are there actual racist skinheads (jesus christ even typing that, what year is this?) in the twin cities?
down here we've got some dudes who seem like ska/punk holdovers who have kind of morphed into the dudes into their 30s who maybe get into fixing up cafe racer motorcycles or vespas and will show up, there's always the one dude with suspenders, a couple guys with shaved heads, afaik very anti-racist. more tattooed since it's 2017
there's a little overlap with a slightly younger crowd who I think of as "hardcore punk dudes who occasionally reunite their old bands and dj reggae nights" and they're definitely not anywhere near this level of shitheadery
― mh, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
the one time i went there, the style of the place seemed... gratuitous, but who knows
― j., Wednesday, 30 August 2017 00:00 (seven years ago) link
p4nz3rf4ust records were in frikkin newport mn iirc
i initially hated club jager just because of the name but ended up liking it for the good dance nights (soul music usually) and the great outdoor area
a friend of mine from HS (catch her on project runway!!!) i think rented from the guy, and her husband was the jager bar manager, and they're both cutting ties at great personal expense -- if you know of studio space for a fashion designer and have a job for a bar manager, hmu
― gbx, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 04:00 (seven years ago) link
also as a heads-up apparently the staff there are getting all kinds of harassment, despite the what-i-would-think-was-obvious fact that none of them knew about the political leanings of the landlord
― gbx, Thursday, 31 August 2017 01:49 (seven years ago) link
so much for the tolerant north loop
― j., Thursday, 31 August 2017 01:51 (seven years ago) link
lol
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-vikings-hire-18-year-old-to-connect-with-gen-z/444200463/
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
c/d: $100 harry potter lock-in at the science center
https://www.smm.org/adult-campin
― goole, Thursday, 28 September 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
NAZI LANEMAFIA LANESUCK IT LANE
jesus christ #MSP pic.twitter.com/ci8VcsGdWX— Franklin Sayre (@mysnuggle) October 14, 2017
May I direct you to images of anti-bike lane protests in Minneapolis this weekend, featuring multiple candidates for City Council. pic.twitter.com/cxdKEFSy9w— Ryan L. (@ryanlindberg) October 16, 2017
― goole, Monday, 16 October 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Republican Ward 7 candidate Joe Kovacs and former Ward 10 council member at the bike lane protest. "Nazi Lane" signs also in attendance. pic.twitter.com/64bgmiKBmr— Wedge LIVE! (@WedgeLIVE) October 14, 2017
― goole, Monday, 16 October 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
"hey what are you guys so angry about that you're protesting?"
*sees NAZI LANE sign*
"so uh, what are you guys protesting?"
― mh, Monday, 16 October 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
someone linked to something about that on fb and it appeared to be...satire? or were these guys for real
― gbx, Monday, 16 October 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
Triple Rock is closing. :(
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 October 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
aw seriously? noooo... i suppose the writing has been on the wall for a little bit now
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 16 October 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
damn it
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 16 October 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
mh: one claim i've seen is that someone started a fake meetup but then these chuds showed up at it for real. i hope to fuck that's true
― goole, Monday, 16 October 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
seriously terrible news about the triple rock. just heartbreaking.
― goole, Monday, 16 October 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
I know I've only recently moved here and no one knows me yet but I'm gonna be at the Craig Finn/John K. Samson show there on Friday if anyone wants to have a beer.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 16 October 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
That's horrible about the Triple Rock. I wonder what happened. It's not like live music or bars have become less lucrative businesses, and as far as I can tell that place was beloved from the start. I certainly loved it.
― JRN, Monday, 16 October 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
Sad. I'll see you all at the Boris and Girlpool shows, then never again.
― geoffreyess, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
Where will Waxahatchee play next summer, they've played the Triple Rock like five summers in a row!
