A Queer Ritual is such an exciting local music development in Minneapolis right now: heavy, communal, and wholly unapologetic, as only queer-centric shows can be For @racketmn.com, I wrote about the first-ever AQR festival and spoke to @ruingazer.bsky.social about the evolution of the series

They are still in The area saw them on my way home ten minutes ago. Appears the feds are aiming directly at Minnesota this thanksgiving hoping we are distracted with holiday and unwilling to fight them back.

Sent to me, ICE truck currently downtown Minneapolis 3rd & Hennepin near Gay 90s. I've called Monarca, but putting here as well. Maybe folks that spread news of St. Paul raid today can repost @naomikritzer.bsky.social @mauratwit.bsky.social @unicornriot.bsky.social

Every time I see "The Archers" is trending I think "Finally, the public has come to love Black Narcissus as much as I do" and I'm always disappointed.

The #ShawBrothers film this week is "Whose Baby is in the Classroom?" the final film from one of the studio's earliest stars, Peter Chen Ho. In it he gets peed on by a baby countles times and a chicken poops on his head. What a send off! #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Took a while to write up, but last week's #ShawBrothers film is "Double Bliss," a Cantonese style comedy with a Cantonese comedy legend that happens to be in Mandarin. Also, there's a song disparaging hippies. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Walked past the venue today. Looking forward to it!

This week's #ShawBrothers film is Ripples, a surprise late entry in the folk musical genre. To be honest I've been watching Hong Kong films for 30 years and I didn't really know there was a rural part Hong Kong. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Well, letterboxd is down so my day is ruined.

My kingdom for a 9 bus with a frequency faster than geologic time.

I am 100% certain that I'm the only person in the world who would be excited by discovering a new #ShawBrothers folk musical. Probably the only person to have ever lived to yell out, "holy shit, folk musical!"

Don't sound so excited about it.

HAUSU returns. Starting Wednesday. www.trylon.org/film/hausu-i...

Daytime Horrorthon survivors!

Taking my mom to her first ever Hausu show at @trylon.org Hope it goes better than when I took to The Heroic Trio for Mother's Day....

With this week's #ShawBrothers film I wrap up the 1960s. 165 of the movies they made between 1958 and 1969 still exist (about 70 are lost) and I've seen every dang one of them. And none of them had more nudity than Dark Rendezvous. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

After a few disasters I've finally remembered how to make sourdough bread.

Oh heck yeah, Minneapolis is getting a folk school in Loring Park! www.peopleandcraft.org

The two genders, your choice!

the coveted 12 ft skeleton of the wedge with a trans rights flag endorsement for mayor is going to omar fateh. congrats to @omarfatehmn.com!

We near the end of 1969 with this week's #ShawBrothers movie, "River of Tears." Jenny Hu leads in another modern-day weepie tale. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

We drove ICE OUT- this morning - drone and all- join us? Let me know if on the east side of the river - otherwise start your group or I’ll help ya find one

Shepherd's Table in Longfellow is the Real Deal. Super delicious grilled cheese! Looking forward to going there a lot.

With this week's #ShawBrothers watch I complete the Jimmy Lin Chong trilogy by watching "The Singing Escort." Do you like weird colorful wipe effects? Then check it out. Otherwise? 🤷 letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Happy Silent Movie Day! Our next silent movie event will be 7th HEAVEN (1927), with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys! Sunday, November 9 at the Heights Theater! heightstheater.com

i just ran into dewayne davis at the day of the transgender child in loring park wearing a “protect trans lives” shirt @dewayneforminneapolis.com

We understand that a national theater chain's corporate overlords felt uncomfortable going ahead with this one. We checked with our corporate overlords, but it turns out we don't have those. Thursday, October 2nd at the Trylon. 7PM 9PM $8 www.trylon.org/film/the-oni...

Freeman (Lawrence Cook), the first African American in the CIA, trains Black young people to overthrow the government. Pulled from theaters by the FBI soon after its release, Ivan Dixon’s film shows how Black radicalism was silenced in the late 1960s. www.trylon.org/film/the-spo...

This week's #ShawBrothers is a sightseeing trip to Singapore and Malaysia in "Tropicana Interlude" The songs are plentiful, the outfits intense, and the plot lifted from Elvis' Blue Hawaii. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Did I meet the cutest kitten last week? Signs point to yes.

Some neighbors and I in Longfellow believe we can't afford 12 years of Mayor Frey. We are organizing a Longfellow Forum for a New Mayor. Join us for a family friendly format to hear from candidates on housing, police reform, and so much more Sign up here: forms.gle/5jppXJhypevf...

A list of ways to donate to Sanctuary Supply Depot: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

I made a few batches of pickled peppers last week. So of course I've had that Run-DMC song stuck in my head since then.

How many #ShawBrothers films of 1969 featured a rendition of "Ave Maria"? At least two! One of which was in Dark Semester, a not-so-subtle remake of "To Sir, With Love." #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Maybe not the first time a guest host has been in a previously recommended movie (though she's been in 4, I think). But almost certainly the first time a guest host has been in a movie written by another previous guest host. (Eat Pray Love, btw)

This letter is now live and ready for signatories! We are asking cisgender allies in Minnesota who consider themselves members of the DFL to sign on to show support for trans people here.

Party time! #PhysicalMediaForever

The final #ShawBrothers pairing of Pat Ting Hung and Peter Chen Ho remake's a Japanese and somehow adds 34 minutes runtime. Is it good? No. But it does have a funny conversation about a shaft that's perfect for hiding a body in. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Free canoe trips today at W river and 35th. Super fun!

a lot of money has been raised for annunciation victims and that's great but how about we also try to help this little guy who was injured and lost his mom in that horrible carjacking crash gofund.me/97ebc04e3

The very fun and very pervy "Temptress of a Thousand Faces" is best if you don't think about it too much. Unless you just want to think about how amazing Pat Ting Hung's hair is. #ShawBrothers #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Distraught heroes destroyed by their own chivalry? Sounds like a #ShawBrothers wuxia. And it is! "Twelve Deadly Coins" starring Lo Lieh and Ching Li. #morethankungfu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Can we get Mike Erlandson on the news whining and moaning about how unfair it is that the Minneapolis DFL got this in the mail before the state party could overturn Fateh's endorsement?

Though it might seem like a #ShawBrothers movie, "Purple Darts" is actually Taiwanese through-and-through. And the result is a lovely wuxia that was very different from what the studio was making at the time. #morethankungfu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

It’s common for Japanese films to have 10-12 minute reels instead of the 20 minute reels for American and European films. So, even though THE CEREMONY is only 2 hours, it’s 11 reels. Experience all that changeover magic this weekend! www.trylon.org/film-series/...

The last #ShawBrothers movie of 1968 may also be one of their worst. I can't say I had high hopes for "Divorce, Hong Kong Style," but even those low hopes were dashed. letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

The #ShawBrothers version of "Dumb and Dumber" (or any of the other many films about idiot men), "Double Trouble" is not good. But I'm open to the possibility that I missed a ton of jokes in this one. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

An out-of-order #ShawBrothers watch of "The Shadow Boxing" from 1979. Earliest jiangshi film? Not a by a long shot. But earlier than most! letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Number of Mayoral candidates who emailed me about the Trans Equity Summit: 1 Guess I know who my top ranked choice is now.

Come for the #ShawBrothers movie review, stay for some thoughts on the rare appearance of Cantonese in the studio's output. "Three Swinging Girls" from 1968. #morethankungfu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...