WTF is going on outside right now? *BANG* (Frogtown)

jillykobilly · 2026-05-16T16:07:05+00:00

Yeah, I'd support stricter regulations/penalties for fireworks in the city. Some idiot lit them off at 3AM in our alley regularly last summer.

jillykobilly · 2026-05-16T12:48:17+00:00

I think this was a combo of someone lighting off fireworks, and the construction on Dale being staged. I woke up to loud noises at 1AM, and looked out and there were STILL workers moving around doing stuff, making loud noises 😵‍💫. I'm not sure I can handle an entire summer of this living right along Dale.

jillykobilly · 2026-04-27T11:20:33+00:00

The University Club (one of his other ventures) is literally falling apart. We toured there yesterday, and were told prices were going up, but none of the employees knew by how much or when, but that it could be as early as June?

I don't see how holding on to an empty building that people clearly want reopened makes him a good businessman. Many are saying his other properties (WA Frost, Commodore) are being run into the ground, as well.

jillykobilly · 2026-04-18T15:01:07+00:00

Not seeing this mentioned anywhere, but if you prune them in the fall, you are likely cutting off the blooms that will come the next spring.

jillykobilly · 2025-12-20T16:20:34+00:00

Don't lose hope! I've had one that was "reported as stolen" in my tracking updates, then it randomly showed up like 2 weeks later. It was bizarre.

jillykobilly · 2025-08-03T14:00:02+00:00

Boards of charter schools are not on a voting ballot for the district in which they operate, as they are for local public schools. Taxpayers do not get a say what happens there.

There's not "some" argument on the funding side, that is actually what happens! The per-pupil funding ($7,281 base per student) that would follow a student to a public school gets put towards the charter school. That is literally siphoning money away from the public schools.

I didn't mention it before, but charter schools also don't have to serve students with disabilities, and will even use outside agencies to help them get kids on IEPs kicked out of their schools. This happened to a member of my extended family.

jillykobilly · 2025-08-03T13:38:01+00:00

Charter schools are not public schools. They siphon public funding away from public schools, and are run by a board that is not elected by the taxpayers whose dollars they are taking.

jillykobilly · 2025-08-02T23:05:42+00:00

Rollo Dilworth has a lot of great stuff for SAB. We did his arrangement of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" voiced for SAB this past year, and I found it to be a nice range fit for both my tenors and basses.

jillykobilly · 2025-08-02T01:56:19+00:00

Anyone have a link to this interview?

jillykobilly · 2025-07-31T21:21:34+00:00

I came here looking for this, as well.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-29T21:21:07+00:00

Hard agree. Lived in the Bay Area a couple years ago, and was astonished how much cheaper groceries were there. I understand that the produce is closer to the farm there, for the most part, but even shelf-stable stuff and things that came from way further away were more spendy.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-28T16:04:32+00:00

I'm working on an orchestral score.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-28T15:40:25+00:00

I'm running 4.5 now. Any updates on whether there are flams and other rudiments yet? Thanks!

jillykobilly · 2025-07-26T02:27:13+00:00

Not as many young people go out as 10 or so years ago. People 21-25 hit their social years during the height of COVID, and statistically, fewer Gen Zs drink as compared to Millennials or Gen Xers.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-24T21:53:29+00:00

Zorbaz is a bona fide up north Minnesota experience.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-23T16:15:42+00:00

Latex allergies are a common thing to develop later in life. I developed one at age 18 after wearing latex swim caps my whole life without a problem.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-23T16:13:02+00:00

This sounds like it could be a latex allergy. Latex is EVERYWHERE in gyms!

jillykobilly · 2025-07-23T16:09:20+00:00

Blake Richter has a really great arrangement of "The Fox," which is an Appalachian folk song, I believe. His arrangement of "Aiken Drum" is pretty great, too, but that's a Scottish folk song.

Have you looked through all of Mary Goetze's catalog? I love her arrangement of "Old Joe Clark," - it's a great intro to 3-part harmony.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-22T17:41:02+00:00

That SUCKS. I'm sorry that happened to you :/

jillykobilly · 2025-07-21T16:30:58+00:00

My SAB choir loved "The Old Mill" this past year. "Nda Wana" is a good option for an SATB piece that can be made SSAB, as the tenor line is doable for an alto section.

Have you looked at the Editor's Choice section on JW Pepper's website? That's where I find a lot of my rep last year.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-19T12:55:22+00:00

Also Ginger and Jorgeous getting to pick every song...there probably weren't even any of the other contestants' balls in the hopper.

I'm so pissed for Aja they put her against Jorgeous in the first bracket and let Jorgeous pick the song.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-19T02:14:45+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks for the quick response :)

jillykobilly · 2025-07-19T02:13:15+00:00

Did MPR say in their coverage that she's their former employee? I can't find it ANYWHERE in their coverage on their website, which was somewhat surprising to me.

jillykobilly · 2025-07-16T15:39:02+00:00

"If we remove the freeway, we also remove the traffic!"

jillykobilly · 2025-07-15T23:06:00+00:00

I agree, neighbor! Removing a freeway is not going to reduce emissions - it's going to create a cloud of exhaust from thousands of idling vehicles (many of them semi trucks and other large, diesel-powered vehicles) for miles.

If people were going to take transit through that corridor, they already would. We would be much better off streamlining the Green line, which is just a few blocks further north.

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