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Today In Music History: Buddy Hits The Silver Screen

Posted at 7:01 AM on May 18, 2011 by Steve Seel (2 Comments)
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Today in:

1963 - The Grenada Theatre in Slough, England, was the inadvertent launching pad for The Beatles' first headlining tour. Initially, Roy Orbison was the headliner, but the crowd reaction to The Beatles quickly got them moved into the top slot.
1963 - The Kingsmen recorded their classic "Louie, Louie" in Portland, Oregon, on a budget of $50.
1980 - Singer Ian Curtis of the new wave band Joy Division was found dead, apparently having hanged himself. He was 23.


History Highlight:

Today in 1978, The Buddy Holly Story, featuring Gary Busey in the title role, premiered in Dallas, Texas. It was well-received, both critically and at the box office. In Buddy's honor, we played "Rave On."

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Dining With Dara: Cookies!

Posted at 8:06 AM on May 18, 2011 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)
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Our food and dining authority Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl showed up with cookies this morning, eager to talk about some of her favorite local cookie confectioners. Some of her top picks:

"The Bittersweet Chocolate Cookie from Rustica: Black as night and four times better, these cookies are nigh about perfect, so chocolatey, so rich, so decadent, but also inarguably retaurant-like." Then, " The Crakeroon, or Coconut Macaroon from Salty Tart: How does Michelle Gayer make these macaroons so light, so sweet but not cloying, so coconuty and perfect? No one knows, but after you eat one you can't ever take lesser macaroons seriously."

"Now, out from left field, from Eden Prairie's Country Choice, an organic producer with several million dollars in sales every year, the Organic oreo-like cookies. And the Duplex black and white cookies. My kids would eat a sleeve of these a day. And I like them too, the cookies themselves have a delicate breadiness, and... well, I think it's that my kids are so ga-ga over them that I really respond to. Of course, when you're talking about organics in terms of these highly processed foods what you're really doing is not adding to the world's pesticide and fertilizer load, I'm not too convinced there's any other benefit going on."

"But what do you think? Best local cookies? If I get suggestions I'll track them down and do a top-local cookie story in the fall. And if I find something to unseat Rustica's Bittersweet Chocolate Cookie and the Crackeroon from Salty Tart, I'll be mighty impressed."


Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl is Senior Editor at Minnesota Monthly Magazine and curator of the montly food section Dara and Co. She's also the author of Drink This! Wine Made Simple.


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Wednesday Coffee Break: Know Your Shapes

Posted at 8:56 AM on May 18, 2011 by Steve Seel (76 Comments)
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Today's 9:30 Coffee Break topic was suggested by Teenage Kicks host Jacquie Fuller: songs about shapes. Circles, squares, triangles ... can you think of any oval or parallelogram songs? We can't, but it you can, we'd love to hear your ideas.

Songs played:
Soul Coughing "Circles"
The Waitresses "Square Pegs"
New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle"
The Cyrkle "Red Rubber Ball"
Weezer "Pink Triangle"
Black Diamonds "Black Diamonds and Pearls"

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