Minnesota/Minnesotans C or D

OH MY GOD.

Yeah, Kevin is just one of those people that can get things going and those people are always evident, even when the person is working in Platters. He's also notable for not succumbing to that evil bloaty big fish, small pond thing that a lot of old scenesters get in Minneapolis.

haha Dan, I think they're all in storage in Mpls! He's mentioned it a lot, it's like he's taunting me or something.

sorry for all-caps gush but Dan and Suzy feel me I'm sure.

There was another set where he went from some evil-sounding gabber track into "People Everyday" by Arrested Development that was FUCKING AMAZING. I actually saw him do that one live at First Avenue and I've never seen a happier crowd EVER.

haha NO KIDDING! I actually pushed him into doing it--he'd written something for Rain Taxi (another reason to love MN--it's a quarterly, free lit zine) and I'd been asked by City Pages for a show blurb I didn't know anything about but knew Rod did, so I sent them to him: "He writes for Rain Taxi." The rest is history. < /bragging>

If we are going to mention the Foetus and Cheapo, then damn, let's pimp Garage D'or. Folkjourwhateverthefuck wasn't all that great to me, but there was a time there in the late 80s early 90s when it seemed like there was about ten great record stores in that city.

Thanks for reminding me it is the Como Zoo.

As Matos has waxed eloquent before, there is an incredible heritage of great music writers from Minneapolis. It's too bad that the CP is so small--there's not nearly enough room for all the talent.

Where is M@tt He1geson anyway?

pulltabs
walleye
a bunch of dive bars along Hennepin that probably aren't even there anymore
softball in the summertime
the way the road runs along the river down to Winona
the bluffs on the Missippi up there by the West Bank and by Ft. Snelling
the way that planes scrape the roof of your car on approach over there by the Airport

biggest dud ever--
waiting in line to get into a show during February

DUD:
The Vikings-Packers rivalry seeping into EVERYTHING at every possible opportunity
The new Block E entertainment center/pseudomall (except the movie theater, which has nauseating decor but fantastic seating)
Lileks
The Walker Art Center being closed for remodeling until 2016 or some shit like that
Governor Tim Pawlenty
Almost every single movie filmed here not Fargo or Purple Rain (see: Jingle All the Way, Joe Somebody, That Was Then This Is Now, Feeling Minnesota)

Um...I've often gone on the record as saying Minnesota: CLASSIC!

Man I'm missing the T-Wolves right now.

(Nate, I am such a Vikings dork it's unbelievable - season ticket holder for 7 years!)

If we are going to mention the Foetus and Cheapo, then damn, let's pimp Garage D'or

I have such fond memories of Garage D'or...I went there alot when I first moved to Minneapolis from the homeland of Blue Earth, MN (home of the Jolly Green Giant)....the guys that worked there (Terry, John, and Grant) were always super nice and helpful to me the yungun aspiring cornee indie fuc. It was a super great show and they has some really great in-stores back when they were on Nicollet by the Black Forest (another Classic, btw)...Alejandro Escovedo did this really long 10 minute Iggy-by-way-of-LedZep-Kasmir version of I Wanna Be Your Dog...

The Vikes are like the Replacements of the NFL...they are super talented and sometimes brilliant, but they can't execute for shit and always sabotage themselves when they're on the verge of real success!

Oh yeah, Minnesota's CLASSIC it goes without saying. But I'll say it anyway.

also nu-Mpls classic: The Chatterbox - great Atari 2600 friendly pub in Southside!! (good food as well and sometimes good 80s new wave djs)

Also, Ned what's up with your wierd obscure knowledge of Minneapolis trivia? Did you live here or something....you were breaking out like Toolmaster of Brainerd and Magnolias references on the Oliver Wang beef thread...you frighten me!

Cough

buck up there, good buddy!

It's weird...Jerry actually works at a butcher shop near my house...I've been waiting in line and actually seen him do his infamous "thumbs up" move to a co-employee!

god they were cable access gods!

Best thread evah, by the way. Makes me feel good to live here.

CLASSIC:
the international film festival, which just wrapped up
jucy lucys
Pepito's chili con queso to go
finally being able to tic off one of my junior-high "life goals" now that I get to write movie capsules for City Pages
"I'm a bartender and it's fun."

DUD:
the political shift
Block E
Ed Asner on Channel 5 ads
everything about Bell Auditorium except for the movies they play
The I-Beam (Moorhead's gay bar)

The Rainbow is pretty good but my favourite Viet used to be Trieu Chau, where Azia is now. The Lotus (Viet of choice in school) is now unspeakably bad and something about Kinhdo makes me vom, I think it's too many shredded carrots in the spring rolls, so I only eat at the Nicollet Viets anyway. There are a few new Viet/Cambodian/Laotian places I will have to try when I'm back next that looked like they were set up on the ground floor of some of the more housey-shaped retail spaces.

Someone in my immediate family has been a Vikings season-ticket holder since the beginning of the team (my sister holds now, my grandfather had 50 yard-line seats). The first owner, Max Winter, had a daughter in the same year at school as my aunt, so the dance line Max' daughter was in became the Vikings cheerleaders by osmosis. Bleurgh, Parkettes. Feathered hair, lip gloss, dirty looks, struggle to maintain B average for doing nails in class.

I am SO craving Seb Joe's Oreo ice cream it isn't even funny. (haha I used to make cones for them!)

oh my god. I cannot even fucking believe I forgot the classic to end all classics: LITTLE TIJUANA. oh my god. I love love LOVE that place to DEATH.

Rainbow is Taiwanese, actuellement, if that's the place Chris and Matt took me. They have bubble drinks.