minne no-snow ta. (mpls pt. 2)

so i had what seemed like the best sleep of my life in our hotel bed. it was nice. got ready and headed out to find somewhere to get some grub downtown. again, the sun was out and we were fortunate to have outdoor-eating-weather. we saw hard rock had a patio so we parked across the street and it seemed as if we never had coins on us for the meters. we parked right in front of


i had recognized the venue from an atmosphere dvd and from the group talking about they're hometown venue. the walls on both sides were covered with silver stars that named artists that have come through. we spent at least ten minutes readin the wall. everything from outkast to the white stripes, nine inch nails to gg allin, de la to prince.

speaking of prince, what would a mpls trip be without some prince?

this record sleeve cover was killin me.


after lunch we walked around and checked out the rest of the music memorabilia then headed back to the car. one thing i wanted to do while we were up there was to check out the 5th element record shop associated with rhymesayers and the atmosphere family. we put it in the GPS and we were there in no time. the setup was really cool. a mini stage towards the back, shirts and hoodies on one wall, and cd's and vinyl taking up most of the floor. in an office to the left i was suprised to see siddiq ali who is one of the main rhymesayers guys. i was also surprised to find a quasimoto vinyl toy and being the dork that i am, i had to get it. talked to the guys in the shop for a bit and told em it was cool to finally see the place after hearing so much about it then we headed back to hotel.

jill napped.

i took out of it's box.

jill woke up then we got showered and ready for the evening. we headed out and did what jill and i do more than anything... go out to eat. we hit up this mexican ma and pa spot, Salsa a la Salsa. local mexican art lined the walls and there was this oil painting series of ancient aztec or mayan like characters that was really nice. i'm an idiot and forgot to take pictures.

i got

carne asada and a modelo especial. it was pretty good but i think el norte's is better.

jill got

taco salad.

paid the tab and rode out. the wait was over! buying the tickets 2 months prior, planning the road trip, and savin up spending cash, needless to say we were pumped. we got to the venue (roy wilkins auditorium, which was pretty average) and immediately got some shirts. waited some time in line for some drinks and soon enough the lights went down and cold war came on. the lights stayed low in an attempt to make it an intimate setting. that it was, but the crowd being there for the headliner made for a dull reception. but they played great. oh yeah and so did death cab.

cold war


death cab

all in all a pretty good show. we hit up a sushi spot where i had some saki before we headed back to hit the hay.

but it's not over! dvd bonus features next! come back! i've got some popsicles.

GO BULLS!