Category Archives: Minnesota

Notable stories from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Michael Beasley and Anthony Tolliver have a moment

Michael Beasley tries to rub own knee, misses, rubs Anthony Tolliver’s knee instead.

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Minneapolis Bike Gang logo design

Check out these  cool Minneapolis Bike Gang logo designs by Allen Peters.

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View them all here.

Monday Music Rewind: Imperial Drag “Boy or a Girl”

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Imperial Drag was an American rock band, active from 1994 to 1997. The group, formed after the breakup of Jellyfish, released one album and scored one rock hit single in the U.S. before disbanding. The group’s glam rock-influenced image, however, failed to win fans over in the wake of the grunge era. I remember discovering them in July of 1996 at the Taste of Minnesota. The show was still one of the best live shows I have seen. I still enjoy the album to this day and urge you to rediscover them yourself.

The lead singer, Eric Dover, auditioned as lead vocalist for the first solo album by Slash of Guns N’ Roses. Dover recorded vocals on the Slash’s Snakepit album It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere before rejoining keyboardist Roger Manning (Jellyfish) in the Imperial Drag. Dover has also been a session musician for Alice Cooper. He now fronts a band called Sextus.

Buy the song Boy or a Girl here.

Visit the Imperial Drag fan site here.

Minnesota Timbertrolls: The TV Series

A new video starring the Timberwolves players set to the theme of Family Matters. It’s wonderful.

Minnesota Love

The state of MN has a lot of endearing qualities.

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OMG MOVE!

If you live in Minnesota, you know that driving here can be FRUSTRATING! I think it’s because we are passive aggressive in nature. This license plate sums up my feelings pretty well. We all know who the bad drivers are in Minneapolis.

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Free Brother Ali music download

The Bite Marked Heart
Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali has dropped a new EP. Entitled The Bite Marked Heart, the seven-track effort features guest appearances from Phonte and Stokley Williams, among others.

Stream and/or download the project for free here. Yes, I said “FREE.”

Amazon has some other good tracks too, so check them out.

Ali’s fifth LP, tentatively titled Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color, is due out later this year.

Vince Flynn’s Kill Shot chronicles the rise of a CIA Superagent

Buy Vince Flynn Kill Shot book

In Vince Flynn’s latest page-turner, the stakes are higher than they’ve ever been as Mitch Rapp embarks on the journey that will turn him into America’s most deadly asset. Flynn is known for delivering shockingly realistic situations in his political thriller / assassin books. Every detail and protocol appears to be extensively researched and accurate. Something us mystery/espionage fans appreciate.

His latest book is called Kill Shot. It is hitting stands today. The book is actually a prequel to his later books and follows the story of how Mitch Rapp became the CIA’s superagent.

Exerpt from Simon and Schuster: In the year since the CIA trained and then unleashed him, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet. With each swift and untraceable kill, the tangled network of monsters responsible for the slaughter of 270 civilians in the Pan Am Lockerbie attack become increasingly aware that someone is hunting them. Rapp is given his next target, and finds the man asleep in his bed in Paris. In the split second it takes the bullet to leave Rapp’s silenced pistol, the trap is sprung and he finds himself in the fight of his life.

Buy the book here.

145 Waterskiers set new record

Leaving everyone in their wake: Waterskiers set new world record as 145 people are pulled behind a single boat. Full story. Did you know that water skiing was invented in Minnesota? True story.

Waterskiers world record

Photo Source: Mark Seaton

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Photo Source: Mark Seaton

Photo Source: Mark Seaton

Old lady packing excessive heat

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