Bill Hicks
Salvation: Oxford November 11, 1992 [LIVE]
Label: Rykodisc
“‘Oh come on, Bill, they’re the New Kids [on the Block], don’t pick on them, they’re so good and they’re so clean cut and they’re such a good image for the children.’ Fuck that. When did mediocrity and banality become a good image for your children? I want […]

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Bill Hicks
Sane Man DVD, 1989
Studio: Rykodisc
“You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And If you don’t believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favour. Go home tonight take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. ‘Cause You […]

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I posted rundown of local parties on my radar on the Minneapolis Metroblog.
If you’re still undecided about what to do, where to go and who to kiss, I recommend you check it out here.

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Today Pollstar listed the Top 20 grossing tours of 2005. Overall ticket sales are down while prices are going up, and that gave reliable classic rock and pop divas (e.g. Rolling Stones, U2, Celine Dion, McCartney, Eagles, Elton John) the top spots.
While most of these artists have tix ranging from $50-100, it’s refreshing to see […]

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Local Lists
Ross Raihala has his Top 20 Local Albums listed here.
Pete Scholtes has more Top Ten lists here.
Sony’s back in the news, but it’s not good news
Sony BMG has settled their class action suit in NY, according to this post. Effectively is says they will recall rootkit infected CDs and stop manufacturing the current version. […]

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From USA Today earlier this month:
Artists used to need a record label to be heard. Now, all they need is a powerful PC and a broadband connection. For any musician with at least a pinch of talent and a desire to perform, the Internet has become a godsend.
A new generation of websites — many […]

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I was interviewed for Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s Pioneer Press story today about video iPods and conversion. Here’s the best part of the story, a full rundown of converters and content sites:

Video to iPod: software and tutorials
Video conversions: Apple QuickTime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials), Videora (http://www. videora.com), PSP Video 9 for Windows (http://www.pspvideo9. com), Crazi Video (http://www. riverpast.com), Podner for […]

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Linda Mack has a fantastic story in today’s Star Tribune about Minneapolis’ beloved and world-reknowned Walker Art Center, which recently had much more than a facelift.

She hit the nail on the head when deconstructing a first-time visitors complete and utter sense of loss in “owning” their own art-going experience. Prior to its revamp, I’d been […]

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This week we sat down with Michael Ferrier, electrosax pioneer and ambassador of Electropolis, the Minneapolis avant-garde psychedelic jazz quartet.
Ad-hoc improv with soulful experimentation from looped/distorted saxophones and trumpets, typewriters, conch shells, happy accidents and an obsession with sci-fi classics.
That’s Electropolis, and if they were an animal, can you guess what they’d be? […]

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Local humorist/musician Pete Shukoff, a.k.a. Nice Peter, has announced new tour dates and a plea for votes in Chicago’s Q101 contest.
If you don’t know Nice Peter, be sure to check out the “Bush Song” video, complete with puppets, Hitler and Batman.
Upcoming tour dates:

Jan 5 - [Minneapolis, MN] Fine Line Music Cafe-10:30
Jan 6 - [Mankato, […]

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