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The A&E blog covers a span of cultural artifacts as wide, fascinating, and bizarre as the internet itself, from reviews of the cheapest coolers at the liquor store to the best concert to see at the Triple Rock, with a bit of speculation at the meaning of it all stuffed in between.

5 awesome, non-Easter uses of pastels.

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Fri, 3/29, 4:18pm (2 months ago)
Pastel shades of brightly tinted hues mean springtime. Seeing the world through rose-colored glasses is just one more sign the temperatures are rising and the days getting longer. Bask in the pretty colors and soak up the sun — spring has sprung!  1. Yelle singing in a pink world. 2. This cool…

He fits the bill

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Wed, 3/27, 9:40pm (2 months ago)
    Bill Burr makes a living bringing his cynical everyman insights to comedy-craving audiences everywhere—something he did in Minneapolis last Saturday.  Recognizable as Kuby from "Breaking Bad" and as the host of the "Monday Morning Podcast," Burr fielded questions with his trademark candor: On his persona: “I am a lot different off…

Majorly exuberant

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Thu, 3/21, 2:40pm (2 months ago)
  The Major Lazer show on Wednesday night was the first time I’ve seen multiple stage hands repeatedly rush the stage to wipe down sweat of performers and audience participants like some roadie NBA ball boys.  It was a steamy night in the Frist Avenue main room that saw Diplo, Major…

Review: "This Clement World"

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Sat, 3/9, 11:23pm (2 months ago)
First and foremost, I want to point out that Cynthia Hopkins has a presence that fills a room quickly. Adorned in a plaid shirt with gray jeans, the performer was comfortable and energized on stage, relying on her musicianship and characters to carry her through “This Clement World.” Her simple-yet-powerful-delivery paired…

The 7 stages of grief — a playlist.

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Sat, 3/9, 8:54pm (2 months ago)
With a spring time buzz in the air, something has shifted among my friends in relationships. Valentine's day is over and done with and all of a sudden, couples are splitting to singles faster than you can say, "let's take a break." Chalk it up to March madness, but pre-summer…

Soundset 2013 Line-up Revealed

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Thu, 3/7, 12:10pm (2 months ago)
Yesterday, Rhymesayers released the line-up for the 2013 Soundset festival. Headlining will be Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, and Mac Miller. Technically, Atmosphere is billed as the headliner, as he has been every year since the festival started in 2008. However, with each year I’ve attended the festival, there are fewer…

Tunesday, March 5th

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Tue, 3/5, 9:46am (2 months ago)
You guys like new music, right? Here’s a list of some of the latest full-lengths that dropped, you guessed it, today (or today-ish). Dust off your headphones and beat the blizzard with a latte and a listen to some new albums. Note: Single sentence initial internal commentary is additional treat.   Untogether by…

Get sprung

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Sat, 3/2, 4:52pm (3 months ago)
  I don't care if I'm jumping the shark here. Yesterday, I walked outside without a coat on and realized that while we ain’t outta the winter woods yet—what with the insane blizzards the nation has been experiencing—ol’ mother nature is giving us a taste of the sun to come. Since we're entering the third month in…

Sing with me, sing for the year

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Fri, 3/1, 5:48pm (3 months ago)
OMG it’s Friday. And because Rebecca wrote the rules – it’s her world, we’re all just livin’ in it – it’s imperative that we’ve gotta get down on Friday. There’s no better way to get down than to yuk it up with your boos and buddies at karaoke. After four one…

Propeller invades

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Thu, 2/28, 12:24pm (3 months ago)
  The all-male Propeller Theater Company is hitting the Guthrie’s Wurtele Thrust stage tonight at 7:30 PM to begin their two-show engagement at the theater. Critically acclaimed for their visceral performances and gender-bending style, the British group is attempting to tell Shakespeare as honestly as they can, focusing on the characters…

Everybody hates the Princess of Genovia

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Wed, 2/27, 8:31pm (3 months ago)
We’ve all had a nice chuckle or two about Anne Hathaway’s nipples protruding—ah, Anne, your headlights are turned on—and her Gollum-esque, “It came true…” coo to her newly received gold statue. And for most actresses we’d be over the hatred hump and on to scoffing at the ways Lena Dunham…

Best free local instrumental albums to study to

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Tue, 2/26, 12:49pm (3 months ago)
1. You want to listen to music while studying, but are distracted by words
2. You like local musicians
3. You are poor If any of the above are true for you, then I’ve got a treat. I compiled the best local, free, instrumental albums and stuck ‘em right here for…

Review: "Elemeno Pea"

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Sat, 2/23, 10:59pm (3 months ago)
  The program for Mixed Blood Theatre’s production of “Elemeno Pea” features a black and white image of a house teetering on the edge of a boulder. Smoke plumes from its chimney as it hovers above an ocean, and at first glance, the not-so-subtle foreshadowing comes this close to making you…

Review: MNfashion's The Shows, night two

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Sat, 2/23, 7:50pm (3 months ago)
  Yesterday evening the fashion elitists of Minneapolis flocked to the North Loop to cap off a seven-day stretch of feathers, fringe and local designer collections. Minneapolis-St. Paul Fashion Week concluded with night two of the highly anticipated runway event, The Shows, debuting the fall 2013 collections from five of the…

Ivan the Terrible would be proud

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Tue, 2/19, 5:11pm (3 months ago)
“Czarface,” a collaboration between Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric, was officially released today. It’s another solid installment in the canon of Wu-Tang spin-off efforts. That is not to denigrate Esoteric by putting Inspectah Deck first—Esoteric’s associates speak volumes for his own talent. Just think of the super group Army…
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