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Oklahoma City

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2012

    Gwar replace Cory "Flattus Maximus" Smoot, tour dates include First Avenue return

    Within the realm of fluid-enhanced metal, the overwhelming live presence of Gwar is unrivaled. And thus, it was a sad day indeed when guitarist Cory Smoot, who portrayed Flattus Maximus in the band, was found dead in the band's tour bus after they left their Minneapolis show at First Avenue (picture ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2012

    Archers Of Loaf's Matt Gentling on cult status, the reunion, and witnessing a stabbing on the road

    Archers of Loaf are the very definition of the '90s stalwart alt-rock band. They toiled in relative obscurity while many of their contemporaries made it big and ruled the airwaves for a good decade or so. Those who knew them loved them like a small child loves a puppy: with a bursting-at-the-seams e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    MSP is the healthiest metro in country, says American College of Sports Medicine

    Twin Citians defended our championship as the most healthy and fit metro in the land, says the American College of Sports Medicine in its 2012 American Fitness Index.Researchers examined dozens of "personal" and "community" health indicators, including diet, exercise, smoking, chronic disease rates, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Marilyn Manson's U.S. tour dates unveiled, show at the Brick in May

    ​The mysterious Marilyn Manson has emerged with a fresh U.S. tour in support of the forthcoming eighth album, Born Villain. This is the first Minneapolis show for the band since 2009's stop at the State Theatre. It also adds to the slate of concerts that includes the Shins, Jane's Addiction, and I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Doomtree release "Bangarang" video before starting enormous U.S. tour

    ​As the Doomtree crew are all getting psyched for their sprawling 2-month-long U.S. tour which starts tomorrow night, they dropped a lighthearted, no-frills video for "Bangarang," one of the most rousing tracks on their recent No Kings album. The clip features all the members of the Doomtree colle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Craig Finn's debut solo album 'Clear Heart Full Eyes' is streaming in advance of its release date

    ​Thankfully, Clear Heart Full Eyes, the debut solo album from the Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn, doesn't signify a fracture between him and his regular bandmates. It just represents a temporary musical diversion for Finn from the wild, late-night hi-jinks that are prominently featured in his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Craig Finn solo tour coming to the Triple Rock on February 4

    Photo by Stacy Schwartz​With a release date pinned down for his first solo album (due out January 24), Craig Finn is embarking on a short solo tour this winter -- including a stop in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock on February 4.

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Circle Pines is 3rd most perfect suburb in the nation

    Circle Pines, seen here, is more perfect than all but two suburbs.​Circle Pines has 5,047 people living in it, and one new reason to be proud of itself: It's the third "most perfect" suburb in the United States. That's according to CNBC, which put out a list of the top 10 desirous city-adjacent to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Minneapolis-St. Paul volunteers more than any other city in the country

    We win, Portland -- take that!​Minneapolis-St. Paul officially volunteers more than any other city in the country. We should all rejoice in how charitable we are -- or at least, how charitable some of us are, making up for the rest of us who didn't do a damn thing. Still, 37 percent of Twin Cities ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Twin Cities among America's most active

    We'll do anything for exercise. We'll even run in Snowmageddon.​The Twin Cities may not be home to the most exercise junkies in the country. That title goes to Seattle. Nor do we habour the greatest number of layabouts. Lexington takes the cake there. But according to Men's Health magazine, M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Twin Cities are fittest in America

    Lake of the Isles runners plow through Snowmageddon.​The day the blizzard deflated the Metrodome, there were runners slogging their way around Lake of the Isles. The day the tornado ripped through north Minneapolis, there were cyclists zipping along the Greenway. Is it any wonder we took the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Lingerie Football League coming to Minneapolis

    LFLGirls in garters are headed for the Target Center.​Last night, it was announced that a controversial sports league has inked a deal with Target Center and Minneapolis is the lucky 11th burg to win a franchise. That's right, the Lingerie Football League is here. "We truly understand the shee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Twin Cities job market named among best in U.S. by Forbes

    Andrew CiscelFind work here.​The headlines never seem to let up about the crappy American economy, and how tough it is to find a job. But Forbes is out with a new list today that says Minneapolis and St. Paul have the fourth-best job market of any major city in the country. The best was Wash ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Michele Bachmann shoots from the lip: A timeline of the congresswoman's incendiary statements

    ​Rep. Gabrielle Giffords barely survived a massacre in Tucson on Saturday, after gunman Jared Lee Loughner opened fire on her and a crowd of supporters and staff. Six people died in the attack, including a judge and a 9-year-old girl. Many more were injured. And now there have been calls for ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    Mike Brody

    ​Rep. Gabrielle Giffords barely survived a massacre in Tucson on Saturday, after gunman Jared Lee Loughner opened fire on her and a crowd of supporters and staff. Six people died in the attack, including a judge and a 9-year-old girl. Many more were injured. And now there have been calls for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Minneapolis is not the "Manliest City" in America

    Photo: GoldbergGetting our man on​Damn. We're not as manly as Milwaukee, so we'll let you notch one up there, cheese heads. But Minneapolis still broke the Top 20 in Sperling's annual "America's Manliest Cities" survey. The biggest hunk of American manhood can evidently be found in Nashville, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Tom Petters moved to temporary cell in Oklahoma City

    Headed for the federal pen​Tom Petters is headed for the Big House. The one-time high-flying millionaire sentenced to 50 years behind bars for orchestrating a $3.7 million Ponzi scheme is cooling his heels in the Federal Transfer Center at Will Rogers airport in Oklahoma City. Next stop is a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Minneapolis ranks No. 1 for cheap housing

