MinnesotaBrown
Blog URL http://www.minnesotabrown.com
Tags Minnesota, Iron Range, Politics, Mining, Economy, Writing, Radio, Media, Bob Dylan
MinnesotaBrown is a daily blog that discusses news, politics and culture in Northern Minnesota's Iron Range. Aaron J. Brown is an author, columnist, teacher and political organizer.
Latest Blog Posts
- 'Overburden' book signing today in Virginia, Minn. on Nov 27, 2009 in books virginia Overburden
I'll be signing copies of "Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range" today at Woodward's in the Thunderbird Mall in Virginia, Minn., from 1-3 p.m. This book won the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award this year and is a good gift for people who like h...
- Brown on the Air: FAMILY LANGUAGE on Nov 26, 2009 in family Between You and Me language KAXE
This Saturday's edition of "Between You and Me" on 91.7 KAXE should be a lot of fun. From 10 a.m. to noon callers can share their stories of "family language," or all the unique sayings that become part of the way members of a family talk to each oth...
- Black Friday Overburden on Nov 25, 2009 in thanksgiving books iron range Overburden
The experts say that people plan to spend less on gifts this holiday season, what with the crippling economic recession that somehow has failed to kill the Snuggie. What was 2007 diamond jewelery is now 2009 sticks and rocks and stuff found down by t...
- Bobby Dylan's Christmas Fun Time on Nov 24, 2009 in santa claus music christmas iron range Bob Dylan
The newest video from Hibbing's son Bob Dylan, "Must Be Santa Claus," debuted last week. I finally found it on YouTube. Oh, you must watch the whole thing. It gets crazy toward the end. I was skeptical about the Dylan Christmas album, but I might be...
- COLUMN: "To sleep, perchance to write" on Nov 22, 2009 in dreams columns hibbing daily tribune writing
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune.To sleep, perchance to writeBy Aaron J. BrownDreams supposedly reflect your fears, inadequacies, hopes and desires. Lately I’ve been having writing dreams.R...
- The return of my giant head on a tiny screen on Nov 21, 2009 in Minnesota blog iron range politics
At this approximate moment I am about to "address" a session on "hyperlocal" blogging at the Netroots Nation conference in the Twin Cities. I am not there; rather I recorded this opening statement and will be participating in the panel discussion via...
- Brown on the Air: GIVING THANKS on Nov 20, 2009 in thanksgiving thank you Between You and Me KAXE
The Saturday morning call in/music program "Between You and Me" on 91.7 KAXE returns this weekend with guest host Linda Johnson. My regular contribution is an encore presentation that fits with this week's topic of "Thanksgiving." The piece is about...
