Monthly Archives: August 2009

Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

RT @Mando_lines: Albums that changed things for me: 1998 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Lucinda. Steve Earle. Lauderdale. Redneck poetry # RT @ProperRecords: New TOM RUSSELL CD "Blood & Candle Smoke" feat. CALEXICO, @GRETCHENPETERS release 14/09/09 http://tinyurl.com/lj2xmp # RT … Continue reading

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

Hot Club of Cowtown is visiting my little part of the middle of nowhere this fall. Hot darn! # RT @teampbr: Justin McBride admitted that singing at the Opry on Friday night was 1 of the scariest things he's ever … Continue reading

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Bob Wills is Still the King

Hot Club of Cowtown is coming to play in my town this fall.  Hot Club is a great “hot jazz” acoustic trio out of Austin that I played a bit on my volunteer radio DJ gig at KRFC-FM in Fort Collins.  I’ve had some … Continue reading

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Biggest Opportunity for Rural Economic Development since Invention of the Tractor

Minnesota Business profiles local wind energy developer Continue reading

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Rochester Bio-tech Park in the Headlines

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has some “investigative reporting” in the Sunday paper today, looking at G. Steven Burrill’s proposed Elk Run bio-science development on the road between Rochester and the Twin Cities, in Southeast Minnesota. As you may recall, Mr. Burrill gave a Big Picture … Continue reading

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

All I want is a dry tent. Is that too much to ask? # Krush streaming great roots tunes from Ryan Bingham etc on KRFC Morning Mix http://krfcfm.org # @KRFC The only happy thing about Monday morning is Krush's Morning … Continue reading

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Politics and Policy on a Planner's Blog

Is it possible to divorce policy and politics? Continue reading

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

Montana Fiddlers Picnic @BozChron http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/08/02/news/10fiddle.txt # I dream of a dry tent. Is that too much to ask? # RT @nprnews: In honor of the next Robert Ludlum film, please help NPR come up with the most #AbsurdSpyMovies titles. # … Continue reading

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Broadband Means Business in Rural Minnesota

UMN EDA Center broadband study “Rural Businesses and the Internet: The Integration Continues” Continue reading

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Main Street Spearfish

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