Who do you want to be when you turn 50? I honestly haven't given it much thought. 50 feels so far away, and since I just turned 37, it is, but life feels like it's moving super fast lately, so... Continue Reading →
I woke up in Iowa on Sunday. By noon, I was back in Minneapolis. By 1 PM, I was officially saying goodbye to my coworker, who tragically passed away a couple of weeks ago in a beautiful celebration of life... Continue Reading →
The Pilllar Forum in Northeast Minneapolis has lived a thousand lives over the past month. Just about a month ago, Corey, the owner of this super cute half music venue, half coffee shop, announced that the city had closed the... Continue Reading →
Did you know I co-host a radio show? It's called Mostly Minnesota Music, and it runs for 2 hours almost every weekend on WMCN from the Macalester campus. I've been doing it for a couple of years now and absolutely... Continue Reading →
I went from not going to Amsterdam Bar & Hall in Saint Paul for months to going to two shows there in about a week. Words can't describe how happy that makes me. I love all of my venues throughout... Continue Reading →
What is happening in Ukraine is heartbreaking and terrifying. I'm not going to go all political on you because, honestly, I don't know enough to speak on everything happening over in that part of the world, but I will just... Continue Reading →
There's life before you see Peelander-Z live, and then life after. Let me tell you, life is a lot better on the "after" side of things. My first experience with this Austin-based other-world bred band was all the way back... Continue Reading →
I've seen a lot of cool live music over the years. Some of it is love at first note, and other acts take me some time to warm up to. Some are acts that feel familiar, and others take me... Continue Reading →
Tuesday night was one of those nights when a band name got me out of the house. Okay, it clearly doesn't take much to get me out of the house, but I was intrigued by the punny name of the... Continue Reading →