It’s Monday and I’m locked in to a fight to the death with Union. The whole gang is in, and they aren’t leaving without a big folder of files. So that’s what I’ll be doing allll day: “Making snowboard bindings with grown men.”

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A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR A SAUSAGE KING: This one’s for Jimmy Dean…

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BEEN AWHILE SINCE I’VE LOOKED THIS GUY UP: Mike Schank is a live and well! One of the Midwest’s greatest.

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BACK IN MINNEAPOLIS: Mike Gaughan’s working up a fun new art show: “SMELL THE GLOVE…an Art Exhibit.” Tell all yer friends.

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I’LL NEVER BRAVE THAT HEAT AGAIN: Bonnaroo is hot. No arguing that one. Couple days walking around that place wears you out for months. “Civil War Heat” is what we call that shit. Anyhoo, those Flaming Lips played over the weekend, and here’s the link to it. Dig it. We did. (Leigh found this one, listened to it first, then passed it down the food chain to me.)

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ALSO BACK IN MINNEAPOLIS: My Saturday post talking about LandLand deserves a little more action. Go check them out. All of it. Great, great stuff.

Let this print wet yer palette some. It came in the pile, and Goo snatched it up this morning. Wilderness is impressed!

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ON THE PLAYER:

01. Deer Tick - The Black Dirt Sessions (Had to stop it halfway through cuz Marty, George and Johan came in and that all music was banned.)