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Nancy Drew Crew
Oct 26 w/Dance Band, Beatrix Jar
Pi Bar
2532 25th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN

Replace the bling with beads and the designer labels with hand-sewn stitches— there’s a new hip-hop trio in town and they’re not kidding when they shout DIY. As white as Minnesota winter, the members of Nancy Drew Crew are quite far from your typical rappers and so are their feminist friendly messages, ranging from rhymes about soil contamination, critiques of the university system, misogyny and even hygiene. Intelligent and just plain witty, MC Smells, Miss Mayhem and their DJ, Skullbuster, sat down for a quick chat and explained more about their extremely quirky take on hip-hop.

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Coming up on the one year anniversary of the closing of the nightclub that bonded us all, local techno-scene gatekeeper DVS1 talks about life after his club (started with Beecher Vaillancourt), his new night at The Loft called "Shelter," and what the hell he thinks about during those four-hour sets that are the backbone of the Shelter experience.

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Paul D.Dickinson is a man of many titles: local legend, teacher, punk poet, musician, metal scrapper, bard, raconteur. As the host of The Riot Act Reading Series—a monthly spoken word event at the Turf Club, (and most recently at the fabulous Bedlam Theatre), guitarist in the band Francis Gumm, co-founder of the legendary art gallery and p-rock pantheon, Speedboat Gallery, and member of Electric Arc Radio cast, Paul D is one busy dude. So, it is with much glee that I bring to you this probing inquiry.

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When it comes to podcasting in the land of 10,000 lakes, the first name that comes to mind is Garrick Van Buren. Garrick has produced over 70 podcasts since debuting The First Crack Podcast back in October 2004, featuring episodes on wine tasting, exotic peanut butter, and pontooning. Van Buren has expanded his empire to include Podcast Minnesota, MNInteractive, and the WorkBetter Weblog. I decided to see if he could still type, so I sent him 5 Silly Questions and this is what he wrote...

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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris. For almost three years he's been blogging on culture, politics, and most notably, the evolution/Intelligent Design debate at Pharyngula. It's the resurgence of the debate over evolution and Myers's intelligent, humorous, and, at times, incendiary commentary on the subject that quickly made his blog a popular destination. His being a biologist and a professor, I thought it necessary to send PZ five really stupid questions to get his thoughts on subjects ranging from Tony Danza to dogs and monkeys fighting. Here's what PZ had to say...More >>

In a new feature at Culture To Go, I've sent out five silly questions to a local blogger to find out about their life beyond being chained to their keyboard. First up is Mary Lahammer, a host and political reporter for Almanac on TPT2. When Mary's not blogging at the Almanac site, she's on the capitol beat for public television. Mary has scored a few Emmys and City Pages named her "Best Newscaster" back in 2002. We also think her last name means "The Hammer" in Italian, but our knowledge of things Italian don't really go beyond eating Chef Boyardee everyday. I thought of the silliest, most inane questions in the five minutes I allotted myself and fired them off to The Hammer. Here's what she had to say...More >>