After much hemming and, yes, a fair amount of hawing, I've finalized my local and non-local playlists for the year. For bonus ...

You can order Minnesota Dairy Lab pints online—including Racky Road—for pickup at Minnesota Dairy Lab’s Northeast kitchen, or ...

In 2024, my favorite music didn't always prepare me for the fight ahead, but it always reminded me what was at stake.

James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic doesn't transcend the genre, but it does tweak Boomer mythology ever so slightly.

The year may sputter on for another week or more, but as far as Racket is concerned, 2024 ends whenever we close our tabs and ...

Here it is, the big list. And because I never know when to stop but never have enough time to write about all the music I like, I've listed another 20 runners up at the end. Like the Stones going ...

Forget Hennepin & Lake, let's talk about 38th & Grand, Xerxes & 50th, and 42nd & 28th. Whether crafting video game music or ...

It’s late December, and that means it’s list season—an indulgent media tradition from which your pals at Racket are not immune! There’s no hard and/or fast rule here, but generally speaking, our ...

Best trend in local music for 2024? Short albums! Repeatedly in the list below you'll see I've noted how many songs an artist squeezed into a short run time. Concision is an art, and the world is ...

Be sure to check out Taco Mike's movie podcast, I Can't Believe You Made Me Watch That. And here are links to the stories riffed on at the top of the episode: Park Point Break: Cargill vs. Duluth; ...

Enjoy whatever holidays you happen to celebrate, and maybe catch a movie or two. See ya in 2025.

Freeloader Friday is your weekly guide to having fun no matter what your budget looks like. Each week we have a list of 100% free events like gallery parties, music, and films in the park, as well as ...