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Bob Stinson

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete list

    ​Related:Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.Minnesotans need to remember to exhale sometimes -- especially fresh on the heels of being ranked as the number two music scene in the country. Shouldn't it be enough to simply enjoy a rich history of quality musicians blossoming from f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #10-1

    ​Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #20-11Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.10. Babes in ToylandOrigin: Minneapolis | Active: 1987-2001 | Songs: "Bruise Violet" and "Sweet 69"  Kat Bjelland is one of the nastiest female vocalists, period. Although the woman who adeptl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Wilco's John Stirratt talks about the band's Minnesotan ties

    ​"It's alright," Jeff Tweedy sings on "I Might," the boisterous lead single from Wilco's latest record, The Whole Love. "I've done a lot of crawling around outside, and I heard it's alright."

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Replacements Archives: Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash

    ​Following last Friday's yearly tribute to the Replacements at First Ave--this year's headline featured a star-studded performance of the Replacements' debut album, Sorry Ma, I Forgot To Take Out The Trash--we thought it would be interesting to dig through the CityPages archives and look at some o ... More >>

  • Movies

    November 23, 2011

    Color Me Obsessed: A Film about The Replacements

    Except with no Replacements music

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene

    Here's a not-so-secret fact about Minnesota music: People love to talk about how much they love the scene here. Musicians from both out-of-state and the Twin Cities have gone out of their way to pen odes to our town and its vibrant community, from Atmosphere to Lucinda Williams Tom Waits to Mark Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Paul Metzger, Freddy Votel, and Adam Linz reunite as T.V.B.C. this Thursday at the Loring

    T.V.B.C in 2011: Freddy Votel, Adam Linz, Paul Metzger​There are really just two types of music people in the Twin Cities.There are those that undyingly love the band T.V.B.C. completely with every essence and fiber of their soul after first hearing the band sometime since they started back in 198 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Jessica Hopper talks about growing up in Minneapolis

    ​Jessica Hopper is a freelance music writer whose work appears regularly with the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, This American Life, and her iTunes podcast Hit It or Quit It. Though she is currently a Chicago resident, Hopper grew up in the Twin Cities and the local music scene played a h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Soul Asylum at First Avenue, 12/17/10

    Photos by Nick Wosika​Soul AsylumDecember 17, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisIt felt like the early '90s at First Avenue again, as a packed crowd awaited the highly anticipated first show by Soul Asylum at the venue since last December. Mysterious percussion and tool noises came from behind the scre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    A Tribute to the Replacements, 11/26/10

    Photos by Erik Hess​A Tribute to the Replacements' TimNovember 26, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisReported with special help from Robyn LewisNow in its third installment, the Thanksgiving weekend tradition of reveling in the songs of the Replacements has grown into a gigantic local music event, the ... More >>

  • News

    November 28, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    Photos by Erik Hess​A Tribute to the Replacements' TimNovember 26, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisReported with special help from Robyn LewisNow in its third installment, the Thanksgiving weekend tradition of reveling in the songs of the Replacements has grown into a gigantic local music event, the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 14, 2007

    The Shouting's Over, Too

    An oral history of the Replacements captures the '80s music scene but can't get a handle on the band

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    Seen Your Video

    Rick Fuller turns his back on MTV to preserve the history of the local music scene.

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2005

    "There's a risk of becoming the 50-year-old Fonzie."

    Rick Fuller turns his back on MTV to preserve the history of the local music scene.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits

    The greatest Minnesota-made records of all time

  • Columns

    March 30, 2005

    Stupid Little Club

    What song do you play to end a 10-year gig?

  • Music

    December 22, 2004

    Popcycle: Welcome to the World

    What song do you play to end a 10-year gig?

  • Music

    December 24, 2003

    Old School

    Sweatin' to the local oldies with our favorite reissues

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    Meet The Bartenders

    Sweatin' to the local oldies with our favorite reissues

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    The Drinking Life

    When your soul feels as cold as a frozen burrito in January

  • Music

    December 25, 2002

    Have Yourself a Strange Little Christmas

    Snow in Africa, thieving Santa, and porn under the tree

  • Music

    July 24, 2002

    Mad Professor

    The dean of local rock writers, Jim Walsh, goes back to school

  • Arts

    September 5, 2001

    This is Hardcore

    It made less history than '77 punk. It sold fewer records than Nirvana. But the suburban rebellion of Eighties America found its own potent way to say no.

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Young Spuds in a Longhorn Daze

    It made less history than '77 punk. It sold fewer records than Nirvana. But the suburban rebellion of Eighties America found its own potent way to say no.

  • News

    July 23, 1997

    The Bar at the Edge of the World

    Four years ago Lee's Liquor Lounge was just another dying neighborhood bar. Then this guy Nate calls the owner, Louie, and the place turns into--well, no one is quite sure what. But there's nowhere else like it.

  • News

    June 5, 1996

    Memories

    Four years ago Lee's Liquor Lounge was just another dying neighborhood bar. Then this guy Nate calls the owner, Louie, and the place turns into--well, no one is quite sure what. But there's nowhere else like it.

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