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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 8h

Remembering the Purple One
Where: LaSalle Plaza, 800 LaSalle Av., Mpls.
When: Hours vary daily, through Dec. 31.
Admission: Free.

Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 8h

I didn’t make it to last night’s Bob Mould show at the Turf Club in St. Paul. Bob apparently mentioned that his dad was “frugal” and stayed at the Midway Motel when he came to visit while Bob was at Macalester. Approximately 45 years later, the Midway Motel is still hosting guests on Snelling Ave.

Aerial view of the Midway Motel in Saint Paul.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 10h

Meet Minneapolis’ most obsessive Prince fan and his $750,000 collection

Rich Benson’s “Remembering the Purple One” is on display for free, tied to “Purple Rain” musical.

www.startribune.com

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 18h

Ha! I saw them the following night.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 19h

October 1989 music calendar at First Avenue & 7th Street Entry. From the Minnesota Music Archive.

Music calendar for October 1989 at First Avenue & 7th Street Entry.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

He didn’t. But it was cool that fellow Sugar bandmate David Barbe was the opener for the show!

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Just curious, has Bob played anywhere else on Nicollet? Yes! He has played the Dakota twice (1010 Nicollet), 10-19-2010 & 6-15-2011. And he played an outdoor Super Bowl celebration 2-3-2018 @ 8th/Nicollet. Drummer John Wurster called it the shortest, weirdest, coldest set he has ever played.
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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Sites on the 2500-block of Nicollet Avenue.
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Aerial photo showing locations of Icehouse, Garage D’or Records, Hüsker Dü’s office, and Nicollet Studios.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

As I was putting this together, Bob (sort of?) confirmed on social media that the video is from the Icehouse building!
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Social media post from Bob Mould on 10-11-25
Bob Mould
Thanks to everyone who attended last night's show at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Fun fact: Icehouse was the name of the building in which the "Could You Be The One?" video was filmed. SOTN: Hoover Dam. Tonight's show at Turf Club in St. Paul is sold out.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Other connections to this block? Well, Hüsker Dü Database notes that the promo video for “Could You Be the One?” was filmed “in a large warehouse-like building across the street.” That has to be the Icehouse building, right?
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Husker Du - Could You Be The One

YouTube video by piper108

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Audio exists from the Garage D’or performance.
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Grant Hart, Bob Mould, Dave Pirner- Live At Garage D'or Records 1985

Saturday, April 23rd is Record Store Day 2022. In addition, there will be a RSD drop date on June 18th for releases that couldn't make it...

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

And in 1985, Terry Katzman, one of their closest friends and frequent sound guy for the band, opened Garage D’or Records at 2550 Nicollet with Jim Peterson and Paul Stark. Bob and Grant (and Dave Pirner) did an in-store performance there on December 21, 1985. Image from Hüsker Dü Database.
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NOW'S THE TIME FOR THE GRAND OPENING
of our
D'OR
CHEAP RECORDS THROUGH CHRISTMAS
The Scene is Now-Live Sat. Eve, Dec. 21 at 7th St. Entry Special Performances in the store by members of Husker Du, Figures, Soul Asylum & The Scene is Now
Saturday, December 21, 4:00 p.m.
GARAGE DOR
WE BUY QUALITY USED RECORDS
Open weekdays 10-9; Sat. 10-6; Sun. 12-6
2550 Nicollet Ave. • 871-0563

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, there’s more! The band also had an office next to Nicollet Studios.
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www.thirdav.com/hd_images/ms...

Husker Du Historic Sites: Nicollet Studios & Hüsker office, Minneapolis MN

Husker Du images, Hüsker Dü images, Bob Mould images, Grant Hart images, Greg Norton images, Sugar images

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

The last time Bob Mould sang and played guitar on the 2500-block of Nicollet Avenue was probably during the recording of “Warehouse: Songs and Stories,” Hüsker Dü’s final studio release during the band’s existence. The band’s final four records were recorded at Nicollet Studios.
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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Setlist for Bob Mould at the Icehouse, 10-20-25.
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Bob Mould Setlist at Icehouse MPLS, Minneapolis

Get the Bob Mould Setlist of the concert at Icehouse MPLS, Minneapolis, MN, USA on October 10, 2025 from the Here We Go Crazy Tour and other Bob Mould Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

www.setlist.fm

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Bob Mould last night (10-10-2025) at the Icehouse in Minneapolis. So good!
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Bob Mould playing music, in the middle of some righteous yelling.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely an overlooked gem!

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 1d

Replacements. Inductees into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2018.

Display case with Replacements photos and transparent plaque in the shape of Minnesota.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 2d

Soul Asylum. Inductees into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2019.

In a display case, framed photos and a clear Minnesota-shaped award noting Soul Asylum’s induction into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 2d

Day trip to New Ulm. Details from the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame coming soon!

Sign outside the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in New Ulm, MN.
Museum established 1989.

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Reposted by Minneapolis Music History

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 3d

The ad promises twenty such tribute shows but from their ads, looks like it may have ended up being more like ten.

David Bowie
The Police
A Flock of Seagulls
Stray Cats
Elvis Costello
Sex Pistols
Prince
The Who
B-52s/The Go-Go's
Bob Marley/Peter Tosh

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 3d

Duffy’s, October 1983. From City Pages. Before you fall out of your chair, the Police and A Flock of Seagulls were both events celebrating those bands; not concerts featuring performances by them. The Police had played back-to-back nights at the Met Center in August of that year.

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The Wallets
Return from the West Coust Steve Kramer • Max Ray • Jim Clifford
Erle Anderson • Rod Gordon
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Darwin's Theory of Pelvic Revolution with STAGGER LIE
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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 4d

It appears that Prince meant “Uptown” in “the more metaphorical state of mind…”
From the Kristen Zschomler Multiple Property Documentation Form: Prince, 1958-1987:

The exact location of the recording studio had not been identified in previous books or articles on Prince.
While the Dirty Mind album sleeve states it was "Recorded in Uptown" (Minneapolis), it appears that Prince meant that in the more metaphorical state of mind that he sang about in his song "Uptown" from the album as opposed to an exact geographic location. xix Biographers Per Nilsen (1999: 261) and Ronin Ro (2016: 45-46) gave a general description of it being recorded in a rented house on Lake Minnetonka, where Prince lived from late 1979 or early 1980 through early 1981. His sound engineer from the time, Don Batts, stated that the house was located on the "north arm" of Lake Minnetonka, but no address was provided.
Based on items contained in a recent Prince auction and subsequent reviews of city property records, however, there is now documentation that the house was located at 680 North Arm Drive in Orono, Minnesota, on the North Arm Bay of Lake Minnetonka (demolished and a new house built on the original foundations). xxx

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 4d

Google Maps seems a little funny about Mound/Orono when you enter the address. It’s actually in Orono. But, yes, the greater Lake Minnetonka area.

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Minneapolis Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 4d

The album was recorded at the home and studio he rented at 680 North Arm Drive in Orono. He lived there from late ‘79 to early ‘81. The place was later demolished after a fire in ‘82.

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