Tag: Jay Gabler
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New Lunchables Ideas for Today’s Kids
All Cricket Lunchable! Cricket ham, cricket crackers, cricket cheese and a cricket toy made out of crickets. The ~Retro~ Lunchable: A smoothie made of nitrates, lead paint and mercury cavity fillings. Prepare to go bonkers in art class! Netflix Lunchables: We’ll fill a buffet full of food that seems good when you look at it…
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We Tried to Think of Punny Ways to Say “Gale is Hotter than Peeta”
-I have a full Gale-force boner -Gale… more like… Waaaale you go out with me? -Don’t want that Peeta up in my hummus. -Re-GAIL me with a guy hotter than Peeta -Hems’ worth at least 3 Peetas -I’d take Gale’s pole in my pail before I’d let Peeta poke a piece of peen in me.…
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Biking from Uptown Minneapolis to the Minnesota State Fair: What a long, strange trip
I’ve biked from my Uptown Minneapolis apartment to the Minnesota State Fair a few times this year, and Janne Flisrand on the invaluable Streets.mn blog nails it with respect to the challenges of getting from the University of Minnesota Transitway to the nearest State Fair bike corral: it’s not for the faint of heart, and…
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Santa Welcomes His Elves Back From Summer Vacation
Ho, ho, ho! No, I’m not talking about you, Twinkles, though we all saw your Instagrams from Ibiza. Just so you know, it wasn’t me who reported them. Speaking of Ibiza, I’m glad all of you showed more restraint around Orlando Bloom than Justin Bieber did; I know there are a lot of hard feelings…
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Proposed Features of The Tangential Pavilion at the Minnesota World’s Fair
Walk-in freezer winter obstacle course. Hate your life during 45 minutes of fun and adventure! Invasive carp tacos. Interactive booth: “Ethanol or corn whiskey? The choice is YOURS!” A corral that allows visitors from all over the world to quickly and easily shoot the one Minnesota moose they’re legally allowed to take down in their lifetime.…
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Sorry, Twin Cities: That second-most-theater-seats-per-capita-outside-New-York stat is total bullshit
Virtually any list of Twin Cities civic boasts includes the claim that our metro area has “the second most theater seats per capita outside of New York.” Google the phrase and you’ll find pages and pages of colleges, businesses, and boosters of all stripes making the claim. But how do they know it’s true? Many…
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“Very Good Girls”: The Quiz
Very Good Girls is about two girls who find their lifelong friendship tested during the summer before college. It stars: a. Sophie Turner and Hailee Steinfeld b. Abigail Breslin and Sasha Pieterse c. Dove Cameron and Zendaya d. Dakota Fanning and a 25-year-old Olsen sister The two girls are trying to: a. Start a non-profit…
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Ten Actual Boutique Names in Annapolis, Maryland
The Framing of the Shoe Hats in the Belfry Re-sails Be…Home Snyder’s Bootery CleaVe The BOUTIQUE Bubbles For Hair Poppy and Stella Then…& Again Antiques Mary and Blanche! – compiled by Jay Gabler 0 likes
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The Pros and Cons of “Kom Hit!”
Pros Any excuse to hang out in the American Swedish Institute’s Turnblad Mansion is welcome—especially at dusk, when the illuminated nooks and crannies feel especially cozy and mysterious. If feathers occasionally fall on you, all the better. The overlapping musical elements—some performed live, some played on record or tape or other media—are eerily beautiful. This…
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“Transformers: Age of Extinction”: Michael Bay unleashed
Appropriately for a franchise centering on robots with the ability to dramatically change their appearance, the Transformers stories have evolved from a small toy line and gently absurd comic—created, on Hasbro’s order, to provide a new American narrative involving pre-existing toy molds from Japan—into a series of four increasingly gargantuan feature films directed by Michael…
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Clint Eastwood’s “Jersey Boys”: Failure in Falsetto
Jersey Boys, the 2005 jukebox musical that tells the (more or less) true story of Frankie Valli, is one of the sturdiest and most enjoyable Broadway shows of its type. Focusing on the relationships among the Four Seasons—in particular between Valli and guitarist Tommy DeVito—gives writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice room to explore resonant…
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Infographic: Ways In Which Minnesota Is Average
– Research by Jay Gabler, design by Leah Garaas For more about Minnesota by The Tangential, grab our book Bright Lights, Twin Cities! 0 likes