― geoffreyess, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
i'm going to boris, hoping to maybe catch one other show before it closes.
it like, could get purchased right? seems like the space would be hard to make it into something other than a music venue
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
we were so worried what would happen if Clear Channel took over First Avenue it never occurred to us what would happen if First Avenue became a Clear Channel style monopoly
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link
Oh hello I'm in maple Grove for work atm. First time ever in MN
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
rip trock
― gbx, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
Bad day for good places, rip
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
Is the Modern Radio message board really just gone? Lot of funny threads on there, shame if it's disappeared
― Dan I., Sunday, 29 October 2017 05:33 (six years ago) link
I think it's gone for good. It's really a shame. It would probably still be going if the previous board software had remained viable, or if whatever they migrated it to had worked better (rather than being a buggy, spambot-ridden disaster). Of course, running it was a thankless, unpaid task to begin with, so it's understandable. But I'll miss it forever. It was the greatest.
― JRN, Sunday, 29 October 2017 06:32 (six years ago) link
:(
I would have thought that was the kind of community that would naturally transfer over to a facebook group, but even it if did, I wouldn't know how to find it.
― Dan I., Sunday, 29 October 2017 07:29 (six years ago) link
I think there was a thread on there about prolific local Yelper Rhonda G., and I wanted to find the examples of her best work.
https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=fbpjEkaALuGJo_dCYWPYRQ
― Dan I., Sunday, 29 October 2017 07:35 (six years ago) link
anyone have opinions on the mpls mayor race? i don't mind hodges one bit, frey and hoch give me the willies and i'm hearing stuff about how dehn is a simply awful human so i might just put pounds at #1 to scare the MPD and put hodges second and leave it at that
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
Strib endorses Frey, and their stated reason for doing so is that Hodges wouldn't give Major League Soccer a tax abatement!
(ofc it's actually because of Police Department fiascoes)
― it me, Sunday, 29 October 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Honestly think Hodges is being successfully ratfucked, like there's Koch money or something funding the weirdly loud and insistent anti-Hodges drumbeat. Everyone else in the race is either a corporate stooge or a fucking wacko
― Dan I., Sunday, 29 October 2017 23:35 (six years ago) link
Pounds is the poster child for fucking wacko, btw
― Dan I., Sunday, 29 October 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
Okay that's putting it too strongly, but dude, she's pro segregation...
― Dan I., Sunday, 29 October 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
really liking all these separated bike lanes i'm seein
― gbx, Monday, 30 October 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
I got taken by surprise by one near VE in Mpls last night.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
After two years of conversations and months of grassroots campaigning, it's humbling to finally cast my ballot this morning with my family. pic.twitter.com/xdInSqaQnL— Melvin Carter (@melvincarter3) November 7, 2017
― j., Wednesday, 8 November 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOFUlUIU8AIa3VX.jpg
― goole, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
― gbx, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
I forgot all about it this year, but I really like Naomi Kritzer's posts about local politics (e.g. minneapolis mayoral race) and tend to agree with her candidate preferences. https://naomikritzer.com
― Dan I., Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
welp, mayor trudeau it is
― goole, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link
According to that blogger, one of my three votes went to a Republican. Oh well. City council (who wields more power anyway) looks to have swung even further to the left so it's all good.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
i heard some scuttlebutt that perhaps we dodged a massive bullet in dehn
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
something about him ditching his family?
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
All tolled, I'm not incredibly upset with the way the election shook out.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
i have on decent authority that the dehn stuff that was out there was the tip of the iceberg, and frankly I wasn't crazy about Frey but being a douche isn't a crime
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
Frey... being a douche isn't a crime
I'll start printing the yard signs for next election
― Dan I., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link
(jokes--I agree he's not that bad)
― Dan I., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
Thanks for playing, Minnesota. Cute effort.
Specialised Expo 2022/23, 1st round of voting. Poland: 46 votes. USA: 25 votes. Argentina: 46 votes. Poland and Argentina go to the second round. #BIE162— BIE (@bieparis) November 15, 2017
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
i know i'm being all secret squirrel about this shit but anyway the dehn stuff would be very...of the current climate
― Dan I., Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:08 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 November 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link