High: 29° / Low: 13° — Dude Weather Subscribe to Secrets Minneapolis / St. Paul

MNSpeak: Talk

Rogue Taxidermy Strikes Again

In preparation for Art-A-Whirl, the world-famous Rogue Taxidermy Association has launched a new site: Beast Blender. (Refersher: Back in October, a link to the Rogue Taxidermy show at Creative Electric led to Boing Boing linking to it, which led national media attention from the New York Times to Maxim.) This new site, which allows you to construct your own rogue taxidermy Frankenstein, will undoubtably spread faster than you can say subservient ring-tailed lemur. Likeley a nod to the official National Taxidermy Association (which denounced the exhibit), Beast Blender loads with the message "We create not monsters, but spectacular beasts of common animal."

1 Reader Comments

i (not verified)12:51pm
May 21

great site - i cant stop playing around - lets get blending.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <i> <b> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <br> <p>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
By entering in the words in the captcha image, you help us prevent automated spam submissions and keep the site tidy.

Today's Talk

Minnesota Writers Hall of Fame

MinnPost tells of a forthcoming Minnesota Writers Hall of Fame (albiet a virtual one, as it will exist only online). We can guess that Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis will be on it. Garrison Keillor will undoubtedly also make the cut. Who else? Judith …

Max Sparber
10 comments »

More Cutbacks at City Pages

Susannah Schouweiler at MnArtists discusses recent cuts in City Pages, including laying off the A-List editor and one of the two food writers, as well as the recent announcement that Quinton Skinner's theater beat is being cut by half. With all these…

Max Sparber
11 comments »

Favorite Songs About Minnesota

Mine would have to be Augie Garcia's lost classic "Be My Guest" about the River Road Club in Mendota, although I have also always been partial to The Replacement's "Skyway." What are your favorites?…

Max Sparber
54 comments »

Local Blog Roundup 01.05.08

Afterglide locates a very odd Craigslist offer.Breaking Down says Minnesota is not a state for drivers.The Deets enjoys some fine local fried food.Overheard examines the value of Timberwolves tickets.…

Max Sparber
10 comments »

Carl Pohlad Dies at Age 93

According to Star Tribune columnist Pat Reusse, on Joe Soucheray's KSTP show (reported here), Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad is dead at age 93. If anyone hears any more about this, please comment.  [Update: Star Tribune confirms.]…

Max Sparber
33 comments »

Joe Dowling Makes a Lot of Money

The Strib does a story on salaries for the local arts community, and reveals that Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling pulled in $682,229 in salary and benefits last year: Even discounting a one-time bonus of $100,000, his compensation surpassed tha…

Max Sparber
19 comments »

Read more of today's talk…