The Wake

In this series of The Jazzman presents, our friend and jazz aficionado discusses the importance of Blue Note Records and the best years of jazz, as well as some of his music recommendations. Sit back and relax—the Jazzman is at the wheel.

The Jazzman says it all started with Mile Davis’s Kind of Blue in 1957.

Jazzman: “The late 50s to early 60s were the best years in jazz. Blue Note was releasing some of the …

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“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.” –Henry Miller

September is finished. The excitement of starting another year of school has been met with sick reality—the sobering outlook of nine months under the imperial shadows of Coffman and Northrop. After four years, it still hasn’t gotten easier. Simple living has again been besieged by stressful responsibility—homework, forms, finances—the …

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Smooth—that’s the way the Jazzman drives. The only thing smoother than his driving is the music, always streaming from his trusty stereo. And that’s what’s so cool about it, man. Gliding around corners, slipping between lanes, the Jazzman is Jazz. His bus has a pulse, riding the rhythm of the city to a backdrop of blue notes. When you take a ride with the Jazzman, you don’t just listen to jazz, you …

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Yo-

What’s your favorite music to study to?
Mine is the two disc collection of Bach Cello Suites from Pablo Casals
Thanks!

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From: Sage Dahlan [managing editor]
Subject: Staff Favorites

Spaghetti Western’s Do Right By People or The Kasai Allstars in the 7th moon, the chief turned into a swimming fish and ate the head of his enemy by magic (yes, that is the album title. Or, Eric Satie’s “Gnossienne No. 1” on repeat.

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From: Matt Miranda [photographer]
Subject: Staff Favorites

Instrumental …

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In 60 years, Mexico’s children will not be hearing stories of mere hardship from their grandparents. Instead, they will hear gruesome tales of mass murders, decapitations, and kidnappings. They will have described to them the sounds of gunshots outside of classroom windows, explosions in city streets, and the sorrow following the deaths of loved ones. This is assuming, of course, that the drug wars of today are not present in 60 years. …

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Hey everyone,

QUICK! What’s the last song you listened to?

Don’t be shy…I just finished listening to “You’ve Been Flirting Again” by Bjork off of Post.

Thanks everyone
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From: Matt Miranda [photographer]
Subject: Re: Staff Favorites
They Said That by Conflict
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From: Joey Englehart [staff writer]
Subject: Re: Staff Favorites
…hmm. The Landfall Planetarium by Happy Apple.

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From: Colleen Powers [campus]
Subject: Re: Staff Favorites
“The Crane Wife 1 & 2″ by the Decemberists.
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From: Sage Dahlan [managing editor]
Subject: Re: Staff Favorites
Bound to Fall – The Pines

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From: Scott …

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Jazz is one hell of a genre. A realm of music all its own, Jazz exists in a different dimension. One could get lost in its many subgenres and forget other music exists at all. Jazz can be as jarring as Metal or as smooth as the voice of Billy Holiday, as mathematical as Electronica or as chaotic as Noise.

Improvisational …

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Harvard Market East on Washington Avenue is unarguably a campus fixture. As the only convenience/grocery store in the Super Block area, it’s a destination for students seeking everything from cigarettes to light bulbs. But the store will be closing its doors for good this year, only a year after its sister business, the original Harvard Market, closed after 100 years of operation.

Brad Mateer, owner of Harvard Market East and the old Harvard Market, says that …

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Hey everyone,

What is your favorite artist / album to compliment the fall atmosphere?

Personally, I dig me some Hold Steady and Neil Young, with a dash of Iron and Wine.
Cheers,
-Jerimiah
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From: Ben Lansky [photo editor]
Subject: Re: Staff Favorites
i’d say simon and garfunkel bridge over troubled water
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From: Lorna Hanson [staff writer]
Subject: Re: Staff Favorites
my favorite band: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (yes, in all caps!). They’re Japanese, but I love their stuff anyway.
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From: Ben Alpert [ex-head designer]
Subject: Re: Staff Favorites
mark …

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The University of Minnesota is one of the largest campuses in the country. With an area spanning 21.2 million square feet and reaching into two separate cities, getting around is no walk in the park. Luckily, Minneapolis has a booming bicycle community famed as the second largest in the country next to Portland. This means there are plenty of bike paths and routes to get students and other green travelers where they need to go. …

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Photos by Matt Miranda and Scottie Tuska

D-day. Convention week. September 1st-4th. Republican Christmas. Call it what you will, the atmosphere in St. Paul that week was truly bizarre. Amongst the commotion surrounding the MSNBC Free Speech Stage® a Tucson cop buys himself a hocked McCain-Palin T-shirt. A man in a suit claims to be McCain’s second choice for VP. A group of antiwar feminists decry the nomination of Sarah Palin and a group of radical …

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With the future of healthcare looming ominously over every presidential debate, it is with sheer hopefulness that one mutters the idiom “laughter is the best medicine.” For students graduating this summer and leaving the warm embrace of their insurance policies, laughter and liquor may be the only two medicines available. Luckily, the ACME Comedy Company in Minneapolis serves up plenty of both – and every Monday at open mic night, the laughs come …

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Illustration by Ben Alpert

Building 14 of 2010 East Hennepin Ave SE looks abandoned. Like the other buildings on the large cement lot, its cracked foundation is made of dark brown bricks and features unlit, grimy windows. The collection of some 15 buildings was once owned by General Mills, but now play host to a variety of businesses, artists and …

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Illustration by Ben Alpert

After months of stressing out and working hard, the prospect of staying in Minneapolis and relaxing sounded like the perfect spring break for me. It was going to be completely stress free, nothing but watching some movies, playing a few video games, and doing some reading. Most importantly, my minimalist spring break was going to mean …

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For this week’s How-To guide, The Wake exploits a secret of the supermarket.

Tomato soup is a great addition to sandwiches of all sorts, especially grilled cheese. Instead of buying individual cans of soup, a large jug of V8 can become a delicious and cheap alternative.

Buy a large bottle of tomato juice,

Pour a good amount into a pot and heat,

Add a cube of beef bouillon if desired,

Squeeze in a lemon and garnish with parsley.

The main modifier …

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