Vonn is the Patron Saint of Buck Hill. Widely known #localangle

I did not know this @chrissteller.bsky.social #localangle

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Truly @chrissteller.bsky.social has the best #localangle posts.

If it were up to me you’d get content like: Did you know that MST3K started in the Twin Cities & the name of the ship is The Satellite of Love which is named after a Velvet Underground song?

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“She then pursued a master’s degree in psychology at the University of Minnesota but dropped out after two semesters because, she said, she felt that her ideas and research were not very likely to be funded as well as men’s.” #localangle

Of these 3 #localangle tracks, I believe only Golden Smog’s cover of Bad Company’s “Shooting Star” was out before the Clerks soundtrack. Soul Asylum put “Can’t Even Tell” on their own movie tie-in single or EP CD, while Bash & Pop’s “Making Me Sick” is on a 2017 expanded reissue of their 1993 debut.

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Speaking of Johnny Rey, when he left Flamingo (pre-Flamin’ Oh’s), he went to L.A. and formed a band with Jack Lee. Mr. Lee had been in a power pop band called the Nerves and wrote and performed the song “Hanging on the Telephone,” which was later popularized by Blondie. #localangle

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Includes Minnesota #localangle #rockfacts:
- Prince's first three albums (with "When You Were Mine" on the "Dirty Mind" album, that Lauper covered on her own first album)
- Janet Jackson "Control"
- Bob Dylan: Blood/Tracks and Knocked/Loaded
- Eddie Cochran - Some of the Best
- Leo Kottke - The Best

This is great. #localAngle labs.ficuscreative.com/job_trail/

WOOHOO! #LocalAngle, @nathankhensley.bsky.social used to teach at Macalester!