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Zombie Pub Crawls breaks world record

The organizers of Zombie Pub Crawl have officially broken into the record books. Earlier this week, one of the event's founders received an email from Guinness announcing they set the new world record for "Largest Gathering of Zombies," with 8,027 at Midway Stadium in St. Paul before the October 13 ... More >>

Zombie Pub Crawl

Fergus Falls mental hospital faces demolition, receives group hug [PHOTO]

The empty state mental hospital in Fergus Falls, a sprawling castle-like building, is in danger of demolition unless a developer is found by December 14. So the building's advocates, who call themselves Friends of the Kirkbride, gathered around the six-block-long building Saturday in a group hug to ... More >>

Booya! Palooza

Zombie Pub Crawl 2011: Music set times

​What do we want? BRAINS! When do we want 'em? .....BRAINS!That's right, the time is nigh for throngs of eager young partiers to don their rattiest zombie apparel for the 7th annual Zombie Pub Crawl, which for the first time this year will expand to cover both St. Paul's Lowertown neighborhood and ... More >>

Zombie Pub Crawl VII: A Terror of Two Cities

2 Live Crew, Andrew WK playing Zombie Pub Crawl as it expands into St. Paul

2 Live Crew are one of the headliners at this year's ZPC​Anyone who tried to set foot on the West Bank last year during Zombie Pub Crawl can tell you that the once modestly sized bar crawl has gotten a bit too big for its britches. What started as a 150-person tour of Northeast bars later moved to ... More >>

Golden GRRRLS: A Night of 100 Drag Performers

Twister's greatest moments in pop culture

​Since its inception as an advertising gimmick for a shoe wax company, Twister has come a long way. Almost 50 years later, it's been played by 65 million people, and everyone from Johnny Carson to Keanu Reeves to Taylor Swift has been tied in knots on its colorful game board. Here are some of the ... More >>

10 most popular Blotter stories of 2010

Paragon/TeabonicsKeeping us infromed.​A lot of stories fly across our radar here at The Blotter on any given day. We never know what's coming next, and we're never really sure what readers are going to latch onto -- with a few notable exceptions. With that in mind, here's our Top 10 list of ... More >>

Minnesota Wild break Movember records: Photo of the day

There's a moustache down there, somewhere.​The Minnesota Wild broke two records in November, and they didn't have to raise a stick for either of them. The Wild raised $28,270 through donations and ticket sales during Movember, an annual charity event that encourages men to grow mustaches to r ... More >>

Kanye West flips cocktail party guest list into overloaded, blah single

​If there's a Guinness record for "most pop artists performing on a pop single," it's probably held by "We Are The World" or its lame-ass sequel from earlier this year. But "All of the Lights" - the fourth single from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - boasts a longer and more random guest list t ... More >>

House legend Paul Johnson to play Record Room

​Every facet of popular music has legends, figures that shaped the landscape of a particular genre; rock has Jagger and Lennon, country has Williams and Cash, hip hop has Blow and KRS-1.  But, in terms of dance music, it's harder to identify the cornerstones.  Penchants for anonymity, mu ... More >>

Top ten memorable celebrity twins

​This weekend twins, triplets, quads, and their families will make a pilgrimage to Twinsburg, Ohio for the Twins Days Festival. In deference to this celebration of multiples, we've put together a list of some of the most memorable twins. Some are famous because they're beautiful, others for th ... More >>

Minnesota's Igor Vovkovinskiy is tallest man in U.S.

Igor dwarfs First Lady Michele Obama at a photo op​Life around us shorter folks must be a bit of an ordeal for Rochester's Igor Vovkovinskiy. Ducking through doorways, folding into cars, finding clothes that fit and pointing the shower head up, not down. But, owing to the fact he's 7 feet 8.33 ... More >>

Mark Mallman's top six most memorable stunts

Yes, including that time he played in a refrigerator box for 10 hours.

Mischke show notes: Aug. 6, 2009

Join the conversation with TD Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 p.m.- 4p.m.

Minnesota's Avatan nudist club sets skinny-dipping record

Erotic Specialist Patrick Strait makes history with 222 nakeds

SpongeBob inspires world's largest cupcake at Mall of America

Pigs are celebrating SpongeBob's birthday in style. A local company awards the world's largest cupcake to a farm.

Minnesota's embarrassing world record: Longest ATV parade

The All-Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota broke the Guinness World Record for Longest ATV Parade this weekend. The parade totaled 1,632 ATVs in Silver Bay.

Chilly Gonzales to attempt world's longest concert

Somewhere, Mark Mallman just spat out his soup.

Edina Bike Parade

Mischke show notes: May 7, 2009

Join the conversation with TD Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 p.m.- 4p.m.

Shout House bartender smashes Guinness World Record

Should House Dueling Pianos' bar manager, Chris Raph shattered the Guinness World Record for fastest bartender Thursday night with a list of 662 cocktails poured in 60 minutes.

Shout House bartender poised to break Guinness record

Watch Chris Raph attempt to break the current world record for most cocktails prepared in 60 minutes--tonight!

Shout House bartender going for Guinness World Record Thursday

Want to be part of a new Guinness Book of World Records attempt? Head over to Shout House Thursday night as bartender Chris Raph tried to take the world record for most cocktails prepared in 60 minutes.

Tallest Man on Earth

The Gaslight Anthem, the Ting Tings, and more

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Hey! The fastest banjo player in the world lives here!

And we couldn't be more proud ... even if he isn't a native.

University of Minnesota breaks flu shot record

Local Guitar Hero Chris Chike makes New York Times

Local Guitar Hero signed to endorsement deal

Free Will Astrology

C.J. scolded by editor after mocking conjoined twins in gossip column

Breakfast of Champions 4/2: Electronic bread, digital circuses

The Greatest Guitar Hero of Them All

Chris Chike, a.k.a. IamChris4life, is the Jimi Hendrix of the plastic ax

Paging Freaks

Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records.

Reporter's Notebook: The Greatest Guitar Hero Player of Them All

Twist and Create: Intermedia Arts' record-setting lovefest

God Bows to Math: The Human Calculator Speaks

7/24 Morning Communiqué

Get Inside—It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

The Tables Have Turned

Meet Janek Schaefer, master manipulator of the wheels of steel

Birds Gone Wild

From the great outdoors to your oven

Joint Account

The Polish brothers claim an intimate connection to the story of Twin Falls Idaho

The Once and Future King

The Book Scout

No job? No personal hygiene? No permanent address? No problem. Today's rare-book trade is the sort of wild treasure hunt that can transform an ordinary hobbyist into a full-time bottom feeder.