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On playing bass, touring with Prince, and working weekends

Carly Rae Jepsen on meeting Owl City's Adam Young and "Good Time"

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens upAs you may have gathered from this week's cover story, Gimme Noise headed down to Owatonna and met Owl City's Adam Young during one of his rare visits to his hometown. During a conversation at the local Starbucks, Young recalls that the o ... More >>

Jimmy Pardo

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens upAs you may have gathered from this week's cover story, Gimme Noise headed down to Owatonna and met Owl City's Adam Young during one of his rare visits to his hometown. During a conversation at the local Starbucks, Young recalls that the o ... More >>

Wits: Andy Richter

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens upAs you may have gathered from this week's cover story, Gimme Noise headed down to Owatonna and met Owl City's Adam Young during one of his rare visits to his hometown. During a conversation at the local Starbucks, Young recalls that the o ... More >>

The Nerdist Podcast Live

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens upAs you may have gathered from this week's cover story, Gimme Noise headed down to Owatonna and met Owl City's Adam Young during one of his rare visits to his hometown. During a conversation at the local Starbucks, Young recalls that the o ... More >>

Brendon Walsh

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens upAs you may have gathered from this week's cover story, Gimme Noise headed down to Owatonna and met Owl City's Adam Young during one of his rare visits to his hometown. During a conversation at the local Starbucks, Young recalls that the o ... More >>

TJ Miller

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens upAs you may have gathered from this week's cover story, Gimme Noise headed down to Owatonna and met Owl City's Adam Young during one of his rare visits to his hometown. During a conversation at the local Starbucks, Young recalls that the o ... More >>

Jon Dore

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens upAs you may have gathered from this week's cover story, Gimme Noise headed down to Owatonna and met Owl City's Adam Young during one of his rare visits to his hometown. During a conversation at the local Starbucks, Young recalls that the o ... More >>

Summer movie guide 2011

Harry Potter, Cars 2, and more

Prince announces 21-day residency in Los Angeles

​Thursday on the George Lopez Tonight program, Prince announced via a phone call an imminent 21-date residency at the Forum arena in LA, starting next Thursday. Similar to his 'Welcome 2 America' New Jersey/New York mini-residency in December, the show will feature "a whole gang of special guests, ... More >>

Laurie Kilmartin

​Thursday on the George Lopez Tonight program, Prince announced via a phone call an imminent 21-date residency at the Forum arena in LA, starting next Thursday. Similar to his 'Welcome 2 America' New Jersey/New York mini-residency in December, the show will feature "a whole gang of special guests, ... More >>

Angry Birds theme remixed into five amazing covers

​With a cackle and a crash, Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds stormed casual gamers' hearts like a lean-to made of glass, boulders and logs. Rovio, a tiny computer game company in Espoo, Finland, debuted Angry Birds, a mobile phone game, in December 2009. Since then the Birds have become the number # ... More >>

"West Coast" Prince on Conan

"West Coast" Prince makes his debut on Conan.​Conan O'Brien, apparently jealous of Prince's recent appearance on the View, introduced his own version of Minnesota's music icon last night: "West Coast" Prince.But the LA doppleganger isn't nearly as suave as the Purple Yoda from Minnesota--he barrel ... More >>

Fistful of Mercy on Conan tonight, featuring Minneapolis expat Jessy Greene

​Conan O'Brien and the rest of Team Coco launched their new show, Conan, on the TBS network this week to somewhat mixed reviews. Though he's definitely hit the ground running we think it'll take some time to break in the new set, same ol' shtick, with a format that really isn't all that much diffe ... More >>

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 >>

Snickers got smaller--WTF! Halloween less sweet this year due to shrinking candy

Who shrank my Snickers?!​The other day, a fellow City Pages staffer was ranting er, remarking upon the reduced size of the miniature, or "fun size" candy bars in the assorted mix of Halloween treats he'd purchased. "The Three Musketeers, is now like one-and-a-half Musketeers!" he bellowed. I ... More >>

Max Weinberg Big Band

Who shrank my Snickers?!​The other day, a fellow City Pages staffer was ranting er, remarking upon the reduced size of the miniature, or "fun size" candy bars in the assorted mix of Halloween treats he'd purchased. "The Three Musketeers, is now like one-and-a-half Musketeers!" he bellowed. I ... More >>

RIP HellBurgers (Hell's Kitchen Duluth)

Even a burger conversion couldn't save Hell's...​Even though rebranding Hell's Kitchen, Duluth, as HellBurgers gave the Canal Park restaurant a big boost, it wasn't enough to keep the place in business. HellBurgers closed on Sept. 26, three years into a ten year lease. The Duluth News Tribun ... More >>

Top 5 Twin Cities pancakes

Jessica ChapmanThe "flapper" at Colossal Cafe.​It may or may not be National Pancake Day this Sunday, September 26. (The international megachain IHOP has its own National Pancake Day in February where they give them away. Maybe we should flip a pancake to determine which is the "official" one? ... More >>

Lady Gaga vs. Britney Spears: The Twitter Wars

Lady Gaga pronounced herself the "Queen of Twitter" earlier this week when she surpassed Britney Spears' follower count and became one of the most popular social media moguls in the world (even Conan O'Brien tweeted about it). We thought it was high time to compare Gaga and Brit Brit and see who has ... More >>

