November 18, 2009
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A hearse tailgated me, then passed me while driving on I-94 through St. Paul this afternoon. That's a metaphor that belongs in a Cohen brothers film.

November 10, 2009
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stuffaboutminneapolis: steveanderson: weeks101: Grain Belt (via MNDustyLens)

stuffaboutminneapolis:

steveanderson:

weeks101:

Grain Belt (via MNDustyLens)

November 5, 2009
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Criminally under appreciated and pulled from our television sets far too quickly: the ‘Spongemonkeys’ in all their brilliant glory. Though, I can’t say they drove me to Quizno’s.

But, yet, amazing.

November 3, 2009
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“ But for us now, that afternoon [in] Dallas is more illustrative of something else: the swift and unscrupulous pace of history. Particularly, recent American history and how it is so phenomenally compressed. In just one generation, the psychic trauma of RFK and JFK has been largely erased. So maybe Don Draper’s aloof attitude is enlightened rather than repressive: ‘Everything’s going to be OK. We’ll have a new president. And everyone is going to be sad for a little bit.’
(via The Footnotes of Mad Men)
November 2, 2009
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I’m not old enough to remember Uptown’s heyday, it’s time as the heart and soul of Minneapolis’ art, music and cultural scene. By the time I moved back to the Twin Cities two years ago, Hennepin and Lake was already what we know it as now: a spiffed-up, dumbed-down, outdoor mall, a shadow of a past that featured Prince and The Replacements and probably hundreds of other bands I’m not old enough or cool enough to have seen live. But, still, the closing of the Uptown Bar strikes a chord. Truth be told, I didn’t even go to the place that often. I’d intended to go last night (but didn’t end up making it) to it’s last evening of bands and booze. I wanted to have another beer, maybe steal another pint glass from the cramped, drab, silver-fronted bar on Hennepin. A piece of what makes Minneapolis a fun place to be young (or, old, it doesn’t matter) and in love with the city’s music scene — or just a good, dive-y bar — is gone, to be replaced by a three-story, fill-in-the-blank retail shop. Too bad. I like this bit from the Uptown Bar’s Website; I think it sums it up nicely in the bar’s pretension-free way: Established in the 1930’s as a beer and burger tavern, the Uptown Bar has changed its look a number of times to keep in step with the changing times and changes in the neighborhood. Although times and neighborhoods change, we want our present patrons to enjoy our atmosphere, food and beverages just as our customers have for over 50 years. Relax, be comfortable, and feel welcome. You are important to us.

I’m not old enough to remember Uptown’s heyday, it’s time as the heart and soul of Minneapolis’ art, music and cultural scene. By the time I moved back to the Twin Cities two years ago, Hennepin and Lake was already what we know it as now: a spiffed-up, dumbed-down, outdoor mall, a shadow of a past that featured Prince and The Replacements and probably hundreds of other bands I’m not old enough or cool enough to have seen live.

But, still, the closing of the Uptown Bar strikes a chord. Truth be told, I didn’t even go to the place that often. I’d intended to go last night (but didn’t end up making it) to it’s last evening of bands and booze. I wanted to have another beer, maybe steal another pint glass from the cramped, drab, silver-fronted bar on Hennepin.

A piece of what makes Minneapolis a fun place to be young (or, old, it doesn’t matter) and in love with the city’s music scene — or just a good, dive-y bar — is gone, to be replaced by a three-story, fill-in-the-blank retail shop. Too bad. I like this bit from the Uptown Bar’s Website; I think it sums it up nicely in the bar’s pretension-free way:

Established in the 1930’s as a beer and burger tavern, the Uptown Bar has changed its look a number of times to keep in step with the changing times and changes in the neighborhood.

Although times and neighborhoods change, we want our present patrons to enjoy our atmosphere, food and beverages just as our customers have for over 50 years.

Relax, be comfortable, and feel welcome. You are important to us.

October 28, 2009
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1st and Franklin. Stevens Square, Minneapolis. (via MSPdude)

1st and Franklin. Stevens Square, Minneapolis. (via MSPdude)

October 26, 2009
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Blurgh
October 24, 2009
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Happiness is: watching the alma mater win in Lincoln, Neb., for the first time since 1977. (photo via Des Moines Register)

Happiness is: watching the alma mater win in Lincoln, Neb., for the first time since 1977.

(photo via Des Moines Register)

October 23, 2009
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“ They’ve turned the word rock into nothing. It’s a meaningless word. ‘It rocks.’ ‘That food rocks.’ ‘She’s rocking in that outfit.’ They’ve taken the word and stripped it of all its menace, of all its dirt, of all its sex.
Joan Jett, ‘What I’ve Learned,’ Esquire Nov. 2009
October 22, 2009
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Remind me why the endorsement of a less than one-term former governor from a state with fewer people than Columbus, Ohio is important? Because I forget.

Remind me why the endorsement of a less than one-term former governor from a state with fewer people than Columbus, Ohio is important? Because I forget.

Where are my keys?

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