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Iced Earth’s amps went up to 11. Their sound galloped like some apocalyptic horseman born from an unholy union of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. Their songs and albums are epic, kindred to the universes of Tolkien, Martin, and Herbert. Iced Earth doesn’t move tickets in America like Hellyeah and Volbeat, the bands they opened for last Tuesday, June 26, but Iced Earth does carry the fire.
Before Iced Earth took stage Tuesday night on June 26, when the curl of fans had just lined up at the Myth’s doors, I sat down with Jon Schaffer in the back of Iced Earth’s bus and talked music and the politics he used as motivation for Dystopia and his overt solo effort, Sons of Liberty. Jon and I see some of the same crooked symptoms of corporatism, but from there diverge in our analysis of causes, Keynes, and the role of government due to—I think—a disagreement about realities of positive and negative liberty. Regardless, I think the interview shows a man who gives a shit about people and his craft. So, the tour. How’s it going?It’s definitely and honor for me [to be opening for Volbeat] because I love Michael [Volbeat] as a person, friend, and a brother, and I love his band. I haven’t been excited about a band since I was a kid. Continue Reading
On June 1 the Real McKenzies brought 20 years of Scottish punk down on the Turf Club, supported by Long Beach punk outfit Civet.
April showers have fallen, and I am riding up to the northern terminus of what will soon be the Griggs Street Bikeway. There is a smell
“I’m beginning to know what Charlie Brown feels like,” lamented Dave Pasik. “I keep running to kick that football, and the last minute, Lucy pulls it away.”
At Wednesday night’s St. Paul City Council meeting, Pasik’s football was the Jefferson Avenue Bikeway, or at least parts of it. Charlie Brown was the cyclists, Jefferson Avenue residents, disability advocates, and pedestrians. Lucy was Council Member Chris Tolbert and the rest of the City Council. On April 4, in the latest move in a series of meetings, plans, revisions, and amendments, the council voted unanimously to approve an amended resolution for a Jefferson Avenue bikeway that removes several of the traffic circles that had been approved previously.
I was a young Philadelphian, freshly divorced, and looking for a new city in which to start my new life. I was tired of rat-filled alleys and dirty heaps of black snow that lined the streets like piles of coal. At a library, I happened upon a travel magazine. And on those glossy, full-color pages, I spotted a picture of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival.
The Winter Carnival parade was cold. I am just starting to feel my toes but it was also good for business. The bars and restaurants along West 7th Street were packed full of people all day. We should have more parades.
Vulcanus Rex 75th
Low-income housing has pretty much gone the way of the buffalo. Unless you’re on welfare in a Section 8 apartment, there’s virtually no such thing. Between the ravaged economy and the longstanding evil of predatory lending, low-income home ownership is scarcer still.
Phyllis Gilliam’s shop is filled with hats on every wall, floor to ceiling.
This candidate grid (below) will be updated as more information becomes available.If you have updates for us, or if you’d like to help with our 2012 election coverage, please contact editor@tcdailyplanet.net. Last update: January 18, 2012. For an overview of all of our election coverage, click here. House of RepresentativesDFL Candidate(s)GOP Candidate(s)Third Party Candidate(s)/NotesRepresentative, District 39A (Dakota County)Incumbent: Rick Hansen; Home (City/town of residence): South St. Paul 39B (Dakota)Incumbent: Joe Atkins; Home: Inver Grove Heights 50A (Anoka and Ramsey)Incumbent: Carolyn Laine; Home: Colombia Heights 64A (Ramsey)Incumbent: Erin Murphy; Home: St Paul 64B (Ramsey)Incumbent: Michael Paymar; Home: St Paul 65A (Ramsey)Incumbent: Rena Moran; Home: St Paul 65B (Ramsey)Incumbent: Carlos Mariani; Home: St Paul 66A (Ramsey)Incumbent: John Lesch; Home: St Paul 66B (Ramsey)Incumbent: Alice Hausman; Home: St Paul 67A (Ramsey)Incumbent: Tim Mahoney; Home: St Paul 67B (Ramsey)Incumbent: Sheldon Johnson; Home: St Paul State Senate DistrictDFL candidate(s)GOP candidate(s)Third party candidates /notes39 Incumbent: James Metzen; Home: South St Paul 50 Incumbent: Barbra “Barb” Goodwin; Home: Colombia Heights 64 Incumbent: Richard Cohen; Home: St Paul 65 Incumbent: Sandy Pappas; Home: St Paul 66 Incumbent: Ellen Anderson; Home: St Paul 67 Incumbent: John Harrington; Home: St Paul Continue Reading