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Anthony Jeselnik

Kyle Matteson: From More Cowbell to Ten Atoms

Photo by Margaret Andrews​If you've been following Twin Cities music over the past several years, the phrase "more cowbell" means more than Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell acting ridiculous. Blogger Kyle Matteson started More Cowbell with humble intentions: sharing the music he loved with his ... More >>

Al Franken lets the cowbell rip on video

The Pine City Elementary School Band leader Brad Mariska had a fever on Thursday, and the only prescription was more cowbell. Sen. Al Franken was happy to oblige. Why? Paying homage to an old Saturday Night Live skit. Here's the cowbell clip: Here's a few seconds of Christopher Walken in the cla ... More >>

Tapes 'n Tapes prove they're the home team to root for

The hometown indie rockstars played to a sold-out crowd at First Avenue Friday night.

My Top 20 music videos of all time

The hometown indie rockstars played to a sold-out crowd at First Avenue Friday night.

Film Highlight: Romance & Cigarettes

The hometown indie rockstars played to a sold-out crowd at First Avenue Friday night.

Ordinary 'Rendition'

It's Not Torture, but This Latest Mideast Thriller's As Conventional As They Come

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Not So Hot...

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Top 10 Films of 2005 (plus many more)

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Air conditioning helps as sequels and remakes compete for your summer movie dollar

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Best New Bands Poll

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The Jack Brass Band at the Cabooze

Local brass band gets Midwesterners to forget what it means to miss New Orleans

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Local brass band gets Midwesterners to forget what it means to miss New Orleans

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Local brass band gets Midwesterners to forget what it means to miss New Orleans

Spike and Sofia on the Skids?

Opposite aesthetics would seem to spell splitsville for indie cinema's power couple

Drag Net

Spielberg somehow manages to turn a Scorsese-esque crime picture into a Capraesque butterball

What a Feeling

An Oak Street retrospective pulls us back to the flashy days of Eighties cinema

Meta Mush

In America's Sweethearts, stars play stars playing stars--and so what?

Cult of Personality

A fond look back at Blue Öyster Cult's hits and misses

Losing Our Heads

Once again, director Tim Burton messes with reason and pledges allegiance to fantasy in Sleepy Hollow

King Leary

Thug life: Denis Leary strikes an exposé.

Downsized Discontent

Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts caretake our paranoia in Conspiracy Theory.

Shrug-Of-War

Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts caretake our paranoia in Conspiracy Theory.