www.mnhs.org/collections/mplsmusic It's oddly reassuring to visit the Minnesota Historical Society's "PunkFunkRockPop" site and see Minneapolis rock 'n' roll ephemera -- phone-pole fliers, ticket stubs, T-shirts, band photos -- safely under the caring wing of an archival institution. It's also a gas to trip down memory lane along with Babes in Toyland, the Replacements, the Suburbs and the Time. Not overly gigantic, the site is nicely organized by featured objects, bands, short histories and venues. Music geeks will get off on set lists scrawled on the back of a diner bill, graphic types will thrill to the vintage posters and boomers will delight to recall that in 1984, three of the top 10 releases in the Village Voice's "Pazz and Jop" critics' poll were Minnesota products.
CLAUDE PECK
