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Homegrown 2012 Band Registration Opens
Band registration for the 2012 Homegrown Music Festival is now open! You can register here. Homegrown is also seeking volunteers for the 8 day festival. Learn more here.
Horns
Word is Big Wave Dave & the Ripples’ horn section will be backing up Cry on Cue tonight (Jan. 14) at the Rex. 10PM; 21+; cheap cover. Sexy.
Winter Fiasco + Art
Greetings from the Homegrown Music Festival steering committee! The Winter Fiasco kicks off 2012’s Homegrown: The Apocalypse band registration, which runs Jan. 15 to Feb. 15. Band registration is online only (unless you’re Jim Hall). Also, Prøve Gallery is hosting a Duluth / Superior rawk poster art show during the Fiasco. If you have art you would like to display, please contact Richard Hansen: richard [at] soundunseen [dot] com. Spanks!
Homegrown Photos Wanted
The Homegrown Music Festival seeks 2011 festival photos for the 2012 Field Guide. For more information and where to send CDs, email: adam [at] transistormag [dot] com. No watermarks, please. Thank you!
Worst. Miniature. Golf. Ever.
Spirit Mountain Mini Golf | is hands down the worst miniature golf course I have ever played. It is not “unique” nor an “outdoor adventure” – it comes across as under-challenging, half-assed, simple and incomplete. The next time I want to play on an unfinished-looking, masonite-smooth play surface(!), no challenge or engagement of a rat cubicle 9-hole course, you’ll be the first to know, Mr. Salmela. Seriously. I like your houses. Stick to that. A complete rip-off at $4.
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Duluth Skateboarders GTFO 2011
I emailed four at-large city council candidates and First District candidate Jennifer Julsrud to ask: “What do you think of the Canal Park skateboarding ban?” (more…)
Bob Carlson: Businessman, Crusader or Smut-Peddler?
By Dave Hill | Sun Magazine July 15-16, 1970
Will the real Bob Carlson please stand up and identify himself? So far, there are conflicting reports about just who the real Bob Carlson is:
An enterprising St. Paul hustler who has made an opportune bundle as a publicity-wise smut-peddler;
A crusading champion of freedom who has been victimized by the harassment of St. Paul’s self-appointed guardians of public and private morality;
A modest, even earnest small businessman who runs a group of bookstores, putting in long hours of hard work, trying to make an honest dollar just like thousands of other men in the hardware, furniture or used car lines.
When the real Bob Carlson does stand up, the situation gets a little muddled. You see, to one degree or another, all three of those confusing caricatures seem to fit him, at least a little bit.
My Weekend Soundtrack
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRWyxzmNdJc&feature=youtu.be
Call off the Global Drug War
“In a message to Congress in 1977, I said the country should decriminalize the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, with a full program of treatment for addicts. I also cautioned against filling our prisons with young people who were no threat to society, and summarized by saying: ‘Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.'”
– Jimmy Carter, New York Times Op-Ed 2011/06/16
Trampled by Turtles 2011 Homegrown Show Information
Hullo, Trampled by Turtles fans!
Stop. Collaborate and listen. The Trampled by Turtles show at the Clyde Iron is going to be awesome. To help keep it awesome, please be aware of the following:
- This is a 21+ show.
- There is a max capacity at Clyde Iron. Once this is reached, no more admittance wristbands will be available.
- Doors open at 6 p.m.
- No backpacks, bottles, guns, exotic animals, imported fruit, bad manners, etc., etc.
Ticket Information:
- $5 Wednesday night only tickets go on sale at 5:30 p.m. at Clyde Iron. Cash Only. Weeklong wristbands will also be available for purchase.
- If you already have a Homegrown Weeklong wristband you do not need an additional ticket. A weeklong wrist band does not guarantee admission.
- First come, first serve general admission. Once Clyde Iron reaches capacity no more fans will be admitted.
- Homegrown will be handling all ticket sales. Please DO NOT call Clyde Iron looking for ticket info or purchasing.
Homegrown Cultural Ephemera
‘- WED: All American Club
– THU: Narum’s Soup Party
– FRI: ??
– SAT: Mindy’s BYOBBQ / Tim Nelson’s / Glass Elevators
$lizzard
Seriously. Last I heard, Knifey said the $lizzard is in Iceland. Is it sitting on some jack-a-ninny’s beer-box end table?
Where is the $lizzard?
Last I saw of the Homegrown $lizzard, Knifey was running wildly down Superior Street.
Dropping Today!
Homegrown Field Guides drop today. If you’re interested in helping distribute, contact Kyle at: volunteer [dot] homegrown [at] gmail [dot] com.
A-V: Excuse Me Princess
With Wyatt Famous’ lead singer in the ER with bronchitis, Excuse Me Princess will kick off Anti-Valentine’s at 9:30 down at the Rex.
A-V Set Times
Anti-Valentine’s · Saturday, February 12, 2011 · FREE
Mark Anderson Jazz Trio · 9 – Red Star
DJ Delgado · 9:30 – Rex
Two Many Banjos · 10 – Brewhouse
Wyatt Famous · 10:30 – Rex
Path Annu vs. Horsefist · 11 – Red Star
Clique, Clique, Boom · 11:30 – Rex
Low Forms · 12:30 – Rex
Shorty Memorial
Memorial Service for Scott “Shorty” William Nace
(1953-2010)
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2010 · 7:30pm
R.T. Quinlan’s
Speakers, food, music, silent auction
ISO: Homegrown 2010 Photos
Seeking 2010 Homegrown photos for the 2011 Field Guide. Photos need t0 be high-rez JPGs (no watermarks, please); there’s no need for RAWs. You can send me a link to the photos online, or contact me if they’re on a CD/DVD: adam [at] transistormag [dot] com. Thanks!
