From the musical taste as superiority thread in ilm (hope the people I quoted don't mind):
i have a natural impulse i think not to offend (and also to feel really self conscious)-- M@tt He1geson
I think this is the MN Manifesto.-- VengaDan Perry
It's true. Or maybe it's just me. I don't know.
(ps I'd like to apologize for starting this thread)
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:34 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:37 (twenty years ago) link
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:38 (twenty years ago) link
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Huck, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
All the hippies at my school that dream of moving to Canada will be saddened by this information.
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:55 (twenty years ago) link
CLASSIC
― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:09 (twenty years ago) link
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:18 (twenty years ago) link
IN THE HOUSE!!1
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:19 (twenty years ago) link
I was thinking this when composing the thread.
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:22 (twenty years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Sym (shmuel), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:58 (twenty years ago) link
Dud:SnowSt. Olaf CollegeLutherans (aka 'lobotomy for religious reasons')Mosquitoes AND midges (gnats) in summerKnowing how to use jumper cables and snow-shovelsRacism towards Viets, especially Hmongs, and Mexicans and SomalisThe NW suburbs: Blaine, Brooklyn Park, RobbinsdaleMorbidly obese Minnesotans at State Fair in their thousands
― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:34 (twenty years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:45 (twenty years ago) link
Classic: Low, the Cows, Duluth, Ironworld, the International Wolf Center, the World's Largest Hockey Stick
http://www.wlra.us/wl/th/wlhstick1.jpg
― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:51 (twenty years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:56 (twenty years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:58 (twenty years ago) link
As for the Vikings, I just like making fun of my dad's team as they choke in the playoffs year after year.. oh jeez, ya know dey won't win da Sooper Bowl so why not root for de Packers der. It would be cool if they did pull it out, but I tend to be pessimistic.
― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 08:05 (twenty years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 08:08 (twenty years ago) link
― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 09:22 (twenty years ago) link
Except for when he pledged to only serve one term. But Wellstone is classic for that campaign bus.
Classic:Hating all those cake-eaters in EdinaHating the BearsHating the PackersLord Fletchers (hey, my aunt & uncle live on Minnetonka, too...and so did I 30 years ago)Uptown The ReplacementsPrinceSt. Paul10,000 lakesBoundary WatersCP & the Strib (except for CJ)that free zoo in that park that I can't remember the name of
Dud:8 months of wintermosquitosSPAM1am last call
― don atwater weiner, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:39 (twenty years ago) link
This is also the gateway into teaching the French Revolution in St. Louis Park. Believe.
Lake Minnetonka must have a ley-line that acts exclusively as a preppy magnet.
Minnesota is a great place to grow up, but people like me need bigger cities than Minneapolis.
― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
The problem with Minneapolis is the same with most large modern cities--there's not much density to it. It's all sprawl. Which is also part of its charm.
― don atwater weiner, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 12:15 (twenty years ago) link
Also, SPAM IS CLASSIC.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 12:56 (twenty years ago) link
-Lots of friends there-Had some good gigs, at the Times and Cabooze and whatnot-Lots of cool restaurants, and I love going to Maria's or Triple Rock for breakfast-Halal markets that sell camel meat-That Sun Ray sign on the way into St. Paul that's had the 'y' out for years, so it says "SUN RA"-Happy Apple
DUD:
-Asshole drivers, for real-I can't stand finding my way around Mpls, I've gotten lost there more than anywhere else and (partly as a result of being lost and stressed) gotten in my only car accident, which is still causing me financial trouble-Driving from Wisconsin to Minnesota is most mind-numbing drive imaginable, and it's just long enough to feel really long but too short to settle into 'driving all day' mode.
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:18 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago) link
You forgot MATOS. KCLASSIC.
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago) link
Minneapolis road rage is among the most passive-aggressive in the world.
I miss Dayton's, the Lincoln Del, and Excelsior Amusement Park.
― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:41 (twenty years ago) link
First Avenue/7th Street Entrysome restaurant a couple blocks awaysome hotel (maybe it was by the airport?)the mall in Edinaa gas station somewhere between Minneapolis and Moorheada Target somewhere between Minneapolis and Moorheada dumpy bar in Moorheadsome restaurant that kinda sucked in Moorheada Days Inn in Moorhead (we snuck into the pool later that night)a Chinese buffet place in Moorheadyet another gas station
― hstencil, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago) link
Also, Husker Du.
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
Hah
― pholm, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
I'd like to see more of the state.
Well you pretty much covered everything between Minneapolis and Moorhead (as well as Moorhead) so you can check that off the list.
― pholm, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago) link
― pholm, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:41 (twenty years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:52 (twenty years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:53 (twenty years ago) link
Yet, somehow at the same time: Classic.
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:54 (twenty years ago) link
tom bernard: racist.
― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 14:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link
damn that went places
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 June 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
merry xmas at the Guthrie!
First play at the Guthrie in over 600 days. Still hasn’t been kicked out. pic.twitter.com/II4d2XJKjs— Jake (@ekajmw) November 13, 2021
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
Lol I saw that. Do you know the context? I couldn't really understand what she was mad about.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
Props to the Tweeter in the mentions who called this A Christmas Karen.
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Lol
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
Allegedly upset after the couple in the row in front of her took a selfie (the angle suggests it was a covert attempt to get her in the shot, so).
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
still nice to see a white woman can rage for 40+ minutes, spit on someone for telling her to put her mask on (which someone from Twitter says happened to their boyfriend), and be allowed to just...keep doing it.
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
to be fair they did have to wait for police I guess
Sounds like schizophrenia.
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 13 November 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
in which case I don't think I'd want police to handle
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
given what the Guthrie Theater I wouldn't imagine generally has much in the way of security or many problems with rowdy patrons
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
yeah, in past years (esp pre-pandemic) usually the worst most theatres nationwide had to deal w/ was people illegally taking pics with cell phones. don't know much about the Guthrie but I can see how this is something you don't exactly expect or immediately have an easy way of dealing with.
backing off my kneejerk reaction a bit
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
in my experience it's usually a nice senior citizen with a flashlight who show you to your seat is about the extent of it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Lmao
NEW: Republican Sen. Jim Abeler, who chairs the MN Senate human services reform committee, tells me he did not realize the new MN law allowing THC edibles would do just that. He thought it would just regulate delta-8 THC products, said the Legislature should roll the new law back— Ryan Faircloth (@RyanFaircloth) June 30, 2022
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 1 July 2022 02:46 (one year ago) link
We hear you. Tonight’s show has been cancelled at First Avenue and is moving to the Varsity Theater. See our full statement for more. pic.twitter.com/tkf7rz0cc7— First Avenue (@FirstAvenue) July 20, 2022
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 23:22 (one year ago) link
Whew, we're in trouble here
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:13 (one year ago) link
What's up?
btw, I have a family member moving to minnesota so the possibility I'll need some recommendations or will be passing through seems likely
― mh, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Just the biggest snowstorm since '91 lol
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
this is going to mentally break me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
That it's happening now, with the inevitable 3 or 4 March/April snowstorms yet to come, is what's really spirit-crushing.
We're going to have snow on the ground into June.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
oh god
I was absolutely done with snow weeks ago and we had a measly five inches last week and it made me sad.
best of luck
― mh, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link
Even the low-end estimates are well over a foot, and those models are now the outliers
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
watched the local tv this morning and the most conservative model of the 7ish he showed on a graph was 14.5" :(
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
Minnesotans being fearfully aroused by incoming big blizzard, quel surprise! Seriously, though - stay safe.
