Reading an article in the Strib about Black Friday shopping. It cites a list of the most popular items this year and included “hydration bottles.”

When John Prine yells “SHADOWS!” in Lake Marie.

@normcharlatan.bsky.social Big Night. First time viewing. Thought it was important that you know.

Watching the Who Killed the Expos? documentary on Netflix. The parallels between the 1994/1995 Expos and the 2023/2024-2025 Twins are striking.

11. Southern Energy 12. Red Sky 13. Break of Day 14. Minnesota Moon 15. Kangaroo 16. Two Person Chair 17. Pinnacle 18. Rhode Island Red 19. Black Rain 20. Midnight Rudy

Fellow Seinfeld nerds, I got 84% on this. Can you beat me? www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Based on the crossword he posted on Instagram, Billy Strings will be announcing spring tour dates on Tuesday. The tour will take place in April and will include shows in St. Augustine, FL, Tampa, FL, Savannah, GA, Charlottesville, VA, Charleston, SC and Fishers, IN.

I haven’t watched Stranger Things since the first season but it’s hard to miss all the media coverage of this new season and I must say, it’s giving off late season Beverly Hills 90210 vibes.

Sure would be nice if Rudy had even a slight chance of actually making a free throw.

If you’d like another reason to hate Morgan Wallen, as if you need one, take a look at the ticket prices for his US Bank Stadium shows. Get in price for upper corners is $180. Pits are $900+, good 100s are over $1000, none of those are platinum, just regular face value.

Stephen Wilson Jr. is right. There ain’t a lot of boys named Gary these days. 16 years teaching and I haven’t taught a single one.

Your night will be improved if you watch this video of Billy Strings playing Nutshell by Alice In Chains. youtu.be/gIVrOSRES-w?...

Guy who has said he doesn’t want to reunite with his former band for well over 30 years without once moderating on that stance once says he still doesn’t want to reunite with that band. Nope. That’s not news.

Wayne and Garth in their 60s.

As we head into Thanksgiving, you may watch The Last Waltz (and I may too). While such viewing is wise and called for, let us all be reminded of one basic fact: Robbie Robertson was one of the world’s all time biggest assholes and we must not forget that. Fuck that guy.

When you say “Happy Friday” the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

It has been brought to my attention that Atlanta is west of Detroit.

Kids telling me it’s Thursday and Friday on Monday and Tuesday.

I have to admit to not having been a massive Todd Snider fan but this is a great tune. Hayes Carll played it in St. Paul last week. Excited to hear this version on Nugs tomorrow.

Watching part three of the Ken Burns new series on the American Revolution. It’s always staggering to be reminded of how sparsely populated the states were at that point. Minneapolis in 2025 has a larger population than every STATE but one (Virginia, only narrowly larger) in 1776.

A movie that takes place where you’re from.

This is from the fantastic interview Dave and Barbara Gaines did with Jim Downey on his time at Late Night. I’ve said it many times but if you aren’t watching the official Letterman YouTube channel, you are missing out. A repository of highly curated absolute gold. Kudos to Barbara for running it.

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social George Will’s column title today: “Hark, an exemplar of political dignity” The subject? Mike DeWine

Me looking at Bill Deville when he announces this week’s US of A will prominently feature musicians from 1970s outlaw country.

Noeline Hofmann’s version of Dublin Blues.

Still over here trying to process how the Timberwolves pissed away that game last night. To play so well for the first 23 minutes of the second half and just completely fall apart in the final minute like that…fuck, someone should be doing welfare checks on the players this morning.

Hayes Carll is just the fucking best. If you’re not familiar with him you need to do a deep dive on his whole catalog and you need to do it now.

I’ll never cease being amazed at how heavy the clothes people wore during the summer were a century ago. Just rolling through the city on a hot July day in trousers and a heavy jacket.

You may THINK you can look as cool in a Canadian tuxedo as Hayes Carll but you, my friend, would be dead wrong.

This isn’t a good sign… 😔

We need some new tour themes…

Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw Molly Tuttle/Joshua Ray Walker at Varsity Theater Thomas Sticha at White Squirrel SG Goodman/Fust at Fine Line Jeff Tweedy at First Avenue Lukas Nelson at Palace Theater

Welp, thanks to a cliffs notes run down in today’s @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social newsletter I’m now fully up to speed on the Olivia Nuzzi thing I had been avoiding…

Tough to find good news coming from the Twins organization, but I guess we can at least congratulate Joe Ryan on becoming a father.

If you refer to a Diet Coke as a fridge cig, we can’t be friends.

This Mavericks squad isn’t very good. #analysis

@normcharlatan.bsky.social I think you’ll like hearing the voice of John Adams in the new Ken Burns documentary. Just a hunch…

I’m excited to sit down and watch a new Ken Burns documentary as it airs years old.

Mine: -Two guys travel around getting into hilarious situations -Two guys become friends in prison and eventually meet on a beach in Mexico -Two guys host public access show -Two guys, one evil and one groovy, are played by the same actor -Two guys, both old and grumpy, lust after new neighbor

Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater, no question (assuming we can schedule this hypothetical for a nice summer night)

With respect to Alan Horton the local Wolves broadcasts that still have Grady feel like such a gift.

Maron’s doc is available to rent on Apple TV and Prime. Worth your $6 if you’re a fan.

Just ran into one of my all time favorite students and her dad walking around Lake of the Isles and now for at least a little while the world is a good place. No better emotional spike for a teacher.

Sunny Sweeney just cut into Hillbilly Jim’s show on channel 62 to inform us that Todd Snider has passed. Reaaaalllll fuckin shitty…. 😔

Seeing one of your favorite musicians as an opener is always somewhat of a tease but any amount of Joshua Ray Walker is better than none. Voices solo acoustic floors me every time. Certainly a big improvement on where I feared he might be by now, considering his health issues.

I know nothing about Olivia Nuzzi and my goal is to keep it that way. Sometimes knowing less is really the much better option.

The public health apparatus would be infinitely better if it was led by Dr. Spaceman than the current leadership. Might as well give Nick Riviera Dr. Oz’s job while you’re at it.

The Twin Cities have no shortage of twangy singer songwriters. Shooting to the top of the list is Thomas Sticha. Dude has big things in his future. He’s back at the White Squirrel for another early show on Thursday, December 11th. You should go.

A city council member was carjacked sitting in his car talking on his phone near Lake & Portland. Let it be a reminder to everyone in Minneapolis: carjackings shouldn’t happen but they do. Don’t raise your risk by sitting in parked cars talking on the phone/not paying attention to your surroundings.