My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James leaped, bounded, bounced, twirled, gyrated, shimmied, slid and made a whole lot of other flashy moves during the closing set of Saturday's ninth installment of the ever-sold-out music bash outside Walker Art Center. James' physical expressions weren't just for show, though. His band matched his every movement musically.

My Morning Jacket was about 85 percent the reason it became one of the best Rock the Gardens of late, but there were other grounds for declaring it a good year -- despite rain spilling down for the first half of the concert. Among the other memorable moments:

• Booker T. Jones's a-ha moment. The Hall of Fame organist pumped out "Green Onions" only three songs into his set, as if to tell the mostly under-40 audience, "You know me even if you don't know me." It worked. Fans continued listening as he and his young band rolled out the funky tracks off his new album, plus a few other Booker T & the MGs classics.

• Neko Case's delay-button moments. The redheaded alt-country queen dropped an F-bomb and another vulgarity between songs. She apparently didn't get the memo that the show was being broadcast live on The Current. Alas, that's about the closest Case came to awakening fans from the slumber she instilled upon them. An unquestionably golden singer, she stuck to too many midtempo, downcast songs that were as gray as the weather. Vulgarities or no, she simply talked too much.

• Tapes 'n Tapes revisited "The Loon." In the opening slot, the kinetic chop-rock quartet weaved between each of its three albums but landed often on its breakthrough 2006 debut. The hometown crowd loved it, and so did anyone who remembered that frontman Josh Grier wrote those songs just across the street while living near Loring Park.

Two weeks after declaring Karma nightclub a "public nuisance," Minneapolis officials say they will seek "nonrenewal" of Karma's liquor license.

City officials said the Warehouse District club has had 165 police calls since January 2010, and cited violent incidents in or around the club, including assaults against police officers and robberies. In an April incident, a Karma patron stabbed another patron with a broken glass inside the club.

Karma has been at the center of Minneapolis' attempts to control the raucous downtown scene at bar-close. The city said it recently has beefed up police presence outside Karma at closing time, often dedicating 12 patrol officers and several horse-mounted officers to ensure the "safety of patrons and passersby."

On June 3, the city took the unusual step of recommending that Karma close immediately for 90 days so that a plan could be developed for improved security.

"We have no intention of closing," Karma co-owner John Barlow told the Star Tribune at the time. The club responded to city officials with a June 7 letter that said it would not shut down.

On Friday, the city filed a notice with the state's Office of Administrative Hearings, which will set a hearing on the renewal of Karma's license before an administrative law judge. In a process likely to take several months, both sides will present evidence. The judge will make a recommendation to the City Council as to whether Minneapolis officials have the right to refuse renewal of Karma's liquor license.

The Facebook event "Say NO to the Basilica Block Party" has become a sensation, gaining nearly 15,000 followers in protest of the Catholic Church's position on the proposed Minnesota marriage amendment. Vita.mn users hashed it out in the "glbt" tag:

uglie: I can appreciate the architecture, and it's a nice-looking building. But something's odd if your "mission" is to help the less fortunate, and still spend millions of dollars on the gigantic, decorative building. You could worship in a pole barn and those dollars could be spent elsewhere.

moeding: [The boycott] seems misplaced. Many of the people I see in my own group of friends who are clicking "Attending" to an "event" about avoidance are people I cannot imagine would be going anyway; they want to take a stand against the amendment. It feels like a glorified list of signatures. ... They're getting all riled up about a show that only benefits a historic structure and charity, featuring artists who will most undoubtedly speak out for gay marriage rights. It makes more sense to me to support that event than boycott it. I mean, I highly doubt all of these people are boycotting Target.

Deodatus: I'm gonna miss seeing Ray LaMontagne. ... To the extent that the Basilica pastor can get (mostly) non-Catholics to buy tickets to the Block Party to keep the Basilica from falling down, he doesn't have to go to those conservative deep-pocketed Catholics for restoration and preservation donations, which means [they] have more money to spend in Minnesota and elsewhere mounting campaigns to halt the progress of lesbian and gay civil rights. ... The boycott is a direct way of saying to the archdiocese and Archbishop Nienstedt: Since you seem to have no trouble raising big bucks to throw a roadblock in the path of gays and lesbians who wish to marry, you should have no trouble finding the big bucks you need to keep your Basilica from falling down on your head the next time you're there.

unbuffaloedbeliever: Do you really think the protests of the staff of a small church in Minnesota are going to change the priorities of the Vatican? ... Most Catholics understand and are frustrated with the lack of "voice" we have in such a world-view organization. This particular issue is just one of the many, many issues that we would like to be in dialogue with in the Church. This is our fight, not yours. You will gain no ground by attacking the Catholic Church from the secular world. Change in the Church has to happen from within, diplomatically and patiently. The Holy Spirit (truth) will prevail. In the meantime, take your issues to the political world where you might have some clout, and don't let your myopic political stance on this one issue interfere with the help that could be done for the poor.

For the hapless Timberwolves, Monday's long-awaited arrival of Ricky Rubio was borderline messianic. The team snagged the vaunted point guard with the fifth pick of the 2009 draft. Since then, the Wolves have staggered to a record of 32-132 over two abysmal seasons. That period was also marked by a lingering fear that Rubio would never sign to a flyover, small-market franchise. His handlers continuously balked at Wolves president David Kahn's attempts to lure the Spaniard overseas. But he's here now, ushering in a period of milk, honey and 10-plus assist games ... right? Well, maybe. One question gets lost in all the transatlantic hubbub: Can this 20-year-old even play?

In Rubio, the Timberwolves are getting exactly what they need: a pure, pass-first point guard to distribute the rock to playmakers like Kevin Love, Michael Beasley and Wesley Johnson. At 6-foot-4 he has spectacular length and plays stout defense; his intangibles and basketball I.Q. are off-the-charts. Plus, Rubio has the boyish good looks of a Jonas Brother, a trait that'll spike ticket sales.

He can't shoot. Rubio's jumper is in such disrepair it got him benched by his Euroleague team FC Barcelona. He's nothing special athletically and failed to post dominant numbers against inferior European opponents. And given his prolonged reluctance to come to Minnesota, you have to wonder if this season is simply a careerist move, an NBA steppingstone. Will he demand a trade to Los Angeles or New York before long?

Last week, Minneapolis City Council Member Meg Tuthill postponed a full council vote on her controversial patio ordinance. The proposal would allow for more restrictive outdoor capacity limits and the banning of outdoor amplified music after 10 p.m.

Tuthill said a raucous June 6 public hearing, which was packed with more than 100 bar and restaurant operators, helped sway her decision to postpone. She said the city will organize a task force of industry people, community members and the police to immediately discuss late-night noise issues. Tuthill said a new version of the ordinance will go before the City Council in late July or early August.

"I think nobody thought I was serious, but these are major issues for a lot of folks," Tuthill said. "We now have their attention. It makes sense to see what [the bars and restaurants] are willing to offer."

Kim Bartmann (who owns Barbette, Bryant-Lake Bowl and the Red Stag) has been a vocal opponent of the ordinance. "It makes me feel good about the process," Bartmann said of the postponement. "I hope that if [the ordinance] comes forward again, more consideration will be put into it. I think we first have to define the problem before we propose solutions."