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Amy Senser sent flowers to True Thai days before her attorney filed appeal

Almost a year and a half later, Amy Senser still mourns the death of Anousone Phanthavong. She just doesn't think she should be in prison because of it.SEE ALSO:-- Amy Senser had a drinking problem, affairs according to stepdaughter Brittani-- Amy Senser letters of support reveal another side of Amy ... More >>

All Time Low at First Avenue, 10/22/12

All Time Low With The Summer Set, Hit the Lights, The Downtown FictionFirst Avenue, MinneapolisMonday, October 22, 2012In a sea of teenagers pushing amongst themselves, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" comes on between The Summer Set and All Time Low's set, and every voice in First Avenue could be ... More >>

13 gorgeous GIFs from Warped Tour 2012

See Also:Review: Vans Warped Tour at Canterbury Park, 7/8/1215 gorgeous GIFs from River's Edge Music Festival 201210 gorgeous GIFs from Rock the Garden 2012This is Warped Tour 2012 on photo-multiplying steroids, so it's completely legal. Photographer Erik Hess (slideshows here and here) hit Canterbu ... More >>

Leinenkugel family road trip hits the Twin Cities

The Leinenkugel brothers are in town. In fact the whole "famn damily" is here. Led by the current brewery CEO Jake Leinenkugel, a fifth-generation decendant of the founder, they are making a stop in the Twin Cities as part of a months-long, multi-city road trip to visit Leini's top 24 markets. "It's ... More >>

Soundset photos 2012: Performers, people, the evacuation, the after party, and more

The double barrel of Erik Hess and our new intern Erik Blume shot everywhere they could this past Sunday at the 2012 installment of Soundset in Shakopee. The fifth running of the hip-hop festival organized by Rhymesayers Entertainment was an unbelievably hot day that wrapped up with a dramatic thund ... More >>

Soundset battled extreme weather at Canterbury Park, 5/27/12

By Reed Fischer and Ian TraasSoundsetWith Atmosphere, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon, Astronautalis, Big K.R.I.T., and moreCanterbury Park Festival Field, ShakopeeSunday, May 27, 2012Related:Soundset 2012 evacuated amid tornado watchSoundset photos 2012Up until about 7:20 p.m., the fift ... More >>

Soundset 2012 evacuated amid tornado watch

The fifth annual Soundset festival at Canterbury Park Festival Field in Shakopee came to an abrupt halt when a Tornado Watch was announced midway through Lupe Fiasco's performance. Not long after Fiasco made an introduction for the song "The Show Goes On" and showed off a couple of fans' tattoo ... More >>

Truthbetold on Tribe & Big Cats! next record, Soundset strategy

By Mike MaddenRelated:How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalOne of the groups set to make their Soundset debut this year, the duo of the Tribe and Big Cats! was born out of a somewhat unlikely relationship. MC Chris "Truthbetold" Hooks spent parts of his youth in Chicago's south side and began ... More >>

Big K.R.I.T. on country rap, dream cars, and playing Soundset

Related:How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalSoundset 2012 lineup announcedDanny Brown on XXX, almost signing to G-UnitFrom the jump, Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T is full of interesting paradoxes. He represents dirty-south rap with endless country swag that juxtaposes hip-hop's decidedly ... More >>

Bambu on the L.A. riots' 20th anniversary, his Soundset debut

Related:*How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset Festival*Danny Brown on XXX, almost signing to G-Unit*Big K.R.I.T. on country rap, dream cars, and playing SoundsetBy Mike MaddenRealizing Bambu deliberately released his debut album, self untitled..., 10 years after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, it's ... More >>

Danny Brown on XXX, almost signing to G-Unit

​Related:How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalSoundset 2012 lineup announcedDetroit's foul-mouthed rap innovator Danny Brown is several years older than many of his XXL Freshman Class counterparts at age 31, but in many ways his style is fresher than any of them. Last year's free album XXX ... More >>

Soundset 2012 lineup announced, includes Big K.R.I.T.

​ Officially on its fifth year of making the Twin Cities a legitimate festival destination for hip-hop lovers, Soundset will celebrate a handful of years when it returns to Canterbury on Sunday, May 27.

Magic 1530AM trying to bring urban radio back to the Twin Cities

​Click. Record. Click. Stop. Wait. Repeat. That was the custom of most kids my age back in the late eighties to the mid-nineties, sitting on the floor of your bedroom with the boom box resting on your knees and waiting, sometimes hours, for them to play your jam just so you can record it on a blan ... More >>

Face Candy 'Waste Age Teen Land' being released this month

​Seven months after the passing of musician Michael "Eyedea" Larsen, Rhymesayers will be releasing the final studio recordings of the freestyle/improv band Face Candy, which he had founded and been a part of since 2005.

