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In my 26 years of life, I have never been to a gay bar or a drag show, so attending a drag show at a gay bar would prove to be a double whammy of unknown territory. This is probably why I had some ill-informed, pre-conceived stereotypes of what I was expecting to see before I rolled into the Gay 90’s this past Thursday for the 31st annual Miss Gay 90’s drag pageant. While I planned to spend the evening watching a bunch of dudes dressed in sequins and spandex overwork their adam's apples trying to hit Celine Dion's high notes, I was instead treated to an event full of dudes dressed in sequins and spandex who threw down the most entertaining and over-the-top show I’ve ever witnessed live (Oh, and they performed some Celine Dion songs. It’s not a stereotype if it’s true. I’m just saying).

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You know all those pre-bar Caffrey's orders you've been placing this week? Those Pizza Luce deliveries you made because you were too lazy to boil some spaghetti? Well, here's what those beleaguered delivery drivers were listening to on their way to your house.

Radio K's Top 7 Songs of the week:

1. TOBACCO Street Trash
2. VIVIAN GIRLS Tell The World
3. THE STREETS The Escapist
4. ANNI ROSSI Arctic Swing
5. DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES No One Does it Like You
6. WOMEN Black Rice
7. MINUS THE BEAR Guns & Ammo

If Women's jangly track strikes your fancy, you have a prime chance to see them tomorrow night at the Triple rock with The King Kahn & BBQ Show. Beyond that, the low end of the AM dial is your best chance to catch these free radicals.

When thinking of those affected by the recession, museums might not be the first thing that jumps to mind. However, museum are often hit hard in economically depressed times as well. Citing lack of funds in hard times financially, on November 9th, TRACES Center for History and Culture closes its doors for good.

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Attention obscure '60s garage band fanatics: head down to the Bryant-Lake Bowl tomorrow night for a screening of the new documentary Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback, which chronicles the group of five local musicians who formed a band in cold-war Germany while serving as GIs. Monks made a name for themselves by dressing in traditional monk garb and creating some of the weirdest, most genre-bending music of the 1960s.

Fun fact: Monks lead singer Gary Burger, who is appearing at tomorrow night's screening for a Q&A session, is currently the mayor of Turtle River, Minnesota.

Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback screening with Gary Burger
Saturday, November 1
7:00 pm (6:00 doors) and 10:00 pm (9:30 doors)
$8, tickets available online or by phone: 612.825.4949

Teens and parents of Minnesota: How would you like to have "the talk" on national television? Monday, November 17 MTV is holding casting calls for families willing to talk candidly about sex on Dr. Drew's show Sex... with Mom & Dad.

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Halloween, again. Wasn’t it meant to be a child’s holiday? If my history is correct, this annual ritual was invented to teach children how to bully adults, to instill in the national youth the virtues of beggary by fearful masquerade. So where do all these grown-ups get off, shoe-horning themselves in on all the fun?More >>

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Just how do you go from ambushing nerds with pie in your videos and performing on Madonna's Like A Virgin tour in front of a massive penis statue to making a life mission out of saving Tibet from China and, for that matter, this very nation from oppressive Republican scheming? It's called growing up, people, and thank goodness for it. While we've had some great memories of Old School Beasties, a thankfully matured Mike D. talks to City Pages about Obama, neglecting Minneapolis and what exactly the Beasties are fighting for these days, at a time when there's so much to lose.

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To the horror of housewives -- and the elation of henpecked husbands -- statewide, Celine Dion announced that this evening’s performance at the Target Center has been postponed due to a respiratory infection. Ever the trooper, she had been warding off a hardy, hoary virus for a week before valiantly succumbing to a terminal throat tickle which prompted her to leave the stage prematurely during a performance Wednesday night in Winnipeg.

From her press release:

“Her doctor stated that despite antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, bronchodilators and mucolytic agents prescribed for her condition, she has continued to worsen and he insists that she refrain from singing for the next five days, in order for her to recover completely.”

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This Friday, Bryant–Lake Bowl will celebrate 15 years of bowling, boozing, theater, and dining with a themed party dedicated to the ultimate cinematic homage to bowling: The Big Lebowski. In 2006 Premier magazine named it one of "the best comedies of all time," and though it was considered a disappointment at the box office in 1998, in the 10 years since it has grown to be perhaps the most beloved stoner bowling movie of all time. To get peeps in the mood for the party, here’s some fun–facts I’ve found on the flick via Wikipedia, IMDB, and my mind.

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The 7th St. Entry was a sleepy little place last night. A girl on crutches smoking a cigarette was the only person outside the club, and for that matter, the only person standing on the block. Inside, the feeling was about the same: no lines for beer and the ability to walk up to the very front of the stage. But then came some magic.

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