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  • Movies

    April 11, 2012

    MSPIFF 2012: Reviews

    Headshot, Unforgivable, Natural Selection, and more

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Odd Future will make their first million on their own terms

    ​Odd Future didn't sign a record deal today but did, according to several reports, take a big step towards some millions. While the details are still hazy, the nature of the "deal" is pretty interesting given that these kids could've gone with literally any label they wanted. Instead they just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Michele Bachmann: The Year In Crazy

    Wingnut of the Year.​Rep. Michele Bachmann took us all on another ride aboard the crazy train this year, questioning the president's patriotism, defending BP, proclaiming herself the queen tea partier -- and winning re-election in the 6th congressional district. Here's a look back.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Conan O'Brien returns with Brett Favre's penis [VIDEO]

    Coco's back, with Brett Favre for a prop.​The Brett Favre crotch shot saga just keeps spreading. Last night, Conan O'Brien couldn't resist getting in his 2 cents during the debut of his new TBS show, "Conan." Having emerged from the ashes of NBC's epic screw-over, first with a summer tour and ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Enbridge Energy could be Minnesota's BP

    Oil company has friends on the PUC

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Louis CK's hilarious words at the State Theatre

    photo via Louis CK's website​Last Friday night comedian and director Louis CK came to the State Theatre for two nearly sold-out shows. Both performances lasted well over an hour, and included new material from the prolific, spot-on curmudgeon.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Les Claypool of Primus talks Metallica, electronica, and hybrid cars

    ​When we first hear that low stiff clang of flesh across four heavy strings, immediately we know - it's slap bass. And once our ears have recognized that distinctive sound, our mind promptly tells us, it must be Primus.

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Foodie alert: Fabian Seafood truck in the Twin Cities today

    www.fabianseafood.comIowans buying Fabian Seafood in the 1980s.​The Fabian Seafood Company of Galveston, Texas (about 300 miles west of the BP spill), is in its 33rd year of driving trucks of fresh seafood--wild-caught Gulf shrimp, blue crab, oysters, and more--to the Twin Cities and selling i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Michele Bachmann fears Walter Mondale's bull's-eye on her back

    ​It's not as if Michele Bachmann actually needs anymore cash; she sits on mountains of greenbacks ready for the good spendin' to keep her congressional seat and personalized studio chair at Fox News. But by golly that Walter Mondale guy has a bull's-eye on her back now. Pelosi too! And don't f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Top 5 worst restaurant names

    Wondering if this was a good restaurant name...​In honor of Thom Pham's recent naming troubles with his new Wondrous Azian Kitchen (formerly "Wanderers Wondrous Azian Kitchen"), we decided to look into the worst-named restaurants, past and present, in the Twin Cities. Add your suggestions in the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Michele Bachmann revives BP, death panel bunk

    ​Up for re-election in November, congresswoman Michele Bachmann must figure it's time to haul out the scare tactics again. Two weeks ago the White House was fomenting socialism and One World Government. Now, we're back to Obama creating death panels with health care reform and opening a politi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Tarryl Clark boasts $2M in bank to throw at Michele Bachmann

    Clark's hauling cash, but Bachmann has become a fund-raising behemoth​Democrat Tarryl Clark almost doubled her fund-raising bottom line in the second quarter of the year compared to the first, raking in $910,000 the last three months, compared to about $500,000 the three previous months. Taken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Jim Oberstar hammers BP for treating us like chumps [VIDEO]

    Screen grab via YouTubeOberstar in action​Rep. Michele Bachmann drew hoots a few weeks ago for warning BP executives not to end up getting fleeced like chumps at the hands of the White House. How dare the president demand -- and get -- BP to create an independent, $2 billion fund to help victi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Gay GOP "Drill, Baby, Drill" condom offers limited protection

    We picked this little gem up at the Log Cabin Republicans booth at Twin Cities Pride over the weekend. It offers protection when used as designed. But we're not sure a thin layer of latex is the answer to BP's toxic plume in the Gulf of Mexico. City PagesThe Log Cabin Republicans handed out condom ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band

    We picked this little gem up at the Log Cabin Republicans booth at Twin Cities Pride over the weekend. It offers protection when used as designed. But we're not sure a thin layer of latex is the answer to BP's toxic plume in the Gulf of Mexico. City PagesThe Log Cabin Republicans handed out condom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Tarryl Clark tars Michele Bachmann as being "in an oily hole"

    Photo: USCG via FlickrMichele Bachmann has been targeted for her reflexive defense of BP, rather than the devastated lives of Gulf Coast residents​Tarryl Clark and the Democrats are hitting Michele Bachmann and other congressional Republicans hard for their odd defense of BP and the toxic filt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Bachmann slams Obama on BP, so we follow the money

    Photo: USCG/FlickrDeepwater Horizon's fiery demise​Rep. Michele Bachmann got her crazy on again this week, lobbing a factually-challenged verbal assault on the president for persuading BP to establish a $20 billion independent escrow account to administer claims against the oil giant for its d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Michele Bachmann wants to protect BP from being "fleeced"

    Boldy defending BP against the ranks of New Orleans' unemployed​Rep. Michele Bachmann, America's Dumbest Congresswoman™, worries that the Gulf oil spill could turn into one big rip-off ... for BP.Bachmann leapt to British Petroleum's fiscal defense at a Heritage Foundation luncheon yesterday, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Gulf seafood: Will the Twin Cities be affected?

