where do you even start? Any fool with a roof over his head, a car to drive, a job that pays the bills, food in his cupboard and refrigerator, a sense … Read more
Ugly game for Baltimore: six walks, eleven hits, three errors (should have been four); a horrendous start for Jared Wright, and an even more horrendous start for the Orioles, who started a season 0-3 for the first time since 1995. This team looked bad enough in this series to challenge the 1988 O’s, who lost … Read more
You might want to read this from the NY Times. It seems that the states out west, where mostly Republican buffalo roam, are fighting among themselves for the little bit of water they have available. The funny part is that, except for California’s governor, that big actor, many of the pols out there aren’t big … Read more