Scottie Tuska
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Pink Eggs, Enchiladas and Mushed Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes, Enchiladas and an Easter Egg. My head told me no, my stomach the same. But for some reason I piled on a plate of inexplicable combinations. This was the result. Next time I’ll stick to beer.
A Little Bit of Entertainment, A Little Bit of Cash
As I was thinking about writing a review for the new Grand Theft Auto expansion, The Lost and Damned, I realized how much it must suck to be a video game critic. What a lousy job? I didn’t buy the latest addictive incarnation of a game that hasn’t changed much since its first 3D incarnation to play it as fast as …
Art Shanty 2009: The Last Day a Few Weeks Late
Photos, Inteviews and Editing by Scottie Tuska; Videographey by Eric Brew
Preserving Historic Minneapolis
Minneapolis is known for its skyline. It’s the silver city, the minne-apple. Minnesota’s outsized number of major corporations have built, demolished and rebuilt the city five times over. Historic preservation has long been overlooked.
Even though Minneapolis’ Heritage Preservation Commission was formed in 1972, many “lesser” buildings have since seen the wrecking ball. Block upon block of downtown Minneapolis lies empty, full of cars by day and empty by the night. The North Loop and St. …
Band Practice with Zombie Season
This is the first in what will hopefully be an ongoing series. As you will see we will ask a few questions and get the view from their practice space. This time we get to see Zombie Season featuring The Wake’s very own Ali Jaafar with Ameilia Killa, Nick Swift and the absent in this clip Liz Horn. Watch for Ali’s spot on The Hold Steady impression….
A Tour of West Broadway
Note: This map may crash in Firefox for Mac
This past fall I worked as an intern for MinnPost.com. This gig kept me from producing as many Wake stories as I would like, but that’s life. Well, here is my part of project called Are foreclosures helping to improve Minneapolis’ North Side? Head over to MinnPost to read Karlee Weinman and Andy Mannix’s in depth piece and a history by Alleen Brown….
Journalism Doesn’t Pay…Yet
When I walked through the doors of Northrop Auditorium more than a month and a half ago, I suddenly realized I was going to have to find a job during the worst economic quagmire since the Great Depression. I was no longer a student and I was severely underemployed. This isn’t a good situation for anyone, even Carlson students, but its quite the mindfuck for …
Four Headlines About Snow
A few years back I lived in London. It doesn’t snow there, ever. Actually, once it snowed 1 inch and the city fell apart at the seams. Anywho, for some reason I decided to read The Guardian while listening to the new Lily Allen album. I have no explanation for this series of events. I did drive a possible crack addict from Kansas City, …
Summit Brewery Tour
The Blager has been on an extended vacation from blogging, but hopes to bring you more great tidbits on beer and other happenings around the cities in the coming months. For my birthday I headed over to the Summit Brewery. I was expecting to pay a few bucks to get a shoddy and short tour and then drink some delectable local brews. Well the later two were true, but the tour …
Jerry, Paul, Jim and Joe
Jerry Longie has lived in Northeast Minneaoplis for over 40 years. Nearly everyday he drives his golf car to the course or plays with his friends from the men’s club. On a blustery, late October, day Jerry played one of his last rounds of the year with his friends Paul, Jim and Joe.
A Triple Feature
The Photo Album is back for a second walk around the block. I hope you guys haven’t missed us; all three of you. This time around we have some photos that were just too good to fit into the confined space of print media. So last 1,000 years. Go read the bible print lovers. I mean it. Or look at some nifty slideshows.
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Anderson Library
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Bouncer Fighter…
The End of an Election
Hi, it’s your friendly neighborhood web editor. As an avid photographer I had the idea of a photo album, a place for good photography in the midst of great change. Photos that tell everyday stories and sometimes none.
For the first installment here’s a series of photographs from the last week in the election. An encounter with Al Franken and Bill Clinton’s rally for Obama and the aforementioned candidate along with some from the Nader …