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A.V. ClubThe rise and fall of a chubby sex-cult leader.
Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns--and then he became Rachel.
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a battle over the soul of the GOP. They're also running for governor.
Email from Dara Moskowitz (October 26):
Hi Everybody!
I just got off the phone with Steph Curtis--she is doing great! As is, I hear, Michael. They had a little baby girl, as yet unnamed, at 9 pm last night. She weighed six pounds, five ounces, has dark hair and dark eyes, came out and ate right away, after which Michael gave her her first bath.
They're at St. Joe's in St. Paul, room 204. So exciting! Hooray!
xoxo
-Dara
Email from Michael (October 27):
Friends--
Here's a picture of young Beatrix Geneva Tortorello, taken a few hours after her birth on Tuesday night.
Hope you are all well and in good spirits. G. is feeling good and (no less important) looking good.
take care,
-M
Email from Katy (November 17):
Peter:
Since you've lived in New Orleans, I thought you'd appreciate this photo. Merv recruited the entire Treme Brass Band--they all are living here in Phoenix right now. So check this out--the guy on the left is Frederick Sheppard, who's played sax with Ray Charles and Otis Redding and has worked with Fats Domino since the 1970s. On the right is trombonist Eddieboh Paris, whose grandfather was the famous tap dancer Pork Chop. You already know the little guy.
Hope all is well. It's lovely to have all these musicians here--makes me feel less homesick for New Orleans.
xxx,
k.
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I went to Myth in Maplewood last week to see Contac (below) and his friend Sandman open for Young Jeezy. The live photos mostly didn't turn out, but the crowd shots did. Look for more on Contac soon.




Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at November 14, 2005 2:50 PM | Comments (1)
Slug (of Atmosphere) keeps his cool with Chuck D (of Public Enemy) at the SXSW festival in 2000, photographed by Tony Nelson for this old article. I wrote about PE last week and Atmosphere this week with about as much poise as Slug shows there.
Ant and Slug in 2005 photographed by Dan Monick, from today's article. Find out more about Atmosphere and Minneapolis hip hop here. See more Minnesota hip-hop links here.
Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at November 9, 2005 1:53 PM | Comments (6)
I'm going to go vote, listen to the Clash, make New Orleans benefit plans, and watch my favorite Scorsese picture, American Boy (1978), at my favorite film festival, Get Real, with my favorite person. I'll also make calls on a hip-hop story I care about, for a job I'm lucky to have, and read a book about America (for a review), grab a po' boy at that new Creole/Cajun place on Hennepin, fix a window, call my friends and family, clean the place, and eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
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Otherwise, it's a thick wall, and we never had any complaints for (or from) our old neighbors, who so far as I could tell watched TV every night until 10. (Good architecture.) We're planning a Christmas party ourselves this year, too, so we'll give you some advance notice.
We pay $900 for our place plus utilities, and I imagine the other one would be around that (it's slightly bigger, I hear). The basement is damp (though not wet), and parts of the house are crumbling, and I'm busy hauling a lot of wood junk from the back yard, but the owners fix and replace things, and the apartment itself looks new and fine. We're near Theodore Wirth Beach and park, bike trails, deer, fly fishing. There's an infrequent bus, too, though the city just took out the shelter. I really love living there, and I bet somebody else would, too.
Feel free to forward this to friends who can call or email me for details, address, etc: 612.372.3764. I especially recommend the location to Africans, as there are a lot in the neighborhood.
Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at November 3, 2005 3:34 PM | Comments (0)
It should be a requirement for artists to just know that somehow their debt is rooted there well before Cash Money, Juvie & No Limit. Longhair was Professin long before brother Griff, X, or the 'Large. The Meters will forever be funky... Sadly these names don't ring bells to the MTV-BET generation, but to the brass of record companies, publishers, government, and the Viacommed heads they remain as folklore hall of famers. It should ring the same for all.
Culture to Go roundup: 'Purple Rain' tonight, 'Sign O' the Times' Saturday (on the big screen!), Spin and Vibe for sale (comments?), 'Double Black Album' guy cuts local rap who's-who (show on Saturday), Umbrella Bed keep local ska hopping (shows this weekend), The death of alternative media, part two (Punk Planet distro woes), Culture to Go: Fashion is the Fashion (show tonight!), Freestyle Fridays at Digital City (ongoing rap battles), What would Wellstone do? (observe the anniversary of his death?), Blue Nile fun (my Viewmaster photo)
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