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Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival
By Jackie Varriano
Published: August 13, 2008
When I found out it was time once again for the Como Park Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival, I promptly fell off my chair and screamed "Nante subarashii no!" or, "How...
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Macy's Glamorama 2008
By Ben Palosaari
Published: August 13, 2008
It's a rare occasion when binging on tacky '80s pop-culture nostalgia in VH1-sized doses can benefit a good cause. That's why we need Macy's Glamorama. Performing at the...
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Black Blondie
By David Hansen
Published: August 13, 2008
The Triple Rock is a venue that most commonly spells its name with double frame bikes, Black Label vests, and 2-4-1 vomiting marathons. But tonight's line-up, which adventures...
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Minnesota Renaissance Festival
By Ward Rubrecht
Published: August 13, 2008
Olde tyme Europe wasn't a very happy place, what with pestilence, famine, war, and death joyriding around the continent on a pretty regular basis. Luckily, there were also some...
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Bon Iver
By Desiree Weber
Published: August 13, 2008
Bon Iver is indie folk with an extra pinch of forlorn. On For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon's solo debut, the deep ache of past troubles paints an irresistible tableau. Bon...
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Hieroglyphics
By Nate Patrin
Published: August 13, 2008
If the Wu-Tang Clan's form-like-Voltron rap supergroup approach has any equivalent on the left coast, it's probably the Bay Area's eight-man squad Hieroglyphics. And while...
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James Hunter; Chris Isaak
By David Hansen
Published: August 13, 2008
Who says the British Empire has fallen? James Hunter, who follows in Eric Clapton's sandal tracks like a lemming over the cliffs of Dover, is here to prove that perhaps there...
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MOrris Day & the Time
By Jen Paulson
Published: August 13, 2008
For this particular Friday, which just so happens to be this writer's birthday, I can't think of a better way to celebrate than seeing the legendary electrofunk R&B prowess of...
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Joe Bonamassa
By Jen Paulson
Published: August 13, 2008
This modern day bluesman's talents rely heavily on his scorching guitar solos, along with his compellingly strong and unique voice. Incredibly reminiscent of the classic rock...
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Irv Williams Birthday Celebration
By Nate Patrin
Published: August 13, 2008
Earlier this year, local jazz icon and tenor sax specialist Irv Williams released Finality, said to be his last album. Considering it was recorded nearly a year ago and he's...
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News
UFC 87: The fight of Roger Huerta's life
The Minnesotan wasn't just facing Kenny Florian last weekend
By Kevin Hoffman
Published: August 13, 2008
Fighters don't get 401(k) plans. They get cauliflower ears, concussions, and torn ACLs, but no retirement benefits. They have little time to build a nest egg. While there are...
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Blotter
Star Tribune offends internet with race allusion in Obama headline
Local daily gets the headline blues
Published: August 13, 2008
It was supposed to be a harmless little story about pancakes. Last Thursday, Star Tribune reporter Mark Brunswick rushed from the state capitol to the Copper Dome restaurant...
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to "In Plain Sight"
Published: August 13, 2008
His side, her side, and the truth Beth Walton's feature story concerning Holly Collins is bereft of objectivity ("In Plain Sight," 7/30/08). It is nothing more than a...
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Gimme Noise
Paul Westerberg re-emerges
The ex-'Mat releases a new online-only concept album
By Andrea Swensson
Published: August 13, 2008
Of all of the interviews I have ever conducted with musicians in the Twin Cities, I would guess that at least two-thirds of my interviewees attribute some part of their history...
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CD Review
Sick of Sarah
By Ward Rubrecht
Published: August 13, 2008
There's a particular type of strong-voiced punky girl-rock, from Joan Jett to Elastica to Letters to Cleo, that has always made this critic a little weak in the knees. Sick of...
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CD Review
Plagiarists: Literal Scene
By Erik E. Martz
Published: August 13, 2008
Plagiarism, or "borrowing" as it's known in popular music, has a sordid relationship with indie tastemakers who have created a culture of negativity around the tradition....
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5ingles
The Songs We Can't Escape
By Ray Cummings
Published: August 13, 2008
DEERHUNTER"Twilight at Carbon Lake" Brandon Cox is bound and determined to reduce me to quivering Jell-O this year, isn't he? First, that killer Atlas Sound LP; now, this...
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Critics' Picks
Heiroglyphics and more
Published: August 13, 2008
WEDNESDAY 8.13 Hieroglyphics First Avenue If the Wu-Tang Clan's form-like-Voltron rap supergroup approach has any equivalent on the left coast, it's probably the Bay...
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Dish
Liquor titan Phillips Distilling aims top shelf with organic vodka
The Minnesota company wants you to think globally, drink locally
By Rachel Hutton
Published: August 13, 2008
If you recognize the name Phillips Distilling, it's probably because you've seen its dusty bottles of schnapps lining the lower shelves of local liquor stores, or its workhorse...
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À la carte
Too Much of a Good Thing
There's a lot to like at Brickhouse BBQ, but the menu needs focus
By James Norton
Published: August 13, 2008
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Isaiah Berlin cataloged a pantheon of writers and thinkers using this bit of old poetry, but it's also a...
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