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  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Five songs about forgiveness

    Ask yourself: are you over it, or are you going to nurse a grudge? How long are you going to be mad at someone close to you for a perceived sin or sin of omission that ultimately doesn't mean that much? The good news, of course, is that modern pop music has a great deal on hand to fit your mood no m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2012

    Lindsay Lohan disses Minnesota hip-hop radio on Saturday Night Live?

    ​Lindsay Lohan dons a conrnrow wig in a Saturday Night Live skit about a fictional B108 hip-hop radio station based in Shakopee, Minnesota. Alhough it's a concept delivered with plenty of amusing local color -- anyone who remembers waiting expectantly in their youth for school closings to be annou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2012

    Prince & Bon Iver visit Blue Ivy Carter on Saturday Night Live

    Justin "Vernon" Timberlake.​Call this the skit from this weekend's Saturday Night Live that they expected would end up on the blogs. In it, the power couple of Beyonce and Jay-Z are receiving guests to visit their newborn Blue Ivy Carter. Portrayed by various members of the cast, LL Cool J, Nicki ... More >>

  • News

    January 25, 2012

    Victoria Jackson: Tea Party princess

    From SNL to the rabid right of modern politics

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Bon Iver set to play SNL, Justin Vernon starts his own record label

    ​Justin Vernon and Bon Iver had one hell of a year in 2011. Bon Iver's sophomore album is widely considered the best album of the year, the group played well-received, sold-out shows all over the world (including a memorable two-night stand at the Orpheum Theatre), and capped it all off with f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2011

    Britney Spears & Nicki Minaj

    ​Justin Vernon and Bon Iver had one hell of a year in 2011. Bon Iver's sophomore album is widely considered the best album of the year, the group played well-received, sold-out shows all over the world (including a memorable two-night stand at the Orpheum Theatre), and capped it all off with f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Limp Bizkit post album art, track listing, are you kidding me?

    ​So, you know how Jimmy Fallon could never manage to get through a whole Saturday Night Live sketch without cracking a smile, laughing at an inopportune moment, and then inevitably falling into a fit of giggles that would derail the entire script? Yeah, this is going to be sort of like that.

  • Movies

    May 11, 2011

    Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids

    It's written by and starring women but still gets screwed

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2011

    Ralph Harris

    It's written by and starring women but still gets screwed

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Top 5 presidential food favorites

    Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are​Happy snow day and Presidents' Day. Just as the American mosaic is composed of people with different backgrounds and ideas, each of our presidents presents a unique gastronomic portrait. Let's take a look at five presidential food favor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Paul Ryan: Michele Bachmann threw SNL, Jon Stewart off my trail [VIDEO]

    Paul Ryan, right, figures Michele Bachmann helped him look serious.​Tapped to give the official GOP response to President Obama's State of the Union address, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan should have had the nation's undivided attention. Instead, Michele Bachmann decided to freelance with her own Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    'Equality is the prime rib of America' and other surreal political moments in pop music

    ​Lady Gaga proclaimed yesterday that "Equality is the prime rib of America," simultaneously empowering and confusing the hell out of legions of GLBT activists as they rallied against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." While the nation's top socio-political scientists try to decode what Gaga could have possi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2010

    Hannibal Buress

    ​Lady Gaga proclaimed yesterday that "Equality is the prime rib of America," simultaneously empowering and confusing the hell out of legions of GLBT activists as they rallied against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." While the nation's top socio-political scientists try to decode what Gaga could have possi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Spontaneity in televised musical performances, R.I.P.

    ​This won't be an anti-American Idol blog post, but I am taking aim at American Idol; it won't entirely condemn Rihanna, but it will subject Ri-Ri to some tough love. Idol and Rihanna are a mere jumping-off point, because watching the results show Wednesday night made me really confront something ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    Kevin Nealon

    ​This won't be an anti-American Idol blog post, but I am taking aim at American Idol; it won't entirely condemn Rihanna, but it will subject Ri-Ri to some tough love. Idol and Rihanna are a mere jumping-off point, because watching the results show Wednesday night made me really confront something ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Wits: How to Sacrifice Everything for Your Ungrateful Children

    ​This won't be an anti-American Idol blog post, but I am taking aim at American Idol; it won't entirely condemn Rihanna, but it will subject Ri-Ri to some tough love. Idol and Rihanna are a mere jumping-off point, because watching the results show Wednesday night made me really confront something ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Al Franken taps SNL's Seth Meyers for Minneapolis fundraising gig

    The event, at the Carlyle condominium comlplex, will benefit Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee. Tickets are $50.

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2010

    Jason Castro

    The event, at the Carlyle condominium comlplex, will benefit Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee. Tickets are $50.

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2009

    Rob Little

    The event, at the Carlyle condominium comlplex, will benefit Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee. Tickets are $50.

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2009

    Norm Macdonald

    The event, at the Carlyle condominium comlplex, will benefit Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee. Tickets are $50.

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2009

    Ben Gleib

    The event, at the Carlyle condominium comlplex, will benefit Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee. Tickets are $50.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Q&A: Phoenix's Christian Mazzalai

    Chatting with the guitarist from Phoenix in preparation for tonight's sold-out show.

  • Music

    May 13, 2009

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Chatting with the guitarist from Phoenix in preparation for tonight's sold-out show.

  • Restaurants

    April 1, 2009

    St. Paul's Cheeky Monkey deli puts the sandwich front and center

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Tom Davis

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Music

    February 11, 2009

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Music

    October 22, 2008

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Al Franken contributes to SNL, but he's still serious. Seriously.

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Freaky Franken: Weird Al joked about raping Lesley Stahl

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Arts

    May 14, 2008

    A mixed-up and confused Bob Dylan pic tops this week's pop culture picks

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2008

    Kids in the Hall

    Deli succeeds gracefully as an everyday kind of place

  • Music

    April 2, 2008

    5ingles

    The Songs We Can't Escape

  • Calendar

    February 6, 2008

    Tea Leaf Green/Moonalice

    The Songs We Can't Escape

  • Arts

    January 23, 2008

    Culture Jamming

    Dirty pictures top this week's pop culture picks

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    Ike Turner Dies

    Dirty pictures top this week's pop culture picks

  • Movies

    June 6, 2007

    Get Inside—It's Summertime!

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

  • Music

    December 13, 2006

    Spanic Boys: Sunshine

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

  • Unknown

    October 4, 2006

    The Straight Dope®

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

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2006

    6/12: Morning Communique

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

  • Sports

    November 23, 2005

    Use Your Illusion

    TV looks even kookier from the other side of the screen

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2005

    Charles Rocket, 1949-2005

    TV looks even kookier from the other side of the screen

  • Sports

    March 9, 2005

    Geeks of America, Hail Your King

    The growing pains of Conan O'Brien

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    Artists of the Year

    The growing pains of Conan O'Brien

  • Movies

    August 15, 2001

    Body Politics

    The Farrelly Brothers go deeper into humanity in Osmosis Jones

  • Music

    June 20, 2001

    Cult of Personality

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

  • Music

    January 31, 2001

    Big Black

    The outsize personality of balladeer Jack Black means there's more of him to love

  • Arts

    September 23, 1998

    Why We Fight

    Wrestling with the popularity of our most incredible--and most American--sport

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