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Brown on the Air: FAVORITE SMALL TOWNS
My contribution to this Saturday morning’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will join the call-in and music program’s weekly topic of “favorite small towns.” Listeners will be able to share stories and insights about their favorite small towns, particularly the many excellent small towns here in Minnesota. This topic arrives in…
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Peppermint Patty and Marcie up north
You all know I love living in northern Minnesota and talk about it all the time. But why? Well, there’s the trees and lakes and history, but that’s just stuff I write books about. No, I’m a media person and I judge a place by its media. And northern Minnesota is the only place in…
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And now we all learn how to spell "lieutenant"
For observers of the MN-GOV race, particularly the DFL side, we now enter the strange lull before the April 23-25 DFL Convention in Duluth. Naturally, the candidates planning to go “all in” for the endorsement will be calling the thousand-plus voting delegates and doing events around the state. The only other thing they can do…
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COLUMN: "About that accent"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, March 28, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. An earlier version of the piece aired on “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. About that accentBy Aaron J. Brown The tricky thing about accents is that no one knows they have an accent until someone else…
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Brown on the Air: TRAFFIC TICKETS
I divulge one of my poor personal habits this Saturday: lead foot. The topic for this week’s Saturday morning talk/music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE deals with “traffic tickets.” My contribution joins the chorus of unique northern Minnesota voices that make this show a special treat for anyone who loves the north…
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Obscure regional author ‘sweetens the pot’ for Bob Dylan
The second video for Iron Range Tourism’s “Come Home Bob” campaign is here. This one ought to shake things up. Me and my crazy side projects! Join the cause in welcoming Bob Dylan back to the Iron Range at “Come Home Bob.” Related posts: No related posts.
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Go(ogle) jump in a lake
Duluth’s efforts to be selected as one of the test sites for Google’s new super high speed fiber internet technology have reached fever pitch. In addition to filming a high end short film with the entire community last weekend, organizers have been using all sorts of online, grassroots efforts to demonstrate the city’s desire for…
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Another delay gives the Range some time to think
Several outlets, including the Duluth News-Tribune, report delays to the Essar Steel Minnesota plant outside Nashwauk on northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Essar has cleared the site but because of changes to the original plan the company now must refile its Environmental Impact Statement to amend its permits. Overly optimistic predictions of production in 2011 are…
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COLUMN: "Where’s my jump suit?"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, March 21, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Where’s my jump suit?By Aaron J. Brown The year is 2010. I can’t be more clear than this. I was promised a jump suit by now and I haven’t received one. In the not-so-distant past science fiction writers…
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And then there was one (Iron Ranger)
Iron Range State Sen. Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook) has dropped out of the DFL gubernatorial race before next month’s endorsing convention. As the Iron Range guy in the Minnesota blogosphere you might be curious if I have any insights on this. Well, I’m from the Midwest. So if did, I’d never say in the first paragraph.…
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Brown on the Air: ACT HAPPY!
The topic for this Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will be “Act Happy.” You may not know this, but it’s national “Act Happy Week,” a time of willing yourself to a better state of mind. My regular contribution is entitled “Work Smile.” I talk about the special smile you use, often…
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Prepare for the PolyMet litmus test
Craig Stellmacher from the Uptake has penned an excellent piece of analysis from a recent state House hearing regarding the proposed PolyMet project in Hoyt Lakes. He’s not trying to pull hard for one “side” or the other in this contentious Iron Range economic/environmental debate; rather he’s asking some good questions. PolyMet is going to…
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"Come Home Bob" gets attention
Iron Range Tourism’s “Come Home Bob” campaign to bring Bob Dylan back to his home region is getting attention. The video, which includes a bulbous, strange-looking version of yours truly, is spanning the internet. More and more people are becoming fans and signing the petition to get Bob to come home. Minnesota Public Radio has…
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Come Home, Bob!
You might know that in addition to writing, teaching and whatever it is you want to call doing this blog I am one of the organizers of Dylan Days in Hibbing, Minnesota. This year the Iron Range Convention and Visitors Bureau is going all in to get Bob Dylan back to the Iron Range. They’re…
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Sounding off on sound
I’ve been getting a great response to my humor commentary about “Sound” that was broadcast on 91.7 KAXE last Saturday. It features the first professional voice work by young George and Doug Brown (don’t worry about the budget; they work for Goldfish crackers). If you’d like to know what my radio work sounds like, take…