Had the pleasure of seeing these lovely songwriters from Minnesota Saturday night in this awesome room in the basement of Prairie Berry. Had a great Touch of Europe feel about it.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ZSQ7mnpBw[/youtube]
Well not really, just goes into his normal BS mode (pretending he know something about it);
“It was bud, it was Miller Lite, it was Coors. Now, especially with the millennial generation, times are changing,” says Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether. “Tastes are being refined, demand is being refined and the market is catching up especially the market in Sioux Falls,”
The one thing I have quickly learned about the craft brewing industry, it really doesn’t matter what is the ‘best’ beer, just the one that is marketed the best. That is why the crap our mayor drinks is so popular (I believe I have seen him drinking either Coors Light or Bud Light at a DT Business Grand Opening where I explained to him the different kinds of genital piercings that exist). Let’s just put it this way, he knows about as much about craft beer as he does about a Prince Albert piercing (would love to see him talking about genital piercings on KSFY).
I’m sure you all received the first pressing of ‘Badlands Monthly’ (I’m going to try to get mine signed by Captain Caribou himself). One of my more conservative friends referred to the magazine that was cluttered with ‘Skulls and Flames’ as ‘Icky’. I’m an old school punk rock kid, so I think that stuff is cool (If I was still 17) and many of my paintings are themed in the car culture and pop art subject matter. I hold skulls and flames near and dear to my heart. My good friend (bless her butterfly and flower heart) went on to talk about the photo of the building. She said something like, “. . . with this building being in the backdrop of the Events Center and to have this photo of the pawn shop in this desolate setting is peculiar.” But hey, not to far off mark. It is pretty desolate out there.
Just what kind of development is happening around the Denny Dome? We have a bar sitting empty that has changed more hands then a 1992 Pontiac grand prix, the remains of an old hotel and a newly remodeled Rolling Pin (which looks nice, BTW). But other then that, not much happening (as promised to us in the Build it Now campaign). Heck, we haven’t even heard about a hotel, except for one the tax payers are going to subsidize at Elmwood. And what about all those shuttle rides from Downtown to events? Argus Leader reporter Joe Snevelmarvelous has a story coming out in the Sunday edition about the (lack of) development. As he said to me yesterday, “It’s good.”
Back to Captain Caribou. I think Badlands Pawn will be highly successful. Why? As I explained to Ms. Butterfly, we have two essential classes in Sioux Falls, the Rich and Wannabe Rich and the trailer park poor who will spend their last dollar on a pack of Camels and a used rifle. This is where the pawn shop steps in. Chuck knows his clientele, he has been making millions from them for years in Sioux Falls lending them money, he now can take it a step further and get them to spend that money at his heavy metal carnival center.
And Mayor Huether was worried about Royal River wanting to build a Casino here . . . geesh!
Like the common sense with saving tax dollars by just having the city trim their own trees instead of sending out forestry goons to measure and send vague letters, the city could do the same by not continually painting over the graffiti in this tunnel, and just leave it;
“Quite a bit of money for us to come in and keep on painting this over, painting this over and painting this over. It’s certainly something the city doesn’t want to see and we want to cover it up as quickly as possible,” Huber said.
Here’s an idea, put up a sign at either entrance that reads, “Sioux Falls Artistic Freedom Graffiti tunnel, express yourself! (please refrain from gang related and vulgar messages).†Then put a disclaimer on it similar to what is on the snowplows. By painting over it constantly, all you are doing is creating a new canvas for the vandals.
And BTW, I don’t see how this is any different than the snowplows;
“It’s unfortunate that people choose to do that in our society. We try to teach our kids to respect things and others property,” Sheets said.
Technically it is public property so I am not sure who they are disrespecting. But for the kids sake, why not make it proper (legal) and let the kids express themselves like they do on the snowplows. Rapid City has art alley, and it has been extremely popular. Get with the program Sioux Falls! Random graffiti art is not a crime.
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