Halloween ain't what it used to be (for sex offenders)

Today on the wire: "Sex Offenders Locked Down, In the Dark for Halloween."

I very much applaud this measure.

On a less-serious note, this morning on CNN Headline News I caught a piece about calorie-counting on Halloween ... what the hell happened to just having fun in America?!

I'm switching to MSNBC.

Don't Tell a Soul, Vol. 50: This is finally happening

Good evening.

This right here (right now) is the latest installment of "Don't Tell a Soul." Like those that came before it, it is a mix tape of the "awesomest" caliber ... I only wish I were kidding.

As today is "Happy 'Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock' Day" in the Perrine household, I will not be providing "color commentary" with each mix tape selection.

So you'll just have to trust me on each and every one -- yes, even on the last one....

ANYWAY, like usual, to encourage the consumption of music that doesn't suck, I have provided -- wherever available -- links to free, artist-sanctioned MP3s of the songs.

Back to pretending to be a rock god!

Matt

(Questions? Comments? Want your band to be featured on an upcoming awesome mix tape? E-mail mperrine [at] duluthbudgeteer [dot] com.)

1. Rogue Wave - "Every Moment" (other MP3s available here)
2. Led Zeppelin - "Dancing Days"
3. Best Friends Forever - "Handpocket"* (listen here)
4. Eels - "Old Shit/New Shit" (listen here)
5. Super Furry Animals - "The Gateway Song" (listen here)
6. The High Strung - "The Luck You Got" (listen here)
7. Black Francis - "Threshold Apprehension" (listen here)
8. The Pixies - "Ana"
9. The Breaks - "Equidamus"
10. Hot Rod Circuit - "Weak Warm"
11. Supernova - "King Ding Dong"
12. Matthew Good Band - "Anti-Pop"
13. Apollo Sunshine - "Happening"
14. R.E.M. - "Lotus"
15. stellastarr* - "Jenny"
16. Fleming & John - "Delusions of Grandeur"
17. Galactic feat. Juvenile - "From the Corner to the Block"
18. The Hush Sound - "Crawling Towards the Sun"
19. The Stereo - "New Tokyo is Calling"
20. Matt White - "Play"
21. Warm in the Wake - "She'd Never Seen It" (listen here)
22. JJ72 - "Guidance"
23. The Swiss Army - "False Starts and Timelines"
24. The Broadways - "Dropjaw" (Broadways song "15 Minutes" available here)
25. Five for Fighting - "Easy Tonight"

*p.s. Look for a review of Best Friends Forever's debut full-length, "Romance Conflict Adventure" -- out now on Plan-It-X Records -- in this weekend's edition of the Budgeteer.

Online Exclusive: 'DECC Official Responds to Parking Lot Break-Ins'

For the full story, visit the Budgeteer's Web site or click here.

This Afternoon's Moment of Zen: My work computer hates Perrines and everything we stand for

Today's Moment of Zen: As a former video store clerk...

Everybody Browsing At Video Store Saying Stupid Things

CHICAGO-Every single person in the Video Station Monday was overheard saying annoying and amusing stupid things.

‘Will to Murder’ author to sign third edition at Glensheen Saturday

John DeSanto, one of the authors of “Will to Murder,” has a book signing scheduled at Glensheen on Saturday, Nov. 3, from noon to 2 p.m. The signing will take place in Glensheen’s museum shop on the historic estate’s grounds, 3300 London Road, and is free and open to the public.

Will to Murder was first published in 2003 by Duluth’s X-communication and was written by former Duluth News Tribune crime reporter Gail Feichtinger and Gary Waller and John DeSanto – the men who led the investigation and prosecution of Roger Caldwell and Marjorie Hagen, the adopted daughter of Elisabeth Congdon.

The third edition includes exclusive coverage of Marjorie Caldwell Hagen’s release from an Arizona prison, the first photos of Hagen as a free woman, her suspicious activities in Tucson as “Maggie Wallis,” her 2007 arrest for check fraud and computer tampering and the mysterious death of yet another elderly person she befriended – and victimized.

Glensheen was built for the family of Chester and Clara Congdon between 1905 and 1908 and bequeathed to the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1968. It is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the winter.

More information is available by calling 726-8910 or visiting www.d.umn.edu/glen.

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FURTHER READING:

"Gary Waller Looks Back at the Glensheen Killings" -- Gary Waller *ahem* looks back at the Glensheen killings. (I keed, I keed!) (written by my boss, Jana Peterson)

"From 'Quiet Neighbors' to the Ashes of the Hesperia" -- Not to plagiarize myself or anything, but it really is Glensheen's little details that make tours there really shine.

"Greetings from the Carnegie Library, Pt. 1" and "Greetings from the Carnegie Library, Pt. 2" -- The story of X-communication and Tony Dierckins, the (almost too) clever publisher behind it.

"Discover Duluth: Glensheen" -- Some pretty pictures* from the historic estate.

*At least that's what gramma keeps telling me!

A&E FYI: Risqué ‘Lysistrata’ opens St. Scholastica’s ’07-’08 theater season

The College of St. Scholastica opens its 2007-2008 theater season with Aristophanes’s “Lysistrata” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in the St. Scholastica Theatre on campus.

The play is directed by Nathan Carlblom, a local writer, actor, director and producer. He is co-executive producer of Working Class Theater in Duluth and has worked with the Renegade Comedy Theatre and on various local productions.

First performed in 411 B.C., “Lysistrata” is one of the most well-known Greek plays. Written by Aristophanes 21 years into the Peloponnesian War, the play revolves around the women of Athens who, tired of losing their sons to battle, conspire to deny their husbands sexual favors until they make peace with the Spartans.

“This is a new translation of the play by Jeffrey Henderson,” said Merry Vaughan, director of the St. Scholastica Theatre. “He tried to go back to Aristophanes’ original intent – which was pretty shocking.” Because of its adult language and content, Vaughan warns that the performance may not suitable for all audiences.

The play also has a strong anti-war message. “Although the same tactics will probably not work for ending the war with Iraq,” writes St. Scholastica student Tess Gallagher in her bio notes for the play (she portrays “Spartan Woman”), I hope it “will give people food for thought on how to peacefully end the [war].”

Playgoers are encouraged to read the study guide – which includes a primer on the Greek theater and “fun factoids’ – on the St. Scholastica Theatre Web site, www.css.edu/theatre.xml.

Other performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 8, 9 and 10 – as well as at 2 p.m. Nov. 4 and 11. Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 for senior citizens and non-St. Scholastica students (with identification) and $5 for St. Scholastica students.

For more information, call the box office at 723-5900.

Other performances in the 2007-2008 St. Scholastica Theatre season

Student Directing Class Project
“Months on End” by Craig Pospisil
7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 7 and 8
2 p.m. Dec. 9

“The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite” by Quincy Long
Directed by Tammy Ostrander
7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9
2 p.m. Feb. 3 and 10

“Ah, Wilderness!” by Eugene O’Neil
Directed by Scott Smith
7:30 p.m. April 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19
2 p.m. April 13 and 20