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Pete

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm writing a book about Minnesota hip hop. I like listening to people's stories, and being a writer is a good excuse. I live with this very cool hot chick, and we're getting married next year. We moved in together a few years ago, and rented a duplex outside Minneapolis, where deer cross the street and geese land on our lawn. I left City Pages last November, where I was a music reporter for ten years, and since then I've been substitute teaching and working on this book.I try to be good to my family, and do what I can to keep New Orleans and the federal abandonment of the Gulf Coast in people's consciousness. I'll probably campaign for Obama. I go to punk, rap, and African shows and see cheap movies. I write at complicatedfun.com, and have a new partner blog in the works exclusively about local hip hop and funk.This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editorâ„¢ V2.5

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a story to tell about hip hop or funk in Minnesota. My email is petescholtes "at" gmail "dot" com.

My Blog

Nice duplex for rent next door

Cheap Cologne and his wife are moving out of the duplex next door in the next few months to buy a house, leaving behind a nice, sunny two-bedroom for rent in a beautiful, quiet, and convenient locatio...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:52:00 GMT

MN Mixtape 07, CDs 1 and 2

MN Mixtape '07Enjoy!
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Kids rock the City Pages

Read my City Pages cover story on the new Minnesota all-ages music scene (that's Lee Marie Hostetter from Children 18:3 above), tell us what you think, then check out the photo gallery featuring more...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:01:00 GMT

Brother Ali on the cover of City Pages

City Pages: Dark Star: the Brother Ali story Complicated Fun: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:59:00 GMT

Little Man in the big alt weekly

  Little Man in City Pages: "The Next Big Thing"   Complicated Fun: More links and a photo, with more to come   Go see the band Friday in the 7th St. Entry!
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:28:00 GMT

Mardi Gras in Minneapolis

Complete schedule at Complicated Fun
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:50:00 GMT

City Pages: The Year in Music

Local Music Yearbook '06 True tales from local musicians Ten great Minnesota albums (and honorable mentions) Ten great rap albums Ten great jazz albums More As usual, criticism and corrections welcom...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:36:00 GMT

Local Music Yearbook--I need anecdotes

http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2006/11/year_in_music_2 .asp
Posted by on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:59:00 GMT

Reggaeton Animal

Reggaeton Animal: immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution. Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot Plus:Twin Cities Reggaeton Gallery  More local and internation...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:18:00 GMT

"One Year After Katrina"/City Pages: the mixtape

Oh, my dad got blogged too (more at complicatedfun.com)
Posted by on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:01:00 GMT