Month: January 2007

  • Oh, Y from Honolulu

    More on the Sam Osterhout ‘n Geoff Herbach show: If you haven’t yet seen the Lit 6 Project in action, there’s a chance tonight when the troupe’s lead funnymen riff a two-man show on the rotten weeks they’re having. It’s free. It’s at the Mill City Cafe–not to be confused with the Mill City Museum.…

  • McWow

    Maybe it’s because they’re just too McSkinny in Japan. Maybe it’s because they have a history of readily accepting improbable, huge monsters. Maybe it’s because they love restaurants with a toilet theme. Whatever it is, Japan is getting the Mega Mac. If that freaks you, wait until you find out what the hell Grimace actually…

  • Back Door Lovin'

    Among those of us who experienced what might be called a “difficult” relationship with mainstream newspapering, one of the jokes about newspapers’ numbing institutional voice was that that voice must never, ever risk offending the kind of fine and decent ladies you find serving meatballs and lefse at a Lutheran church dinner. Such ladies were…

  • Filling in the Blanks

    There’s nuthin’ much going on this evening, and I wouldn’t want to lead you astray. But check back tomorrow for more information about the free Herbach n’ Osterhout show.

  • Robert Drinan

    Robert Drinan was a Jesuit priest and law professor at Georgetown who served in Congress during the seventies and was the first member of Congress to call for the impeachment of Richard Nixon. He died today. He argued that Nixon should be impeached for the secret bombing of Cambodia, not for the secret break in…

  • Shiver

    Two things of note this cold, Monday evening: One, another discussion about the making of The Grapes of Wrath, this one moderated by Star Tribune book editor, Sally Williams; two, Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts (not to be confused with Minnesota’s very own M.W.–this is a different fella), which plays the Dakota.