You betcha
March 6, 2016 9:06 AM Subscribe
Thats great on its own, but this is all I could think of.
posted by hobgadling at 9:19 AM on March 6, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by hobgadling at 9:19 AM on March 6, 2016 [7 favorites]
I knew hockey hair was a thing, but a bunch of those dudes looked like they were going for more of a Kenny Powers/Matt Stone as the porn grip in Orgasmo kind of deal. Some of those, I didn't know you were allowed to wear those hairstyles and not wear Styx t-shirt at the same time. ::confused::
posted by Diablevert at 9:35 AM on March 6, 2016
posted by Diablevert at 9:35 AM on March 6, 2016
Hockey hair is an airborne virus.
Or so I'm told.
posted by Floydd at 9:44 AM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
Or so I'm told.
posted by Floydd at 9:44 AM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
I grew up in Wisconsin across the river from Stillwater. So homesick right now.
posted by chaoticgood at 9:47 AM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by chaoticgood at 9:47 AM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
$2 for all you can drink milk at the state fair?? When I was a kid it was a quarter.
Way to go, hockey kids of MN. If I were not living here right now I would be super homesick.
posted by Elly Vortex at 10:00 AM on March 6, 2016 [4 favorites]
Way to go, hockey kids of MN. If I were not living here right now I would be super homesick.
posted by Elly Vortex at 10:00 AM on March 6, 2016 [4 favorites]
Oh my stars and garters, I love this. However, hockey hair isn't a new thing at all. We had hockey hair and seedy porn-star mustaches in the '80s.
He's right about one thing though, there's nothing in America quite like the Minnesota state high school hockey tournament. We used to bus it down to the Civic Center in St. Paul back in the day and watch like twelve hours of hockey and bus back home.
It didn't hurt that I recognized every single school mentioned. 'kato indeed.
posted by Sphinx at 10:28 AM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
He's right about one thing though, there's nothing in America quite like the Minnesota state high school hockey tournament. We used to bus it down to the Civic Center in St. Paul back in the day and watch like twelve hours of hockey and bus back home.
It didn't hurt that I recognized every single school mentioned. 'kato indeed.
posted by Sphinx at 10:28 AM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
OMG this is the most batshit bananapants thing I've ever seen and I TOTALLY LOVE IT. For anyone who hasn't been here, this is EXACTLY what Minnesota is like. Just last night I ate my dinner on my Purple Rain TV dinner tray!
Missing the hockeyhairisalifestyle and facialhairisfun tags
posted by triggerfinger at 10:42 AM on March 6, 2016 [10 favorites]
Missing the hockeyhairisalifestyle and facialhairisfun tags
posted by triggerfinger at 10:42 AM on March 6, 2016 [10 favorites]
It's state tourney time again, isn't it? *sigh* Even 1300 miles away I can sense it.
Also, here is a nice piece on Minnesota hockey fixture Louie Nanne: -Minn post link
posted by wenestvedt at 11:01 AM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
Also, here is a nice piece on Minnesota hockey fixture Louie Nanne: -Minn post link
posted by wenestvedt at 11:01 AM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
"What are you guys doing?"
"Puttin' on the foil!"
"Yeah, every game!"
"You want some?"
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:20 AM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
"Puttin' on the foil!"
"Yeah, every game!"
"You want some?"
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:20 AM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
wenestvedt: "Also, here is a nice piece on Minnesota hockey fixture Louie Nanne: -Minn post link"
This is a pro click. Great article.
Lou Nanne is in that small 'Minnesota Sports Demigod' Venn diagram. He seems more Minnesotan than I am, and I was born here. Bud Grant is in that category as well.
posted by Sphinx at 11:55 AM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
This is a pro click. Great article.
Lou Nanne is in that small 'Minnesota Sports Demigod' Venn diagram. He seems more Minnesotan than I am, and I was born here. Bud Grant is in that category as well.
posted by Sphinx at 11:55 AM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
I'm not even from Minnesota and this makes me homesick. I love this, thank you for posting.
posted by rhythm and booze at 1:15 PM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by rhythm and booze at 1:15 PM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
That was far better than I expected. The next season of Fargo needs more hockey hair.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:53 PM on March 6, 2016
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:53 PM on March 6, 2016
This may turn into an AskMe question later, but maybe someone here knows: what is the song at the end of the 2012 video? I'm having a hard time hearing the lyrics as anything other than "I love my hair".
posted by rhythm and booze at 2:02 PM on March 6, 2016
posted by rhythm and booze at 2:02 PM on March 6, 2016
$2 for all you can drink milk at the state fair?? When I was a kid it was a quarter.
I yelled at my computer in a very un-Minnesotan way when I saw that!
Also, disappointed in my school's entry. Class of 1997 did it way better.
posted by baniak at 4:41 PM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
I yelled at my computer in a very un-Minnesotan way when I saw that!
