Twin Cities Real Estate BlogRecently posted or modified blog posts by tag - Zombieshttps://www.minnesotaconnected.com/blog/Copyright MinnesotaConnected.com2022-10-28T07:14:32-07:00tag:minnesotaconnected.com,2012-09-20:14375Zombies are Coming to Downtown Minneapolis!<img class="wp-image-1228116 aligncenter" alt="Zombiepubcrawl7" src="https://assets.site-static.com/userfiles/693/image/minnesotaconnected/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zombie-Pub-Crawl-Marcus-Metropolis.jpg" width="448" height="336" />
Be afraid, be very afraid!
Halloween isn't the scariest day in Minnesota, in fact, it's a candy-laden afterthought compared to the <a href="http://zombiepubcrawl.com/2016-minneapolis/" target="_blank">Zombie Pub Crawl</a>. This weekend, mobs of the risen dead will swarm unfortunate bystanders and wrench weekend traffic into a state of fearful curiosity (or annoyance). By now most should know that this ever-changing and ever-expanding occurrence is an inevitable part of October's festivities in our fair state.
These undead (or un-sober) masses will swarm to their nexus and listen to Rae Sremmurd, Zomboy, Smash Mouth, ILOVEMAKONNEN, Ja Rule, Andrew W. K., Antiserum and Bobby Raps. There will be two stages within their hazard-zone along with many bars and clubs that will be disproportionately affected due to their proximity to the outbreak.
Other general recommendations on preparing for this event have been documented by Kendra Ackerman (for a past event) <a href="http://minnesotaconnected.com/events/annual-zombie-crawl-takes-over-warehouse-district_316180/" target="_blank">here</a>.
When: Saturday October 15th, 2016 is the foretold date. The dead are to be unleashed at 5 p.m. and will be put to rest at 11:59 p.m. (we hope!)
Where: The epicenter of the outbreak will be at 1st ave and 5th street in downtown Minneapolis, but it will inevitably spill out onto the <a href="http://zombiepubcrawl.com/2016-minneapolis/#location" target="_blank">surrounding area</a>.
Who: Ages 21 and over are at risk of becoming zombified.
How Much: The experience will dent your wallet at a rate of <a href="https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1190409?q=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&p=15494139-9f98-4eb6-89b0-5299039d1210&ts=1475720268&c=ticketfly&e=004077&rt=AfterEvent&h=03d32c4e95ffc82836cf70fb85b6566f" target="_blank">about $20-$100</a>, but booze money... I mean brains money will surely dent it more.
Photo by: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/markysparkly/" target="_blank">Marcus Metropolis</a>2016-10-10T22:00:00-07:002022-10-28T07:09:09-07:00Erik Bergstag:minnesotaconnected.com,2012-09-20:14717Annual Zombie Crawl Takes Over Warehouse District<a href="https://assets.site-static.com/userfiles/693/image/minnesotaconnected/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-10-03-at-4.58.34-PM.png"><img class="wp-image-327850 aligncenter" alt="zombie pub crawl - 2014" src="https://assets.site-static.com/userfiles/693/image/minnesotaconnected/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-10-03-at-4.58.34-PM.png" width="570" height="203" /></a>
It’s that time of the year again when of age adults dress up as the undead and join thousands of others as they take over a part of the Twin Cities on Saturday, October 11th.
Since 2005, the annual <a href="http://zombiepubcrawl.com/">Zombie Pub Crawl </a>has grown into masses of 20 to 30 somethings that rage from bar to bar, while enjoying live entertainment from anyone like Gin Blossoms to DMX in the past years.
At its 10th year anniversary, the Zombie Pub Crawl is an gruesomely exciting event for those who love B-rated zombie movies and want to wander the streets with fake blood on their body and a cold beer in hand. Tickets for the Zombie Pub Crawl are available at any local <a href="http://ragstock.com/">Ragstock </a>or online at the <a href="http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1817352&partner_id=240">official webpage.</a>
The Zombie Pub Crawl was virtually unknown compared to what it has grown into today (like any zombie outbreak would). In 2005, a group of 150 people attended this annual event in <a href="http://www.northeastminneapolis.com">Northeast </a>and then expanded to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_in_Saint_Paul,_Minnesota">Midway in St. Paul </a>when the original area couldn’t hold the amount of growing attendees. To date, the Zombie Pub Crawl has increased its size to 30,000 pub crawlers. Not only is this type of pub crawl an original, but it made its way into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012 with 8,000 zombies partaking in this event in St. Paul. Since the area was so large, they couldn’t count the entire population at the event that year. Since the pub crawl will be held in the <a href="http://www.warehousedistrict.org/">Warehouse District,</a> a more accurate count of decaying bodies will count towards this record.
<a href="https://assets.site-static.com/userfiles/693/image/minnesotaconnected/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1422418_10201025032409366_819069627_n.jpg"><img class="wp-image-327849 aligncenter" alt="1422418_10201025032409366_819069627_n" src="https://assets.site-static.com/userfiles/693/image/minnesotaconnected/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1422418_10201025032409366_819069627_n.jpg" width="504" height="504" /></a>
Besides the Zombie Pub Crawl announcing its first year in the Warehouse District, there is also an array of entertainment that will keep the zombies in line. Headliners such as <a href="http://steveaoki.com/">Steve Aoki</a>, <a href="http://www.sugarray.com/">Sugar Ray</a> and <a href="http://low.thejuicyj.com">Juicy J </a>will be taking the stage throughout the night for the entertainment bit of the night. Also, the Zombie Pub Crawl will be hosting the 2nd Annual <a href="http://zombiepubcrawl.com/2014-minneapolis/#braineating">World Brain Eating Championship.</a> You can watch fellow zombies maul grilled brains (not really) against reining champions or you can join in the fun yourself. If that’s not really your thing, there are always several food trucks scattered throughout the event. Another highlight are the limited edition cans of Grain Belt “Brain Belt” sold at each bar. You could consider the can a souvenir.
