I went to see Steve Earle in concert on Saturday night. Solid songwriter + story teller. I’ve seen him several times over the years dating all the way back to the Exit 0 tour in 1987 with @fermentedferret.bsky.social

Tory Jax and Kaya Reuber from the band Wonder Lust performing for students as part of our Local Music Appreciation competency credit series. Concert #7. (May 22nd, 2025)

Singer-Songwriter Ben Mulwana from the band Ben Mulwana and the Village performing for students as part of our Local Music Appreciation competency credit program. (May 1st, 2025)

Singer-Songwriter Mike Droho playing for students as part of our Local Music Appreciation competency credit program. (September, 2024)

@fermentedferret.bsky.social - I have tickets to the following shows in Wisconsin Dells this summer … Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle 6/12, Steve Earle 6/28 and the Vandoliers 7/27. Let me know if you are interested. Sure to add more. Could come your way too. Gear Daddies?

Love and Trust and Friends … Listening to The Silos with Barry Flesch, Dave Haseley and Tim Heilman at Kiki’s House of Righteous Music in Madison tonight. @fermentedferret.bsky.social We will have to get together soon.

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 27: “So it's the Age of Information.This is the Land of Opportunity. And I know nothing, but that just makes it all new to me … I laugh to keep from trying to believe what I see. I only think about injustice when it happens to me. (The Balancing Act)

@vandoliers.bsky.social … Coming to see you at the Showboat Saloon in Wisconsin Dells in July. “I Can’t wait, hardly wait.”

Dear Life my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like David Gray @cybraryman1.bsky.social @mrswilliams21c.bsky.social @realmstrdill.bsky.social @toddnorton.bsky.social @jengreene23.bsky.social @rickwormeli.bsky.social @msclassnsession.bsky.social @principalkafele.bsky.social @garnethillman.bsky.social

Take Hold of the Flame, my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Queensryche @thepolkadotteacher.bsky.social @tomvanderark.bsky.social @jennifershambaugh.bsky.social @scottmcleod.bsky.social @dominiquedynes.bsky.social @dwightcarter.bsky.social @benjamingilpin.bsky.social @mr-m-johnston.bsky.social

Word Up … my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Cameo @drchrisculver.bsky.social @masojcvp.bsky.social @gregjwolcott.bsky.social @pmdewitt.bsky.social @drgoffney.bsky.social @drracheledoho-eket.bsky.social @rlangenhorst.bsky.social @hear2makeyouthink.bsky.social

On a scale of 1 to 100, my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Wilson Pickett … they are like Ninety-Nine and a Half @jonspike.bsky.social @lynettewhitesocial.bsky.social @drbradjohnson.bsky.social @msjhart.bsky.social @mccartyann.bsky.social @missmoeteaches.bsky.social @thomascmurray.bsky.social

My Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Fleetwood Mac, they Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com @drindiagrit.bsky.social @norselibfafo.bsky.social @casasjimmy.bsky.social @thierck.bsky.social @esheninger.bsky.social @mandyfroehlich.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social

Together We Will Sink Or Swim … my PLN rocks like the Vandoliers @larryferlazzo.bsky.social @bjohnsonedu.bsky.social @rickwormeli.bsky.social @hahzdave.bsky.social @bkrakower.bsky.social @scottrocco.bsky.social @bradcurrie.bsky.social @rad-is-awesome.bsky.social @timlriley.bsky.social

Blues Don’t Lie … my Bluesky Learning Rocks like Buddy Guy @fermentedferret.bsky.social @mccoyderek.bsky.social @pernille.bsky.social @benbrazeau.bsky.social @bethhill2829.bsky.social @mssackstein.bsky.social @drtonysinanis.bsky.social @shanavwhite.bsky.social @drprincipalel.bsky.social

One Way Or Another, my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Blondie @etobias-musiced.bsky.social @pennykittle.bsky.social @micwalker1.bsky.social @curtrees.bsky.social @jayposick.bsky.social @toddwhitaker.bsky.social @mikelubelfeld.bsky.social @toddnesloney.bsky.social @drescigno.bsky.social

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 26: “Gotta do what you can to keep your love alive.Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive. In 89* I was 21 and I called the road my own. I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on. (Jackson Browne, Running On Empty) * Revised

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day Day 25 “Life’s rich demand creates supply in the hand of the powers, the only vote that matters. Silence means security, silence means approval. On the Zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree. Follow the leader, run & turn into butter.” (REM - Begin the Begin)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day Day 24 “Your hometown's just the first place you don't understand. Your family are strangers you know like the back of your hand. The higher you think you're above it, the harder you fall. It's a penthouse view of a brick wall.” (Donovan Woods, Back For the Funeral)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day Day 23: “I woke up in mid-afternoon. That’s when it all hurts the most. I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host. If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts. You can never escape, you can only move south down the coast.”

