AltWeeklies Wire
Google Politely Asks Minnesota's Small Businesses to Get a Websitenew
Minnesotans have a lot of room to grow in terms of internet usage, and Google is essentially saying, "Come on in, there's plenty of room."
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mullen |
09-27-2011 |
Tech
The Land of GoBots, Pound Puppies, and Care Bearsnew
Minnesota's surprising place as a hub of toy crazes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jessica Lussenhop |
03-30-2011 |
Culture
The Download Martyrnew
Jammie Thomas-Rasset was fined $220,000 by the RIAA for downloading 24 songs.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Nick Pinto |
02-16-2011 |
Tech
Tags: RIAA, Jammie Thomas-Rasset
We Eat The Lunch Randy Moss Dissednew
For about $9, Tinucci's offers dinners that include a choice of meat and two sides, often scooped up by a cute, gray-haired lady. And, yes, Randy, the food is not fancy, but that's the genre. Wake up and smell the watered-down coffee.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
11-05-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Randy Moss, Tinucci's
Harvey Pekar RIP: Bard of the Rust Beltnew
LeBron James will easily fit into his sunny new environs in Miami, but Harvey Pekar was the kind of crank that couldn't exist anywhere but Cleveland.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-14-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Harvey Pekar, Cleveland
Adam Garcia: Designer for Nike, Rhymesayers and Arcade Firenew
Adam Garcia, known back in the day in the Twin Cities as "Snakebird" was an instrumental designer in the hip-hop and street art scenes before moving to Philly in 2006. He's since been recruited by Nike and has managed a Portland move, and yet somehow he still sneaks in a freelance project or two for his hometown people.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jen Boyles |
04-08-2010 |
Art
Tags: Rhymesayers, Adam Garcia
Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey Takes 16-year-old Fiancéenew
The smitten guy in this story is Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, a 44-year-old self-described vampire from New Jersey. The object of his affection is 16-year-old Paige Brewer, a troubled kid who walked out on her mother, Jillian Moen, and their Mound home six months ago.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
02-24-2010 |
Culture
Twin Cities Musician Finds New Life - and a Kidney - Through Social Networkingnew
When Chris Strouth found out he had kidney disease, he named his sickness Harold. It was a way to deal with something that might kill him, and the name was a lot easier to remember than IGA Nephropathy. When Harold overstayed his welcome, Strouth turned to Twitter.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
12-09-2009 |
Tech
Allison Pottinger Going for Curling Gold at Winter Olympicsnew
Allison Pottinger, a member of the U.S. Olympic team, will be traveling to Vancouver in February for the 2010 Games. A working wife and mother of three-year-old and 15-month-old girls, Pottinger must sandwich her Olympic dreams between the everyday realities of job and family.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matthew Smith |
12-09-2009 |
Sports
How Anonymous Online Reviews are Affecting Twin Cities Eateriesnew
Negative anonymous reviews are murky territory. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, certainly, but many restaurateurs say they have received criticism they felt was false, unfair, or malicious -- which they had little ability to correct or refute.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
11-25-2009 |
Food+Drink
Vivid-Alt's Vin Vericose Transforms from Minnesota Boy to Porn Starnew
Chad Fjerstad and his pornstar girlfriend are moving to L.A. to make a go in porn at one of the worst times for adult entertainment, when even the most prominent stars are seeing a dent in their paychecks and a deficit of work.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Emily Kaiser |
10-21-2009 |
Culture
Manners 101: Etiquette Queen Angelyn Davis Gives it to Us Straightnew
I don't think of myself as a particularly ill-mannered rube, but for someone who eats out for a living, my tableside comportment is, frankly, a bit lacking. I have discovered the hard way that manners do matter.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
09-30-2009 |
Culture
The Third Annual Comix Issue: The Meaning of Minnesota Nicenew
Twin Cities artists explain our unique disposition.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Staff |
08-19-2009 |
Cartoons
My Experiment With Living Off the Land in Minneapolisnew
Teresa Marrone, who wrote Abundantly Wild: Collecting and Cooking Wild Edibles in the Upper Midwest, had agreed to assist me in my attempt to spend a day living off the land in the Twin Cities. When I first asked her if my conceit was possible, she replied, "Oh gosh, yeah -- but it won't be exactly what you wanted to eat."
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
07-29-2009 |
Food+Drink
My Worm Compost Bin Produces a Great Garden ... and a Clear Consciencenew
Why would anyone willingly keep hundreds of worms in her kitchen? Because the United States produces more than 30 million tons of organic waste each year, and when that material ends up in either the incinerator or the landfill, it creates far more problems than benefits.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
07-08-2009 |
Gardening
