May 2012
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Pop music and Somali-Americans: "The Somali...
Q: What kind of music do young Somali-Americans listen to? Are there Somali or Somali-American pop stars?
A: Like most immigrants before us, young Somali kids try to fit in rather than stand out. More likely than not you’ll see the car next to you on the road with the window down and loud rap music blaring out. Our young boys wear baggy clothes and imitate rap stars like 50 Cent, Young...
Zeus Jones: Looking Local - What We Can Learn from... →
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Over the memorial day weekend, I visited the Red Wing Shoe store, in Red Wing Minnesota. Red Wing might be famous for a number of things, but to the layman like me, the shoes are the first thing that come to mind. After all, they’re not just for people who build skyscrapers –…
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“The women thought, ‘This is the best physical therapy I’ve ever...”
– Hysteria director Tanya Wexler talks with Jim Brunzell about the Victorian origins of the vibrator.
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Have you read these noted American Indian authors...
Alexie, Sherman
Allen, Paula Gunn
Baca, Jimmy Santiago
Barreiro, Jose
Bell, Betty Louise
Birchfield, D.L.
Blevins, Win
Boyden, Joseph
Brant, Beth
Bruchac, Joseph
Conley, Robert J.
Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth
Deloria, Ella Cara
Dorris, Michael
Earling, Debra Magpie
Egawa, Keith
Erdrich, Lise
Erdrich, Louise
Forbes, Jack D.
Gansworth, Eric
Gish, Robert F.
Glancy, Diane
Henry,...
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Marilyn Manson at the Myth: "Shock is all in your...
Marilyn Manson has forever been of storm of contradiction, exuding the perception of a megalomaniac leading disillusioned youth with music calculated to oppose all moral authority. And while much of his music may be calculated to push the buttons of the moral police, he is in fact, just an artist who has chosen his own path. On his path there is no need for contrition, because as he states on...
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Worst ideas for Twin Cities summertime fun
Skinny-dipping with Sparky the Seal
Rooftop cocktails at the Metrodome
Rollerblading on I-94
Mosquito-sting endurance contest
Feng shui-ing your fans in a non-air-conditioned apartment
Reading Garrison Keillor’s new book
Snorkeling in Lake Nokomis
Central Corridor trainspotting
Trying to smoke on the patio of an organic restaurant
Rainy-day picnic at a Pier One store
Surfing at...
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Most regrettable Art-a-Whirl impulse buys
Wire sculpture of R.T. Rybak’s hair ($199)
1989 Buick turned into an art car by being covered with Band-Aids ($500)
Nude portrait of self, painted behind the 331 Club at 2:30 AM ($5)
Fountain 2, a urinal from the Viking Bar ($1,000)
Something conceptual that you can’t even remember ($50)
Anything by Scott Seekins (prices vary)
Grain Belt tattoo ($300)
Screenprinted poster...
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"What to Expect When You're Expecting": Well, what...
My sister Jenny, who’s the mother of three children and is still nursing the third, accompanied me to a preview screening of What to Expect When You’re Expecting. How realistic was the movie? Midway through the film, she leaned over to me and whispered, “My milk just dropped down.”
I didn’t even know what that meant. I don’t have kids myself, and my intention was to write a single guy’s...
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"Battleship" hits its mark
You might object to the ceaseless violence in Battleship, and you may not care for its unapologetically corny dialogue, but you have to admit that at least the film has a positive, uplifting message: people of all nations, races, colors, creeds, genders, ages, sexual orientations, political parties, and disability statuses will come together and embrace our shared humanity one day. That day, to...
“The moral of this incredibly stupid story is stay the hell away from malls!...”
– Julia Wertz, The Cookie Incident Part 3 (Part 1) (Part 2)
