Walt Whitman

Watch Trampled by Turtles on MN Original's first The Lowertown Line episode [VIDEO]

MN Original's new music program The Lowertown Line debuted on December 31 featuring the pickin' talents of Duluth's Trampled by Turtles. Now you can view the footage. As you can read in our print story on the matter, the show is an expanded venture that the Twin Cities Public Television folks hopes ... More >>

Eat Street Social rolls out new Indian Summer cocktail menu

One of the best things about turning the calendar page over to September is the influx of new and classic fall beverages. Starbucks and Caribou pull out the old pumpkin spice latte (would it be so craveable if you could get it year-round?), the orchards start selling gallons of cider, and wine drin ... More >>

Trampled by Turtles play for Adult Swim's Squidbillies in "Walt Whitman" video

See Also:Trampled by Turtles play "Alone" on Late Show With David Letterman (VIDEO)Trampled by Turtles cover Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)"Trampled By Turtles lighten up on Stars and SatellitesAlthough every Trampled by Turtles show Gimme Noise has ever attended has been rowdy, there has always be ... More >>

Dosh on Andrew Bird, stories from the road, and grilling in his backyard

See Also:Martin Dosh talks about reuniting Lateduster and touring EuropeAndrew Bird at First AvenueMartin Dosh has been a regular in the music community for many years. He weaves his way in and out of various projects, balancing all of that while being on the road with Andrew Bird pretty consistentl ... More >>

Amadou & Mariam, Acoustic Century, and more

Dosh 7-inch release party

Patrick Scully, Mpls performance artist, concedes skinny-dipping legal battle

Longtime Twin Cities performance artist Patrick Scully dreams of a Minneapolis where the freedom to swim or sunbathe naked symbolizes "a culture that appreciates rather than fears the body."But Hennepin County prosecutors want him to keep his appreciation of the birthday suit-clad human form away fr ... More >>

Trampled by Turtles play Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" on A Prairie Home Companion

Photo by Dave Carroll​The rising Duluth folk-bluegrass outfit Trampled by Turtles performed five songs, including a Bob Dylan cover, on this past weekend's episode of A Prairie Home Companion. The long-running public radio sketch show, helmed by the Lake Wobegon staple Garrison Keillor, migrated n ... More >>

The Flaming Lips, School Of Seven Bells, and more

Titus Andronicus

John Gorka (CD-Release)

Vic Chesnutt

Solid Gold, Big Head Todd, and more

Vampire hookers attack the Oak Street Cinema tonight

The Unconvention: American Politics Sideshow: Weird and Wild

Another Voice May Speak: Mary Oliver

Rock It Like Whitman

On the beard circuit with Akron/Family

Free Will Astrology

Spotlight: Ode to Walt Whitman

The End of the Innocence

'The New World' is an old-fashioned masterpiece

Todd Tamanend Clark: Nova Psychedelia (1975-1985)

Wide World of Whine

Controversial documentary 'Mondovino' just might drive you to drink

Cake, Roller Skates, and All-American Chaos

Bobrauschen-bergamerica messes with convention

The Undoing of America

Gore Vidal on war for oil, politics-free elections, and the late, great U.S. Constitution.

Leaves of Ass

Why won't anyone finish publishing Walt Whitman's letters?

Publishers' Sweepstakes

What do you do with a book that absolutely nobody in his right mind wants to put out?

Enter Sandman

Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson leaves the California shore to journey into a darker state of mind

Eyes Wide Open

Let us now praise nameless peaceniks and hippies

Can't Pee Straight

Graham Robb uncovers the many mysteries of being gay in the 19th century

The James Gang

Gods, ghosts, and William and Henry James

Artists of the Year

Iraq. SARS. Jay Leno, Still on television practically every night. Yeah, 2003 was about as much fun as a social disease.

I Spit On Your Taste

Vidiot savant Joe Bob Briggs drops some scary science for Halloween

Artists of the Year

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We sent a team of trained researchers and documentarians into the wilds of the Twin Cities in search of music in its native habitat. Here are the field notes from Friday, February 15--the day that would not end.

American Ugly

L.I.E. peeps on the shadier side of suburbia

No Matter

Sam Shepard flails; Aurora Fire flames; Burning House Group fabulates

Dan Schneider vs. the Rest of the World

The never-ending showdown between a relentless poetic provocateur and the back-patting literary establishment that shudders at the very sound of his name

Sandy Berman's Last Stand

For 26 years Hennepin County's head cataloger led the charge for libraries of, by, and for the people. When he took aim at a new target this spring, his boss fired back.

It Takes a Heap of Loafing to Raise a Kid

Stirring up envy in the suburbs

Built for Speed

Planting poetry

Man Out of Time

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

Fly Away Home

Having survived Cambodia's killing fields, poet U Sam Oeur writes as a witness to the "Kingdom of Hell"

Romancing the Rhyme

Dial Tones

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

The Franco-American War

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Dealer (Robert Rosen, left) and Alligator Boy (Steven Epp) cavort with a puppet friend in a subterranean netherworld.

Absolute Beginners

BOOKS: Joshua Clover

various artists

Kerouac and In Their Own Voices

Culture To Go