Chilly Billy's brings self-serve frozen yogurt to Dinkytown

Mo PerryOwner Bill Marker brings delicious frozen yogurt to Dinkytown just in time for spring​Just when it seemed that the Dinkydome was doomed to a fate of being the only business center in town to lose more tenants in a year than Block E, construction on the neighboring apartment building r ... More >>

Deborah Lynn Ferrier doing time for failure to urinate

Department of CorrectionsDeborah Lynn Ferrier: the drunk who wouldn't piss.​Deborah Lynn Ferrier thought she could beat the system with an iron bladder. The 42-year-old Ferrier had already been busted for drunk driving five times when she was pulled over May 29, 2009 in Eagan. She blew a 0.184 on ... More >>

Minneapolis declares snow emergency [UPDATE]

Snow. It's back. ​Plan accordingly so you don't have to fish your car out of the impound lot: Minneapolis declared a snow emergency after Friday night's storm. On Saturday, plows cleared snow emergency routes. Day 2 parking rules went into effect at 8 a.m. today, Sunday. Here's a refresher c ... More >>

Canterbury Park: Picking ponies behind the scenes

Another Judd Spicer adventure

Paul Allen on Jeff Dubay, Brett Favre, the Vikings

Play-by-play announcer opens up about his past and future

Shakopee HS principal Jim Murphy caught by Deanna Stanius's legal mess

Screenshot via KSTPSecurity video from Mystic Lake Casino shows Deanna Stanius cashing out some fun tickets​The swamp of legal charges swallowing Deanna Stanius for allegedly ripping off $160,000 from Shakopee High School appear to have sucked in the school's principal, Jim Murphy. The school ... More >>

Tony Hawk throws in with Bemidji skate park boosters

It's one of three projects around the world this year to receive Tony Hawk Foundation's maximum grant of $25,000.

Denny Hecker auction attendees actually paid good money for his crap

So much for a cheap pontoon boat for our escape to the lakes this weekend. Just imagining Hecker laying on it shirtless made us hot.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: April 10-16

Lily, Bird & Kristofferson hit MPLS, Prince begs for cash, Solid Gold headliners & next week's best new releases.

Transgender kids: How young is too young for a sex change?

Delving into the often tumultuous worlds of transgender youth

Jan. 26, 2009: M.anifest, Soundset update, Slipknot, and the Hopefuls

Denny Hecker closes 6 car lots, lays off employees, apologizes

Snot no more

Canterbury Park Fourth of July

Significant weather alert

Shopping Mecca

Celebrating the end of Ramadan at the Mall of America

Hunting Down the Heebie-Jeebies

Gay Witch Abortion’s Skin-Crawlin’, Witch-Birthrate-Declinin’, Hauntin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll

You Wish

Café Maude is hotter than an oven on fire in the center of the sun—so good luck getting in there

Teenage Riot

For a new all-ages scene, rock & roll can't wait

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.

Drawing Dead

Tony Tran and Laura Xiong started out as small-time gamblers. Then they became lovers. And then her husband turned up murdered.

Three Tracks, Echo, and a Bunch of Hungry Teenagers

A short tour of some of the Twin Cities' historic recording studios

Local Music Yearbook '04

We crowd-surfed with R.T. We bar hopped on light rail. And between some of our precious last sucks on a cigarette at the club, we scribbled it all down on a cocktail napkin.

Take Me Out

Two hundred years of history as experienced in Minnesota's bars and restaurants

I Can't Drive 55

A new book uncovers the real story of the aggrieved Indians, earth first!ers, idealists, frauds, anarchists, lost souls, and free spirits who fought against highway 55

Look, Sheryl: No Pictures!

A recommended reading list for people who live in big houses

McChump Change

A day at the track with the P.J. O'Rourke of horseracing

Reflections

The Ring Cycle

Can Twin Cities boxing fight its way back into the fistic spotlight?

Off Beat

The Fist and the Knife

She said she couldn't get away. The prosecutor said she never tried. Now the courts must decide: Did Donna Miller kill her boyfriend in self-defense, or was it murder?

Little Orphan Orchestra

Why the Minnesota Orchestra can't find a summer home

Slugging It Out

Christmas in the Big House

Out of Stillwater's 1,300 or so inmates, 80 attended this year's holiday service, which Chaplain Steve Hokonson calls "pretty good": "You're talking Monday evening. Monday Night Football--there's a little bit of competition there."

Twin Killing

Carl Pohlad's sudden announcement of "serious talks" with a potential buyer is the logical next gambit in the stadium game. But as Minnesota Business Partnership head Duane Benson notes, "It is a little late. He may have wanted to play that card before, g

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