Rock Music Quality Vs. US Oil Production
Prepping for Oil: A Love Story this Thursday is teaching me all kinds of interesting things.
Troy and I have been working on this lil’ event with some really smart dudes at the University of Minnesota (one of which was a favorite professor while I was at school there) for the past month or so and I’m now super excited to unveil to you….
Oil: A Love Story
Thursday, November 12th
Doors & Drinks @ 6:30PM
Free & Open to the Public
@ Intermedia Arts
The topic? Oil. Rich, dark, beautiful oil.
Oil: A Love Story will trace the historical origins and political consequences of our love for oil, and the prospects of falling out of love into a post-petroleum future. Join us for a thought-provoking and surprising evening filled with entertaining insights into how and why things are the way they are, and what people are doing to change them.
See the full flier. RSVP on Facebook to let us know you’re coming!
Both Prince (“1999”) & Aerosmith (“I Don’t Want Yo Miss A Thing”) have shot music videos there and now we want to do an event there.
Who should I talk to about renting the Minneapolis Armory for a one night event?
My pal Colin Kloecker and I are, in the parlance of the post-2008 election cycle, a team of rivals. A two-man team of rivals.
To that end, we’re both involved with dueling events tonight. Through the auspices of the West Bank Social Center, Colin is, with his associate Troy Gallas, sponsoring a kick-off event for PARK(ing) Day, which you can read a lot more about here. That’s from 5-7pm tonight.
Across the river in the Common Room at 7pm, we’ll be having a video and film screening. I have invited Minneapolis filmmakers Pete McLarnan and Brennan Vance to curate a showcase of new work in this area. All of the pieces shown this evening are from artists who have recently applied for the State Arts Board and Jerome Foundation film and video grants.
As Pete says: “The evening will serve as a gesture of community and mutual support in what is a generally isolated and anonymous group of artists. See the work through the eyes of a grant committee member, reflect on how artists choose to present themselves and their work, and make your own judgements.” And just like a grant committee member, you’ll see these films while seated in a tasteful piece of vintage office furniture.
If you plan well, you can attend both! It’s a quick bike ride across the Stone Arch Bridge from the WBSC to the Common Room.
May the best men win. Which is to say, both of us.
Come to Give & Take tonight. It will be magical. I will take your picture.Kaeti’s right, you know. Presentations by Andy Dayton, Paul Merrill, and a handful of other crackerjack, whip-smart, bad mamajamas. Be there!
And don’t forget blogger extraordinaire Ed Kohler and designer Arlene Birt! Or even political virologist Rob Wallace!!!
Boy howdy, this thing is going to be a hoot!
We will give you money.
(Not really, but we will give you sex. [Probably not {have to check with the guys}, but we will give you a high-five.])