    Louisiana oyster worker circa 1938​As BP oil spills on and on into the Gulf, the seafood industry is being especially hard hit. With P & J Oysters in New Orleans--a major supplier, and the oldest plant of its kind in the United States with 134 years in business--shutting its doors, this had us ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Sacred Minnesota loons could meet oily end thanks to BP

    This is a BP pelican. It could be a loon.​Sure, we're sad BP's killing the coastal economy in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida -- and maybe a big chunk of the Eastern seaboard. Yes, we're heartbroken over those images of the flailing brown pelicans. But messin' with our loons? Come on. Now w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty tries to blame Barack Obama for BP debacle

    Screen grab via GMATim Pawlenty talked politics on "Good Morning America"​He got to mix wonk with wisecracks last night on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, but this morning, Gov. Tim Pawlenty put on a necktie and did a little breakfast-time jousting with "Good Morning America" host George St ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Policy and a Pint: Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around

    Screen grab via GMATim Pawlenty talked politics on "Good Morning America"​He got to mix wonk with wisecracks last night on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, but this morning, Gov. Tim Pawlenty put on a necktie and did a little breakfast-time jousting with "Good Morning America" host George St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    BP's oil spill would cover a big chunk of Minnesota

    Via If It Was My HomeSome local context​How big is the oil spill unleashed by the blowout of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico? One way to get a handle on the size of the disaster is to put it in local context. We figured it out (after the jump) with the help of some cool and ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    BP oil spill, Bush's war: Top 10 Epic Bad Calls

    BY CP STAFFThe goat of the week is umpire Jim Joyce, who cost pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game with a blown call at first base. While this will surely go down in history as one of sport's all-time great fuck-ups, Joyce is far from the first person to screw up at a crucial moment.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Keith Olbermann mocks Michele Bachmann on "commandeer" comment

    Michele Bachmann, she of "gangster government" fame, continues to draw national media mocking for insisting that President Barack Obama should have commandeered boats to combat the drill-baby-drill BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. First, Hardball weighed in. Now, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Michele Bachmann calls the U.S. Attorney General a "trial lawyer"

    Maybe time for a civics lesson?​Michele Bachmann invoked the Charge of the Light Brigade, and epic British military failure, as a rallying cry for teabagger victory against health care reform. She flubbed the history of the Slaughter Solution. She got net neutrality exactly backwards. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Michele Bachmann demands gangster president commandeer boats

    ​Rep. Michele Bachmann is happy to tar President Barack Obama as the anti-American leader of a gangster government. But evidently there are times when she's all in favor of a little gangster action -- such as Friday on the floor of the House of Representatives when she accused Obama of havin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Amy Klobuchar wants BP criminal probe after oil spill disaster

    Photo: uscgd8Deepwater Horizon burns and an environmental disaster looms​BP, the oil company staring down the maw of a vast environmental disaster after its Deep Horizon drilling rig blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, may have offered the federal government a bargeload of hogwash when it said it k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Jim Oberstar sets House hearings on BP's Deepwater Horizon debacle

    U.S. Air ForceA U.S. Air Force C130 drops oil-dispersing chemicals on the Gulf of Mexico​BP executives and others are going to get an earful from members of Congress tomorrow, when the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure opens hearings into the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig ... More >>

  • News

    January 9, 2008

    Stumbling into the New Year

    Screw Dick Clark. Let's jump in front of a train and punch a cop!

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    Home for the Holidays with the Hold Steady

    The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

  • News

    May 23, 2007

    A reclusive billionaire tries to resuscitate the Timberwolves' struggling arena

    Can Philip Anschutz lure the likes of Billy Joel and Justin Timberlake back to Minneapolis?

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    Ted’s Excellent Adventure

    Ted Mondale thought he could sweet-talk the 'burbs into building their share of affordable housing-- but Eagan told him to get lost.

  • Restaurants

    October 13, 1999

    A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

    Ted Mondale thought he could sweet-talk the 'burbs into building their share of affordable housing-- but Eagan told him to get lost.

  • Books

    October 13, 1999

    Down at the Depot

    Blight in southwest Minneapolis? According to city officials, you betcha!

  • Restaurants

    July 8, 1998

    Pasta the Way It's Meant To Be

    Blight in southwest Minneapolis? According to city officials, you betcha!

  • News

    July 23, 1997

    The 2-1 Click: A Southwest Side Story

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

  • News

    March 26, 1997

    Those White House Klatsches: Who Went, What They Got

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

  • News

    February 17, 1997

    The New Alaskan Oil Rush

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

  • News

    February 5, 1997

    Shell, Texaco, and the Bonds of Oily Wedlock

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

  • News

    June 19, 1996

    Planet Hollywood, Planet Earth, and Planet Clinton

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

  • News

    May 15, 1996

    The Oil Play

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

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