(I got snowed-in helping take inventory at the much-missed Northern Lights in ‘91, until the owner turned up in 4WD to drive everyone home)
― steely flan (suzy), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
and to think The Beths have to travel into this
― fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
I’m only annoyed that this blizzard is going to make everyone talk about The Halloween Blizzard without eclipsing and replacing the Halloween Blizzard.— Fentanyl Dusted Donut (@David_5mith) February 21, 2023
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2023 02:26 (one year ago) link
Ugh, here we are at the very much now annual April that is 90% winter, just not quite as extreme. I've had it with this place that only gets literally 14 weeks of acceptable weather per year.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
Yeah, this winter/spring blows.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
not a fan
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
i relocated from mpls to pdx last fall and it's been unseasonably wet and cold here, and people are complaining, it's hilarious because i've been keeping track of y'alls winter... weather like that was certainly one of the underlying motivations for the move
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 20 April 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
Lol I’ve made friends with someone who at the turn of the year moved from Portland to here, and just this week he meekly asked “so this winter’s been one of the worst, right?” While on paper, yes, it has been, I couldn’t tell him that every March and April here inevitably brings you to the same mental crisis
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 21 April 2023 00:25 (one year ago) link
xp global I am in Eugene and this has been the coldest wettest spring in my 32 years here, it's been brutal
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Friday, 21 April 2023 00:27 (one year ago) link
it has also been a surprisingly wet and cold winter and spring in SF too, we got record rainfall this year, and from what I've heard from my friends and family, it has been the same in LA and San Diego too
it's spring, but most days so far haven't gotten up from highs in the 50s, and there have been no warm days. thankfully the rain has stopped now and it's starting to warm up
― Dan S, Friday, 21 April 2023 00:40 (one year ago) link
I’ve been keeping an eye on Palm Springs and thinking how much this winter must’ve sucked for those used to Palm Springs weather
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 21 April 2023 00:53 (one year ago) link
It’s me, hi, I’m the biggest planning blunder in Minneapolis history, it’s me❗️ pic.twitter.com/qFAFHsWRwN— Abigail Blonigen (@abigailblonigen) October 31, 2023
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 12:52 (seven months ago) link
I haven't been around Minneapolis that much for a number of years but the moment I heard "k-mart fire" I knew exactly what building was burning!
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:32 (seven months ago) link
I'm actually K Mart defender, it was a store where the local population without cars could get basic household goods and clothing.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:51 (seven months ago) link
I don't think the existence of a k mart on that block was what people disliked about it, but again, was never a local
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:52 (seven months ago) link
Correct; no objections to the Kmart itself (though, obv, I don't speak for everyone ... I'm sure there were plenty of residents who hated it because it attracted lower class shoppers). It was merely the building's function as a bulwark, dividing the neighborhood in half.
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:09 (seven months ago) link
I also believe that the largely immigrant restaurants that turned Nicollet North of Lake into "Eat Street" never could have thrived without that K Mart making it less attractive to developers. the only harm it caused was drivers having to drive around it, big deal.I'm sure they are licking their chops to gentrify it now and drive the local low income population out.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:10 (seven months ago) link
look forward to a couple new ugly apartment buildings with a shitty brewery on the first floor
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:12 (seven months ago) link
LOL, plenty of speculation lately that they'll do exactly the same thing to the brutalist Nicollet Mall YMCA building if/when they knock that down
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:13 (seven months ago) link
Related-ish: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/new-study-says-downtown-minneapolis-has-one-of-the-worst-post-pandemic-recoveries-but-there-are-questions-about-methodology/
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:14 (seven months ago) link
Apparently Minnesota is redesigning the state flag, and there have been over 2000 submissions to date. Needless to say, there are some really good ones, if you are willing to dig:
https://serc.mnhs.org/flags
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 November 2023 20:03 (seven months ago) link
good riddance and FUUUUUCK YOU
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/business/uber-lyft-minneapolis-minimum-wage/index.html
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 March 2024 20:19 (three months ago) link
I don't want to clog up another thread with a niche observation, but the new Taylor Swift album so far is very Cities 97 circa 1990.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Friday, 19 April 2024 04:49 (two months ago) link
lmao
― budo jeru, Friday, 19 April 2024 14:36 (two months ago) link
haha let's line up to get it at a Best Buy in Bloomington like an old Cities 97 sampler
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 April 2024 15:40 (two months ago) link
Apologies for deflecting the thread away from Swift talk but why is this state so fucking windy?
― the scouse that roared (Matt #2), Friday, 19 April 2024 17:37 (two months ago) link
Good question. The wind tunnel on 7th Street downtown between Nicollet Mall and Hennepin (where a lot of buses stop) is fairly legendary.
― steely flan (suzy), Friday, 19 April 2024 17:59 (two months ago) link