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January 2004 Issue

FEATURES

Robert Bly: The Dude Abides

Robert Bly: The Dude Abides

The Rake takes up a seat at the feet of the master.
by Jon Zurn, photos by Larry Marcus
Robert Bly’s Greatest Hits

Robert Bly’s Greatest Hits

You don’t need much of a library to howl naked in the woods. But if you want to do it in style…
Standing History

Standing History

Is this the oldest house still standing in the Twin Cities?
by David Mather, photos by Diana Watters
Repetition Compulsion

Repetition Compulsion

Bly considers the war in Iraq—no sugar coating here!

LETTERS & RED HANDED

Custody: Still in Dispute

In Defense of Stuart

From Norway >> UFOs in the Fjords

From Norway >> UFOs in the Fjords

Even unflappable Norskies must grapple with unexplained phenomena.
by Eric Dregni

The First Shall Be Last

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Bod Mod Squad

Day In, Day Out

Bod Mod Squad

She’s a body piercer in the Twin Cities, and she has stories to curl your hair...
by Erin Madsen
Stay Back 500 Feet. Just Do It!

Good Intentions

Stay Back 500 Feet. Just Do It!

You see ads on fire trucks. We see triangulating for fun and profit.
Bubbleheads!

After a Fashion

Bubbleheads!

Have you noticed those strange new helmets on the Purple & Gold?
by Patrick Donnelly
Big Sister Is Watching

In the Left Lane

Big Sister Is Watching

Drive nice! Mn/DOT’s new headquarters is crammed with nifty surveillance gadgetry.
by Joe Pastoor
Keep Your Friends Close, Your Enemies Closer

Foreign Flix

Keep Your Friends Close, Your Enemies Closer

You could practically throw that VHS copy of "Legally Blonde" from this store to the other.
by Jeremy O'Kasick
F. Scott’s Shame

Customer Service

F. Scott’s Shame

Which books will you be returning for credit this month, Twin Citizen?
by Dan Gilchrist

STRAIGHT TALK

Straight Talk

Mark Mothersbaugh

SO LITTLE TIME...

Books

Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage

Available January 6

Art

Symphony in Black and White: 100 Etchings and Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, through March 28

CDs

The Church, Forget Yourself

Available January 20

Movies

Cary Grant at 100

Oak Street Cinema, January 9-29

Readings

Sandra Benitez

Ruminator Books, January 7, Barnes & Noble Edina, January 13

Concerts

Diane Schuur

Rossi’s Blue Star Room, January 14-15

DVDs

Superfly / Scream, Blacula, Scream!

Available January 13 / Available January 20

Movies

The Triplets of Belleville

Lagoon Cinema, opens January 16

Books

Ben Jones, The Rope Eater

Available December 30

Theater

Out There 16

Walker Art Center, January 8-February 1

Concerts

David Bowie

Target Center, January 11

DVDs

Alien Quadrilogy

Available January 3

Readings

Brian Hall

Barnes & Noble Edina, January 12

Desert Island Duffel

Desert Island Duffel

Karl Eilers

Soundtrack to Mary

Art

The View From Here: Pictures from Central Europe and the American Midwest

Minnesota Center for Photography, through January 25

CDs

Firewater, Songs We Should Have Written

Available January 20

Movies

Bittersweet Twist- The Films of Aki Kaurismäki

Walker Art Center, January 8-30

Theater

Oklahoma!

Orpheum Theater, January 6-11

DVDs

Spellbound

Available January 20

Family Events

Small Wonders and Little Giants: The History of Action Figures

Minnesota History Center, through April 1

Books

Tibor Fische, Voyage to the End of the Room

Available January 6

Restaurants

Tejas

3910 W. 50th St., Edina, (952) 926-0800

Concerts

Ani DiFranco

Northrop Auditorium, January 23

DOWN THE HATCH

Sweet and French

Sweet and French

Come on, they aren’t mutually exclusive!
by Oliver Nicholson
The Year of the Onion

The Year of the Onion

Don’t cry for me, Minnesota! I’m your favorite “spice.”
by Stephanie March

MOTLEY KRüSE

Refugees at Home

Refugees at Home

Someday we’ll get our house back from FEMA…
by Colleen Kruse

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

My Shizzle: Gone Fazizzle?

My Shizzle: Gone Fazizzle?

The ascendence of the “wigger” as pitchman and goof.
by Nathan Rabin
Flip Your Wig!

Flip Your Wig!

Can you match the news reader with his or her hair?
by Hugh Bennewitz

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Family’s Value

Free the Jackson Five!

Family’s Value

Cry for Dru, sure. And what about the others?
by Clinton Collins

WIFE, INTERRUPTED

Campaign Season

Campaign Season

When did you first sink your teeth into politics?
by Jeannine Ouellette

SEX & THE MARRIED MAN

Lady Remington

Lady Remington

Guys, don’t ask her to shave down south if you won’t.
by Stuart Greene