March 2010
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Smitten Kitten of Uptown brings sexy fun to Denver... →
The new store, located in downtown Denver, will open on Thursday. According to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, Smitten Kitten’s revenue topped $1 million in 2008 through sales at their Lyndale Avenue store, online and through events.
Smitten Kitten is also now a sponsor of Savage Love, the excellent podcast by Dan Savage. I just wish SK was still on 35th St by the Chatterbox Pub,...
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Things I Find Annoying (Part 1)
1. People complaining about Foursquare updates on Twitter.
People like to complain about foursquare updates showing up on twitter, saying that they are annoying or don’t flow with everything else. Automatic Foursquare updates to twitter can be annoying, but it doesn’t have to be.
Twitter updates are supposed to be about what you are doing, and location is a key part of that. But...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) →
Pedro the Lion (9)
Spoon (8)
12 Rods (7)
Sleater-Kinney (5)
Q and Not U (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) →
Colin Meloy (16)
Lookbook (11)
Vampire Weekend (10)
Broken Bells (10)
Beach House (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Pre’s Hardware is the Xbox 360 of Smartphones (in... →
cameronmoll:
ArsTechnica’s Jon Stokes on the unfortunate demise of Palm:
I’ve only met one Pre owner in-person who hasn’t sent at least one phone back, but I’ve met many people who have sent multiple Pres back. When you pull out your Pre somewhere and another Pre user spots it, the odds are close to certain (in my experience) that that person has sent at least one unit back because of some...
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Home Runs for Hope →
My wife’s organization, Casa de Esperanza, is hosting an event with the Minnesota Twins at Target Field this year called Home Runs for Hope. The event is on May 9th (Mother’s Day) at 1:10pm, tickets are $22 for seats in sec 316, 317, 318 and 319 (seating chart), and you can order your tickets online. This is a great way to help support a wonderful community organization and also to see...
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“I want you to consider the contrast: on one side, the closing argument was an...”
– I love you Paul Krugman. (via thedependentclause)
I love you as well.
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Thinking ahead connecting a Midtown Greenway... →
I want this to happen, especially if they extend the Greenway Path/Streetcar across the river and into St. Paul and the Central Corridor. That would be amazing.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) →
We Were Promised Jetpacks (22)
Hot Chip (20)
Tegan & Sara (13)
The Pines (10)
Beach House (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
9 Years
Today marks my 9 year anniversary of blogging. Hooray.
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“Minnesota Twins president Dave St. Peter said he thinks the team could sell out...”
– In other words, start practicing your finger calesthenics for tomorrow’s 9 AM on sale. (via hollygonightly)
I hope for y’all’s sake the team is good this year.
(via freshmn)
I don’t even care if they are good. We finally get to enjoy outdoor baseball. That’s good enough for me. That...
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State HS Hockey Tournament Brackets →
It doesn’t get any better than this.
Edina (2) vs Roseau
Blaine (3) vs Apple Valley
Minnetonka (1) vs Lakeville North
Hill Murray (4) vs Duluth East
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“El Nuevo Rodeo is Lake Street’s answer to the downtown clubs—a...”
– El Nuevo Rodeo facing possible last hurrah on Lake Street
I’ve never been to the nightclub on a weekend night, and while I’m sure they have all the problems most nightclubs seem to face, it would be really bad for the neighborhood if it closed down. I’ve been to El Nuevo Rodeo for...
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WatchHoly crap, Logorama is awesome if you haven’t seen it yet.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7) →
Mumford & Sons (24)
Boards of Canada (19)
Atmosphere (17)
Belle & Sebastian (15)
Beach House (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Check Out The Secret McMenu Item That's Sweeping... →
McDonald’s secret menu item that can only be ordered during the changeover from breakfast to the standard menu. The Mc10:35 is the unholy but oh-so-hot union between the McDouble and Egg McMuffin.
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1500
Crap, that last post was my 1500th Tumblr post for East-Lake.net. Here I wanted to do something special for it, and instead I link to a Draft Ed Kohler Tumblr Page and talk about South Minneapolis pub crawls. Guess that’s pretty much what this blog is about these days. Sad.
Draft Kohler →
freshmn:
“Because, god willing, RT’s going to the Governor’s mansion and we’re gonna need a new mayor.”
YES!
South Minneapolis Pub Crawls would be so much better if Ed Kohler were the Mayor.
Dispatches from Haiti: St. Paul native and soccer... →
St. Paul native Tony Sanneh, a former U.S. National soccer team member who has played in various professional leagues, left Tuesday for Haiti. We explained his mission in this advance story, but to sum it up: he’s running soccer camps and clinics for kids who otherwise have nothing to do in the earthquake-ravaged areas, and he’s also helping with a humanitarian effort. We asked Sanneh...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28) →
Beach House (31)
The Avett Brothers (26)
The Pines (25)
Lookbook (23)
The Antlers (22)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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What a Great Weekend
Friday Night:
Electric Fetus Benefit at First Avenue
Cloud Cult opened the show, meaning that it was packed from the start. It was my first time seeing them live and it lived up to my expectations. Such a great band. Konrad singing a song with Trailer Trash was another highlight, but the crowd had emptied out quite a bit, which was too bad. They just didn’t seem to fit the crowd, which was...