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COLUMN: Piecing together our past
This is my Sunday column for the Nov. 11, 2012 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired yesterday on KAXE’s “Between You and Me.” Piecing together our pastBy Aaron J. Brown Memory reconstructs the past, rather than replicating it. There’s just no way around memory’s fundamental flaws; in fact, this…
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Enjoy Great Northern Radio Show podcast, live from Eveleth
Please listen to the podcast of the Eveleth Great Northern Radio Show from our Oct. 20 live broadcast on KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio. This was our fourth show and, arguably, our best yet. I think you’ll find this to be an excellent listen, funny, sincere and with some of the best music we’ve ever shared.…
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Persell, Howes to square off Thursday morning on Northern Community Radio
The final KAXE “Making Sausage” legislative forum between Reps. John Persell (DFL-Bemidji) and Larry Howes (R-Walker) in District 5A will take place Thursday morning from 8:15 to 9 a.m. on 91.7 KAXE Grand Rapids/90.5 KBXE Bemidji/89.9 Brainerd and kaxe.org. Tune in for what has been an interesting series of open format discussions between the candidates…
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Great Northern Radio Show rebroadcast will be Sunday at 11a
Last Saturday we broadcast a new episode of the Great Northern Radio Show from the Boardman Auditorium at Eveleth-Gilbert High School in Eveleth, Minnesota. It was two hours of laughs, tears and some of the best music we’ve ever featured. I’m proud of all our shows, but I’m particularly proud of how the program continues…
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Watch the debates in bellwether MN-LEG northern district
KAXE’s series of non-traditional radio forums in the hotly contested MN Senate District 5 continue Thursday morning at 8:15 with a District 5B conversation between Reps. Tom Anzelc (DFL-Balsam Township) and Carolyn McElfatrick (R-Deer River). The segment begins at 8:15 a.m. on 91.7 KAXE/Northern Community Radio, streaming at kaxe.org. This is the district featuring three…
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Great Northern Radio Show TONIGHT, 5-7p, on KAXE.org
Tune to the Great Northern Radio Show tonight at 5 p.m. on 91.7 KAXE Grand Rapids (89.9 Brainerd) and 90.5 KBXE Bemidji. It’s streaming live all over the world at www.kaxe.org. If you can, please attend the live broadcast by arriving at the Boardman Auditorium at Eveleth-Gilbert High School by 4:30 p.m. Admission is free…
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A Great Northern Radio Show for the ages
From a post in the Atlantic: 1956 is not terribly long ago. People born then and after are still working. Their parents are often still alive. Their grandparents, if alive, would be in their 90s. But the above clip from a 1956 TV show includes a 96-year-old man who saw John Wilkes Booth shoot Abraham…
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KAXE to air pivotal MN-LEG forums for SD5, 5A & 5B
All told, I don’t think you’ll find a more interesting combination of legislative races than in the new District 5 in northern Minnesota. Two incumbent senators were paired together by redistricting and four incumbent representatives were paired in the respective House districts. All three races sport local issues, unique candidates and a tight, “could-go-either-way” partisan…
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Week brings political sparring, radio showmanship
I’ve been underground for a couple days, on the mend from a bad cold and ear infection. I’m not all the way back yet but aim to be ready for the busy week ahead. Later this morning I’ll post the live feed for the third debate between Chip Cravaack and Rick Nolan in Minnesota’s Eighth…
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AUDIO: Movies and typewriter time travel
Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will share “movie moments.” Film professor Jack Nachbar and KAXE “Mom of Pop Culture” Julie Crabb will take nominations for great movie moments and lead a discussion of how our lives intersect with these moments. The show runs 10 a.m. to noon on 91.7 FM in…
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Great Northern Radio Show set for Oct. 20 Eveleth show
A new season of my Great Northern Radio Show launches Saturday, Oct. 20, with a live KAXE/KBXE broadcast from the Boardman Theatre at Eveleth-Gilbert High School in Eveleth, Minnesota. Our new take on the variety show format has been touring northern Minnesota for a year and we’re excited to show off our progress back “Home…
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COLUMN: New game, no rules
This is my Sunday column for the Sept. 30, 2012 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired Saturday on “Between You and Me” on KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio. New game, no rulesBy Aaron J. Brown One spring morning a few years ago the residents of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Hibbing…
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AUDIO: Game on (the radio)
We can’t change the present or the future. We can only change the past, and we do it all the time. That’s Bob Dylan from his recent (print edition only) interview in Rolling Stone. That quote floored me, and further still I read it in an ESPN/Grantland Fantasy Football column by Chuck Klosterman. What?! What…
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Look at my teeth! I am happy!
This is my Sunday column for the Sept. 16, 2012 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. This is revised from a version of this piece that ran on KAXE’s “Between You and Me” in 2010. ### Look at my teeth! I am happy! By Aaron J. Brown How much time do you spend pretending to…
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AUDIO: "Call Me Maybe," life theme songs & plight of frogs
So I went and did it. I downloaded “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jespen. Sure, I’m late to the party. The song peaked in popularity months ago with the downright literary refrain: “Hey, I just met youand this is crazy,but here’s my number,so call me maybe.” I actually listened to the Cookie Monster parody…