Posted August 28, 20159 yr minneapolis impressions i did this thread five years ago when i was last here in february, but it’s really growing so fast since then, just amazing, plus its summer, so i felt like doing it again, what the heck? -- anyway -- enjoy minneapolis -- random & annotated are you ready….? :-D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar-Riverside,_Minneapolis sample conversation with minneapolis friends: “so, what did you guys do so far?” “oh, we dropped our bags and went straight to matt’s bar for jucy lucys, but i bet you get tired of hearing tourists do that all the time” “minneapolis doesn’t get any tourists” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jucy_Lucy http://mattsbar.com http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/09/5-8-club-matts-bar-juicy-jucy-lucy-burger-review-minneapolis-mn.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthrie_Theater http://www.guthrietheater.org mpls pink floyd cover band album cover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Ruins_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Arch_Bridge_(Minneapolis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicollet_Island/East_Bank,_Minneapolis hellloooo cleeeveland -- I of III ;) nicollet island awww geez -- k liek u 2 :angel: oldest house (1849) http://www.womansclub.org/club/scripts/view/view_pubnews.asp?NS=MEM&PID=12864 dinkytown, usa --- not so dinky anymore! :wink2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinkytown was gray’s drug, where zimmerman busked in front of & took on the name dylan bob dylan’s first apt was up there, which is behind what was the old drugstore ^ his other ‘minnesota party tape’ bootleg apt is torn down for a campus apt bldg: http://www.southwestjournal.com/voices/voices/somethings-missing-in-dinkytown so is it this 4th st or is it his greenwich village 4th st? dylan will positively never tell…! let it be - fka dinkytown’s old blackberry way home studio http://www.mndaily.com/ae/music/2015/05/07/iconic-studio-finds-new-life check out this pretty cool u of m alumni center interior on the link: http://www.mac-events.org *foo fighter voice* the best the best the best !!! http://www.stubandherbsbar.com/Taps.html this new ungodly gigundik stadium costs over a beeee llleeee uuunn dollar...! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bank_Stadium we gawked at the roof construction which looked insanely dangerous...and sure enough it is: http://www.kare11.com/story/news/local/2015/08/26/fire-crews-rescue-2-from-vikings-us-bank-stadium/32392273/ was jay’s longhorn saloon -- original home of mpls punk 1977-81 :drunk: http://blog.thecurrent.org/2015/05/we-started-a-scene-minneapolis-musicians-remember-the-longhorn-bar/ http://www.tcpunk.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000378.html https://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/2015/04/punk-rockers-paradise-jays-longhorn-be-focus-reunion-and-documentary was prince’s glam slam club :mrgreen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_Slam time out for another neighborhood/prince flashback -- grafitti bridge in suburban eden prairie http://www.johnweeks.com/miscbridges/pages/graffitibr.html more first avenue http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/06/how-first-avenue-gave-birth-to-purple-rain yipes - while we were in town the first ave ceiling collapsed during a show! :-o http://www.startribune.com/first-avenue-ceiling-collapse-injures-3-or-4/321691951/ be sure to reserve the mary tyler moore table another of philip johnson’s modernist masterpiece ids center :clap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDS_Center stolen lol! (actually removed for nicollet mall road work) :? http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/5735 rip nye’s -- closing any day now -- so get a load of this guy: http://www.citypages.com/music/why-i-will-not-miss-nyes-polonaise-room-6652566 ^ oooh, they were surrrllly to me in there :laugh: a render -- maybe something of nye’s to be saved? i dk :wtf: onward and up in hipsterderdee ne minneapolis enjoy your pinterest moment -- marking the era i guess :roll: lake st/midtown station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Street_/_Midtown_(Metro_Transit_station) the wonderful midtown global market http://www.midtownglobalmarket.org still where you wanna be 8-) one big reason why minneapolis leads america in city cycling :clap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Greenway ^ allegedly, it goes “we are the sons of norway…” :mrgreen: the also wonderful lake calhoun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Calhoun lakes related minny art mary tyler moore house -- up for sale again -- $2M-ish http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2010/05/07/the-mary-tyler-moore-show-house/ here's the deal -- when in msp -- you WILL go to the blb :-D http://www.bryantlakebowl.com it’s a puppet theater http://hobt.