Smithsonian Institution

Critics' Picks: Robin and Linda Williams, Valet, and more

Mickey Hart Band

Queer in the Twin Cities

Eight important local LGBT leaders

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 >>

The Best & Worst of Frank Gaard

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 >>

Bacteria: It's not just for ground beef anymore

One more thing to worry about or scoff at: Lots of fountain sodas have scary bacteria in them.

MySpace Mix-Up: Dice Gamez

Two randomly chosen words. One Myspace music search. The result? Dice Gamez-- a defunct metal outfit from Medofrd, New York.

Julie & Julia is half of a great movie

Meryl Streep renders Julia Child flesh and blood

Minnesota Mixtape 2008

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

Spam: It's not just for inboxes anymore

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Set the Smith Q&A

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Set the Smith

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Ted Leo and more

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Civicfest

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Dust Bowl Jubilee

Charlie Parr comes out of the garage with album of homestyle blues

5/23 Morning Communiqué

Charlie Parr comes out of the garage with album of homestyle blues

Top 50 CDs from 2006

Charlie Parr comes out of the garage with album of homestyle blues

6/20: Morning Communique

Charlie Parr comes out of the garage with album of homestyle blues

Somebody Stop Saying Amen

Springsteen's latest is a buoyant, uneven affair—not a letter from God or "America"

She Bop

It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

Charlie Parr's New Weird America

Duluth's Charlie Parr plays music for gamblers, bar-fighters, and ordinary eccentrics

Into the Wild

Painter/searcher peels back brain, blobs leak out

Sweet Sixteen

Beautiful (mostly) and all yours, our sneek peek at the 6th Annual 'Sound Unseen'

Water Sliding in New York

From hot dogs to headcheese: A Midwesterner's guide

Trouble in RiverCentre

St. Paul built a new hockey arena for the Wild and a new convention center for the city. Guess which one is losing money?

Baaba Maal: Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)

St. Paul built a new hockey arena for the Wild and a new convention center for the city. Guess which one is losing money?

Pupsicles

Freeze-drying: It's not just for pets anymore

The Conversation

Joe Skelly's cable-access book show argues that the page is mightier than the screen

Aural History

Larry Long overturns the "great man" theory of traditional music, one folk at a time

Bugs Without Borders

For the planet's most voracious insects, Minnesota is just one more pit stop

Man Out of Time

Two albums devoted to Woody Guthrie discover new notes in the people's music. Does the song remain the same?

Confronting the Past

From the high-tech present

The Song Remains the Same

Wok on the mild side: Lotis Key and Soon-Tek Oh star in Theater Mu's tepid take on the American Dream

Year of the Vulture

A Record Year: Our 13 favorite albums for 1997.

Goodbye, Columbus

In two new titles, Winona LaDuke and Jim Northrup weigh tribal rights and wrongs.

Dial Tones

Bang a Gong: Harry Partch on one of his musical contraptions.

Storming 807

Bob Rose's run at empty libraries, boring classes, and the "pampered elite."

Rule of the Bone

After a century of hoarding American Indian remains, scientists are being forced to return their specimens. But the bodies may not go back into the ground without a fight.

Greetings From Canterbury Park

Where the winners are losers and the losers are glue

Bourgeois Blues by Lead Belly & This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie

Where the winners are losers and the losers are glue

Notes on '96

Where the winners are losers and the losers are glue

ESSENTIAL REISSUES/RETROSPECTIVES

Where the winners are losers and the losers are glue

Artists Of The Year

Where the winners are losers and the losers are glue

Contemporary Troubadour

Where the winners are losers and the losers are glue

GENES, DESTINY, AND BIG BROTHER

UM Professor David Lykken has spent his career studying the role of nature and nurture in shaping people. And he believes his research shows the best society would be one in which the state decides who gets to have children.
by Jennifer Vogel

Contemporary Troubadour

UM Professor David Lykken has spent his career studying the role of nature and nurture in shaping people. And he believes his research shows the best society would be one in which the state decides who gets to have children.
by Jennifer Vogel

Make Mine Meat!

UM Professor David Lykken has spent his career studying the role of nature and nurture in shaping people. And he believes his research shows the best society would be one in which the state decides who gets to have children.
by Jennifer Vogel

Record Roundup

UM Professor David Lykken has spent his career studying the role of nature and nurture in shaping people. And he believes his research shows the best society would be one in which the state decides who gets to have children.
by Jennifer Vogel