Comments on: Minnesota Rocks Thirty http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10895 Minneapolis + St. Paul Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:07:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: eshaffer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10895#comment-107776 eshaffer Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:09:40 +0000 #comment-107776 Fabulous post! Fabulous links! I'm awash in nostalgia for my days--nay, my decade--of good skin and poor judgment. Fabulous post! Fabulous links! I’m awash in nostalgia for my days–nay, my decade–of good skin and poor judgment.

]]> By: aeklund http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10895#comment-107769 aeklund Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:48:31 +0000 #comment-107769 You digital animators on MNSpeak should check out the animation on The Wallets "Body Talk" video. Uh, this was well before Macs.<br /> <br /> Lead guy Steve Kramer and manager Bob Hest are now the mad geniuses behind music house <a href="http://www.hestkramer2.com/" target="_blank">HestKramer</a>. (Kramer also ended up being my next door neighbor for the better part of the '90s; and I swear I saw Hest at Town Talk last night.) You digital animators on MNSpeak should check out the animation on The Wallets “Body Talk” video. Uh, this was well before Macs.

Lead guy Steve Kramer and manager Bob Hest are now the mad geniuses behind music house HestKramer. (Kramer also ended up being my next door neighbor for the better part of the ’90s; and I swear I saw Hest at Town Talk last night.)

]]> By: aeklund http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10895#comment-107767 aeklund Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:44:20 +0000 #comment-107767 Absolutely with ya on Ipso Facto! (My post could only be so long...in hopes that people would add on.) Wain McFarland is still singing about Minneapolis, often coming up on random stages with random bands singing random songs. Ipso Facto used to often play with Shangoya (which is arguably MPLS's first reggae/calypso group) and the Maroons. I miss good Minneapolis reggae.<br /> <br /> Also this post can't go without a link to the legendary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay's_Longhorn_Bar" target="_blank">Longhorn Bar</a>. Saw my first Husker Du show there when I was in high school (still have no idea how I got in). Absolutely with ya on Ipso Facto! (My post could only be so long…in hopes that people would add on.) Wain McFarland is still singing about Minneapolis, often coming up on random stages with random bands singing random songs. Ipso Facto used to often play with Shangoya (which is arguably MPLS’s first reggae/calypso group) and the Maroons. I miss good Minneapolis reggae.

Also this post can’t go without a link to the legendary Longhorn Bar. Saw my first Husker Du show there when I was in high school (still have no idea how I got in).

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10895#comment-107765 mnblrmkr Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:38:04 +0000 #comment-107765 What? No Ipso Facto?? <br /> <br /> Best show I ever saw was Ipso Facto at Kirby's in Moorhead, 1989 or 1990 St. Patrick's Day. What? No Ipso Facto??

Best show I ever saw was Ipso Facto at Kirby’s in Moorhead, 1989 or 1990 St. Patrick’s Day.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10895#comment-107758 msparber Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:00:59 +0000 #comment-107758 I just bought a used copy of Body Talk on vinyl. I just bought a used copy of Body Talk on vinyl.

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