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Geoff Tate

Igor Vovkovinskiy, America's tallest man, lives in Rochester, can't find shoes

​Being the tallest man in America isn't as fun as you might imagine.'If I were that tall,' you might be thinking, 'I'd surely make a fortune playing basketball.' But it's impossible to play basketball when your feet, clad with ill-fitting shoes, are unable to support 7'8" worth of girth.That's the ... More >>

EMP Pop Conference 2012 hosting Gimme Noise -- not Stephen Colbert

​Stephen Colbert's sardonic commentary on Tuesday night's episode of The Colbert Report provides an excuse to promote an upcoming weekend music event that will be lower on dry rub barbecue and performances by Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, and higher on idiosyncratic music criticism. Yes, the 2012 EMP ... More >>

Michele Bachmann comes out in favor of torture

David Gregory and Michele Bachmann on Meet the Press this weekend. ​Michele Bachmann longs for the good ol' days. You know, back when George W. Bush ran this country, and terms like "health care reform" and "stimulus package" were distant from our everyday vocabularies. Back when a man could ... More >>

The Time morph into the Original 7ven, prepare for CD release

​Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to update our Prince rolodexes.You may remember earlier this year when Prince's offshoot band the Family re-emerged after 25 years off the map as the rebranded fDeluxe, leaving some to wonder if the band had to change their names for legal reasons. (Wait ... More >>

5ingles

​Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to update our Prince rolodexes.You may remember earlier this year when Prince's offshoot band the Family re-emerged after 25 years off the map as the rebranded fDeluxe, leaving some to wonder if the band had to change their names for legal reasons. (Wait ... More >>

Louis Katz

​Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to update our Prince rolodexes.You may remember earlier this year when Prince's offshoot band the Family re-emerged after 25 years off the map as the rebranded fDeluxe, leaving some to wonder if the band had to change their names for legal reasons. (Wait ... More >>

Stephen Colbert hosts Tim Pawlenty's comeback [VIDEO]

Tim Pawlenty, Stephen Colbert: A comedy duo? ​Three weeks after pulling out of his presidential campaign, Tim Pawlenty made a triumphant return to the national stage. Fox News, you presume? Hardly. In a bold move, Pawlenty sat down with Stephen Colbert last night, joining the man who'd so artfully ... More >>

Michele Bachmann hopes for unemployment [VIDEO]

Michele wants a new job, and doesn't care if you lose yours.​In Michele Bachmann's ideal world, there is no porn, and there are no jobs.In an interview with CNBC this morning, Bachmann was asked if her poll numbers might improve as the unemployment rate went up."Well, that could be. Again, I hope ... More >>

Mint Condition perform "Walk On" for Jimmy Fallon

​Bon Iver may be invading every inch of our Twitter feed right now, but Justin Vernon and his band weren't the only area artists to appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon this week. On Monday night, Minneapolis-based R&B group Mint Condition brought their smooth jams and dapper fashion sense t ... More >>

Brock Lesnar on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO]

Brock Lesnar puts Jimmy Fallon in a death clutch.​U of M wrestling standout and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night.Lesnar was on the SNL alum's program to promote the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter that Brock's coaching, along ... More >>

Minnesota takes another hit of bill to legalize bong water

Jaypeg21How much weight you got in that thing?​For more than a year now, Minnesota has enjoyed the distinction of being the only state in the nation where you can get charged for possession of bong water.Now some state legislators, tired of being the butt of national jokes, are trying to change th ... More >>

Jon Stewart takes on Tim Pawlenty and "tyranny" talk

Jon Stewart in full flight.​Jon Stewart said last night on "The Daily Show" that he wanted to "move past Tucson" in his interview with Tim Pawlenty and talk about political rhetoric in general. Why, he asked Pawlenty, do Republicans treat Barack Obama as though he is something fundamentally diff ... More >>

Royal Mutt: the Shady Acres Premiere

Jon Stewart in full flight.​Jon Stewart said last night on "The Daily Show" that he wanted to "move past Tucson" in his interview with Tim Pawlenty and talk about political rhetoric in general. Why, he asked Pawlenty, do Republicans treat Barack Obama as though he is something fundamentally diff ... More >>

Policy and a Pint: The Line Between News and Opinion

Jon Stewart in full flight.​Jon Stewart said last night on "The Daily Show" that he wanted to "move past Tucson" in his interview with Tim Pawlenty and talk about political rhetoric in general. Why, he asked Pawlenty, do Republicans treat Barack Obama as though he is something fundamentally diff ... More >>

Gayngs and Glasser perform for City of Music

Photos by Kevin O'Meara​As we told you about yesterday, MPLS.TV had a special opportunity to hang with Gayngs as they prepared for their tour this week, and we're excited to present a bonus edition of our City of Music series today. The band departs from Eau Claire today for their first show in Mi ... More >>