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 22: “I don't remember, were we wild and young? All that's faded into memory. I feel like somebody I don't know. Are we really who we used to be? Am I really who I was?” (Ryan Adams, Lucky Now) … Love will mend your heart. But only if you're lucky now …

Team Up … my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Matt Vold … @cybraryman1.bsky.social @mrswilliams21c.bsky.social @realmstrdill.bsky.social @toddnorton.bsky.social @smgaillard.bsky.social @aaronhogan.bsky.social @jengreene23.bsky.social @rickwormeli.bsky.social

My Bluesky Learning Network rocks like the Drive-By Truckers … and they all know What It Means @thepolkadotteacher.bsky.social @tomvanderark.bsky.social @jennifershambaugh.bsky.social @scottmcleod.bsky.social @dominiquedynes.bsky.social @dwightcarter.bsky.social @benjamingilpin.bsky.social

Life Is Beautiful because my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Keb Mo @drprincipalel.bsky.social @gregjwolcott.bsky.social @pmdewitt.bsky.social @drgoffney.bsky.social @shanavwhite.bsky.social @drracheledoho-eket.bsky.social @rlangenhorst.bsky.social @hear2makeyouthink.bsky.social

Save It For A Rainy Day, my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like The Jayhawks @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com @drindiagrit.bsky.social @norselibfafo.bsky.social @casasjimmy.bsky.social @thierck.bsky.social @esheninger.bsky.social @mandyfroehlich.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social

Kinda like a cool breeze in August, my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Noeline Hofman @jonspike.bsky.social @lynettewhitesocial.bsky.social @drbradjohnson.bsky.social @msjhart.bsky.social @mccartyann.bsky.social @missmoeteaches.bsky.social @thomascmurray.bsky.social @drchrisculver.bsky.social

My Bluesky Learning Network rocks like the Waterboys, they’ve got Spirit @fermentedferret.bsky.social @mccoyderek.bsky.social @pernille.bsky.social @benbrazeau.bsky.social @bethhill2829.bsky.social @mssackstein.bsky.social @drtonysinanis.bsky.social @toddnesloney.bsky.social @masojcvp.bsky.social

Gonna Make It Through This Year because my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like the Great Lake Swimmers @etobias-musiced.bsky.social @pennykittle.bsky.social @micwalker1.bsky.social @curtrees.bsky.social @jayposick.bsky.social @toddwhitaker.bsky.social @mikelubelfeld.bsky.social

Rise Today … my Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Alter Bridge @larryferlazzo.bsky.social @bjohnsonedu.bsky.social @rickwormeli.bsky.social @hahzdave.bsky.social @bkrakower.bsky.social @scottrocco.bsky.social @bradcurrie.bsky.social @rad-is-awesome.bsky.social

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 21: “I take 1, 1, 1 cuz you left me and 2, 2, 2 for my family and 3, 3, 3 for my heartache and 4, 4, 4 for my headaches, and 5 5, 5 for my lonely and 6, 6, 6 for my sorrow and 7, 7 no tomorrow and 8, 8 I forget what 8 was for.” (Violent Femmes, Kiss Off)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 20: “Well, we busted out of class. We had to get away from those fools. We learned more from a three minute record, baby, than we ever learned in school.” (Bruce Springsteen, No Surrender)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 19: “It's just another manic Monday. I wish it were Sunday, ‘cause that's my fun day. My I-don't-have-to-run day. It's just another manic Monday.” (The Bangles, Manic Monday)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 18: “Why in the world would anybody put chains on me? I've paid my dues to make it. Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be. I'm not happy when I try to fake it. That's why I'm easy, I'm easy like Sunday morning … yeah.” (The Commodores, Easy)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 17: “There’s ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard. For ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms. I think about my grandpa, my neighbors and my name. Some nights I feel like dying like that scarecrow in the rain.” (John Mellencamp)

