Date: June 1, 2042
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOCKOUT!
The six surviving musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra plan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their historic lockout with a wine-and-cheese party at cellist Tony Ross’s house. Despite the seemingly intractable nature of the contract dispute between the musicians and management, hopes are high that the 30-year mark in the negotiations will provide…
This is getting ridiculous. After promising to deliver the biggest, best, most tremendously super-awesome summer concert series the Twin Cities has ever seen; after doing pretty much that last year by bringing Dave Matthews Band and Tool to Harriet Island for the first inaugural River’s Edge Music Festival; after signing a five-year…
Drat. I was right (below) about Nicholas David’s chances on The Voice, but the fact that he came in third place behind Terry McDermott exposed some of the show’s bogusness when it comes to voting. Frankly, it’s amazing he got as far as he did, given the bias these kinds of shows have…
As almost everyone in the Twin Cities knows by now, our newest hometown hero, Nicholas David—aka Nicholas “The Feelin” Mrozinski (as featured in the June 2009 issue of Mpls/St.Paul magazine)—is singing/fighting for his television life Monday night. But if we want him to win, there are a few peculiarities about the voting system employed by…
One of the great things about crazy art installations is that they stretch your imagination more than your wallet. As in: Yeah, I could have thought of that, but even if I had, I wouldn’t have done it, because it would have been too time-consuming, expensive, difficult, aggravating, dangerous, or ridiculous (take…
So, management at the Minnesota Orchestra has decided not to pay its musicians and to cancel concerts through Nov. 25 because the musicians will not accept a rather drastic reduction in pay, from an average of $135,000 down to $89,000—this while $50 million is going toward a redesign of Orchestra Hall and Peavey Plaza. Meanwhile, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is playing under protest as…
The last of the great 1970s bands—Crosby, Stills, and Nash—gave it their all for three hours at the Orpheum Monday, proving that it’s still possible to rock if your hair is white and most of the drugs—other than glucosamine and Celebrex— have been flushed from your system.
These days, David Crosby doesn’t look like a rock god; with his white mane and Wilford Brimley mustache…
Inside the L.A. offices of AEG, owners of The Brick, the Twin Cities’ newest and most disparaged concert venue, the mood was dark—as dark as Marilyn Manson’s lipstick. After a disastrous opening and an embarrassing run of shows that had to be outsourced to other clubs, the time had come to set things right—to do what needed to be done to salvage the company’s multi-million-dollar…
Congratulations to Live Nation for successfully pulling off (and putting on) the first-ever River’s Edge Music Festival this weekend. The headliners, Tool and Dave Matthews Band, were great. Getting to and from site was easy. And it was a picture-perfect weekend to boot—so here are some pictures:
The Walker Art Center announced its 2012-13 performing arts season on Thursday, and it looks to be another good one. Highlights include a new solo work by performance artist Laurie Anderson, an experimental multimedia/music piece by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and several of his friends, and a day-long 60th birthday bash for composer/musician/producer John Zorn.
In all there are six commissioned works, three world premieres,…
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