Let’s read more books to counteract online AI slop! Better yet, let’s read more books about niche topics written by local authors and published by small presses. Here’s a selection of the top ...

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The Chicago-raised rapper has been sparing with new tracks since moving to the Twin Cities. Here he launches into a righteous ...

Plus Emmer's nasty posting, potential immigration pardons, and old sunken guns in today's Flyover news roundup.

Hello there, Open Threaders. Jay here on prompt duty, giving Keith a mental breather this gorgeous Friday morning. This month ...

We've had investigative reporters, sportswriters, food critics, and music writers on RacketCast, but never anyone working the ...

A young woman wearing cat ears is murmuring her way hypnotically through “Claw Machine,” a song from this summer’s cult film in the making, the haunted trans fable I Saw the TV Glow. Heavy Auto-Tune ...

Plus New Pornographers, May the Fourth Be With You, Kentucky Derby parties, and the return of the racing rubber duckies.

Plus Black Duck rebrands and a fun tenant takes over Theo Wirth's Trailhead Cafe in this month's Racket Restaurant Roundup.

I’m sitting cross-legged on the freezing bathroom floor on a Friday night. All the lights are off, and a bootleg TOOL quilt is stuffed across the door’s floor gap, keeping out every last photon of ...

Welcome to Weed Weviews, a verbal foible that’s become the very real name of this monthly column. Think of it like our Doin’ ...