Life Size Mousetrap Game Crushes 1000 lb. Pumpkin

Mark Perez and crew set up the Life Size Mousetrap in San Francisco for a run of three nights of shows October 28-30. The finale featured a 2-ton bank safe...

Homemade Caramels : Not so tricky for the treaty.

I have always had a helluva sweet tooth. My taste in candy varies, but I am by no means a sugar snob. If it’s sweet that’s usually good enough. A...

Control: The Ian Curtis Film

Photo by Phillipe Carly

Alien Protection Device *Not* A Selling Feature

I reluctantly remind you that I grew up in Iowa. Reluctantly because the people in this story aren’t far from uncommon.

How to: Wolf whistle for fun and irritation

Eureka! It’s only taken 30 years, but I’m finally beginning to master the fingers-jammed-in-your-mouth method of whistling. Like many things, it’s all a matter of finding it explained the right...

Build Your Very Own Backyard Monorail

Taking the term “enthusiast” to disturbing lengths, Kim Pedersen designed and built a 300 foot long monorail that snakes around their backyard. It was built over a span of 5...

The Virtues of Crotchless Coffee

Behold!The money shot.

Atmosphere is finally getting huge

The new album, You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having, is the 5th Atmosphere release (I think). I have pretty eclectic taste in music, but I’m pretty selective when...

Andy Rooney’s pissed.

We must have hit a breaking point, cuz if Rooney’s talking about something serious… Ususally, his crankiness is directed at something trivial and fun. This time around, he’s talking about...

Where All the StreetCars Went

One of my fellow Metrobloggers was talking about how we could use a better metro subway or rail transit system here in the Twin Cities. It got me thinking more...

The Mask and the Mouse

Today I got my hands on an advance of the new album from DANGERDOOM, The Mouse and The Mask. DANGERDOOM is a collaboration of Danger Mouse and MF DOOM.

OBEY Sightings

Shepard Fairey was in town for the opening of his show at OX-OP on Washington Ave. and coincidentally a number of OBEY pieces popped up around town. I was thrilled...

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