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My latest for The New York Times on the great Warren Zevon, in the wake of a lavish tribute concert dedicated to him in Los Angeles and ahead of his induction to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame next week. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...

Best printer 2025: just buy a Brother laser printer, the winner is clear, middle finger in the air Best Printer 2025: wireless laser home office supply shop now Brother

This is written in a jokey way, but is 100% true. www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...

If Washington won’t lead, Minnesota will.

Trump is holding our tax dollars hostage and cutting off the funding that keeps 440,000 Minnesotans from hunger.

I just announced $4 million in new funding for Minnesota’s food shelves to help our neighbors weather the storm.

* Colin Meloy voice *

Terrible movie with great musical performances. Worth seeing to watch Morris Day & The Time almost steal the movie.

This makes me miss Zevon even more than usual.

Jeremy Messersmith and musicians on the Fitzgerald Theater stage.

Jeremy Messersmith sings while Dan Lawonn plays guitar.

John Munson and Jeremy Messersmith sing together. Jeremy is wearing John’s hat.

Dessa, dressed as Gwen Stefani, sings.

The Jeremy Messersmith Halloween show was (as usual) wonderfully entertaining. Alas, I did not get a good shot of Aby Wolf in her Xenomorph costume.

Just wait until you're "I'm going to be extra nice to you because you remind me of my grandparent" years old.

YouTube video by Herb79 The Cure - "A Forest" @ Werchter Festival, july 1981

Oh damn, I never realized this existed on video. BRB, gonna watch this 100 times.

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Joe Strummer on stage, Telecaster guitar in hand, sings into a microphone. The (fake) lyrics are "Data, Data, Data Center Squatters!"

The Big Jim at Hey Bear! was excellent, but I haven’t been back there since the ownership change, so I don’t know if the quality is still the same.

Screenshot of the AXS ticketing app displaying an unhelpful error message.

AXS, the ticketing “service” that exists to make Ticketmaster look good in comparison, has apparently crashed in anticipation of the Sugar reunion shows.

A ★★★★ review of Killer of Sheep (1978) A profound portrait of life near the poverty line. I'm haunted by the scenes of the children, playing at dusty construction sites and along railway sidings, no more aware of what life has in store for...

I've set a personal goal to watch all 100 films on the 2022 Sound and Vision best movies list. I recently saw number 44, Killer of Sheep. A haunting portrait of life near the poverty line.

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Favorite moment: The way Elvis smiled when the crowd picked up the chorus to "Alison" without being prompted.

Musicians onstage at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis: Davey Faragher (upright bass), Pete Thomas (drums), Steve Nieve (keyboard), Elvis Costello (grand piano), and Charlie Sexton (electric guitar). The musicians are standing close together. Blue tinted lights shine down from above, and red velvet curtains are behind them.

Saw Elvis Costello at Northrop Auditorium last night. Great show overall (so. many. great. songs.) His voice is hit or miss, and he sometimes struggled to keep up with the torrent of words in his early songs. Yeah, he's lost a step, but fuck it, so have I.

Dan Wilson, playing guitar, with Brad Gordon on piano on a blue stage at The Parkview Theater in Minneapolis.

Dan Wilson with Brad Gordon at The Parkview Theater. Turns out, he's pretty good at writing songs!

Wow that poster is amazing!

Flip my wig, indeed.

I’m picturing someone dressed up as Don Henley.

Aby Wolf, Kavyesh Kaviraj, Pete James Johnson, and Laurels String Quartet

Aby Wolf and friends at Berlin covering Radiohead.

Mick Jones of the Clash wearing a camouflage and a red (raspberry?) beret, holding his guitar.

Raspberry beret?

In honor of ELECTRIC NEBRASKA entering the world, I decided to go long on "lost" albums and why they're so appealing and romantic to me, focusing on 25 "lost" albums in particular (in list form).

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Craig Finn & The Band of Forgiveness with James Felice at the Fine Line.

Craig Finn & The Band of Forgiveness with James Felice at the Fine Line.

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A federal holiday honoring an immigrant who came to this country on a boat and actually did commit crimes

An Apple Watch displays a loud environment warning

Sharing my clearest photo from tonight’s Bob Mould show at the Turf Club.