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Field II of III -- mpls is so nice -- fireworks in honor of corey kluber’s one hitter ;) http://m.mlb.com/news/article/143153150/corey-kluber-dominates-twins-with-one-hitter downtown mpls nightlife -- where the hookers yell at the bums to get a job :-o purple reign, purple reign -- vikings at the u of m stadium this season http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vikings/post/_/id/14790/phil-loadholts-injury-casts-shadow-on-vikings-win-over-buccaneers jinkees -- continued massive developments around u of m stadium village http://www.startribune.com/finally-there-s-interest-in-city-within-a-city-near-the-u/322553001/ the requisite gehry (1993) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weisman_Art_Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Plaza http://www.mixedblood.com mpls iconic rawker bar http://www.citypages.com/news/the-cc-club-an-oral-history-6767513 i love ya cc...and your vanilla suburbs was oar folk - still just as good record-wise at least http://treehouserecords.blogspot.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oar_Folkjokeopus http://www.citypages.com/music/it-happened-at-oar-folkjokeopus-6641699 err ok, soooo what’s the big deal w/this house…? :wtf: ^ ooooh kaaayyy -- was the stinson house -- yeah you betcha! :banger: *** con't ***
August 28, 20159 yr part 2 iconic boozatorium http://humsliquor.com the incredible music history here at creation audio studios - the early minneapolis sound: Kay Bank (Also known as Swedien Recording, Universal Audio Recording, Micside, Cookhouse, Nicollet, and currently Creation Audio) Originally built in 1914 as the Garrick Theatre, 2541 Nicollet Avenue South in Minneapolis stands as the longest-running recording studio in the state, and possibly its first commercial studio as well (was also briefly the LaSalle theater). Engineering legend Bruce Swedien (Nat King Cole, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, B.B. King) converted the old theater into a studio in 1955. In 1957 it was purchased by Vernon C. Bank and renamed after Bank's wife, Kay. One of Bank's partners was Amos Heilicher, who along with his brother Dan, who died in May of 2005, owned one of the largest record distributors in the U.S. By 1964, the success of Dave Dudley's "Six Days on the Road" and the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" had put the studio on the map, and bands were coming in from all over. Randy Bachman brought an early version of the Guess Who down from Winnipeg to get the "Kay Bank sound" (three-track recording and echo!). Kay Bank offered an attractive package to local bands: For $495 you'd get three hours in the studio, a thousand 45s, and fifty promo packages delivered to radio stations in the Midwest. Several Kay Bank clients, such as "Liar, Liar" creators the Castaways, wound up on the Heilicher brothers' record label, Soma (Amos spelled backwards). Kay Bank evolved into Universal Audio (UA Recording) in 1968, Micside in '70, then Cookhouse in '71. Cookhouse lasted until 1983, when Twin/Tone records made the building their home with offices upstairs and Nicollet Studios filling up the 3 recording rooms. Recorded there: Bobby Vee; Art Blakey; Dave Dudley's "Six Days on the Road"; The Trashmen, "Surfin' Bird"; The Castaways, "Liar, Liar"; The Chancellors (led by future engineer/producer David Rivkin, a.k.a. David Z); The Gestures; Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising, Candy Apple Grey, Warehouse: Songs and Stories; The Replacements, Tim; Paula Abdul, some of her debut album; the Wallets; Soul Asylum; the Magnolias; Prince, early demos http://www.citypages.com/news/three-tracks-echo-and-a-bunch-of-hungry-teenagers-6692417 http://www.startribune.com/bruce-swedien-godfather-of-twin-cities-recording-returns-home/206852401/ http://kay-bank-custom-pressings.blogspot.com/2010/05/introduction.html http://www.thirdav.com/hd_images/msp_sites/nicollet_studios.html a sampler of music recorded there: bobby vee - suzie baby best video ever? ;) castaways - liar, liar no wait, this is the best ever, the trashmen - surfin bird last but not least -- aww yeah -- from 1975 -- 94 east/the cookhouse five w/ 17 y.o. prince what's that? 1970s era urban renewal done well you say? yes. every city should have a loring greenway: http://loringgreenway.org/about.html https://www.minnpost.com/stroll/2013/01/walking-loring-greenway-safe-attractive-example-urban-renewal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint_Mary_(Minneapolis) grrrrr! --- and it’s not even anime face guy bldg’s final form: http://www.walkerart.org/visit?gclid=Cj0KEQjwx_WuBRDJ7tSK2-W0pJkBEiQAEWgR8KMIKi2a7BjZhCq46qDsFzwcD4Gs03jrdVZdN2a4OdsaAglD8P8HAQ more minny art icon of the city :) http://oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/spoonbridge.htm et tu brute? yay for heated bus stops won moar eye dee ess :yes: my gosh will ya look at the time? ;) bye bye msp *credits roll & connecting back up w/nyc (nsfw)* and III of III for the cle in msp ;) ….ooh wee ooh wee oh….. bonus ------> a windy city a toddlin town *** i hope you enjoyed a hot summer vacation in mpls (really! it was 95 degrees), america’s nicest boom town :notacrook: ***
August 28, 20159 yr If the awesomely large amount of photos in this thread breaks your internet machine - then it was time to get a new machine. :clap: mrnyc!
August 28, 20159 yr Verrrrrry nice. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 28, 20159 yr Makes me miss Minneapolis :-( ... been to a lot of these places shown here. I had fun living there, but after that second go-around with the winter ... I prefer longer summers over longer winters!
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