Happy Spring Day. youtu.be/r8fFdc-karA

“It’s spring!” “For a day.”

🙏

These losers are so mad they're not gonna get to meet big daddy in the White House bsky.app/profile/jomb...

Our Third Thursdays roll on this week with Jon Rodine and his band. Music 6-8, no cover, decent vibes all around.

“Cooley, the snow is taller than you out there!” 12 lb. dog:

Had to watch this morning after the crew did this at the mainroom. youtu.be/H47es-RsJKw

Oh man…well, based on some advice I read… Thank you for the nod!

Patti Smith. O’Shaugnessy. Magic. Inspiring.

Hard to believe it’s been almost 25 years since I first saw Ike Reilly at the Turf and we’ve done a ton of shows together in that time, including one of the longest tours I’ve been on. Will be good to check in tonight. This was St. Patrick’s Day 2006/7…

UMAW DISRUPTS SXSW 2026 💪

Annual reminder that the Penskes love Trump just as much as they love exploiting musicians

@billchilds.bsky.social also this today?! cc: @steventurous.bsky.social

Today is National Listen to Rev-105 Day. Here is one place you can do so, courtesy @stevenelsonmn.bsky.social: on.soundcloud.com/GhOmsjS3rQAP...

Had ourselves a time at Dusty’s last night… www.instagram.com/p/DVntgS6gO0...

Yes, the French booksellers association forced the Paris Book Festival to drop Amazon sponsorship due to Amazon "seeking to flood the market with fake AI-generated books, promoted by fake reviews, written by fake readers [which rise] to the top of fake rankings"💥 MORE OF THIS, PLEASE 💥

This eve…

@djgloverepair.bsky.social at the Pavement tribute at White Squirrel

Tomorrow eve in historic NE MPLS…

Bandcamp Friday! Got that free shipping… martindevaney.bandcamp.com

Of course the Michael Shannon, Narducy, and Co. show is sold out. Wasn’t thinking on that one.

That was the moment, there.

Spotify starves artists to pay this fuckin clown millions. It can feel daunting to leave if you've lived in it for years, but streaming music is a utility now, it's easier than you think to swap providers (and bring your playlists/library with you). Here's a good guide from @bcmerchant.bsky.social:

One St. Paul native dubbed Mancini’s “the supper club most likely to be chosen for cop retirement parties.” But, this winter, the timeless steakhouse became an unlikely hub of anti-ICE activism.

There should be a whole Wolves postgame segment that is just Joe Engles mic’d up.

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

What’s this all about a jacket, now?

Commiserate amidst records and rock n roll?

A Tony Hoagland poem from 2016 www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/261...

THIS.

It’s hard to describe what it feels like when your government seems to want nothing more than to make your community suffer in every way possible. www.startribune.com/white-house-...

I’ve thought about this page often…

One more thing to shout about! Barely Brothers Records 12th anniversary this Saturday!

As a Minnesota Wild fan, I really have no problem saying fuck GM Bill Guerin and fuck the Minnesota Wild www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

SOTU or…

February is often my longest month, but this one flew by…which means next weekend is this fine bill at Dusty’s:

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

If you're not in Minnesota, please help share these updates widely. You can use keepMNhoused.com to help with direct rent relief as well as StandWithMinnesota.com for lots of other resources & ways to help—including donating Delta sky miles to bring home people who have been detained by 🧊

The Jim Irsay collection is pretty damn jaw dropping. What the what. www.christies.com/en/events/th...

Coming home thirteen years ago today vs. this morning’s Olympics viewing. Happy anniversary to one Cool Guy.

These will work at Target Center tonight, right? cc: @solace.bsky.social etc

So much curling.

Solid classic downtown STP trio of Subtext, Eclipse, Candyland.

This evening…music 6-8! Most of Haters Club were in bands on my old label Eclectone Records back in the day. Should be a fun hang, if ya need one.

Also it was a good day for some postering.

Bob Costas introducing John Tesh earlier really comes right out of this era:

"Their own data says that at least 40% of the immigrants they have arrested had no criminal record whatsoever. None. If you remember, when they came here originally they were touting they were only going to target the 'worst of the worst.'"

Never forget the MNGOP invited, facilitated, cheered on, and celebrated the ruin brought to our cities and state by this fascist occupation. Especially Tom Emmer and Lisa Demuth. This needs to be hammered home every day.