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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?
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.
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.]
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 that of his peers not only in New York but also at nonprofit theaters elsewhere in the United States. So, Joe Dowling -- overpaid?
Here is what is currently flying through the blogosphere: Andrew Zimmern Ate My Balls. Via: Almost every blog in the Twin Cities.
Of course, we know that Minnesota is the home of the Jucy Lucy. Also the bundt cake, or, at least, the bundt pan. Pronto Pup claims to have invented the corn dog. We're reportedly the birthplace of the cosmopolitan. Cheerios comes Golden Valley, along with dozens of other General Mills products. Pearsons in St. Paul invented the Salted Nut Roll. And now Secret's of the City's own Jeremy Iggers reveals the extraordinary fact that Minnesota's own Leeann Chin invented the cream cheese won ton. Any other local creations that I am forgetting?
The winner of the Senate race will be abbounced tomorrow, and, with a 225 lead, the winner is expected to be Al Franken. Coleman says he'll fight, and, until the issue is settled, Franken can't be seated in Senate. Didn't Coleman make the case when he was ahead that were he behind, he would step down?
Finally. Something neither Wisconsin or Iowa (or Norsokota) can claim!
Gosh. I wonder why, though, they fought with police when arrested? Wonder what their logic was?
The Bridge reports that Seward Neighborhood residents are not fans of the stinky PCP (Pentachlorophenol) treated wooden power poles installed by Xcel Energy. PCP is a toxin and the manufacturing process creates additional toxic chemical byproducts. However, poles treated with the pesticide last 4X longer. Should people be putting themselves, their kids, and their neighbors ahead of poles?
I'm so desperate for attention (lol) that anything with a Minnesota connection is attracting my interest ... even if it involves sports and C-list babes.
Khloe Kardashian Lands A Boyfriend (Perez Hilton via Jezebel.com)
Brandon Darby, the informant who turned over two Texas men who were making molotov cocktails to be used at the RNC, explains his reasons, and why his turning informant wasn't a betrayal of his activism: "I feel like, as an activist, I played a direct role in stopping violence," he tells the PiPress. More from the Independent.
David Hawley tells a fascinating tale of his grandfather, who, according to his father, had killed a man during a strike and spent 10 years in jail for it. Hawley took to the computer to find out the truth, and he discovered a story that still involved murder, but otherwise was quite different than what his father told him.
The PiPress rounds up their favorite stories from the police blotter. Because how can we look back on the last year without remember a story like this: It was reported Aug. 14 that someone spray-painted the rear window of a car in Eagan. Blue paint was used to write the words "penis mobile."
To kick off the open thread, here is an awesome music video in which a Mexican wrestler battles all manner of bad guys.
Fake memoirs seem all the rage nowadays. There was Love and Consequences: A Memoir of Hope and Survival, the story of a teenage gangbanger in Los Angeles that turned out to be written by a middle class white suburban woman. Then there was Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, the story of a child Holocaust survivor who was tended to by wolves, which probably should have surprised nobody when it was exposed as a fabrication. And who can forget JT Leroy, who authored the tellingly titled The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, which told of his experiences as a transgendered teenage male prostitute, despite having been authored by a middle aged woman. Minnesota has already been involved in at least two forged memoirs: Most notoriously, James Frey's fictionalized tale of Hazelden horror, a Million Little Pieces; Somewhat less known is my own fake memoir (not sure why it has never caught on; after all, I was kidnapped by mole men.) Now a Minnesota publishing house finds itself at the center of a new fake memoir controversy. Lerner Publishing Group published a children's book about a true romance between a concentration camp inmate and the young woman who threw apples over the fence to him. The trouble? It wasn't true.
kurtis...why is Tom Waits "legendary" but Bob Dylan just Bob Dylan? While it's not necessarily about…
g roteBest headline on the topic I have seen yet: "Al Franken is a Big Fat Senator." heh. …
justpbobI think anything by the Gear Daddies counts. …
kurtisDoes the Gear Daddy's "I want to drive the Zamboni" count? …
justpbobThen are you going to also thank all the people of Hennepin County who Carl extorted to build his pe…
Raindog"Minneapolis" by Lucinda Williams "A Friend to the Minnesota Strangler" by Pinetop Seven "Meet me in…
kurtisThat is so high a salary, at least compared to the ones I found on salary list Hopefully it is well…
Salary ListAnd Zimmern LOVES IT! http://www.andrewzimmern.com/node/1201 …
ebourneI, for one, welcome the money Mr. Pohlad surely left to pay for the Hennepin County Twin's new stadi…
justinphKathy Halbreich did not make $585K. She made a lot of money, but not that much. I think pendulum is …
justinphThank God he wasn't a STEINBRENNER!!! He was a good owner...RIP, Carl! …
JillHillOnes I remember: Submission Records, Wolfs Den, Fire Opal, Suicide Gorge, and the funniest one of al…
Kate IversonColeman sacked by Page. Go Vikes! …
RaindogGod Bless you Paul. Redeemed at last! …
RaindogI think Raindog is trolling for an invitation to a game when the park opens. …
RatDon't forget Jefferson. He was a good owner too...to his slaves. And Bush was a good President...for…
RaindogWill's a craftsman for sure. Yes I am very familiar with the worst to first mythologies that have sp…
108@LowBloodSugar: What Citadel boards did you frequent? I'm so old I remember Wolfenstein 3D, the pred…
noodlemanfivethirtyeight takes apart the WSJ editorial. …
mnblrmkrWill's written a few baseball books, so he must be a Twins fan and might be a Twins fan. …
kurtisI loved the Rolls Royce story Soucheray read on the air today. …
kwatt@108: Oh, I don't know about that. The '91 world championship Twins were at the bottom of the league…
noodleman'Kudos for winning two world championships with a couple of great Triple-A teams.' Those were very g…
108'Supposedly the banker in Sweetland was partially based on Carl.' I had Will Weaver as a writing pro…
108Plus Joe hates gay people. So that means he doesn't have to tip them very well. …
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