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| 29.12.22 19:48 |  |  | Man wearing THIS 🇬🇧 jacket remarked to the entire theatre on the fact that I dressed up in a clean hoodie to see him ;-) 😁 |
(The Parkway Theater) |
| 29.12.22 17:13 |
 | JUST IN: I've been invited to be the Special Guest of Downtown Jeff at his monthly vinyl residency at Dusty's! By accepting, I have probably also guaranteed that the Lions/Packers game will flex into the Sunday Night Football spot...but Dusty's has TVs and let's face it, you don't need to HEAR the game - you need to hear Australian punk 7" singles and ... I dunno, probably "Sandstorm" by Darude since I know EXACTLY where it is in this house. Event link is comment numero uno! |
| 29.12.22 08:29 | | TONIGHT: Not super interested in the movie (the movie is fine, I will love the movie) but VERY excited to see a rare live performance from Simon Husbands himself and very intrigued by the possibility of cover performances......? Tickets are almost sold out btw so make your mind up |
| 28.12.22 19:51 | | LET'S GO (First Avenue & 7th St Entry) |
| 28.12.22 16:32 | | The big show is tonight at 8! SEE YOU THERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/507704934705495 |
| 26.12.22 11:07 | |  | Happy Boxing Day, everyone! |
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| 26.12.22 11:05 | |  |
(Shared from Christopher's cover photo)
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| 25.12.22 19:13 | | IT'S TACO TIME (Mortimers) |
| 25.12.22 02:42 | |  | MERRY CRZMAS!
(📷: Yo Ritchie) |
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| 24.12.22 17:07 |
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(Shared from KFAI - Fresh Air Radio on Mixcloud Live)
Broadcast live to your community of fans and tune in direct to creators from every genre
http://kfai.org/live |
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| 24.12.22 12:31 | | THIS JUST IN: I will be covering Temposphere tonight. Suddenly I need four hours of content instead of two! Please throw me some requests. Just for fun, let's make them NOT Christmas tracks - there'll be plenty of that in the first two hours |
| 24.12.22 03:03 | |  | Good work, everyone |
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| 24.12.22 02:30 | |  | Okay, that's a lot of sexy cuts... ask me later how the Cub parking lot felt (it felt hard. And VERY WET)
BUTT. I'm home alone (alive) and well and it's only four below...think I'll have a strong beer and pass out |
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| 23.12.22 16:06 | | If I commit to going to Electric Feel: 2000's Indie Rock & Pop Holiday Party NOW, I PROBABLY won't back out in six hours. SEE YOU THERE |
| 22.12.22 23:43 | |  | Settling back in to more mundane house news, had to drag the space heater down to the ground floor for the seemingly yearly thawing of the downstairs toilet (which is now working just fine - we'll keep some warm air on it while it remains around -10)
I believe I have now earned a more traditional 11:30PM ice cream as it's now too hot to sleep upstairs... but I will resist the temptation to crack open the window ;-) |
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| 22.12.22 09:48 | |  | So! The preliminary diagnosis was that the water heater part of the system was taking priority over the radiator part of the system, which wasn't so great since I wasn't actually using THAT hot water. Also, this feels like kinda a hidden "feature" of linking the hot water heater to the boiler I wasn't aware of a year ago....to be fair, it didn't bite me until now, but I feel like we had some -10 days back in January?
The tech (hats off to the company for sending somebody out IMMEDIATELY) was one of the crew who INSTALLED this thing last December - he made a call to find out what needs to be tweaked. ("Boiler tech support" sounds hilarious.) In the meantime, he'd forced the boiler to get boiling while ignoring the water heater and we've finally seen an uptick in the thermostat's reported temperature - up to 51 from 50, wheeeeeeee
Whatever is happening was surely a result (a snowball?) of it being pretty much below zero all day (and much of the previous two days) - the radiators just weren't keeping up and maintaining the house temperature the way they were supposed to with the way the heaters were running.
It sounds like I may be a test case for other folks who will call in with the same problem. They adjusted some settings, then wrote it up as a warranty call, no charge. I guess I can now name them - it was Snelling Heating, who came off my boss' recommendation last year.
