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Vampire Weekend and the accelerated speed of cool

Makes No Sense At All captures the visions, ramblings, and memories of Chris Strouth, a Twin Cities-bred master of music, film, and everything else.Vampire Weekend is an anomaly. A band that's as popular amongst the hipsters as it is the straights. It's one of the only bands that works at both Ame ... More >>

In scene reminiscent of Breaking Bad, St. Paul police bust mobile meth lab

In Breaking Bad, Walter and Jesse begin their meth-cooking career by cooking in the back of an RV in New Mexico.The hit show may have inspired copycat cookers right here in the Twin Cities, as St. Paul police yesterday arrested two men suspected of cooking meth in the back of an SUV.Following up on ... More >>

Victoria Jackson: Tea Party princess

From SNL to the rabid right of modern politics

Joe Arwood, U.S. Senate candidate, has $7,000, no chance

Joe Arwood has enough money to buy an old Honda or a new suit.​Joe Arwood is a Republican candidate for Amy Klobuchar's U.S. Senate seat. To describe Arwood as a potential "dark horse" candidate is an insult to both darkness and horses. At this point, it's safe to think of Arwood as a no-hoper.Tha ... More >>

The Beach Boys at Mystic Amphitheater, 7/31/11

Photos by Nikki Miller​The Beach Boys July 31, 2011 Mystic Amphitheater The year is 1993, 30 years after the birth of John Stamos. My best friend Amy and I are sitting in her family's basement rec room, arguing again. Amy is pro-Beach Boys. I'm pro-Beatles. And we're each anti- the other. I ... More >>

53 things you might not know about Prince

A November 1984 issue of City Pages​Devoted Gimme Noise readers already know that we're big fans of Prince around these parts -- we even have an entire wing of our blog roped off for Purple One-related posts. So when we heard today is Prince's 53rd birthday, we jumped at the chance to geek out and ... More >>

Keith Ellison breaks down in tears at Muslim hearings [VIDEO]

Ellison breaks down.​Rep. Keith Ellison spent weeks deriding the congressional hearings that opened today on radical Muslims, orchestrated by Rep. Peter King of New York, as little more than an attempt to spread fear and hatred of a religious minority. When it came his turn to testify and de ... More >>

Seward neighborhood garage sale this weekend

​(Photo by Whistling in the Dark) It's time once again for one of Minneapolis's most epic garage sale. It's going on as we speak and will go through Saturday.

The Ginger Wars: What's with all the redhead hate?

Who you lookin' at?​Redheads make up between one and two percent of the world population. Despite their minority status, most copper-tops have been walking around under the blissful misapprehension that they are accepted and well-integrated into society.But increasingly as of late, redheads have b ... More >>

"Baiting Bambi" receives increased DNR scrutiny

Minnesota cracking down on outlaw hunting practice

Garrison Keillor hates some diesel engines (but not others)

What does the Bard of Lake Wobegon hate? Noisy, dirty diesel engines clogging the pure air and water of a very trippy CGI landscape.

2009 British Television Advertising Awards: Walker preview in pics

The best of Britain's commercials screens again this year at the Walker.

Mischke show notes: Nov. 23, 2009

Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 p.m.- 3:30

RIP Bellanotte

Memorializing Block E's big-pimpin' Bellanotte, including a few choice words from the Strib article's comments section.

The cars of Minnesota Congressional members

Ever wonder what car your Minnesota representative drives? Us too.

Wendy and Lucy a melancholy saga of woman's unraveling financial life

Reichardt's film stars sad pixie heroine Michelle Williams

British Television Advertising Awards

Will the Minn. delegation support the auto bailout?

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler (known as Detroit's Big Three) are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue as the auto industry spu ... More >>

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

Jim Chiles

L.A. Plays Itself

The 'Transformers' premiere party runs out of gas

Shore-to-shore salesmen

Free Will Astrology

The Critic has Left the Building--Oops, She's Back, She Forgot her Keys

Random Minnesota memories and a reluctant farewell

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

The problem with the pro-choice movement

What Makes Budd Run

Let's get our priorities straight, people

We Could Be Heroes

Comic artists Gene Ha and Zander Cannon create a universe where everyone has higher powers

Barnyard School

More than a thousand artists each year compete to find the art of the blue ribbon at the State Fair

Bump and Grind

An urban design trend rattles tempers and suspensions

Welcome to the Jungle

The confounding cinema of Werner Herzog thrusts Western society into the wilds of its own mind

Kids and Chiropractic Healing

An alternative approach to your family's aches, pains, illnesses, and wellbeing

My Three Kids

One mother's journey to large familyhood

Nobody's Perfect

First the lawsuits. Then the bankruptcy, the divorce, the TV exposé, the attorney general's investigation. Before Dr. Harry Johnson knew it, his cosmetic-surgery empire was in ruins.

Window Shopping

Gulp Fiction

Trendspotting

How a Minneapolis consulting trio discovered the "iconogasm," and other tales from the trendspotting business.