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December 20, 2012Country music is a genre of dysfunction -- between the drinkin' and the cheatin', the relentless (and borderline creepy) adoration of one's "mama" and the occasional stint in the can. And yet, for as much as country artists love singing about the holidays, these themes rarely creep into country Chri ... More >>
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December 19, 2012Each December, you can bet your bough of holly that if a retail space has a PA system, it will pause its cheaply licensed Muzak in favor of Christmas' more expensive, but consumer-enabling, catalogue. Radio stations will cease regular programming for weeks, often witnessing an increase in listenersh ... More >>
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December 19, 2012Each December, you can bet your bough of holly that if a retail space has a PA system, it will pause its cheaply licensed Muzak in favor of Christmas' more expensive, but consumer-enabling, catalogue. Radio stations will cease regular programming for weeks, often witnessing an increase in listenersh ... More >>
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December 19, 2012Each December, you can bet your bough of holly that if a retail space has a PA system, it will pause its cheaply licensed Muzak in favor of Christmas' more expensive, but consumer-enabling, catalogue. Radio stations will cease regular programming for weeks, often witnessing an increase in listenersh ... More >>
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December 19, 2012Each December, you can bet your bough of holly that if a retail space has a PA system, it will pause its cheaply licensed Muzak in favor of Christmas' more expensive, but consumer-enabling, catalogue. Radio stations will cease regular programming for weeks, often witnessing an increase in listenersh ... More >>
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December 12, 2012Each December, you can bet your bough of holly that if a retail space has a PA system, it will pause its cheaply licensed Muzak in favor of Christmas' more expensive, but consumer-enabling, catalogue. Radio stations will cease regular programming for weeks, often witnessing an increase in listenersh ... More >>
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December 7, 2012It's been an incredible 12 months for Mac Lethal. After the dual explosion of his pancake-rap video and his popular Texts From Bennett Tumblr -- a collection of hilarious texts from his 17-year-old wanna-be gangsta cousin -- he's become one of the most creatively in-demand stars to ever emerge from ... More >>
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November 28, 2012Christmas: Impossible and Christmas of Swing fall on two ends of the holiday-show spectrum
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November 21, 2012Christmas: Impossible and Christmas of Swing fall on two ends of the holiday-show spectrum
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December 22, 2011Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>
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December 21, 2011Jewbilee! is a highly entertaining holiday alternative to Christmas Eve for Jewish people and non-Jewish alike. This new "holiday" began seven years ago when local multi-faceted creative artist/musician/DJ/journalist Danny Sigelman, living in Austin, Texas at the time, was inspired to create some ... More >>
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December 21, 2011Matt GrommesThis Christmas is the worst.Still dreaming of a white Christmas? A crisp sleigh ride over the river and through the woods to grandma's?
Well, according to the weather experts at the Department of Natural Resources, we can all forget it.
"Basically, it would take a Christmas miracle ... More >>
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December 21, 2011Matt GrommesThis Christmas is the worst.Still dreaming of a white Christmas? A crisp sleigh ride over the river and through the woods to grandma's?
Well, according to the weather experts at the Department of Natural Resources, we can all forget it.
"Basically, it would take a Christmas miracle ... More >>
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December 21, 2011Matt GrommesThis Christmas is the worst.Still dreaming of a white Christmas? A crisp sleigh ride over the river and through the woods to grandma's?
Well, according to the weather experts at the Department of Natural Resources, we can all forget it.
"Basically, it would take a Christmas miracle ... More >>
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December 14, 2011Matt GrommesThis Christmas is the worst.Still dreaming of a white Christmas? A crisp sleigh ride over the river and through the woods to grandma's?
Well, according to the weather experts at the Department of Natural Resources, we can all forget it.
