2008 Woodie Awards
Well, it's that time of the summer again. Time for eating belt-busting, deep fried foods, and then going on rides that make you wish you had not eaten all of that deep fried food. The 95th Annual Benton County Fair starts Tuesday and runs through Sunday Aug.
MISSOULA, MONT -- In the heart of most college towns lies a record store; St. Cloud has the Electric Fetus, and Missoula, Mont. has Rockin' Rudy's. Rockin' Rudy's has fueled Missoula's music scene for the past 30-some years. Its location has changed three times, but the owner remains the same, and with him the store's style.
Album Review The dirty sounds of delta blues shock the ears as a voice that can only be compared to Tom Waits chewing on gravel throws down rhymes in a strange mix of old school hip hop and Jack Kerouac spoken word prose and poetry. Believe it or not, this is the work of the Canadian indie hip hop legend known as Buck 65, a man who created his own style of hip hop living in barren Nova Scotia.
Film Review John Waters should be proud of the new remake of a film about the importance of integration, with John Travolta playing the part Divine originally triumphed over. Known for showing people eating dog feces, obese women obsessed with eggs and porn obsessed toe stompers, John Waters original version of "Hairspray" came out in 1988, and people didn't know what to think about this new remake since the "Pope of Trash" was so infamous for awesomely bad taste.
Tour Preview The greatest news on Earth has just been announced. For every person who grew up in the 90s, this is the biggest ordeal since War Heads (the candy) were invented. Many people/bands tour, and many groups should never have a reunion, but the band that recently announced a reunion tour might change history as we know it.
Festival Preview Near the shore of lake Mille Lacs will be the bluegrass, folk and outlaw country hot spot for the fifth annual Jog Jam with gates opening at 3 p.m. Aug. 16 and closing the afternoon of Aug. 19, featuring some of Minnesota's finest boot stomping music from St.