Max Weinberg Big Band

Lady Gaga pronounced herself the "Queen of Twitter" earlier this week when she surpassed Britney Spears' follower count and became one of the most popular social media moguls in the world (even Conan O'Brien tweeted about it). We thought it was high time to compare Gaga and Brit Brit and see who has ... More >>

Brian Setzer joins Conan on stage for a jam session

​The whole town has been abuzz with Conan O'Brien gossip the past two days, and our favorite bit of CoCo gossip was hearing that local musician and Stray Cat Brian Setzer took the stage for a jam session. Our friends Jake and Mercedes Rudh were at the show, and sent us the above shot of O'Brien an ... More >>

Conan O'Brien's top 10 tweets

Courtesy Conan O'BrienHis Ginger Highness with late-'90s boy band Hanson​King CoCo's in town tonight at the State Theater. How do we know? Well, aside from being omniscient, we also pay attention to his Twitter, which today announced: .bbpBox14197006566 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/127 ... More >>

Conan O'Brien had hotcakes at Hell's Kitchen today

​As Blotter recently reported, Conan O'Brien is in town this week: He'll be performing at an invitation-only fundraiser for Sen. Al Franken this Friday and on stage at the Orpehum the following night for his Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television tour. Around noon, today, O'Brien hi ... More >>

Conan O'Brien

​As Blotter recently reported, Conan O'Brien is in town this week: He'll be performing at an invitation-only fundraiser for Sen. Al Franken this Friday and on stage at the Orpehum the following night for his Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television tour. Around noon, today, O'Brien hi ... More >>

Conan O'Brien joins Al Franken's rubber chicken circuit

Coco's bringing serious funny for a funny senator​It's another sign that once oh-so-serious Sen. Al Franken is lightening up: Conan O'Brien has been booked for an invitation-only Franken fundraiser on May 17 at the Mount Curve Avenue home of Gloria Finley and Robert Levine. The following nigh ... More >>

Max Weinberg 'not gone yet,' Conan's reps say

​Our recent interview with Al Kooper created quite the stir in the entertainment world last week, as he divulged that Max Weinberg was not going to be hired to lead the backing band for Conan O'Brien's new TBS show. Conan's reps have issued a somewhat vague statement countering Kooper's claims, sa ... More >>

Open Wide and Say WTF

A trip to the dentist gets weird in Plymouth

Max Weinberg and Conan O'Brien parting ways

​In Rick Mason's epic interview with longtime music legend Al Kooper (who is being honored at the Dakota this Sunday), Kooper dropped an interesting little tidbit about the future of Conan O'Brien's longtime house band. The band has historically been led by drummer and E Street Band member Max Wei ... More >>

Conan O'Brien coming to the Orpheum Theatre May 18

Are you with Coco?

Jimmy Fallon

Are you with Coco?

Chad Daniels

Are you with Coco?

Conan O'Brien fans rally at U of M (VIDEOS)

A protest took place on Friday night in honor of ousted Late Night host Conan O'Brien, pure passion keeping the small group warm.

Freeloader Friday: Ice sculptures, sex seminars, and a rally for Conan

There's epic amounts of free stuff this weekend.

Norm Macdonald

There's epic amounts of free stuff this weekend.

Talking Volumes: James Ellroy

There's epic amounts of free stuff this weekend.

Behold the Bacon Chocolate Conan O'Brien head!

Conan's reaction: "I've long dreamed of this. But I never thought I'd see it happen."

Powerpoint penis, Conan O'Brien's publicity stunt, and more

Blotter spotlights the week's notably weird happenings

Heart breaking: Conan won't visit Minn. State Fair

Now we all know this was just Conan's lame publicity stunt meant only to break our Fair-loving hearts

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Now we all know this was just Conan's lame publicity stunt meant only to break our Fair-loving hearts

Minnesotans Represent on Conan Tonight

Now we all know this was just Conan's lame publicity stunt meant only to break our Fair-loving hearts

Senator Craig wants a "Minnesota milkshake"

Now we all know this was just Conan's lame publicity stunt meant only to break our Fair-loving hearts

Local Music Yearbook '06

Prince went to Vegas. Smokers went to Maplewood. Tapes 'N Tapes went to the moon. And sometime after the last zombie dance party got busted, we wrote it all down for you.

3/23: Morning Communique

Prince went to Vegas. Smokers went to Maplewood. Tapes 'N Tapes went to the moon. And sometime after the last zombie dance party got busted, we wrote it all down for you.

1/20: Morning Communique

Prince went to Vegas. Smokers went to Maplewood. Tapes 'N Tapes went to the moon. And sometime after the last zombie dance party got busted, we wrote it all down for you.

In Da Club: Ustad Rashid Khan at the OEC Auditorium

Britt Robson on a recent performance by Usted Rashid Khan, considered one of the world's foremost Hindustani vocalists

6/24: Morning Communique

Britt Robson on a recent performance by Usted Rashid Khan, considered one of the world's foremost Hindustani vocalists

Geeks of America, Hail Your King

The growing pains of Conan O'Brien

Body-Slam Cinema

Grappling with Stardom: Michael Rapaport is the heavy in The Naked Man.