Well, tomorrow evening I’m going to see Lost in the Stars, a Kurt Weill opera put on by the company formerly known as North Star Opera, but is now called Skylark. If I wasn’t going there (isn’t this usually the case…) I would, honest to God, hit the Junior Brown show, for old time’s sake. … Read more
I won’t bore you with another of my tales of woe, but I can relate to this one. The Philadelphia Inquirer, formerly owned by Knight-Ridder, is whacking the media column written by Gail Shister and directing her toward more “pop culture television features”. This can’t be seen as anything other than, A. Some kind of … Read more
OK, it was funny that Par Ridder’s staff memo about graphics guru Monica Moses leaving the Star Tribune appeared on Jim Romenesko’s site before it was sent out to the paper’s employees. But hey, maybe we should see that as a concession to harsh reality. In a prolonged information vacuum, Ridder must know that his … Read more
Although it goes against the organization’s general philosophy, it sure seems like Alexi Casilla, the kid the Twins nabbed from the Angels in exchange for J.C. Romero, deserves a spot on the roster when the team breaks camp at the end of the month. As much as Terry Ryan and company might want Casilla to … Read more
Have you read the “manifesto”? Last December, some of the most influential men in food wrote what they called “an international agenda for great cooking”. The Fab Four were Ferran Adria of El Bulli, Heston Blumenthal of The Fat Duck, Thomas Keller of The French Laundry and Per Se, and food scientist/author Harold McGee. The … Read more
So I’m watching “Lost” last night, the only network series I make an “appointment” to catch every week, what with all the time I’ve committed to blowing spit wads at Bill O’Reilly. Last night was a big episode. The back story to John Locke, who was crippled and wheel-chair bound until crashing on the island. … Read more
It seems a local mailman has written a book. Check it; Vincent Wyckoff reads from Beware of the Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier tonight at Lyndale United Church of Christ. Of course, the job of a mailman hasn’t exactly been romanticized to the point of, say, a truck driver. (I chalk it … Read more
Game #67, Road Game #35, Minnesota 95, Sacramento 89 1. Fine Points There probably was a game way back in the Casey-coaching days of ’06 when both Randy Foye and Mike James played with confidence, aggression, and efficiency, but it sure felt like a revelation in a water-for-the-parched win over Sacramento last night. It matters … Read more
You can only shake your head in dismayed amazement at the over-the-top-and-into-the-stratosphere reaction to Garrison Keillor’s March 14 Salon column. I only read the thing today, a week after the fact and a week after the eruption of anger from … and lets be careful here … a certain portion of the gay community, abetted … Read more
Random thoughts on the Guthrie’s 07-08 season announcement: After seeing that so-so production of Peer Gynt at Orchestra Hall last weekend (thank God for the band and the St. Olaf Choir), I was quite interested to find that Minnesota’s own Robert Bly–famous for Iron John, the Men’s Movement, and other comments on wounded masculinity–will turn … Read more