From the City Pages:
-- Uptown Bar fights to transfer liquor license to new location
"Manager Denni Willey seeks to usher scene staple into its second life."
-- Total Babe's Clara Salyer is 17-year-old rock prodigy
"Never underestimate the power of a teenage girl."
-- The Songs We Can't Escape feat. Birdman, Grasshopper, Get 'Em Mamis, Mullyman & White Hills.

Slideshows:
-- Tittsworth, Nadastrom, DJ Ayres, DJ Haul get wild at 7th St Entry Scion show
-- P.O.S. finally comes home to First Avenue
-- The New Congress reign at the Fine Line
-- KRS-One at Stop The Violence Movement at Epic
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Radio K: Singles chart for the week of 10/26/2009
1) A Sunny Day in Glasgow "Shy"

2) Mayer Hawthorne "Maybe So, Maybe No"

3) A Place to Burty Strangers "In Your Heart"

4) Kurt Vile "Freak Train"

5) The Flaming Lips "Silver Trembling Hands"

6) Atlas Sound "Logos"

7) The Big Pink "Dominos"


[For a comprehensive chart of the week's top album as well as additional information on the station, please visit Radio K.]
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Thinking about catching a flick this weekend? Here's what to see...

OPENING

AN EDUCATION: Spirited, 16-year-old overachiever Jenny (Carey Mulligan) falls under the spell of David Goldman (Peter Sarsgaard), a thirtysomething Jewish entrepreneur, who begins whisking Jenny off to glamorous concerts and art auctions--and not just for her erudition. (Uptown Theatre)
City Pages: "This classily directed year-I-became-a-woman nostalgia trip conceals a surprisingly tart, morally ambiguous center. ... Mulligan's enchanting central performance gives us the sense that, right before our eyes, a star is born."
Star Tribune: 4 stars Pioneer Press: 3 stars RottenTomatoes.com: 92% positive

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This week we have an overload of free stuff to do on Halloween, from barhopping to music to stuff for the kids. We've also got free art shows, free opera, and a free final show at the Uptown Bar. There's so much free stuff to do this weekend, it's spooky!

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Thanks to Steve Barone from the Hawaii Show for directing our attention to this video, which is a tribute to the ill-fated Uptown Bar. The Hawaii Show will be playing the LAST NIGHT EVER at the Uptown Bar this Sunday, November 1 with the Twilight Hours and Happy Apple.

Photo by Jeff Luke

​Upon hearing the eponymous release from Monsters of Folk, I feared that the gimmick wouldn't last; I feared that again a group had been formed that could never surpass the greatness of each member's other projects. And if you've been keeping up with their press it appears that the correlations to their older cousin, the Traveling Wilburys, might be a bit much to live up to. If all you ever had was the album to listen to, then yes, this would be just another mediocre "supergroup" of indie rockers, but to hear them live was a whole 'nother story.More >>

​Look, I don't want to sound like a drama queen or anything, but today is the single most meaningful day of my entire life.

Tonight, at 6 p.m. inside the Mall of America (where dreams come true), the greatest, most important, most awe-inspiring American hero of all time is going to be live in person, signing copies of his new book, My Life Outside the Ring, and making 27-year-old dudes cry like chicks at a Bon Jovi show.

That's right; Hulk Hogan is coming to town. (Click here for info.)

Now, if you're anything like me, then you probably just released a small amount of bodily fluid on to your sweatpants that you've been sporting for the better part of a week.

(Author's note: If I don't go outside, then how can they be considered "dirty?" My wife obviously doesn't understand sweatpants etiquette.)

But before you throw on your faded nWo t-shirt, grab your DVD copy of Suburban Commando (the Hulkster's finest work, in my opinion) and make a run for the mall, you need to ask yourself one small, but all too important question:

What are you going to say to him?

Asking the right question can make this casual encounter with Hulk a moment to remember. Asking the wrong question, however, can lead to a life of sadness and mental anguish as you'll think, "Why didn't think through what I was going to say ahead of time? I hate myself so much."

Don't worry, I won't let that happen. Check it.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

Triple Rock Social Club

Fu Manchu
Bastard Saints

21+. 8:00 P.M. $15.00. Triple Rock Social Club, 629 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis; 612.333.7399.

First Avenue Main Room

Disco Biscuits
Orchard Lounge

18+. 7:00 P.M. $20.00 advance/$22.00 door. First Avenue Main Room, 701 First Avenue North, Minneapolis; 612.338.8388.

Turf Club

The Melismatics
Sissy Wish
Lookbook

21+. 9:00 P.M. $6.00. Turf Club, 1601 University Avenue, Saint Paul.

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photo: Cameron Wittig via Sub Pop Records

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It's been a busy month for Alan Sparhawk, and it doesn't look things are going to slow down any time soon. In addition to having announced that Low will be performing a series of select fall/spring dates, his Retribution Gospel Choir is now deep in the production of its sophomore release 2. Having recently signed to Sub Pop, the Duluth-based group, which also includes drummer Eric Pollard and Low bassist Steve Garrington, is prepping the album for a January 26, 2010 release.More >>