"Basically, it would take a Christmas miracle ... More >>
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December 2, 2011If you've tuned into the Current at all this week, there's a good chance you've heard about this weekend's back-to-back New Standards Holiday Shows at the Fitzgerald Theater, the group's annual star-studded performances of jazz-inspired covers and holiday sing-alongs. This year, in honor of their ... More >>
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November 16, 2011If you've tuned into the Current at all this week, there's a good chance you've heard about this weekend's back-to-back New Standards Holiday Shows at the Fitzgerald Theater, the group's annual star-studded performances of jazz-inspired covers and holiday sing-alongs. This year, in honor of their ... More >>
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November 2, 2011These bears will destroy a pumpkin, or each other, or you, if you want.Okay, so Halloween is, way, way, over now. If you haven't already bought your Thanksgiving turkey and hung all of your Christmas decorations, you are totally behind and kind of an embarrassment to the neighborhood. But, for yo ... More >>
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December 23, 2010The other day, we received a message from the guys in Rockford Mules.
...we ended up writing a Christmas song sorta by accident, and we really like the way it turned out, and then we recorded it, and then we had an idea for a video, and then we put that video on youtube. I think the theme i ... More >>
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December 20, 2010Some brandy with your Alexander? The Twin Cities are alive with holiday festivities. Learn the ABCs of beer, trade in the roast beast for General Tao's tofu, and sip on brandy and cognac this Week in Food.
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December 17, 20105th Ave. TheaterDreamboat in a dreamcoat, Anthony FedorovIt's just one week until Christmas Eve and if you're like the Hot Dish you're still scrambling around trying to find just the right presents for family and friends. And then there are all those holiday shindigs, finding the perfect ugly swe ... More >>
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December 16, 2010 Kikugawa and Seven are two places you can get your sushi fix on Christmas Day.We know that most of the world grinds to a well-deserved halt on Christmas Day--shops close, the mail stops, and everyone cuddles up by the fireplace and plays Scrabble while snow gently falls outside and Bing Cros ... More >>
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December 16, 2010It's always fun digging through the onslaught of mail around the holiday season, especially when we get creative Christmas cards from local bands. Our favorite card to arrive so far this season came courtesy of satanic surf-rock band Lusurfer (who we profiled in City Pages last year), who donned ... More >>
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December 15, 2010So: are you feeling the fear yet, as the days slip by with a greater rapidity and your gift-shopping list becomes longer? Got the shakes? Struggling to find some temporal real-estate this weekend to sneak out and do your fake-Santa duties dirt cheap? Gimme Noise is, too. Remember back when you we ... More >>
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December 7, 2010You? You're still parking in the dark recesses of underlighted mall garages, so we're still racking our brains for Christmas pop to get you through. No need to thank Gimme Noise; that's what we're here for, after all.(Rock out to parts one, two, and three.)
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December 6, 2010Nope, the season's not over yet. There are trees left to trim, stockings left to stuff, decorations still to be hung with care, and because you're a big baller/shot caller - are you kidding, of course you are - it's downright imperative that you figure out where to score one of those humongous gi ... More >>
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November 30, 2010Abercrombie & Fitch hoodies for the nieces? Rugby shirts for the nephew? Teddy Kennedy book-on-tape for Dad, calypso super hits re-ish for Mom, Twilight Blu-Ray discs for the significant other? Is this your life, diligent not-early-but-not-really-late Christmas shopper? Sticking to a list ful ... More >>
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November 24, 2010Abercrombie & Fitch hoodies for the nieces? Rugby shirts for the nephew? Teddy Kennedy book-on-tape for Dad, calypso super hits re-ish for Mom, Twilight Blu-Ray discs for the significant other? Is this your life, diligent not-early-but-not-really-late Christmas shopper? Sticking to a list ful ... More >>
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December 23, 2009A jam-packed lineup to keep you sane over the holiday weekend.
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December 18, 200912 cocktails from La Belle Vie sure to warm even the most holiday-hatin' heart.
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December 17, 2009Some holiday candies just don't belong. Here's our Top 5.
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December 16, 2009Some holiday candies just don't belong. Here's our Top 5.
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December 16, 2009Some holiday candies just don't belong. Here's our Top 5.
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December 9, 2009Some holiday candies just don't belong. Here's our Top 5.
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December 4, 2009December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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December 24, 2008December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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December 24, 2008December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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December 24, 2008December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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December 17, 2008December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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November 26, 2008December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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November 26, 2008December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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November 26, 2008December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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December 26, 2007December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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December 19, 2007December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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December 1, 1998December is the month your wallet gets hungry. You wont have to feed it at these events.
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