Louis CK

Photos by Kevin O'Meara​As we told you about yesterday, MPLS.TV had a special opportunity to hang with Gayngs as they prepared for their tour this week, and we're excited to present a bonus edition of our City of Music series today. The band departs from Eau Claire today for their first show in Mi ... More >>

Max Weinberg Big Band

Photos by Kevin O'Meara​As we told you about yesterday, MPLS.TV had a special opportunity to hang with Gayngs as they prepared for their tour this week, and we're excited to present a bonus edition of our City of Music series today. The band departs from Eau Claire today for their first show in Mi ... More >>

Jon Stewart destroys Bachmann on BP

One of these two is a complete idiot.​Even if you don't watch the video, which you totally should, you must at least check out Stewart's rejoinder at the 6:18 mark to Bachmann's claim that "no one was saying that this [oil] fund shouldn't be set up":"You were saying that! Congresswoman Michele Ba ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty booked for "Daily Show" slot

​Minnesotans got over it a long time ago, but Tim Pawlenty keeps reminding us he's breaking up with us, that he's moving on, that he's got a whole nation to woo.Of course, before he can woo the country, our home-grown presidential hopeful has to overcome the problem that nobody knows who he is.

The Hold Steady on the Colbert Report

Further proof that the Hold Steady are awesome: During a 3-minute segment on last night's Colbert Report, Craig Finn managed to squeeze in serious discussions of Catholicism, influences, and rock 'n' roll-as-religion between Colbert's jokes about them looking more like graphic designers than rock st ... More >>

Michele Bachmann says financial reform is fascism

Time for another "ism"​When it comes to delivering the crazy-town incendiary rhetoric, Michele Bachmann doesn't quit. She spent much of the spring spouting the now totally debunked assertion that President Barack Obama had nationalized 51 percent of the U.S. economy.Our pick for Best Villain h ... More >>

Jon Stewart fact checks Michele Bachmann

​ ... And Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity and Fox News in general, bullshitters all. The gleeful evisceration of Bachmann and Palin comes five minutes into the video clip below, as they invoke the name of Ronald Reagan during their Minneapolis love-fest to smear Obama for being a pie- ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty comments on bondage strip club

​The party of family values got caught red-faced this week when conservative news site The Daily Caller broke the story that a GOP operative tried to pass off patronage at a Los Angeles bondage strip club as a meal line item in her expense report. Righteous indignation followed (naturally). T ... More >>

Chad Daniels

​The party of family values got caught red-faced this week when conservative news site The Daily Caller broke the story that a GOP operative tried to pass off patronage at a Los Angeles bondage strip club as a meal line item in her expense report. Righteous indignation followed (naturally). T ... More >>

The Roots and Brother Ali collaborate on "The Trap"

Watch the hometown hip-hop star collaborate with one of his heroes.

Dan Cummins

Watch the hometown hip-hop star collaborate with one of his heroes.

KFC giving away free chicken today - yikes!

KFC's giving away chicken today. Maybe. Might be. Just call.

Larry King presses Bachmann on birthers, (kind of) gets an answer

When Bachmann wouldn't answer a question about birthers, Larry King kept on asking.

Baconnaise hits Target shelves--should you care?

Hot Dish puts the new two-in-one bacon mayonnaise to the taste test:

Greg Giraldo

Hot Dish puts the new two-in-one bacon mayonnaise to the taste test:

What if Britney Spears were the President?

Whoa... now there's a scary thought.

Neil Hamburger

Whoa... now there's a scary thought.

Bengt Washburn

Whoa... now there's a scary thought.

Colbert takes on the Census, Bachmann

The Republicans are waging a war against the Census, so why wouldn't Stephen Colbert join the fight?

Powerpoint penis, Conan O'Brien's publicity stunt, and more

Blotter spotlights the week's notably weird happenings

Colbert Report mocks FDA attack of Cheerios

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration went after General Mills, accusing them of marketing Cheerios as a drug. Now Stephen Colbert has his turn.

Oprah's free KFC coupon sparks riots

Not to be outdone by Popeye's, KFC gets into the free food feeding frenzy!

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Not to be outdone by Popeye's, KFC gets into the free food feeding frenzy!

Inaugural Bike Valet

Being Tron Guy

Meet the man inside the glowing spandex unitard

Senator Craig wants a "Minnesota milkshake"

Meet the man inside the glowing spandex unitard

3/9 Morning Communiqué

Meet the man inside the glowing spandex unitard

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.

7/19 Morning Communiqué

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.

5/30: Morning Communique

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.

3/23: Morning Communique

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.

9/23: Morning Communique

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.

Late-night TV: Out with Ted, in with Ellen?

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.