Uh Huh … my BSLN rocks like John Mellencamp @cybraryman1.bsky.social @mrswilliams21c.bsky.social @realmstrdill.bsky.social @toddnorton.bsky.social @smgaillard.bsky.social @aaronhogan.bsky.social @jengreene23.bsky.social @rickwormeli.bsky.social @msclassnsession.bsky.social

Into the Mirror … my BSLN rocks like Minus the Bear @thepolkadotteacher.bsky.social @tomvanderark.bsky.social @jennifershambaugh.bsky.social @scottmcleod.bsky.social @dominiquedynes.bsky.social @dwightcarter.bsky.social @drescigno.bsky.social @benjamingilpin.bsky.social @timlriley.bsky.social

My BSLN rocks like the Electric Light Orchestra … they Don’t Bring Me Down @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com @drindiagrit.bsky.social @norselibfafo.bsky.social @casasjimmy.bsky.social @thierck.bsky.social @esheninger.bsky.social @mandyfroehlich.bsky.social @ahargreaves.bsky.social @thierck.bsky.social

I’m about to Start Freaking Out because my BSLN rocks like Radkey @jonspike.bsky.social @lynettewhitesocial.bsky.social @drbradjohnson.bsky.social @msjhart.bsky.social @mccartyann.bsky.social @missmoeteaches.bsky.social @thomascmurray.bsky.social @drchrisculver.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social

My BSLN rocks like Lizzie No, their victories are Hard Won @masojcvp.bsky.social @drprincipalel.bsky.social @gregjwolcott.bsky.social @pmdewitt.bsky.social @drgoffney.bsky.social @shanavwhite.bsky.social @drracheledoho-eket.bsky.social @rlangenhorst.bsky.social @hear2makeyouthink.bsky.social

I’m the Long Run, my BSLN rocks like The Eagles @larryferlazzo.bsky.social @bjohnsonedu.bsky.social @rickwormeli.bsky.social @hahzdave.bsky.social @bkrakower.bsky.social @scottrocco.bsky.social @bradcurrie.bsky.social @rad-is-awesome.bsky.social @micwalker1.bsky.social @jayposick.bsky.social

Everybody Knows that my BSLN rocks like Leonard Cohen @fermentedferret.bsky.social @mccoyderek.bsky.social @pernille.bsky.social @benbrazeau.bsky.social @bethhill2829.bsky.social @mssackstein.bsky.social @drtonysinanis.bsky.social @drgoffney.bsky.social @joesanfelippo.bsky.social

There are Rumours that my BSLN rocks like Fleetwood Mac @etobias-musiced.bsky.social @pennykittle.bsky.social @toddnesloney.bsky.social @micwalker1.bsky.social @curtrees.bsky.social @jayposick.bsky.social @toddwhitaker.bsky.social @mikelubelfeld.bsky.social @joesanfelippo.bsky.social

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 16: “I don't care if Monday's blue. Tuesday's gray and Wednesday’s too. Thursday, I don't care about you. It’s Friday, I'm in love.” (The Cure, Friday I’m In Love)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 15: Everybody needs a little place they can hide. Someplace to call their own, don't let nobody inside. Every now and then we all need to let go. For some it's the doctor, for me it's rock and roll. (Cinderella, Shelter Me)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 14: “He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school but never finished. He'd been to jail but never prison. It was his first day off in forever man. The festival seemed like a pretty good plan. Cruise some chicks and get a sun-tan.” (The Hold Steady)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 13: “If the sun refuse to shine, I don't mind, I don't mind. If the mountains fell in the sea, let it be, it ain't me. I got my own world to live through and I ain't gonna copy you.” (Jimi Hendrix - If 6 Was 9)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 12: “If I was the sun, way up there. I’d go with love most everywhere. I’d be the moon when the sun goes down. Just to let you know that I'm still around. That's how strong my love is. That’s how strong my love is.” (Otis Redding, That’s How Strong My Love Is)

Stuck In My Head Lyric of the Day … Day 11: “May your hands always be busy. May your feet always be swift. May you have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift. May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung. And may you stay forever young.” (Bob Dylan, Forever Young)

I Know A Little … My Bluesky Learning Network rocks like Lynyrd Skynyrd @toddwhitaker.bsky.social @mikelubelfeld.bsky.social @drescigno.bsky.social @drtonysinanis.bsky.social @rad-is-awesome.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social @jonspike.bsky.social @masojcvp.bsky.social @etobias-musiced.bsky.social