So, you may want to go to the nearest Ragstock or hop on the web for your ticket. Groups of nine people or more can get their tickets at a discount. Besides Halloween, when else can you act and dress like a zombie while enjoying a beer without people thinking you’re crazy?
ZPX 2014 will be a pub crawl to remember with a great selection of bars to party at, brain eating contests to devour and live entertainment to enjoy.
Photos via: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zombiepubcrawl/photos/a.389785434409050.94470.118728888181374/651168544937403/?type=1&theater" target="_blank">Zombie Pub Crawl</a> -- Kendra Ackerman
2014-10-02T22:00:00-07:002022-10-28T07:11:33-07:00Kendra Ackermantag:minnesotaconnected.com,2012-09-20:15150Why Have Zombies Taken Over?<a href="https://assets.site-static.com/userfiles/693/image/minnesotaconnected/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/The-Walking-Dead-Top.jpg"><img class="wp-image-206862 aligncenter" alt="The Walking Dead Top" src="https://assets.site-static.com/userfiles/693/image/minnesotaconnected/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/The-Walking-Dead-Top.jpg" width="570" height="343" /></a>
Zombies have always dominated the bottom of my list as credible monsters. They're slow, stupid, and only threatening in large groups. But the past few years have helped me to reconsider their horrific effectiveness, especially with the zombie boom of a few years back, that still continues today (the highly watched finale of The Walking Dead's fourth season was just the other weekend). While zombies still have their problems, they have been an ever-looming presence in the horror drama for decades now. So that's the thing, zombies themselves are terrible, but why are they so popular?
In the recent years, zombies have made great targets for action movies and games. Resident Evil (the movies and the games) have had mixed reviews, opinions, and are very different from each other -- but they share two sure things: they are highly focused on zombie-slaying, and they've been popular enough to warrant many sequels.
Zombieland made the guilt-free killing of zombies into a carnival game -- featuring takeouts via piano, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQf6WMjmao#t=64" target="_blank">banjo</a> and actual carnival rides.
The Call of Duty series has made multiple iterations of its zombie mode side game, all featuring many different zombies to fight, and many different ways to destroy them (my personal favorite being the Thundergun).
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If the guilt-free kill theory is the one that sticks, then it probably plays into Freud's idea of the sex and aggression core. Zombies have become hugely popular because they are a means to loose that primal urge lash out with violence, particularly at other humanoids. And even if you, like me, believe there's more to a person than sex and aggression, it is still hard to deny that we love blood sport. It has changed greatly since the time of gladiators and jousting knights, but we have our own contemporary blood sport: violent games and movies. Zombies really play into that because they are humans, that are human no longer -- they're out for blood themselves. Not only are you not harming another human, but you are also acting in self-defense.
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Of course, that seems to easy of an answer, especially since zombies existed in film long before video games, and even before the other titles I've mentioned. While zombies can be traced back to voodoo myth, the ones we are more familiar with can be traced back to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. And while it does occur, Night of the Living Dead is not about killing zombies. In fact, George Romero seems largely opposed to the idea of wholesale violence against zombies. There are many instances in his "Living Dead" series that criticize the violence -- the most overt occurring in Diary of the Dead where a destroyed zombie head cries blood tears at the audience.
Romero seems much more interested in using zombies metaphorically. Many shots of Night of the Living Dead bear a striking resemblance to photos of the civil rights movement, and also the Vietnam War. Both events would also be fresh in the mind of an aspiring 1960's director, and undoubtedly had at least some influence on him. Plus the sequel, Dawn of the Dead was so heavy-laden with commentary on materialism that it set a precedent for many zombie movies to come.
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But maybe the true power of zombies is their versatility. You can have them attack a farmhouse, a mall, a theme-park, a sheriff and his kid, Will Smith, Japanese high schoolers, the Titanic, whatever, and it can work. There is a way to fit a zombie outbreak into almost any setting, and a way to make them play into almost any theme. Sucker Punch, a movie involving various game-like dreams has a section involving steam-powered zombies; they fit into a steampunk setting. Heroes of Might and Magic was planning to make a faction of cybernetic monsters, one of which was a zombie augmented with chainsaw-arms and other mechanics; they fit into a cyberpunk setting. Jane Austen too boring for you? <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2690725222627?r=1&cm_mmca2=pla&cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-Book_5To14-_-Q000000633-_-2690725222627" target="_blank">Spice it up</a> with zombies!
That's why I think zombies have taken over many facets of our culture: they can fit into any setting. A zombie is a simple enough concept to work anywhere, unlike other high-concept monsters. Vampires come in at a close second to zombies for working across many platforms, but look at the criticism people have given Twilight. Ghosts might be third, but they bring in complicated questions because they are intangible and require some form of afterlife to exist. And then it is very easy to take things the other way and say, "Who would make a good zombie survival team?" So not only can zombies fit into any setting, but anyone can fight zombies.
Zombies fit into any setting so well, they've even come up in today's political commentary.
I used to regard zombies as annoying and pointless, but after years of seeing all the places they've been taken, I've changed my mind quite a bit. I've come to realize they do hold a place in the world of entertainment. In fact, they hold many places, since they are so easy to drag and drop into any situation. Granted, stories are something we as humans make, thus it is never guaranteed to be good, but zombies can be fit into anything. One of my favorite story arcs in the manga Black Butler involves the main characters fighting zombies on the Titanic.
Oh God... we are facing a zombie apocalypse! Every genre has been infected -- they have taken over the world!
Photos via: Google
2014-04-06T22:00:00-07:002022-10-28T07:14:32-07:00Kevin Winge