still with the fin, ok
― goole, Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
ok lol
Selling snowballs to tourists... genius. Brianna Sudrla, center, of Chicago laughed after buying a "real Minnesota snowball" for from a vending machine in the alley behind the Hewing Hotel. Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune #SuperBowl #BoldNorth @StarTribune pic.twitter.com/Fxe9CRAddU— Anthony Soufflé (@AnthonySouffle) February 1, 2018
― goole, Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
ooh fun, look: a "local ratio"!
As you listen to the MPR request for funds remember how they treated Garrison Keillor.— Phyllis Kahn (@PhyllisKahn) February 7, 2018
― goole, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
brb sending MPR some money
― mh, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
eh I do think keillor kind of got fucked
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
nah he's a fuckin creep
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:36 (six years ago) link
MPR interviewed nearly every person they could possibly interview, and they decided divorcing themselves from him was justified as far as I've read? I mean, this was the result after mediation:
On January 23, 2018, MPR reported further on the investigation after interviewing almost 60 people who had worked with Keillor. The story described other alleged sexual misconduct by Keillor, and a $16,000 payment to a woman who was asked to sign a confidentiality agreement to prevent her from talking about her time at MPR (she refused and never deposited the check).
He still has his Writer's Almanac thing, they just decided not to distribute it for him anymore.
― mh, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
yes, the initial public disclosure-response cycle of this thing was heavily colored by the station's relative tight-lipped approach about what they had found -- at first stated only 1 person complaining -- and keillor's description of 'putting a hand on a back'
more recently a fuller description of MPR's investigation and what they turned up looks a lot uglier
― goole, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
i want a venn diagram of keillor truthers, franken truthers and woody allen truthers. old white liberals can get pretty defensive, turns out!
― goole, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
I was impressed by how thoroughly MPR did it and how robust it seemed, at least from the outside
― mh, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
i was not aware of the more recent info, goole. that certainly changes things.
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
yeah i haven't seen much commentary giving them credit for this
xp the rundown is here
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/23/keillor-workplace
― goole, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
thx, adding to pocket
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
When I've felt the most estranged ever were the 1.5 years I lived in Minnesota, during college.
Maybe it's not a coincidence that this is where I am? (He wrote, knowing many local people read this board)
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, February 17, 2018 3:24 PM (five hours ago)
what up
― j., Sunday, 18 February 2018 03:32 (six years ago) link
I'm doing the best I can
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 18 February 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link
city's changing, man
Now accepting credit cards. Don’t hate us. Also, come enjoy this beautiful patio.— Palmer’s Bar (@MplsPalmers) May 17, 2018
― goole, Thursday, 17 May 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
daaaaang
― gbx, Thursday, 17 May 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
this is deeply sad
http://www.citypages.com/news/who-is-jimmy-robinson/483985811
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
http://www.startribune.com/hymie-s-records-a-famed-spot-for-vinyl-in-minneapolis-is-for-sale/489026981/
Just found out about this today. I hope the owners get their wish to sell it to someone who'll keep the store going, but I'm not sure how realistic that is.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 26 July 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
Maybe my favorite record store. Irene is such a friendly, mild-mannered dog. I do hope they find someone to keep up the good work.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
in case anyone's in the market, the house down the road from where i grew up is for sale
iirc no one actually lived in it when i was a kid, and it was known throughout the township as 'the castle'. trespassing there to merely see it was a rite of passage. i went there once with my friend and my dog and we rang a bell that was for some reason built into the west end of the building, and the groundskeeper came out and yelled at us. my dog got into it with his, and ultimately we high-tailed it out of there before he could call our parents. then we walked home along the railroad bed next to the river. this concludes my YA coming of age story.
http://www.citypages.com/arts/wanna-buy-a-whimsical-1920s-mini-castle-on-the-st-croix-river/494815311
― gbx, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
that kitchen looks like it needs to be gutted and totally redone
does anyone remember that weird house in MN for sale that was like a bond villain lair? everything was pink and made of stones and mirrors and overstuffed with chinese characters everywhere. there was a thread on the modern radio board for it i believe
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Does the booze come with it?
http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/ctyp-st-croix-mansion-11d.jpg
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
My MN hometown has a Frank Lloyd Wright house that’s been on the market for about three years.
