Tag: life
group name: mnmusic
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November 10, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
MPR's Bob Kelleher, reports on Andy Saur's Viking quest:
A Duluth man is on a quest to change the music the Minnesota Vikings play in the Metrodome before kicking the football. Andy Saur says . . .
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July 13, 2006 05:28 PM EDT --
I've spoken here a couple of times about buying local music. It has its pitfalls--the quizzical glance from the clerk, finding the tiny local section in the first place, lacking many places to find . . .
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June 23, 2009 03:52 PM EDT --
In this age of artists gladly and willingly letting their music be used in TV commercials, is the idea of "selling out" still an issue like it used to be? Or do artists just have to make money . . .
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December 27, 2006 11:51 AM EST --
My original intention on Boxing Day was to go celebrate Little Boxing Day in Little Canada (a suburb north of St. Paul). But as always, I live by the better offer club; meaning if there's a better . . .
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July 05, 2006 05:17 PM EDT --
I went up to Duluth, MN this weekend to see Wilco as part of their Canadian(?) tour. It was a great show, and having seen Wilco several times prior to this, it wasn't full of too many surprises. What . . .
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July 27, 2006 09:48 AM EDT --
Minnesota Public Radio's The Current encourages everyone to Celebrate National Night Out:
It's summer, meaning it's also block party season in Minnesota. What better reason to have a block . . .
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December 11, 2006 12:30 PM EST --
This American Life has recently released a new collection of stories on CD, just in time for the holidays. For those of you who do not know, This American Life (TAL) is a weekly public radio . . .
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September 18, 2006 06:45 PM EDT --
(with apologies to the band IfIhadaHiFi from Milwaukee. If it's any consolation, that is hands down the best palindrome ever.)
My co-worker and friend, (who happens to be the biggest musichead I know) . . .
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February 13, 2007 10:55 AM EST --
MPR recently reported that Minnesotan Dan Wilson (Semisonic’s singer/guitarist) co-wrote many songs on the Dixie Chicks Grammy Award winning album “Taking the Long Way”, including “Not . . .
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February 02, 2007 12:01 PM EST --
Ever since I worked at Grey’s Drugstore in Dinkytown, the same building Dylan lived upstairs in a decade earlier, I have been inspired by his music and awed at his prolificacy. . . .
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February 21, 2009 12:46 PM EST --
Yes, I have been elusive in my blogging for a while now, as I've been trying to get a rhythm going with a little more "practical" writing, on eHow and now Associated Content . . .
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November 16, 2006 05:39 PM EST --
In a new release of stories from the wildly popular public radio program This American Life, the double CD compilation of personal essays knowingly sums up the human experience in just two words: hope . . .
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September 28, 2006 12:09 PM EDT --
MPR's Morning Show recently hosted some of this year's talent:
Jon Vezner, Celeste Krenz, and Lindsay Mac record for North House Folk School by Dale Connelly, Minnesota Public Radio, Jim . . .
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October 04, 2006 04:20 PM EDT --
Here at Minnesota Public Radio, the employees get a few fringe benefits of working at a major regional media organization. Sometimes we get to see famous people wandering throughout the building, but far . . .
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May 22, 2006 03:53 PM EDT --
Whether you think of him as an amazing writer, an inspiration to a generation, or a guy who mumbles when he sings, you can't escape knowing about him especially with his birthday rolling around. Mr. . . .
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January 19, 2007 06:46 PM EST --
Are you an aspiring music reviewer? Do you love getting to hear new albums before the rest of the world? If so, this is for you.
Gather is offering 10 of it's most avid music . . .
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July 31, 2006 05:33 PM EDT --
I usually wake up with a song stuck in my head. It's pretty cool, because for the most part, it's a song that I love, and have listened to over and over again. I was explaining this to my friends . . .
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June 02, 2007 07:16 PM EDT --
Zoe Mulford and I met at the 2004 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) conference in Monticello, NY. Zoe sent an email as soon as she saw both our names on the list of attendees seeking to share . . .
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August 21, 2006 12:53 PM EDT --
His voice is clear and full and resonates through the coffeehouse. It's Wednesday, early evening and Jim Hall is playing his regular gig at a local coffeehouse in Superior, Wisconsin. . . .
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November 21, 2006 02:25 PM EST --
Now, it's been a while since I've had my finger on the pulse of the latino/grind/rap scene, but while at my favorite local watering hole, I met a man named Don Mofongo. He was keeping it real, . . .
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