The 1990s Project: “The Lion King” soundtrack
You won’t be surprised to learn that this disc didn’t make Pitchfork’s best of the 90s list, but including Elton John’s pseudo-African..
Boys
As the kitchen sink filled with hot water, Hannah looked out the cabin window at the kids. Her boys had brought out the ladder golf, a..
The 16 most impressive photos of Anthony DiMeo III
What’s that? You’ve never heard of Anthony DiMeo III? Conveniently for all of us, the public relations firm REMANITY has provided a capsul..
How to create a really awkward “Young Professionals” group for your cultural nonprofit
The time has come. You love your older audience members because they actually care about your programming, and they actually write che..
The 1990s Project: Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See a Darkness”
Maybe it’s the fact that I watched it with my ex-girlfriend at a point in our relationship where its depiction of listlessly unrequite..
Prison
God, Megan, I love my husband but if that sweet dumbshit tries to steal another tropical bird for me, I swear I’m packing my bags.
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The 1990s Project: #1 singles of 1991
I started this project to challenge my hunch that those of us who spent impressionable years of our youth in the 1990s were kind of sc..
Screw you, Harriet Schwenk, I deserved Elton John’s flowers
I love my grandmother dearly and I respect all grandmothers—except one. Harriet Schwenk, I don’t know where you get off, but I deserved th..
The five types of marriage Minnesota will outlaw next
Minnesota’s legislature is in the process of passing a constitutional amendment that will outlaw gay marriage—but what’s the point? Ga..
The 1990s Project: U2’s “Achtung Baby”
On Rolling Stone‘s list of the best albums of the 90s, Achtung Baby (1991) comes in at #4. Granted, this is a list that puts Tom Petty..
Awards Minneapolis is not going to win
America’s Fewest Airport Terminals Named After Anti-Semites
Cherry Blossom Paradise
America’s Piety Capital
Smoothest City St..
Thank God no one’s stolen my Bob Seger penis sculpture
When I read that a Keith Urban hand sculpture had been stolen from outside the Urban Style salon in Eau Claire, I just clucked my tong..