Mpls StarTribune:

7 places Mick Jagger should visit in the Twin Cities this weekend

He hit the town before Rolling Stones tour stops in Charlotte and Nashville.
Here are some suggestions before Sunday's big gig at U.S. Bank Stadium...

Hmm. Its been a while since i lived there but...

The place i loved most was a little-known walking trail along the Mississippi that was
actually within the city limits. Originally an Indian trail, i didnt know it had a name,
but I see online that it is called the Winchell trail. Most of it had no railings so you
could scramble down the cliffs and soak your feet in the river. There were old
tire swings and even a reputed nude beach, though i never saw anybody naked
there. Me and my first missus would spend all day stoned, climbing up and down,
chewing 100-year-old ginseng root. And it did seem about a hundred years ago.
Very Huck Finn.

they've made the trail smoother and safer now, for better or worse, but i think the
timing might be right in terms of autumn colors...

NBC-KARE Minneapolis is running with this horseshit story again...

And the song has nothing to do with Jimmy Miller either...

Mick hung with Hendrix at the Chelsea Drugstore. And he aimed that verse right at Jimi
as a warning that the brilliant guitarist was overdoing it. Unfortunately Jimi did not see it
as a friendly gesture, but rather as Mick trying to fuck with his head. That's why Jimi
responded with "Dolly Dagger".

More broadly of course the song is both a warning and encouragement to everyone,
including the man in the mirror who wrote it. And its not just alcohol, heroin etc that
you have to be careful with. Nothing is more practiced at the art of deception than
your own ego. 

The song then takes it a step further with a profound statement of faith (thus the choir).
That if you forget about your ego-dreams and concentrate on your deep internal needs,
for healing forgiveness growth blah blah blah, then Jah will provide

I've personally found that to be true, but of course your mileage may vary...

Minnesota is promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"

Actually it has over 11 thousand greater than 10 acres

One can travel great distances, as did the region's Native Americans,
by canoe, with relatively short portages...

the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has over 1,200 miles of
paddling routes. At 1 million acres in size, you can spend a month in
the backcountry of northeastern Minnesota and still barely scratch the
surface. There are thousands of lakes and streams and you can spend
your nights at one of over 2,000 designated campsites.

this happened tonite, so i'll put it on this thread...
(doesnt deserve a thread of its own)

i was watching tampa-chicago and the announcer said that at his press conference
this week tom brady was asked what he thought about mick and the stones replacing
tom and the bucs at tampa stadium next weekend

without missing a beat, Tom said "yeah, he's still pretty good... i mean, for a guy his age"

*rimshot*

the bookies now have it -2.60 that mick makes the exact same joke in reverse next
week onstage in tampa. so if i was you, i would take some of that action.

but of course i'm not you. so i don't know what the hell to do...

Mick concluded his serenade by standing on tippy-toes
to give Darryl a great big kiss