The new Old Log? I.W. got a glimpse into the possible next chapter of the Old Log Theater this week. Owner Don Stolz and developer Jon Monson have a proposal to redevelop the 11-acre property, and asked the Greenwood City Council whether it was interested enough to rezone the land. The council pushed the issue to January, but Monson's presentation showed a concept with 18 single-family cottages and a refurbished theater building that would house condominiums. In this scenario, the stage business would move out of the big current theater and into the original Old Log building, which now is a scene shop. Stolz said Tuesday night that he doesn't have to sell and that "we intend to continue operating regardless of what happens here." Monson said there is no formal agreement, no sale contingency, no nothing -- just a handshake idea. "I got a call from Don about a month ago and he said he wanted to talk about what the next chapter in their lives is," Monson said. Stay tuned. --GRAYDON ROYCE

Wilco loves you

Before playing songs from Wilco's 1994 debut album "A.M." Tuesday at the State Theatre, frontman Jeff Tweedy recounted the first time he'd played them in the Twin Cities. Or he tried to, anyway. He remembered playing "Passenger Side" long ago with Golden Smog at the 400 Bar (it was actually at the now-defunct Uptown Bar) and "Box Full of Letters" at either at the Uptown or 7th Street Entry. Either way, he declared, "Minneapolis, we go way back. You're our home away from home." He had a better memory of where guitarist Nels Cline ranked in Rolling Stone's just-published list of rock's 100 greatest guitarists. After the No. 82 entrant in the rankings botched one part of the rarely played "A Magazine Called Sunset," Tweedy joked, "You might deserve to fall to No. 94." --CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Politically incorrect

Texas singer-songwriter Kinky Friedman celebrated his three Minnesota connections on Saturday at the 400 Bar. His late mother, Minnie, was born in Minneapolis and lived here until moving to Chicago in her teens. Former senator-for-two-months Dean Barkley, who managed Friedman's campaign for Texas governor in 2006, and ad man Bill Hillsman, another Friedman campaign guru, both live here and attended Saturday's performance. Between songs, the steadfastly politically incorrect Friedman talked politics, coming across as the smart-aleck Lone Star spawn of George Burns and Woody Guthrie. The Kinkster said that Jesse Ventura, who'd encouraged him to run in Texas (but didn't show up Saturday), was "a good human being and therefore not a good politician. He didn't realize that wrestling is real and politicians are fake." --JON BREAM

Not all night long

As the nights wore on in this week's seven-night Blowout series at 7th Street Entry/First Avenue, the hosting MCs of Doomtree only seemed to be getting warmed up. Night No. 4 (headed by P.O.S.) culminated in four of the crew's five rappers finally taking the stage together for the oldie "Low Light, Low Life." Like all the previous nights, though, they avoided the collaborative songs from the new album, "No Kings," apparently saving them for Friday's and Saturday's First Ave shows. P.O.S. reminded fans that there is still plenty to come when he denied a shouted request asking him to play till 2 a.m. "You know we gotta do this for a week, right?" he retorted. --CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Urban renewal?

Rob Morris, program director at Top 40 radio station KDWB and news-talk 1130, is leaving at the end of the year. He's been at KD -- which has sagged in the ratings recently -- for more than 17 years, and he added talk duties five years ago. Morris couldn't reach a contract agreement with Clear Channel. "It's a sad day, at least for me," he told I.W. "I'm feeling pretty melancholy about the time I spent here, but I'm looking forward to the new chapter." That apparently won't be a return to his beloved Ohio State University with old pal and new football coach Urban Meyer. Morris was a student athletic trainer there when Meyer was the wide receivers' coach in the mid-1980s. --NEAL JUSTIN

Fargo or bust

Times must be tough in the porn star business. Former adult-film goddess Jenna Jameson will host a "Sexiest Pajama Party & Contest" Saturday in -- of all places -- Fargo. She'll be the hottest thing to hit this great northern city since the Coen Brothers. Jameson will appear at the Hub, an entertainment complex that's home to several nightclubs. If any of you Jenna fans are thinking about making the trek from the Twin Cities, here's some good news. You'll only have to pay a measly $5 to get within ogling distance of the blonde bombshell. If you want to get up close and personal, it'll cost you $120 (or more) to get a VIP table. By the look of the Hub's Facebook page, fans in Fargo are buzzing with excitement. The consensus is (and we quote): "Whoop! Whoop!" --TOM HORGEN

Black beauty

Only scholars of the Harlem Renaissance are likely to know sculptor Henry Wilmer "Mike" Bannarn these days, but he just made a splash at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The museum recently bought Bannarn's 1932 plaster bust of opera singer and educator Cleota Collins. Born in Oklahoma, Bannarn (1910-65) grew up in Minneapolis and studied at what is now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design before decamping for Harlem, where he co-founded the 306 Workshop, a popular salon for black artists, writers, actors and musicians. Finished in 1932 while Bannarn was still living in Minneapolis, the bust is his first significant surviving sculpture and an important addition to the museum's small collection by black artists. It's getting star placement in Gallery 359 next to a 1916 sculpture "Flight of Night" by St. Paul native Paul Manship. --MARY ABBE