Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Being in the midwest which isn’t known for it’s great veggies, I had to have a steak. So the spot to check out isLindy’s steak house. It’s a well known for it’s steaks and nothing else. The menu is simple. Just three types, and it comes with a iceberg lettuce salad although the dressing is 1000 island and actually something I like but don’t eat, potatoes (like hash), sweet pickled watermelon rind to cleanse the palette after a steak bite. This is the Lindy’s special steak. That’s a serving for 3. Mine is the one in the foreground, a bloody mess but quite great. It looks small, but in the end, it’s the right amount.
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Giant Robot at the Walker, this is our view. Check out Joe from the message boards… He posted a journal entry on the night. Ok so I should update folks on how the night went. We did the radio interviews, got to the Walker, met the kids who are part of the Teen program there, ate some food, met the band members from Birthday Suits, then sat backstage. It wasn’t too interesting, but it was a rockstar minute. We should have broke something, made a mess, had groupies, anything… but in the end, we just sat there and waited for the clock to tick down. I don’t know how many people came, but it was a decent amount. We did our talk, fielded questions and answers, and then hung out with folks who wanted to say hello. I think the best part is when the kids come up and compliment us on what we’ve done, and how they feel good about what they may be able to do, since we were able to make things happen. We got a lot of that, and I hope we inspired some kids to fuck shit up. For the non kids, I hope they got something out of it too. I’m sure some came just to hear our story, how we did/do things etc, and maybe some just came because of the name, Giant Robot. Thanks for Christi and Witt from the Walker for the hospitality. They make Minneapolis a cool place.
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Michael Drivas from Big Brain comicsIf you live in Minneapolis and don’t go here, you should. This comics store isn’t the largest, but houses a great collection of comics. Big Brain is a throw back to a time when comics stores were pure. This was late last night. He opened up so we could check it out.
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I posted pics of the Evan Hecox and Deanne Cheuk gear from Target in the past, but then while thrifting today, this stuff was seen at Salvation Army in Minneapolis. Evidently, this SA gets gear from Target and sells it somehow. Target is based here, so maybe they have an agreement of some sort. Deanne Cheuk at the Salvation Army. But a $5 price tag! I think it might have been $2 retail! Hecox board. I think you can put pushpins in this one. If not, it’s just a panel of art. The weird rubber band message board thing. I never understood this item, so here it is, next to more junk. Evan Hecox clock. I think this one had a $15 price tag on it. One on One bike shop has a cafe in it. They know bikes, and the bikes aren’t cheap. This is Gene, he runs this joint.
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Mary from the Current. KCMP. We should be on this unless we got zapped. She’s cool, smooth, and has her shit together. Shopping in Little Persia. Kidding, this is some art depiction of a Persian market we saw at the Soo Visual Arts Center. Buffalo Sausage tasted like Slim jims Green Earth Hash – potato, egg, tofu. Why does tofu scramble have eggs in it? Isn’t tofu supposed to sub for the eggs? We got this from the Seward cafe. Rad albino grasshopper Thomas from Radio K, we’ll probably be on it on Friday.
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