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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Because You Deserve It
Timeless advice, from 1950s doo-wop/blues/soul innovators The Five Royales. “Don’t go too fast The faster you go The quicker you will get to the end….”
Posted in Popular Culture, Rock and Roll
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Sanity (Insanity?) Break
These are some of the most remarkable images I have ever seen, but still fun and fascinating. My man Nate pointed me toward them. Tobias Stretch Reel ll from Tobias Stretch on Vimeo.
Posted in Jazz, Popular Culture, Video, Visual Arts
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So You Want to Be a Journalist
From the animated skit, “So You Want to Be a Journalist,” by BrooklynLee (full video posted below): “I would like to make a difference. I would like to meet the president. I want to work for the New York Times.” … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
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The Day Elvis Died…
…I was walking through a patch of woods in Northern Wisconsin, coming out on a trail that emptied out onto a dirt road where there was a trailer house. My grandpa had once lived on that lot. The trailer house … Continue reading
Posted in Folk Music, Popular Culture, Rock and Roll
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Pawlenty Bails
Republican presidential aspirant Tim Pawlenty has abandoned the presidential race after an anemic straw poll showing in Iowa. So it was for this that Minnesota saw its politics and policy sacrificed on the altar of national political ambition for more … Continue reading
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The GOP Debate: Kevblog’s Reax
What follows is my not quite real time reactions to tonight’s GOP presidential debate in Iowa. 8:33 p.m. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty got tough on Rep. Michele Bachmann tonight in the GOP debate, drawing Bachmann into a verbal fight … Continue reading
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Wis. Dems Crash Land
Haven’t had time to do a proper follow up here, but as is well known, the Democrats in my home state only got two-thirds of the way up the mountain Tuesday night, then were shoved back. Democrats won two of … Continue reading
Posted in State Politics, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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Sad End to a Major MN Political Footnote
I noticed in a Google search last night that the name of the woman who was killed after an explosion of a house in North Minneapolis was identical to the name of young girl who 21 years ago blew the … Continue reading
Posted in Minnesota Governor, U.S. History
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Spam of Evil
While doing a search through old email archives, I randomly came across this stinking hunk of spam. I repeat it verbatim, without correcting for grammar. It arrived on July 20, 2005, just before the mortgage fiasco broke the economy. Dear … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
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