4/30 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Chuck Terhark reviews Andy Friedman's Saturday night show at the 331 Club at Culture To Go.

Steve Monaco has your Monday Movie Quiz at Couch Pundit.

Download free MP3s from local artists such as Apraxia, Fort Wilson Riot, Valet, Telephone!, Mach Fox, and more at Music To Go.

THESE DAYS

Giving marijuana to mice with cancer shrank their lung tumors by half and slowed the spread of the disease, findings that may one day expand legal use of the drug as a treatment. [via Undernews]

Philadelphia city inspectors shut down more than a dozen psychics, astrologers, and tarot-card readers after learning about a decades-old state law that bans fortune telling for profit.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Bad Cat! blogs about battling depression, disturbing sex toys, and what happens when your family discovers your blog at Crazy Days of Me.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

From Clippy the paper clip to Apple's printing dog: Wired mocks the Lamest Technology Mascots Ever

The Star Wars theme played on bagpipes

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"I give it all to the movies, and it's like I'm climbing Mount Everest every time. When I get off the mountain then I want to be able to enjoy some time in the chalet at the bottom."

— filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, in The Telegraph, on why he only makes a movie once every few years