and don't forget about the Uptown Bowl, on the current site of Calhoun
Square, which was the Mos Eisley Cantina of South Mpls in the 80's ("You'll
never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany...")
> Yeah - Uptown. I live in Uptown - it's southwest of downtown Minneapolis
> and the two main cross streets are South Hennipen Ave and West Lake Street
> . It used to be really run down warehouses way back in the late 70s and
> then during the 80s it was turned into a bunch of corporate chain stores
> like the Gap - now it's a mix of small boutiques and corporate stores.
> Prince used to have store there where you could buy all sorts of Prince
> stuff - the entire store was purple - it wasn't very successful. In the 80s
> the whole neighborhood used to be a hang-out for punkrockers (myself
> included). I don't know what the official designation of Uptown is but I
> would say it's about a 10 block radius. On one side it's bordered by huge
> expensive mansions (Lake of the Isles) - a couple of lakes (Calhoun and the
> before mentions Isles) - a big cemetary (Lakewood Cemetary) where some
> famous Minnesotans are buried (a favorite hang out for the goths in the 80s
> - myself included) - and Lyndale Avenue (which I live on) - and Loring Park
> on the other end (near downtown).
> It is generally boring - just a bunch of shops and restaraunts really. Very
> trendy and a "safe" place for suburbanites to come on the weekend.
> Oh and then there is the Uptown art fair which happens every summer which
> brings in a whole bunch more of suburbanites and they over run the place
> and then leave a big f*cking mess - most of us living here leave town that
> weekend or rent out your driveway or parking space for $5/hr.
> There used to be a decent music club called the Uptown Diner - a very small
> stage but brought in some great bands. When Oasis was first selling out
> stadiums in the UK - they played the "Uptown" and I was among about 150
> other people who were able to see them on a stage that was no bigger than
> my bedroom. If you go into anyone's kitchen who has lived in Uptown for
> more than a few years they should have a set of drinking glasses with the
> Uptown Diner's logo on it - that's because they serve bloody marys in those
> and you can keep the glass. You would see a band one night and then the
> next morning you and your mates would go back to the Uptown the next
> morning to nurse your hangover - now they just serve the greasy food and
> the music is now crap. They fired their booking agent who went then to the
> 400 Bar clear across town.
> The lakes are the best thing about Uptown. That and a few decent record
> shops and some skate/bike stores. Nice arthouse movie theaters (Uptown and
> Lagoon theaters)
> http://www.uptownminneapolis.com/
>
> this link has pictures that seem to have been taken during the "art" fair -
> that's why you see tons of people walking through the middle of the
> intersection of Lake Street and Hennipen Ave - any other day and you'd be
> run over by three lanes of traffic.
> http://www.phototour.minneapolis.mn.us/uptown.html
>
> best to visit in the summer during Pride week - the parade is great and the
> clubs are better then too
> MEK
>
>
>
>
> "xx xx"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org
> l.com> cc:
> Subject: Re: (313) moodyman
> track ID
> 12/08/02 05:04 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Checked my CD interview Detroit was not mentioned in the original
> interview,
> it was uptown.
> "Prince" was talking about Minneapolis or Minne-Wood, (Because of Prince's
> influence, Minneapolis became known as "Minne-wood"), place where "Prince"
>
> grew up.
> Here a part of the interview.
>
> MOJO: Growin' up in Minne-wood, as it's been now called, simply because
> that
> is the hot point on this planet right now.
>
> PRINCE: Well, it's been called a lot of things, but it's always Uptown to
> me.
>
> MOJO: Uptown?
>
> PRINCE: Yes.
>
> MOJO: What was it like growin' up Uptown?
>
> PRINCE: Pretty different. Uh, kinda sad, to be exact. (laughs) I mean, the
> radio was dead, the discos was dead, ladies was kinda dead, so I felt like,
>
> if we wanted to make some noise, and I wanted to turn anything out....I was
>
> gonna have to get somethin' together. Which is what we did. We put together
>
> a few bands and turned it into Uptown. That consisted of a lot of bike
> riding nude, but ya know...it worked. We had fun. That's why I wanted to
> come here on my birthday...'cuz I wanted to give them a little taste of
> where we live and get a little taste of where you all live. To me, this is
> like my second home. If I could spend the night at somebody's crib, I
> would...'cuz this hotel.... They're real nice to us, but, this bed is hard!
>
> P.S. : On the eve of his birthday in 1985, Prince gave a surprise interview
>
> to legendary Detroit disc jockey the Electrifying Mojo. He had never
> offered
> a live radio interview before.
>
>
>> From: Dan Sicko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> CC: 313@hyperreal.org
>> Subject: Re: (313) moodyman track ID
>> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 19:30:39 -0500
>
>>
>> KDJ 30 ... J.A.N. EP one-sided.
>>
>> Samples Mojo's questions to Prince in a 1986 on-air interview, but not
>> Prince's answers.
>>
>> You can tell it's spliced together, as you hear Mojo ask "What was it
> like
>> growing up ... *from* Detroit." :)
>>
>> -d
>>
>> On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 07:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> any ideas on this track ID? doc martin kicks off a set on groovetech
> with
>>> it
>>> ... has a person asking questions like "what was it like growing up in
>>> detroit, etc"
>>>
>>> here's the link if anyone can help ID it. thanks!!! :)
>>>
>>> http://www.groovetech.com/PhoenixData/SilverStream/Pages/
>>> srvltRecMed?RecordedM
>>>
>>> ediaID=51583
>>>
>>> kered
>>> futurebpm.com
>>>
>
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