It will take a while to get equalized but we're on the road back to the 60s! I'll keep you posted. I know you love the episodic stuff! |
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| 22.12.22 06:11 | |  | WELL. Think I'll call somebody |
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| 21.12.22 18:39 | | Just went downstairs and glimpsed at the thermostat which said it was... 52! I wonder when the heater was turned off. It's definitely on now! |
| 21.12.22 16:28 | | I don't wanna say the weather sucks, but I'm apparently breaking a streak of 14 weeks when I don't find my way to BK for a $3 Impossible Whopper by midnight |
| 20.12.22 22:12 | |  | Five days since Nora told me this existed, and Cub helpfully put it on sale, so let's try it. When I think "Old Bay," I think "it's for crab!" so it seemed that the perfect delivery medium would be to slather it on some Morey's imitation crab flakes. With the primary ingredients of cayenne peppers and vinegar, this seems to be on the Tabasco side of the sauces but it is a lot thicker than Tabasco. It's definitely spicy - perhaps too spicy for some Minnesotans! - but not overpoweringly so although my tongue is still pleasantly tingling a while later, although that might be more the vinegar than the other ingredients. It would be PERFECT on oysters, a food I have never eaten at home and have no intentions to (although there are a few spots out there where it'd be a mandatory appetizer). What can I say? It delivers, it probably tastes like you'd expect, and if you think you'd like it you probably would. This jar will probably last me long enough to start to dry u!
p, get super concentrated and then get REALLY interesting. I guess I should put it on some of those Herr's chips once things get REALLY blizzardy and I've been in the house for 72 hours straight - STAY TUNED TO THIS SOCIAL NETWORK |
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| 18.12.22 13:26 | |  | Today is the 16th anniversary of Kim and Tonya getting me on Facebook using my alumni ucr•edu address which I'm pretty sure finally broke for good a year or two ago. It's been so long ago Facebook can't remember it, find my first status, let me respond to it OR make it world-readable so you can see it too!
Also, sixteen years on Facebook is probably like a hundred in real life, so yeah I'm still living forever |
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| 18.12.22 03:30 |
 | UPDATE: The crack staff at the Quarry Taco Bell definitely gave Kris & I our order and probably also the order of the car behind us, guaranteeing I will have acid reflux and/or nightmares in the next three hours. Still tasty, tho |
| 17.12.22 22:15 | | Don't cry because it's the last one this year, smile because this year is mercifully anyway over (Mortimers) |
| 16.12.22 23:51 | | Better late than late! |
| 16.12.22 22:01 | |  | After 1, after 2, after 3 |
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| 16.12.22 19:12 | | LET'S GO HOCKEY (Xcel Energy Center) |
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| 15.12.22 20:11 | |  | Well, these didn't particularly NEED to exist, but they're a nice diversion from the same ol' tater chips. (From the Robbinsdale Hy-Vee) |
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| 12.12.22 10:27 |
 | Still have MySpace invites, probably... but somebody SERIOUSLY broke MySpace over the past decade - like even more than it was already broken. It's sad, really. |
| 12.12.22 09:38 |
 |  | Work is celebrating 1,000 days of working from home by....having us all get together for a big meeting and potluck. Well, okay. I chose to celebrate with an office yogurt and boy, there has been some innovation while I've been ignoring the yogurt section. This is definitely a colour not occurring in nature (that is named Red #40) but it tasted pretty much like all the Skittles. Apparently there's also a Berry Skittles but I'm OG and wouldn't know what that might taste like. I got got by the Midway Cub who sold me a yogurt with a freshness date of yesterday, which they surely shouldn't be doing for full price - ALSO, dang, yogurt costs, like, twice as much as it did when I bought it back before inflation |
(Centennial Office Building) |
| 10.12.22 16:48 |
| Live at five with the Weekend on KFAI! Kris followed me here but I may not give him a live mic this year! Find out on your radio at 90.3 and online at KFAI•org - I may also point the live video camera over at him instead of me (nah, you NEED to see this shirt and my clean shaven face) |
| 9.12.22 17:26 | |  | A glorious reissue hath arrived!! |
(United States Postal Service) |
| 9.12.22 16:59 | |  | Famous last words, from seven years ago tomorrow (as I hear him knocking about across the hall) |
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| 9.12.22 16:56 | | Visiting tomorrow |
| 8.12.22 18:20 | | Happy December 8th, the day Joe Pera reads the church announcements. |
| 7.12.22 17:40 | |  | Good times for my return to Dark Horse Bar&Eatery! I kicked off a week of powerhouses (and also me); Mason's there in 20 minutes and Nato & Sara spin tomorrow: Since very few can read my handwriting, here's the playlist in alt text, broken up by hours for no good reason since I really never stuck to any particular themes all night, other than "from the KZiM Archive:"
