March 2012
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"The Rude Awakening" (mp3) →
Get a taste of Minnesota radio history at Radio Tapes, a site packed with clips from several notable stations. Most importantly, you’ll find a few airchecks and bits our very own Tim Russell recorded back in the ’70s and ’80s! (Including the morning show segment above, from April 1982.)
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The News from Lake Wobegon for March 17, 2012
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Tickets! →
Visit the Tickets page for a few recent guest announcements, including our spring run at NYC’s Town Hall (April 7 — Sharon Isbin, April 14 — Renée Fleming, Aoife O’Donovan, and Heather Masse).
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No Bearded Minnesotan Authors? →
Star Tribune columnist Laurie Hertzel ponders the lack of hirsuteness among Minnesota’s literary giants — but she’s forgetting that GK did sport an amazing beard back in the ’70s!
Update: Laurie added the GK photo and a few other reader suggestions, including our good friend Louis Jenkins. (Garrison read three of his poems when we visited Duluth in February.)
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“What do you get when you cross Holy water with castor oil?
A religious movement”
– Garrison Keillor (via smidj)
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“I went in the back door and I was like, please don’t let her be on stage, please...”
– Garrison’s frequent duet partner Andra Suchy describes her first visit to the show
Check out Andra’s interview with MPR’s Andrea Swensson, where she discusses her new album Little Heart, her North Dakota roots, and her songwriting process. Plus, preview the album’s title...
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Lena: I sent Ole to a marriage counselor last week.
Sven: Yeah? How'd that go?
Lena: Ole came home and went out to the barn and started singing love songs to his John Deere. The counselor said that he needed to do something to attract'her.
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