Minnesota/Minnesotans C or D

yeah i always remember it as "oh lord pac" which seems better than "oh lord 2pac", it's the play it again sam of ILX

who was this sucker that jose wanted lord 2pac to talk to?

btw lol @ "the play it again sam of ILX"

Rereading this thread and knowing that, at some point, I step all over jjj's toes vis-a-vis West St. Paul bashing.

ha if so i dont remember it

good to see that the Current has not changed at all 3.5 years after i last heard it, it really made me appreciate KEXP, which isn't exactly great but at least isn't 24/7 indie-folk mush and a couple Replacements songs.

No, now they play Macklemore.

isn't that taking away valuable Atmosphere time?

I'd have guessed Har Mar, but apparently he did fine last year.

No, now they play Macklemore.

― Eric H., Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:50 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

isn't that taking away valuable Atmosphere time?

― The Wisdom of Gafflers (JoeStork), Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:53 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no don't worry they play a wide variety of rap from Atmosphere to rappers signed to Atmosphere's label to dorks from Seattle that sound just like Atmosphere

i don't know or like that stuff much but comparing it to mmore seems really mean!

nah they are way better than macklemore, but he's like the most explicity post-atmosphere rapper to ever get big...his whole rhyme style, that's fucking slug basically

not surprised Fucking Slug didn't blow up on the national scene with that name

"Blowin' Up (remix)" - Slug (feat. Fucking Slug)

yeah i have no beef with atmosphere, it's just that the current didn't tend to acknowledge rap beyond them, Doomtree, and maybe a 20-year-old Digable Planets track every month or two.

how is it even possible in this day and age of anxious-progressive privilege-checking that they haven't been trying uh dewhiten their playlists a bit more vigorously, or have they

you'd think The Current would be all over Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino, at least

jesus what a shitshow

http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2014/02/allegations-threats-bullying-follow-cedar-riverside-caucus-brawl

yikes

Thanks for sharing that, sad stuff, but we'll get past it. Love the thugs not even keeping quiet about the $20!

Kids.

I mean, there are a bazillion words you could have used to describe the guys who were paid to be there, why did you have to pick the one that has become the proxy stand-in for "nigger"?

if you want to take the article's source for it it seems the phrase would have been 'hired goons', shame to miss a chance to use 'hired goons'

Should've said "bootleggers," chum.

if you want to take the article's source for it it seems the phrase would have been 'hired goons', shame to miss a chance to use 'hired goons'

― j., Tuesday, February 18, 2014 5:45 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no shit unless you work in gotham city it's a rare chance

real nice caucus you got here

rev 105 beer imo

One more week before I'll allow myself to complain about this full time.

man it's worse than it looks out there. maybe worst commute i've ever had.

this state sucks balls

this state blows snowballs

all I know is that yesterday I drove into work because I was going to run home improvement errands afterward; I left the office at 5:30 to a light mist, was in my car by 5:40, then spent the next HOUR attempting to travel 4 miles to Home Depot

at least if there had been actual WEATHER happening there would have been an excuse; it literally took me 55 minutes to travel 3 miles

based on the updates i'm getting from the city of st paul this snow emergency is going to persist for 72 hours

minnesotans, on the other hand, will persist eternal

i love seein' arenas blowed up

http://www.twincities.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=5753812

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25202498/portion-metrodome-be-brought-down-explosives-this-weekend

well, after years of confusion i finally understand where they're going to build the new stadium

I mean, there are a bazillion words you could have used to describe the guys who were paid to be there

The "I mean" threw me, but is this a response to what I posted--"thugs"? Hoping you're not serious.

I think it was what looked like an instant retraction -- "Kids."

Ah, thanks. No, I meant "Kids" as an indulgent sigh. Like, the fact that they shared the price is kind of endearing. And I hope it's obvious "thugs" has a common political and non-racial context (strikers calling private detectives "gun thugs," Republicans calling protesters against Scott Walker "union thugs," etc.). The "thug life" sense hadn't occurred to me.

Think everyone would be happy with 'hired goons'.

xp: (Though of course it will next time! You guys are nice, thank you for supporting my retraction anyway.)

I prefer G-men.

Yeah, this might be best taken as a "you live, you learn" moment.

Just like I learned never again to go to Bar Louie after reading (between the lines) their dress code.

Which is?

No "athletic clothing." No "flat-brimmed hats." No "excessively baggy clothes."

Oh, I see this is actually a thing: http://www.wmctv.com/story/23043348/memphis

That exists in the UK: no hoodies/caps/trainers is a THING in many clubs.

Yeah, I've talked to Minneapolis bouncers who confessed to using double-carding and cleavage restrictions for management-driven racial profiling policies as well--this is going back to the '90s.

Take "racial profiling" there as ironic, since I'm seemingly making myself easily misunderstood, including (apparently) meaning to say I appreciate what I now see as people's kindness and sensitivity here while still not agreeing that "thug" should be abandoned--it has the appropriate connotation of aggression for hire, and in the case of the caucus, I wasn't even sure the young people in question would identify as African American. By the way, the next caucus went fine, though proof of residence was required--now there's a real slippery slope.