Stream Jeremy Messersmith's new album on MPR for free!

We love us some Messersmith! The singer/songwriter announced via Facebook this morning that you can get a sneak-listen to his brand new, yet-to-be-officially-released album The Reluctant Graveyard over at The Current's website. Click HERE to stream the entire album! We are loving it already.


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This Week in (Uploaded) Pictures

l'etoile-ers Beth Hammarlund, Brian Gioielli and Juleana Enright rock out runway-side at Voltage: Fashion Amplified!


Robyne Robinson and Rachel Thompson toast to local fashion at the Graves Hotel before Voltage: Fashion Amplified.


Former local artist/designer Adam Garcia aka The Pressure returns to the MPLS to rock out with the Wants Vs. Needs crew on Saturday at Club Jager. Photo by Kevin O'Meara, slideshow at City Pages here.


Photographer Meredith Westin captures the vibe at the secret pre-Coachella P.O.S. show at Nick & Eddie on Thursday. More pics here.


Tom Wallace snaps fashion designer Emma Berg with one of her creations for the Star Tribune. More pics and article here.


Jen Cress gets this cool/weird shot of onions being cooked up on the grill at Benihana's


Tom Horgen hits up the MIA's Third Thursday Art Remix party and snaps some Warhol go-go dancers!

Gina Micek has a good time snappin' pix at Voltage! Fun blog post here. She even name checks LOL/OMG! Flattery will get you everywhere, Gina...or at least will get your pic on our site!


Robb Long snaps off a hilar iphone shot of a high school prom photo set that his wife was shooting. Why wasn't our prom like this? WHY?!


Angie Hanson snaps some of our favorite A-Gays at the Voltage After Party at OM.


Former Twin Cities artist Eric Inkala shoots a Macy's Midtown window display that features his work in NYC!


Behind the scenes at Carly Schoen's photo shoot for fashion designer Danielle Everine.


The Blue Sky Blackout dudes get a little liquid courage before the big show.


The new Blacklist Vintage location is coming together! Head there Wednesday for the grand opening bash as part of MNFashion Week!


A baby in a crawl space. A totally sweet crawl space. Can Andi Hillestad install one of these in our house?

Snap a cool pic and upload it somewhere lately? Send us the link to omg@letoilemagazine.com to be considered for next week's edition of This Week in (Uploaded) Pictures!

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Weekend Twitterings

Happy Monday! In this edition of Weekend Twitterings you learn what it's like to be on the party bus or to be so drunk you want to fake your own death.Also, did you know frat boys looove Lady Gaga? Yeah.

And then he went to the closet. Nah, we made that up.


Twins Snuggies??!


(Applause)


Agreed!


Coolest. Foursquare. Badge. Ever.


We can't even imagine what this would be like.


Twitter is not dumb!


[comment not required!]


LOL. Enough said.


Yep.

Was @mike2600 the DJ?


Aaa. triple tweet of the week comes from @JayGabler who live tweeted from the party bus!

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Electric Fetus gets a nod from Spin

Just in time to celebrate the Record Store Day, Spin magazine names Minneapolis' Electric Fetus 13th best indie music store in the country. Congratulations! See the rest of the list here, and make sure to stop by the Fetus tomorrow for the in-store performances by Dr. Dog and Paul Cebar.

This decision is approved by Ringo Starr.


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And TONIGHT'S secret P.O.S. show...

...really is a secret! Here's a vague hint: It's the only place in town where you can get a Bialy!

If that doesn't ring any bells, you can always monitor P.O.S.'s twitter account and hope he drops the secret location at the last minute! Set time: Midnight!

Pic from last night's surprise P.O.S. show at the Triple Rock by Meredith Westin

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Twins and Unicorns

Is that.... a Twins hat with a unicorn on it?? Well, yes it is! This, apparently, is not a licensed product, but who cares? Unicorns!

Via @babeslovebball.

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Local artist Miles Mendenhall to compete on new Bravo art reality show

OMG! Exciting news, ya'll! A local artist is competing on the first season of the Bravo reality show for visual artists, Work of Art. We heard rumors of this months ago but now the evidence has been confirmed! 23 year old Miles Mendenhall, a U of M grad -- and an artist we've been following for quite some time now (and an artist we're happy to say we own work by!) -- will show off his creative prowess on the new Sarah Jessica Parker produced reality show. News is already spreading locally via Facebook tonight, but we're sure this will be a major topic tomorrow!

The show's premise? Fourteen aspiring artists will compete for a solo show at a nationally recognized museum plus a cash prize. Hosting the show will be art enthusiast China Chow, who will also judge the artists along with a pretty cool panel of judges including Bill Powers, a New York Gallery owner and literary art contributor; Jerry Saltz, current art critic for New York Magazine; and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, curator and owner of Salon94 gallery. World-renowned art auctioneer Simon de Pury acts as the series Tim Gunn, mentoring the artists along the way. We like!

Mendenhall's past work has ranged from surreal pop art with a twisted sense of humor to minimal installation art, so we're not quite sure what to expect from him on Work of Art. However, if we know Miles' boundless creativity and amazing talent, we're quite sure he'll make an impact! Preliminary intel indicates that he's got some wild tricks up his sleeve, and we can't wait to watch!

The show premieres on June 9th on the Bravo network. And before you even ask, yes, there will be a premiere party in Minneapolis, and duh, of course l'etoile is involved -- but we're keeping that info under wraps for the moment!!!

Miles lookin' fly.

A previous piece by Miles, circa 2009. We hear his work on the show, however, takes a quite a different spin.

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Tonight's Secret P.O.S. show

...Is at Trips Dubs! Can you decode that? We think you can. 11pm. We also know the location for Wednesday night's uber-secret show, but we're not telling. Yet.

Photo by Adam Bubolz from last night's secret show at the Turf

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Rock the Garden lineup!

89.3 The Current and the WAC announced the lineup for this year's Rock the Garden: MGMT, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, OK Go, and Retribution Gospel Choir!

The event will be June 19th! More info HERE.

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Janice Dickinson to attend Christopher Straub's MNFashion Week event?

Yes it's true. Straub announced via Facebook that famously bitchy O.G. super model Janice Dickinson will be in attendance at his MNFashion Week show at the Saint Paul Hotel on April 25th. Bonus points if you can get her to slap ya! Totally awesome.

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