Also, disappointed in my school's entry. Class of 1997 did it way better.
posted by baniak at 4:41 PM on March 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
Is he calling Edina the "small town on the west side"? That's hilarious.
posted by maxsparber at 7:32 PM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by maxsparber at 7:32 PM on March 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
These guys are like, the supergroup of salad.
posted by honey-barbara at 5:25 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by honey-barbara at 5:25 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm a foreigner who's recently been spending a lot of time in Minnesota and I'm an ADDICT.
(Not unrelated: Three aisles of cheese in your supermarkets? Fuck yeah.)
posted by honey-barbara at 5:28 AM on March 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
(Not unrelated: Three aisles of cheese in your supermarkets? Fuck yeah.)
posted by honey-barbara at 5:28 AM on March 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
His "really Minnesotan" meal of spam, lutefisk, and lefse atop a copy of Purple Rain is perfect. Alternative: corn dogs, bundt cake, and jucy lucy atop a copy of Husker Du's Zen Arcade.
posted by maxsparber at 5:55 AM on March 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by maxsparber at 5:55 AM on March 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
According to Bob Collins, this is the guy behind it, and it's no secret.
posted by maxsparber at 6:03 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by maxsparber at 6:03 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
maxsparber: His "really Minnesotan" meal of spam, lutefisk, and lefse atop a copy of Purple Rain is perfect. Alternative: corn dogs, bundt cake, and jucy lucy atop a copy of Husker Du's Zen Arcade.
Or booya, a porchetta sandwich, and some deep-fried cheese curds on the album sleeve for The Replacements' "Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash."
Or maybe a fried walleye sandwich, Tom Thumb Donuts, and a Salted Nut Roll on top of the jewel case for the "Prairie Home Companion Movie Soundtrack" (n.b.: only played once).
How about krumkake, pho from Dinkytown, and a dish of Izzy's ice cream, on top of a "Journey's Greatest Hits" CD taken from a car parked down by the river for a keg party on a Wednesday when school starts late?
(This is fun!)
posted by wenestvedt at 6:48 AM on March 7, 2016 [5 favorites]
Or booya, a porchetta sandwich, and some deep-fried cheese curds on the album sleeve for The Replacements' "Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash."
Or maybe a fried walleye sandwich, Tom Thumb Donuts, and a Salted Nut Roll on top of the jewel case for the "Prairie Home Companion Movie Soundtrack" (n.b.: only played once).
How about krumkake, pho from Dinkytown, and a dish of Izzy's ice cream, on top of a "Journey's Greatest Hits" CD taken from a car parked down by the river for a keg party on a Wednesday when school starts late?
(This is fun!)
posted by wenestvedt at 6:48 AM on March 7, 2016 [5 favorites]
Journey? Is that a former City Pages editor Steve Perry reference?
posted by maxsparber at 6:55 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by maxsparber at 6:55 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
My younger son wants one of the "Land of 10,000 locks" hat, and so does my uncle from Hibbing. For me, I would prefer to see more of them for direct sale than just a few auctioned for charity on EBay, but maybe that's because I hate EBay so much.
I love that an Edina/WBL guy who works at Fallon has the deft touch to leverage this thing's popularity into raising funds for such a cool cause. :7)
posted by wenestvedt at 7:15 AM on March 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
I love that an Edina/WBL guy who works at Fallon has the deft touch to leverage this thing's popularity into raising funds for such a cool cause. :7)
posted by wenestvedt at 7:15 AM on March 7, 2016 [2 favorites]
(Not unrelated: Three aisles of cheese in your supermarkets? Fuck yeah.)
Wait a minute, we only have two and a half! I am suing for my missing half.
posted by soelo at 9:34 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Wait a minute, we only have two and a half! I am suing for my missing half.
posted by soelo at 9:34 AM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Hot dish (with Old Ditch potato chips on top), shore lunch, and a Grain Belt Premium, sitting next to a CD single of the Gear Daddies' "I Want to Drive the Zamboni."
posted by wenestvedt at 5:24 PM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by wenestvedt at 5:24 PM on March 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Cake Eater is my favorite nickname for folks from Edina (Eidinans? Edinaites?)
Bud Grant is in that category as well.
When he walked out onto that field in short sleeves when it was six below, I though to myself "now that's a man."
posted by Area Man at 3:03 PM on March 9, 2016 [2 favorites]
Bud Grant is in that category as well.
When he walked out onto that field in short sleeves when it was six below, I though to myself "now that's a man."
posted by Area Man at 3:03 PM on March 9, 2016 [2 favorites]
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I need one of those hats, stat.
Also, as someone who spent 3 years in Austin, MN, I still get giddily pleased when SPAM gets showcased.
posted by taterpie at 9:08 AM on March 6, 2016 [3 favorites]