Minnesota State Fair

Ceremonial rolling of the twine ball at Twine Ball Day in Darwin, MN.

Does my throat hurt from the Canadian wildfire smoke, or because I was singing along too hard with Matthew Sweet?

Me, when the storm took down a power line last night.

From ‘The Andy Warhol Diaries’. @grimisham.bsky.social somehow remembered this entry. So creepy.

Pink Sky over Minneapolis

some days

Green Lunch. Matcha donut + Matcha latte was an amazing combo.

Estate Sale.

Beach Doodle By PB

Bought this at a grocery store on cassette for $0.99 back in the day. Life changing.

We are at a party at our lumber yard. Free pretzels. Live music. It’s 96 degrees out. Summer is here.

Went to a punk show in a german restaurant and it was pretty cool.

Garage Party Photo by Frances

Testing various paints on wood and cardboard for a new project.

Ax-Man Surplus Store St Paul, MN

This has to be the only time Eugene Levy, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young sang on the same track.

I just stumbled into a weird republican corner of Bluesky. A mysterious and very angry place.

All three of my reel to reels are currently inoperable so we may never know what is on this tape. I assume it is a one of a kind recording of the Beatles playing all their songs in Spanish.

Garage soundtrack.

Made an experimental pizza (baked potato, onion, cottage cheese, cheddar, green onion, with sweet baby rays for sauce). It was hearty!

Wayzata Library Book Sale scores.

I bought a bag of random pencils for $0.50 today at a rummage sale in St. Paul. For some reason three of them say “Adrienne Barbeau”.

Got a little carried away on eBay last night and ordered two Andy Rooney paperbacks.

Took my lawnmower for a bike ride today.

I’ve spent the last month trying to find “new” bands to like. It’s not going very well. I just end up listening to Prefab Sprout as usual.

Band Practice.

Went to the big protest in St Paul yesterday. One of those cold blue Minnesota days. Really nice.

One of the greats.

Wild night in the oven over here!

The rookery is off the hook-ery!

I did this at Butch’s Beach Burritos in Grand Haven, MI. I did not get the job. I remember saying, “this seems like a great place to work,” and the guy said, “it is.”

23 miles on the bike today. 😅

Walking around listening to Elliott Smith kind of a day.

Frances got some new hi-hats. Thanks Twin Cities Drum Collective (specifically Emma)!

The only picture I took at the Paul Baribeau show. My guitar isn’t actually neon pink… but maybe it should be?

Walked all the way around a melting Lake Harriet this morning. So nice.

Fresh strings on the Stratocasters. Ready for the Paul Baribeau cover band.

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Just an incredible band.

Saw a Tesla truck on the morning walk. Decided to not give them any attention. No reaction. No middle fingers. No arms crossed “suck it” gesture. Because I feel like that’s what they want. They want to be persecuted right? … but now I’m home and thinking I should have done a casual middle finger.

Hung out at the Twin Cities Drum Collective. That place is awesome.

I should really go back to only reading 1970s science fiction.

If you are looking for something to watch tonight, may I suggest this weird show from 1976 called Beasts? Freaky stuff.

I’m sorry!

I won “best dressed” at the oscar party. I’m dressed as Conclave. Frances is the brutalist. (We didn’t watch either movie).

Oscar Party.