4/4 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Peter Schilling Jr. discusses the Twins' Day Two at Balls.

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Download free MP3s from local artists such as Askeleton, the Hopefuls, Chris Koza, M.anifest, the Plastic Constellations, and more at Music To Go.

THESE DAYS

Michael and Karolina Tomaro are locked in a court battle with Swedish authorities, which rejected their application to name their six-month-old child "Metallica."

A New Jersey judge overturned a drunk driving conviction, ruling that the Zamboni the person was driving (with a blood alcohol level of 0.12 percent) isn't a motor vehicle because they aren't useable on highways and can't carry passengers.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Minneapolis artist and writer Andy Sturdevant writes a hilarious blog through the eyes of the up-standing 3rd Ward councilman and neighborhood booster Sherman Larson at the Armitage Heights Clarion.

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TIME WASTERS

For the coffee connoisseur who has everything except taste: Faux fur cup coats [h/t Dear Dara]

Alphabet made of raw hamburger [via BoingBoing]

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father."

— Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, to NME, on his successful attempt to snort his late father's ashes with cocaine