    We love our place on lists, and a new one just out today ranks Minneapolis Number 1 for good housing prices.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Minneapolis-St. Paul ranked 3rd fittest city in America

    Despite being the home of the Jucy Lucy, we're still pretty fit​In all of the United States, only No. 1-ranked Washington, D.C., and No. 2 Boston, Mass., are fitter than the Twin Cities. The rest are flabby, flabbier, flabbiest (we're looking at you, Oklahoma City). That's what the American C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Peter Dziuk charged after McVeigh-like bomb threat

    Photo: banspy​The anniversary of Timothy McVeigh's terrorist attack in Oklahoma City has come and gone without incident, but Peter Dziuk is being held in the Hennepin County jail this morning after being charged with making terroristic threats bearing an erie similarity to McVeigh's plot. The ... More >>

  • Articles

    April 28, 2010

    Drunk and disorderly

    Photo: banspy​The anniversary of Timothy McVeigh's terrorist attack in Oklahoma City has come and gone without incident, but Peter Dziuk is being held in the Hennepin County jail this morning after being charged with making terroristic threats bearing an erie similarity to McVeigh's plot. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Sean Hannity and Michele Bachmann slag Bill Clinton and Betty McCollum

    ​It was open mic night again for Michele Bachmann last night on the Hannity show. The theme: How dare Betty McCollum and Bill Clinton fight back when we tar them and their party as anti-American socialists doing the bidding of a Chicago gangster running the White House? McCollum, you remember ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Betty McCollum hammers Michele Bachmann

    Via WikipediaThe Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building after Timothy McVeigh's act of anti-government terrorism.​U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum raised eyebrows last week when she took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to ask certain unnamed colleagues to cool their overheated right-wing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Betty McCollum calls out extremists ahead of OKC anniversary

    U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum​For a change of pace, we have a Minnesota congresswoman asking her colleagues to calm down and see the nation's affairs with a little perspective: Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum on the House floor Tuesday in support of a resolution marking the 15th anniversary of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Mischke show notes: Jan. 15, 2010

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

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Joe Soucheray calls for racial and religious profiling

    His argument, needless to say, is feeble.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Toby Keith opening restaurant in Minn.?

    Country music singer Toby Keith to open an "I Love This Bar & Grill" restaurant in Minnesota.

  • Calendar

    February 6, 2008

    The Enemy Within: Terror in America 1776-Today

    Country music singer Toby Keith to open an "I Love This Bar & Grill" restaurant in Minnesota.

  • Unknown

    August 15, 2007

    Here are the week's best releases from the pop culture universe

    Country music singer Toby Keith to open an "I Love This Bar & Grill" restaurant in Minnesota.

  • News

    August 8, 2007

    Falling Down

    The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2007

    Sugar Beat

    The I-35W Bridge Collapse Exposes Dangerous Deficiencies in the Nation's Transportation Infrastructure.

  • News

    January 3, 2007

    How Much for the Washington Avenue Bridge?

    The city of Minneapolis, citing budget woes, puts For Sale signs on eight municipal parking ramps

  • Arts

    October 11, 2006

    Where are Scully and Mulder when You Really Need Them?

    Whatever you do, don't look too closely at your motel bedding

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Let Me Finish...

    W in his own words

  • Music

    July 21, 2004

    Of Mohawks and Crack Hos

    The F-Ups conquer the world, stop at Wal-Mart

  • News

    April 23, 2003

    The Other War

    The Bush administration & the end of civil liberties

  • Arts

    November 6, 2002

    Jesus Christ! Superstar!

    Har Mar, caught with his pants down, gets arrested in Oklahoma

  • Movies

    May 29, 2002

    The Worst Cannes Ever?!

    The same old auteurs, profound political films, and baffling Brits

  • Arts

    October 27, 1999

    Fight the Future

    Cloud 9 sexes God, queen, and country; The Tomorrow Project creeps in its petty pace

  • Music

    June 2, 1999

    The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin

    Cloud 9 sexes God, queen, and country; The Tomorrow Project creeps in its petty pace

  • Feature

    February 1, 1999

    Hello Cruel World

    Preparing children for the dark side

  • Movies

    June 24, 1998

    "X" Marks the Cross

    Preparing children for the dark side

  • Feature

    December 3, 1997

    ZINES: Prevailing Winds

    Preparing children for the dark side

  • News

    October 1, 1997

    A Storm On The Prairie

    More than any other group, the Posse Comitatus sounded the call for revolution in farm country.

  • News

    October 1, 1997

    Death and Taxes

    In the murky underground of patriots, tax resisters, and cash-strapped working stiffs, Karl Granse's basement is Law Central. Now he's about to watch his most famous

  • News

    April 30, 1997

    Guv Groupies

    A key hire by the Dayton campaign marks the start of the gubernatorial sweepstakes

  • Books

    March 26, 1997

    Boom, Boom, You're Dead

    A key hire by the Dayton campaign marks the start of the gubernatorial sweepstakes

  • News

    May 1, 1996

    Cease and Resist

    The Wild River Patriots are out to beat the New World Order in Burnett County, Wisconsin.

  • Feature

    December 13, 1995

    Bill of Wrongs

    The terrors of counterterrorism.

  • Feature

    November 1, 1995

    Vanishing Point

    The dirty secret of education reform.

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