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Hüsker Dü's star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue Hüsker Dü is widely regarded as one of the key bands to emerge from the 1980s American indie scene. Music writer Michael Azerrad asserted in his 2001 book Our Band Could Be Your Life that Hüsker Dü was the key link between hardcore punk and the more melodic ...
Original numbering plan areas and area codes of Minnesota in 1952. When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan for Operator Toll Dialing in 1947 to automate and speed the connection of long-distance calls, the United States and Canada were divided into 86 geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs) and assigned the original North ...
The first SPIN franchise outside of New York opened in 2010 in Milwaukee [5] (the table tennis bar at this location is now no longer affiliated with the SPIN brand [6]). In 2011, a location opened in Toronto [ 7 ] and in 2013 a location (containing a gold-plated ping pong table) opened in Dubai [ 8 ] (it later closed due to Dubai's more ...
Allan Fingerhut purchased the facility in 1970 and converted it into a nightclub. During the 1980s, First Avenue flourished and became a landmark in the music and entertainment industry, playing a seminal role in establishing the '80s funk rock sub genre via the Minneapolis sound, and being the primary local venue for hometown star Prince ...
The Escape Ultra Lounge nightclub closed in July 2007. The upscale restaurant and nightclub Bellanote closed in July 2009. According to a February 12, 2010, article in the Twin Cities Business Journal , the Block E Hooters restaurant owed more than $350,000 in rent, utilities, taxes and penalties. [ 5 ]
The Minneapolis Club, viewed from kitty-corner. The Minneapolis Club is a brick building located in downtown Minneapolis. The present building was designed by Gordon, Tracy and Swartwout (New York) with William Channing Whitney and constructed in 1908. [9] It was expanded in 1911 by Hewitt and Brown and again in 2002 by Setter Leach & Lindstrom ...
Bob Mould's star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue. Mould's song "Dog on Fire" is the theme song for The Daily Show. He originally wrote the track for his third solo album, but cut it as redundant. The name was picked by mastering engineer Jim Wilson from an offhand comment Mould made in an interview.
Frank was born in Golden Valley, Minnesota in May 1979. She grew up attending Temple Israel in Uptown Minneapolis. [8]Her father, Byron, was an accountant before retirement [9] and worked as a business manager for First Avenue since its inception 1970 before eventually owning the company.