The daily digest of Twin Cities culture | Secrets of the City

Photo by Karen Moskowitz

Photo of Doug Padilla by Xavier Tavera for "Dougieland 60"

Art by Andie Mazorol & Tynan Kerr on view at Fox Tax Gallery

Photo of EC by vanessa meade / styling by eclecticoiffeur

Photo by Andrew Evans, Voltage 2008

ART
Lost Souls of the Cascade Tunnel

MUSIC
Annual Transmission Bowie Birthday Bash

SPECIAL EVENT

The 2nd Annual Too Much Turkey Dinner

I’m onstage fellating the giant red nose of a woman in a six-foot tall hot dog suit. At most shows, this would seem pretty bizarre, but tonight at First Avenue it feels like a natural progression of events. Philadelphia Dj-ing phenom Diplo is well worn into his post behind his turntables. The throng of dancers in the audience have long since checked their coats and wiped the first layers of sweat from their foreheads.

Concert reviews are problematic. It's like, ‘let me talk about these awesome (or not awesome) bands that were in town last night, which played a kickass (or not kickass) set, and now they're gone.' A concert is an ethereal experience - something that happened once, but is now finished. I might as well review yesterday's weather...for people that spent the whole day in their basements. And unlike a book, an album, or a restaurant critique, there's nothing tangible for a reader to...buy. After a group's left town, it's left town. Not to mention it's so subjective.