Updated December 14, 2011: The web editor got all wrapped up in finishing a final project and forgot to update while in a procrastination-induced frenzy. So it's a double update! New song by Joe Kopel, St. Peter 1998, along with an interview of him done by our Co-Editor-in-Chief Emma Nelson. New poem by Annie Grizzle, The Nervous Inclination of a Free Man.
And the door, it’s open, but you won’t leave
Cause there’s a window
You like windows
And through this window you see another room
It’s not like your room
The floor is pocked by the shackles that tickle your feet
their feet
And their door is open too
But there’s ... [Read More]
In 1998, when Joe Kopel was 7 years old, a tornado hit the town of St. Peter, a town not far from his native Mankato. He remembers coming home from school with his sister and the way the sky looked outside the bus window. "Everything looked so mean," he recalled. It was not until years later, when he saw the wreckage of another tornado that struck Wadena, Minnesota, that he began to think seriously about that day in 1998. The two events became linked in his mind, and from that came "St. Peter 1998," a tune at once haunting and catchy, with echoes of Johnny Cash's smooth matter-of-fact-ness. The song was recorded in a dorm room, with the help of a few friends on vocals. All of the instrumental parts are played by Joe, who began learning the acoustic guitar at age 12. ... [Read More]
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The Nervous Inclination of a Free Man
So there’s this room, right?And the door, it’s open, but you won’t leave
Cause there’s a window
You like windows
And through this window you see another room
It’s not like your room
The floor is pocked by the shackles that tickle your feet
their feet
And their door is open too
But there’s ... [Read More]
Joe Kopel
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In 1998, when Joe Kopel was 7 years old, a tornado hit the town of St. Peter, a town not far from his native Mankato. He remembers coming home from school with his sister and the way the sky looked outside the bus window. "Everything looked so mean," he recalled. It was not until years later, when he saw the wreckage of another tornado that struck Wadena, Minnesota, that he began to think seriously about that day in 1998. The two events became linked in his mind, and from that came "St. Peter 1998," a tune at once haunting and catchy, with echoes of Johnny Cash's smooth matter-of-fact-ness. The song was recorded in a dorm room, with the help of a few friends on vocals. All of the instrumental parts are played by Joe, who began learning the acoustic guitar at age 12. ... [Read More]
Click on the yellow boxes in the calendar to see the events going on this month around campus.
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