OG Picks of the Day

-I think therefore I am [smarter than you{if you don't think you are smarter than me}]. Here's evidence.

-Here is a cool website where you can learn languages by meeting people from all over the world who also want to learn languages and teach each other.

-"...the new Northeast Beat, a blogging and citizen journalism experimentaimed at celebrating, and scrutinizing, Northeast Minneapolis cultureand community."

-Amazing hip hop group, Kill the Vultures, bring rap music to a new place on Thursday at the 7th St. Entry with a brand spankin' new album. Here's a review of the new CD by Nate Patrin in today's City Pages.

-Tsunami in Japan? Hard to say.

-Most people know where they stand on abortion, but where do you stand on killing your baby after it's born?

-They may be a bunch of yellow-bellied chickens, but at least they know how to talk it out.

-New airplane technology spurs wave of bird discrimination.

-You can just feel the electricity in the air!

-Yet another reason that "I have a headache" just isn't a good excuse.

-"Listen, young lady, for the last time! Eat your vegetables! You don't want your grandchildren to have golden fur, do you?"

The latest

So, for those who didn't already know, the St. Paul mayor's office is trying to boost downtown st. paul as an arts & culture hot spot. As part of that initiative they have recruited me to work with Station 4 in order to make it a nightlife "hot spot." Right now we are still in the preliminary stages--meaning that I don't actually officially have a role yet, but we are having lots of meetings, and looking at spreadsheets, and talking to an architect/designer, and basically hammering out exactly what I will be doing and to what extent. It's really exciting!

I really look forward to the whole thing, and I hope that my friends are supportive of this project, and come out to see what's up once things start rolling, and I hope all my favorite bands will come play there.

This doesn't mean I am leaving the Turf. I am happy there, and I feel like part of a community, and i really think things are moving in a positive direction there. We have lots of awesome shows coming up over the next few months, and I hope to see you there soon.

I know some people might think it's weird, like I'm competing with myself, or something, but lots of promoters work with multiple venues. It's the nature of the biz.

I also plan to continue working with developmentally disabled adults. So, I guess I'll be going back to having 3 jobs. Or, I guess if you see this as an "expansion" of OG Presents, which it essentially is, I suppose it's still just 2 jobs, but probably 45% more work. I won't be nearly as busy as when I was working City Pages as my third job and putting in 17 hour days, though...I am saying to myself with fingers crossed.

Planning to drive down to St. Louis this weekend to see my buddy Brendan. Haven't seen him in a while, and he's been through some shit lately. He always comes up here to visit, so it seems only fair that I should go down there once in a while. I always have a fun time in St. Louis, it's a cool place. hopefully nothing will cause me to not go this time. I was supposed to go for the long weekend last week, but at the last minute I remembered that I was a key element of the setup for an elaborate surprise birthday party at the Turf Club for my friend Peter on Friday, and there was so much awesome cool fun stuff going on all weekend (including Portia's amazing birthday party on Saturday) that I just couldn't leave.

My Favorite Picture from the Trip