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Saw this while walking the dog the other day in my neighborhood, Donny Dirk’s is about a mile away and on the other side of the Mississippi river. Great marketing campaign, just don’t go there and get so drunk you act like a zombie, apparently they don’t appreciate that.

Saw this while walking the dog the other day in my neighborhood, Donny Dirk’s is about a mile away and on the other side of the Mississippi river. Great marketing campaign, just don’t go there and get so drunk you act like a zombie, apparently they don’t appreciate that.

CB700.  I really liked this old Honda re-done as a café racer. (The rest of my Bearded Lady 2010 set)

CB700. 

I really liked this old Honda re-done as a café racer.

(The rest of my Bearded Lady 2010 set)

Effective until 6 PM

Effective until 6 PM

ID released of man slain outside NE. Mpls. bar

I had heard it was a bouncer at Grumpy’s NE that was killed, I’m glad that wasn’t the case. This is still sad and scary, and the fact that it happened in my neighborhood makes it even more so.

stuffaboutminneapolis: robotcosmonaut: Premium Always reblog The Replacements drinking in front of a Grain Belt Beer mural. ALWAYS Always.

stuffaboutminneapolis:

robotcosmonaut:

Premium

Always reblog The Replacements drinking in front of a Grain Belt Beer mural. ALWAYS

Always.

117 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots around Minneapolis

USI Wireless has opened up 117 different Wi-Fi hotspots around our great city. The catch is you have to give them your credit card info, but they won’t charge you anything.

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Five Favorite Art-A-Whirl ‘10 Moments

  • Meeting Shannon from The Cows at Grumpy’s NE, where he tends bar occasionally.

I loved The Cows in the early ’90s. I tried to see them every time they would manage to bring their circus to Arizona, and when I’d heard that Shannon was a sometimes bartender at Grumpy’s in Nordeast, I’ve been keeping an eye out for him every time I go in there. 

The conversation went something like this: 
“Are you Shannon from The Cows?”
“Yeah.”
“I loved you guys back in the day, I remember seeing you at Boston’s in Tempe, AZ. Awesome show.”
“Good memory.”

Slightly anti-climatic.

  • Finally getting into see Michael Birawer’s gallery

The girl had gotten me some prints for a Christmas gift a few years ago and I’ve been wanting to see the actual art for a while now since I’ve heard it’s really well done. I liked it.

  • Getting kicked out of 22nd Avenue Station

Actually I didn’t get kicked out. A friend of a friend did, and since we were all sort of in the same group, we all decided to leave at the same time.

The “Double Deuce” is the only bar in Nordeast that I’ve managed to not go to over my last three years of living here. I’m not sure why I’ve never made it in, but by now I was saving it for something special, and I figured Art-A-Whirl would be a good time as any to finally break that cherry. It was pretty much just what I expected it to be, although on the plus side, I think it’s the only bar in Nordeast that currently has Nordeast beer on tap.

So as we’re leaving I looked at the he/she ex-wrestler lesbian lumberjack bouncer thingy that had just kicked out our friend for not putting away her phone and said to him/her, “I think I could take you.” It grunted back in what was barely decipherable English, “What?” To which I replied sheepishly, “Nothing.”

  • Getting into a fight with my dog’s kennel since it was in my way, on Saturday night.

It totally deserved it. We’ll see if that piece of shit ever trips me over again.

  • And stumbling on to this band while drinking a beer on the patio of 331 while waiting for Gastro Non Grata to start. Loved the trombone.

Also Hoolie Fest was a blast, I hope Adam does another one next year. That’s about all I can piece together, oh yeah, last year’s top 5.

Big Little Lamb BrokenCrow mural outside Salon Stella in Northeast. There is a proposal in Longfellow for a few new murals by BrokenCrow. However, there are a few people strongly opposed to the proposal because they don’t dig BC’s work. Comments like this are flying on the Longfellow Community Connections forum: I strongly agree with the previous poster that the proposed artist(s) Broken Crow’s work is far too aggressive, and as well, negative, and disrespectful of animal imagery. So, if you have strong opinions one way or the other on this, it may be worth hopping onto the forum or (much better) get your butt to a Longfellow CCC meeting. How are these negative and disrespectful animal images? It seems to me that Broken Crow has enough talent to make imagery that would be both acceptable to the Longfellow community and still be compelling artwork. For the record, I love driving past the Stella mural in my neighborhood and I’m worried that whoever takes over the building will paint over it; it’s never once made me want to go kill a baby goat. / via iteeth | edkohler | wr3n /

Big Little Lamb

BrokenCrow mural outside Salon Stella in Northeast.

There is a proposal in Longfellow for a few new murals by BrokenCrow. However, there are a few people strongly opposed to the proposal because they don’t dig BC’s work. Comments like this are flying on the Longfellow Community Connections forum:

I strongly agree with the previous poster that the proposed artist(s) Broken Crow’s work is far too aggressive, and as well, negative, and disrespectful of animal imagery.

So, if you have strong opinions one way or the other on this, it may be worth hopping onto the forum or (much better) get your butt to a Longfellow CCC meeting.

How are these negative and disrespectful animal images? It seems to me that Broken Crow has enough talent to make imagery that would be both acceptable to the Longfellow community and still be compelling artwork. For the record, I love driving past the Stella mural in my neighborhood and I’m worried that whoever takes over the building will paint over it; it’s never once made me want to go kill a baby goat.

/ via iteeth | edkohler | wr3n /

Hoolie Fest - Minneapolis

3 days, 70 bands. That’s a lot of music. Should be fun.

We went out looking for the Suns and found the Blues instead.

Last night my buddy Matt and I went out to watch the Suns playoff game against the Trailblazers, but couldn’t find it on anywhere in Nordeast. So we decided to hit the 331 for a few beers instead. This guy was playing. He goes by name Crank Shaft. He said the name would make more sense when he’s older. 

Dr. Dog in-store at the Electric Fetus \ via www.vita.mn \

Dr. Dog in-store at the Electric Fetus

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I was so excited, I over-inflated my tires.

Mayor RT Rybak, on Minneapolis finally toppling Portland as the best bike city

I think he may be the coolest mayor in the country.

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Numero Uno. /via colinkloecker /

Numero Uno.

/via colinkloecker /

The Minneapolis St. Patty’s Day Parade (in Fast Forward)

Speaking beer and bikes… (via edkohler)

Speaking beer and bikes…

(via edkohler)