What We're Google Readering: Puppies and Dolphins and Footballs, Oh My

Chris and DoktorPeace are off cavorting as bachelors in Portland, OR, with friend of the Blogulator and soon-to-be-non-bachelor Dave, so I am taking the reigns of the Google Readering feature this here week. It's been a fairly slow week in pop culture this week, aside from the premiere of Mad Men and oh, a new Radiohead song(*), but other than that, not too much. Hey, actually, that's a pretty good pop culture week. But, what are you more interested in hearing about on a Friday - prestegious television shows and musical acts, or dogs who make friends with dolphins? That's what I thought. Enjoy.

(*)I'm actually digging this song...quite a bit...a true extension of their Kid A stuff, way moreso than Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows...you'll hear more about Kid A as it gets closer to the end of the decade, but I digress...

Minnesota Public Radio: So a REAL LIFE TWISTER WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF BILL PAXTON/HELEN HUNT/PRE-OSCAR PHILLY SEYMOUR HOFFMAN ACTUALLY touched down in Minneapolis on Wednesday. And, the REAL LIFE TWISTER smashed up one of our fave record stores in town, the Electric Fetus, along with the damaging of a church. Friend of the Blogulator @Kylelonious tweeted the following: "The only things damaged in Mpls tornado is a church and store called the eletric fetus? Clearly God has taken a stand on the abortion issue." Touche, Kylelonious -- but is it a pro-life or pro-choice stance? We may never know. [Lady Amy]

/Film: In other Minneapolis-related news, a new bar recently opened up, I mean, came back from the dead. It's a zombie bar in NE Mpls, from the ashes of an old bar. It's got Shawn of the Dead-like stuff in it. I want to go to there. Who's with me? [Qualler]

Perfect Duluth Day: Shared by Blogulator friend Lane. Hey, I don't really care which way you lean in the whole psycho public health care debate, but if you're gonna be angry about it, at least don't include an embarrassing misspelled word. I do want to know what the pubic option entails, though...I'm intrigued. [Lane]

Webster Is My Bitch: In irrelevent actor news, Jerry O'Connell has decided to give up his acting career and become a 1L. Wait, this guy stole Rebecca Romaijn from the almighty Stamos?! What is wrong with this world?!? [Chris]

Cute Overload: Okay, I share waaaaay too much stuff from this site. But COME ON. A dog and a dolphin are friends!!!!!!!! Does it get more adorable than that? The only thing more adorable would be a baby, dressed as a puppy, in a picture in a frame of a teddy bear. That would be pretty cute. [Qualler]

YouTube: I checked my email really early in the morning and clicked on this link shared by the good Doktor. I almost immediately barfed. It's not that it's really disgusting, but on the other hand, the first thing you see in the morning should not generally be peanut butter man. Click if you are ready to handle something totally wacky. Totally SFW, if safe means you're OK with a David Lynch-like character eating away in your brain for the rest of your life. [DoktorPeace]

MinnPost: This has little to no pop cultural relevency (except for when he had a cameo in There's Something About Mary!) but a former enemy of the Minnesota Vikings, you may have heard, has recently joined the team, causing those good-natured enemies of mine who are Packer fans to generally be really sad and/or angry about it. Brett Favre is a Minnesota Viking. I'm pretty sure I wrote poems that involved not liking Brett Favre in the 7th grade, and now here I am talking about how he is the quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, my fave football team ever. On a side note, I just remembered that really annoying move that Brett always used on the Vikings, where he would do the fake play action and then pretend he was throwing the ball and IT WAS ALWAYS SO OBVIOUS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE BALL BUT THE VIKINGS DEFENSE ALWAYS FELL FOR IT AND AND AND alskjdfladskjfLKEFJ. Okay, I'm not sure how I am going to handle having that d-bag on my team. Breathe deep, Qualler...breathe in and out, in and out..... [Qualler]

Finally, I leave you with a link to Chris' radio show on Radio K, nowlikephotographs. Chris, along with Blogulator friend Joe, started the show way back in 2004 and grew it to become the country's premiere epic instrumental rock show. Earlier this week, Chris hosted his final show, before handing the reins over to the next generation of epic instrumental rock enthusiests, and this week's show featured Chris' 20 best instrumental songs of his life. It's always been a radio show worth checking out, and that doesn't stop with Chris' departure, but we will miss his comforting presence every week while listening to pretentious, lovable, epic instrumental rock every week Wednesdays from 7-9 pm on Radio K. Wednesday nights during tax busy season will not be the same without you, Chris! [Qualler]

p.s. One more great vidja...enjoy.

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