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• Transplants Not Unlike GWAR  Take Blink 182’s drummer, Rancid’s lead, a roadie, a weekend of b-grade end-of-the-world horror flicks, and mix with a case of cheap beer - like Grain Belt non-Premium. I know, I know, that’s almost the same recipe for GWAR. But this time, you end up with Transplants’ Haunted Cities. I picked it up a while
• Good Thing The Spoonbridge is Downtown David Bowies’ ChangesBowie came up this afternoon on the shuffle. Made me feel like visiting the Walker or some other contemporary art museum and browsing through their pop art collection. Specifically, some Odenburg and Lichtenstein. No Warhol though. Save that for the Lou Reed.
• Yes, A Juicy Lucy Is All That When Jen asked me to pick up cheese for burgers tonight, it wasn’t on my mind at all. At some point, I was inspired. Perhaps Scott and Dave’s quest finally got to me. Before I knew it, there was two slices of medium cheddar between two quarter pound patties squeezed together and slapped on the grill. Yep.
• I’m Covering Nat’l Conf. for MEdia Reform 2008 The 2008 National Conference for Media Reform will be held here in Minneapolis a weekend from now June 6-8. I’m excited to have a press pass to the conference. These 3 sessions that jumped out to me immediately: Minnesota Model: Countering Corporate Media (while I’m concerned we’ll be beating a dead horse, I can’t miss this one) Raising
• Tuesday Music - Seven Standouts from SXSW 2006 Here’s my second set of favorites from the 2006 SXSW BitTorrent, 7 this time. A little background on the process: I’ve got all the songs in an iTunes smart playlist - anything with the album of ‘SXSW 2006 Showcasing Artist’, playcount less than 1, and shuffle is on. Today’s a pretty serious heads down work