Thaddeus

Rough luck.

Go get ‘em, Mayor.

Slow and steady wins the race and Carter puts in the work. It’s boring and you have to care about governing, but he’s there. I was thrilled to vote for him again today.

Dayne lives up to his Goalkeeper of the Year as the Loons put it away. Watch out for those set pieces.

1-0 is a good score.

My significant other did serious study in Akkadian in graduate work. Feel free to follow up.

Caught Madilyn Mei playing at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul and loved this set piece.

Fall in St. Paul is the best. Sunset over at St. Catherine’s campus.

Dude, if you had him trying, it would be even more jarring. This is a guy who was in a French film and they just dubbed him (and he absolutely rocked it).

What a baby.

Lod is the first sub in for a tired looking Trapp. Bongi gets a late sub and nails an assist or goal.

You wanted a St. Paul sunset? I give you a St. Paul sunset.

A few more photos of John Garcia and his band playing at Turf Club earlier in July.

Loved this sequence of photos of John Garcia and his guitarist late in the set. Playing at Turf Club in St. Paul.

John Garcia at Turf Club, St Paul (July 09, 2025) John Garcia at Turf Club (July 09, 2025) John Garcia Setlist ¹ Kyuss song ² Hermano song ³ Vista Chino song Cowboys Suck² Hurricane¹ Jim's Whiskers Conan Troutman¹ Rolling Stoned (Black Mastiff cover)...

John Garcia is one of the kings of the Palm Desert sound. He was at Turf Club earlier in July; here’s my review:

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A couple extra photos of the great Joan Jett from her Taste of Minnesota performance.

A few extra photos of Cheap Trick from their Taste of Minnesota performance.

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at Taste of Minnesota (July 5, 2025) Taste of Minnesota (July 5-July 6, 2025) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Setlist Victim of Circumstance Cherry Bomb* Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Gary Glitter cover) Change the World You Drive Me Wild...

Legends Cheap Trick and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts performed at Taste of Minnesota. A real delight, here’s my review:
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This also includes one of my favorite photos in quite a while:

@awakebutstillinbed.bsky.social

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awakebutstillinbed and For Your Health at Pilllar Forum, Minneapolis (July 3, 2025) awakebutstillinbed / For Your Health at Pilllar Forum (July 3, 2025) For Your Health Setlist Davenport (A Rotten Pear) Flowers for the Worst of Them With Empty Promises & Loaded Guns birthday candles ...

A night of post-hardcore music at Pilllar Forum co-headlined by awakebutsillinbed and For Your Health was quite the deal. Here’s my review:
@pilllar3.bsky.social @heyily.bsky.social @awakebutstillinbed.bsky.social

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Katy Vernon at 370 Sets, St Paul (July 1, 2025) Katy Vernon at 370 Sets (July 1, 2025) Katy Vernon Setlist Dear Prudence (The Beatles cover) Home Undertow Five O'Clock Fade Away Lily Pearl Peter Little Voice Catch Myself Happy Endings Over and Over...

I have fallen behind on my concert reviews! Katy Vernon @katyvernon.bsky.social performed at the 370Sets in downtown Saint Paul at the start of July. Here’s the review:

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Good luck charm.

You may just be getting old.

But seriously, what a pass and goal.

In the review, I went with the crowd shot that also showed the stage. Here’s First Avenue absolutely packed for the OMD show at the end of June.

And this is how that background for OMD looked when they were on stage. A great for the great British electronic pop band.

“I spoke in”, not Unspoken. Got to edit before I post!

Band set up in front of the digital screen, this one pale green, amoeba looking shapes.

A field of reddish shapes, as life evolves (maybe some proto plankton?).

Super close up of 3D bacteria looking thing.

Unspoken my review about OMD’s use of the digital background. Here’s three images from right before the start showing the kinds of things that were going on.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark at First Avenue, Minneapolis (June 26, 2025) OMD at First Avenue (Jun 26, 2025) OMD Setlist Evolution of Species Anthropocene Messages Tesla Girls Kleptocracy History of Modern (Part I) (Forever) Live and Die If You Leave Souvenir Joan of Arc Jo...

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, best known for a Pretty in Pink song, are so much more than that. They played at First Ave. recently. Here’s my review:

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Pretty great.

It was a good show.