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Walz 2028 Gossip Picks Up Serious Coast-to-Coast Steam

4 days ago | racketmn.com | Jay Boller

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. Does Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz want to be president? The 2024 Democratic VP nom is making headlines—from the the New York Times to the Washington Post—that suggest, yes, the 61-year-old politician might be eyeballing the top of the ticket in 2028. Walz spoke Friday at a South Carolina fish fry hosted by Rep.
Target's Beige Pride Collection Doesn't Seem All That Proud

6 days ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. As someone who’s never quite understood why Minnesotans love Target so much, watching The House That Bullseye Built step on one public relations rake after another has filled me with a warm sense of schtargetfreude.
On the Big Screen This Week: A Karate Kid, a Feral Kid, and 'Silence Kid'

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Whew, I've got an unprecedented five new movie reviews for you this week. Scroll down for my thoughts on Final Destination: Bloodlines, Friendship, Pavements, Bring Her Back, and Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Switchblade Sisters (1975)Alamo DrafthouseBabes with blades. $15.18. 6 p.m. More info here. I Should Have Been Dead Years Ago: The Raw Life of Stuart Gray (2024)Cloudland TheaterThe story of Stu Spasm from Australia’s Lubricated Goat. $13. 7 p.m. More info here.
Hundreds of Macalester College Staffers Lock Down Union Election Date

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Jay Boller

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. Over 270 Macalester College staffers could soon become unionized. Officials from the private liberal arts college in St. Paul declined to voluntarily recognize the union, so workers filed a petition earlier this month for an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.
We're Rockin' Into June With Your Complete Concert Calendar: May 27-June 2

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Why can't they all be three-day weekends, right folks? (Because the economic system we live under demands that we maximize our productivity so that others may accumulate capital.)DJ Cam Jones @ AcadiaInternational Reggae Allstars @ Bunker’sLutheran Heat, Gentlemen Rogues, the Slow Death @ CloudlandThe Klezmatics @ Dakota—Now pushing 70, Lorin Sklamberg remains one of modern klezmer’s great singers.
Free Geek Twin Cities: Recycling Tons of E-Crap, Stocking the Metro's Coolest Electronics Thrift Store

2 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Jay Boller

If nothing else, Free Geek can liberate you from your various cord problems. The south Minneapolis tech recycling provider/thrift store will accept the jumbled nest of cords of you've been moving house to house, or, should you find yourself in need of cords, the shop has thousands of 'em for sale, most priced at around a couple bucks. "We all have that drawer at home full of old chargers and cords taking up space," says Kyle Kline, executive director of Free Geek Twin Cities.
Love Songs, Protest Songs, Dylan Singing 'Blood' Over and Over—Our New Music Playlists Have Got It All - Racket

2 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Once more I have listened to some songs. Once more I have selected my favorites. Once more I have listened to a full Morgan Wallen album. One of these things I will not do again. Andrew Broder, “Surveillance”The versatile producer follows up 2024’s Acceptance with another three-track album, Dignity. This track emits a Morse code of synth that’s layered over with ripples before a house kick drum punches in. And from there it lets loose.
Damn, Fart... Um... Loser: MN DFL's Cussing Era, Explained

2 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Jay Boller

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. Democrats say the DAMNDEST things these days, reports Madison McVan for the Minnesota Reformer. You see, for centuries politicians mostly swore in private. In the case of genocidal U.S. President Andrew Jackson, so much so that the cursing purportedly rubbed off on his pet parrot, Poll. These days, however, you got Rep.
This Week's Movie Listings Will Self-Destruct in 5 Seconds

2 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Scoot on down to the "Opening This Week" section for my predictable review of the new Mission: Impossible (great action sequences, too much talking). I'm looking forward to catching Friendship over the long weekend. The Doors (1991)Emagine Willow CreekThe Velvet Underground scenes are still hilarious. $11.60. 7:30 p.m. More info here. The Apartment (1960)Grandview 1&2Shirley MacLaine was so cute. $14.44. 9:15 p.m. More info here.
Flying V Is Where the Hardcore Bands Go to Rage

2 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Macie Rasmussen

It’s a Saturday afternoon in April and daylight is shining through the windows at Flying V as Psylo rips through an urgent set. Among the teens and 20-somethings are a few middle-aged folks still ready to throw fists. There are tattoos and piercings, baggy jeans, and dark clothes. An emo aesthetic prevails and two young people have even painted their faces, Joker-style. This is "The Great Midwest 10 for $10."“It’s our first time here, and it won't be the last time,” singer Mark Idstrom says.