― suzy, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
"what was it like, moving to Minnesota?" pic.twitter.com/B3yk1l6wPD— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) December 6, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 December 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/06/mark-dayton-this-isnt-how-i-planned-on-going-out-as-governor/
He said he will move into an apartment in Minneapolis after he vacates the Governor’s Residence in St. Paul. But when asked what he plans to do next, he replied, “I really don’t know.”
― j., Friday, 7 December 2018 01:03 (five years ago) link
i like dayton... the video of him collapsing during his state of the state address was really fucking depressing. hope he rebounds
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 7 December 2018 01:08 (five years ago) link
Terry Evans applies makeup to Reform Party candidate Jesse Ventura's head while Gubernatorial candidates Norm Coleman and Hubert Humphrey III prepare for their last debate at KTCA in St. Paul on Friday, Oct. 30, 1998. (@CarlosGphoto/@StarTribune) pic.twitter.com/8e1BX5Q0Yq— Vintage Minnesota (@VintageMinn) December 20, 2018
― j., Thursday, 20 December 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
Dud.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_temp.gif
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 24 May 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
This winter was terrible.This spring is terrible.This summer is going to be terrible.This state is terrible.
the weather is really making it hard to keep your head up
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 May 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
summer sucks!! blue blob map is our savior!
― j., Friday, 24 May 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
I'm fine with below average temperatures in July, but also this:
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_prcp.gif
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 24 May 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Mankato be like 😈🤪🍻Duluth be like 🐶🏒🏕🌅Bemidji be like 🐻🎣🌲Winona be like 🏞🏥💁🏻♀️UMN be like 🐹🌃〽️St. Cloud be like 🐺🚨💩🔫St. Thomas be like 😼✝️💵St. John’s be like 🙏🏼🌾💤NDSU be like 🐮🌽🏈UND be like ❄️✈️🍺— yeah (@SamSchuneman) June 30, 2019
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 1 July 2019 04:51 (four years ago) link
pour one out
https://twincities.eater.com/2019/8/8/20791433/old-spaghetti-factory-downtown-minneapolis-closing
― goole, Thursday, 8 August 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
"gently flavored food"
― goole, Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
you know...it was objectively bad but I kind of wanted it to be there forever
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
I’m still mourning Cafe Di Napoli tbh.
― suzy, Thursday, 8 August 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
POUR OUT ANOTHER
End of an era: Minneapolis’ last Perkins has closed https://t.co/1QHIdCD5eC pic.twitter.com/75GOuphZIS— City Pages (@citypages) July 27, 2019
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 9 August 2019 06:00 (four years ago) link
Dang. Are there still any Embers open?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 August 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
The Edina Hwy 100/Vernon Perkins of my adolescent memories is spitting distance from Minneapolis and is still open.
― suzy, Friday, 9 August 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
wait what
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 9 August 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
Thinking of how different Perkins locations bring me back to different times.
Burnsville Parkway and 35W: getting toys from the wishing well, swarms of post-church churchgoers if we tried to go on a Sunday.
494 and France: hanging out with the first people I knew online (local-dial-up bulletin boards). Lots of goths. One large group ditched without paying and somehow left me there (maybe I’d gone to the bathroom?).
Riverside and 94: mid-20s, I had written/directed a two-actor play, and we would bring our friends there after the show, in good spirits. And Rocky Horror pre-gaming a decade before that.
And then people-watching at the Embers on Hennepin after First Avenue and whatever.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
I got hired to hostess the Excelsior Boulevard Perkins and quit after the training day because they wanted me to walk in the door, already in uniform. Pay was minimum wage with no share of tips. Even my mom was like, ‘will they be punching you in before you get on the bus in that?
― suzy, Friday, 9 August 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
I'm just gonna leave this here...
http://www.startribune.com/murder-count-dropped-minn-man-gets-3-years-for-wife-s-meth-and-heavy-metal-death-party/537907892/
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Monday, 12 August 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
wow
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 12 August 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
A sheriff’s deputy dispatched to the home late that morning saw “Death Parde God Hell” spray-painted in red on the front screen door
hell yea
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 12 August 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
The last sentence reveal of the song title is just wowAlso... 59 going on 99 my god
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 12 August 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
New jazz album from Twin Cities natives with 394 love:
https://intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/golden-valley-is-now
https://i.ibb.co/Y06vFMP/a4215778093-10.jpg
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
2/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKa8uO2CM0
― goole, Friday, 6 December 2019 02:37 (four years ago) link