HOUR ZERO - SETUP
Shooter Jennings - Loading
Shooter Jennings - Countach
HOUR ONE
Shooter Jennings - From Here to Eternity
Giorgio Moroder - Utopia - Me Giorgio
Teena Marie - Lovergirl (Special 12" Dance Mix)
Madonna - Into the Groove ("You Can Dance" version)
Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall In Love (12" Remix)
D-Train - You're the One for Me (Labour of Love mix)
Simple Minds - Sign O The Times
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Commodores - Machine Gun
The System - You Are in My System
The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You
George Michael - Monkey (Extended Version)
HOUR TWO
Jeffrey Osborne - Stay With Me Tonight (Extended Remixed Version)
The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Long Version)
The Jacksons - Torture (12" Dance Mix)
Chic - I Want Your Love
Cherelle - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Visage - Fade to Grey (Dance Mix)
Blonker - Irgendwie
Love and Rockets - No Big Deal (12" Mix)
HOUR THREE
The Monroes - What Do All the People Know
The Black Ghosts - It's Your Touch (Ashley Beedle Heavy Disco Edit)
Imagination - Burnin' Up
Prince - The Future (remix)
The Time - Cool
Grace Jones - Love Is The Drug
!!! - Must Be The Moon (Original)
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
The B-52's - Song For A Future Generation
New Order - The Perfect Kiss
OVERTIME: Side 3 of "Dance Traxx"
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Red & Blue Remix Dance Version)
Laura Branigan - Gloria
Stevie Nicks - Stand Back
I believe I am done with the public displays of vinyl for 2022, but you never know when I may be called upon at the last night - and if I am, I'll try to let YOU know! |
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| 7.12.22 14:54 | | Well, because nothing's ever easy in this house, the dishwasher installers said I COULDN'T have my nice new dishwasher installed today because I would first need an electrician to install a GFI outlet back there for it AND the garbage disposal under the sink. Can't we just take the risk of my house burning down? No? Oh. Does anybody personally know an electrician who's available for what will surely end up an incredibly expensive job? |
| 6.12.22 18:02 | | Hey DJ (it me) (Dark Horse Bar&Eatery) |
| 6.12.22 14:31 | | Well I'm GLAD they dug him up to bring the food coloring nachos back: https://tacojohnsfranchise.com/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-nachos-navidad-at-taco-johns/ |
| 3.12.22 21:10 | | In fact I'm gazing at my own shoes right now...keeps me from having to engage in conversation (Bev's Bar) |
| 3.12.22 15:53 | |  | Got my copy of "Southeast of Saturn" and it looks as pretty as was promised. I suspect it'll sound pretty good, too. Celebrate this release at Bev's tonight with Christian Fritz! Event info in that first comment! |
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| 3.12.22 11:32 |
| In retrospect, waking up early to watch the USA lose might have been a poor choice. In case I snooze a bit too much and forget to plug the show later, lemme do it now: check me out on KFAI at 5PM CST RIGHT after Caribbean Jam! 90•3/KFAI•org/live YES I WILL PLAY THE NEW METALLICA RIGHT AFTER I FIND THE Æ KEY |
| 2.12.22 22:05 |
 | Wow, I've never been to House Proud MPLS here before! Sorry I'm late! (Beast Barbecue) |
| 1.12.22 02:40 | | JUST IN: CRZ returns to the turntables of Dark Horse TUESDAY from 6 to 9! I'm bringing the Harry Styles! |
| 30.11.22 02:15 | |  |
(Shared from Christopher's cover photo)
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| 30.11.22 01:46 | |  | WHITE STUFF WHOA: The official tally at MSP was 8.4", which pretty much matches the unofficial measuring stick in the back yard of the Zimmermansion (measured a few hours later...right now) |
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| 28.11.22 17:29 | |  | Ooh! My GLOW IN THE DARK Legendary Pink Dots double vinyl is here! AND they threw in a CD for reasons I cannot yet discern! (Let me know if you still do CDs and have interest) |
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| 28.11.22 16:56 | | They made it y'all |
| 27.11.22 23:02 |
 |  | All right, I've sat on these long enough - time to crack open and sample this year's holiday Oreo, based on my faaaaaaaavourite homemade cooky as a kid, the tasty and fun to say SNICKERDOODLES. As it is in its OG form, the cinnamon has a prominent starring role and they hit the proportions just right. I always wonder how non-chocolate Oreos will hit but the cinnamon takes it from tasting like some of their more graham-like recent selections. The use of big fat sugar crystals (see: red and green flecks in the crème) adds a welcome textural element to a the traditional crunchy/creamy usual Oreoness. These will probably go faster than is advisable. THERE WILL BE NO VIDEO. |
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| 27.11.22 13:41 | |  | Hell yeah annual soy sauce (and turkey) noodle soup |
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