http://www.driver2165.com/ en-us 2007-01-31T14:02:05-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001143.html Mix time is back, we've just finished the February mix, and we're going to share it with you. It's wintry. There are a lot of female folk type singers on it. It's about half new music, some leftovers from 06,... Music theblvd 2007-01-31T14:02:05-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001142.html What exactly is it about Alternadad that's worth debating? (I'd love to read it but the wife won't let me look at it until she's done). I think the real issue here is that in attacking Neal Pollack for being... random junk theblvd 2007-01-31T00:01:25-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001141.html Maybe we'll put off any east-coast trip for a little bit. It sounds like they're opening a couple of Muji stores in New York by the end of the year. Who knows how much kids stuff has (if Daddy Types... random junk theblvd 2007-01-26T17:35:17-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001135.html Eliot grabs chunks of her own hair and yanks as hard as she can. Repeatedly. If we try to get her to stop, she cries.... Eliot theblvd 2007-01-20T15:05:21-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001134.html So it looks like Borders is planning on closing shop in their Block E location. The company line on the closing is slow sales due to poor foot traffic. The Star Tribune's brilliant idea? A white guy got shot down... Minneapolis theblvd 2007-01-19T09:17:30-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001133.html Eliot learned a new way to deal with something she doesn't like: revenge. She's been sick since Sunday, hitting the one-year-old trifecta with a cold, an ear infection, and popping a new tooth (number eight, if anybody's keeping track). We... Eliot theblvd 2007-01-18T23:47:07-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001125.html Anybody looking for $890 worth of awesome modern crib for $450? We got a white IKEA crib for $90 [it subsidized the Bugaboo] that serves pretty much the same function visually, but I still can't help lusting for the real... Gear theblvd 2007-01-11T12:28:41-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001124.html Roadside Soviet bus stops... Public Transit theblvd 2007-01-11T09:39:19-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001122.html Anybody else switching to Cingular in June?... random junk theblvd 2007-01-09T19:11:38-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001121.html I'm always complaining about the way people drive in general, and specifically in Minnesota. I was telling somebody who has lived in Los Angeles for the last sixty years that it's gotten awful around here, and when she started to... Bike theblvd 2007-01-05T21:57:09-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001120.html One of the books that Eliot recieved for Christmas this year was Not a Box, by Antoinette Portis, a great-looking book which even has a cover made out of box. The art is somewhat Pigeonesque, but more slight. The... Books theblvd 2007-01-05T09:49:40-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001119.html These stamps totally make up for the post office being closed for four days this last weekend .... theblvd 2007-01-04T00:30:53-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001104.html 2006 was a very slow year. Normally we have a hard time making a decision for a top spot, but Joanna Newsom really ran away with the title; there was nothing that even put up a fight. Which, to tell... Music theblvd 2006-12-15T08:57:33-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001101.html Here we celebrate the albums that represent a possible turning point in an artists career. Just a single pothole or has the artist turned into a pumpkin? The Robot Ate Me - Good World [The understated charm and elegance of... Music theblvd 2006-12-14T00:37:45-06:00 http://www.driver2165.com/driver2165/arch/001100.html This is one of the more diverting lists to make because we don't normally include compilations, EPs, or singles in any of the lists here. There are always great nuggets, though, and we've got seven tracks from EPs, one from... Music theblvd 2006-12-13T11:02:26-06:00