April 28th, 2024 To celebrate my upcoming birthday (it’s not today, it’s Wednesday, May 1st, but you already knew that) I went out not once, but twice this weekend. On Friday, I found myself at the Fine Line to see Landon Conrath & friends, holding my own front row all night. The young energy hadContinue reading “Birthday Weekend”
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F#(% THE ALGORITHM: A Promise
April 22nd, 2024 A video today about a human being just trying to make it in a human being world. #algorithm
goosebumps
April 16th, 2024 What is scary for you? I’ve been First Ave- and Prince-obsessed the past several months, diving into library books and PBS documentaries and YouTube videos and resurfaced bootlegs. There’s a quote from Prince in an interview (his last) that I can’t stop thinking about; he was lamenting the current state of musicContinue reading “goosebumps”
soft
April 9th, 2024 It’s always curious to me when older people say that kids these days are soft. Isn’t that the point of modern society? Isn’t that the reason we evolve as a species? To let our children be softer, to encourage them to be kinder, to let them be a little gentler than theContinue reading “soft”
FOB!!
April 8th, 2024 I have actually lost count of how many times I’ve seen Fall Out Boy live, but I know when I became a diehard fan: 2005, the year that the album From Under The Cork Tree was released. Like I said in a previous post, FOB is one of the precious few thingsContinue reading “FOB!!”
Total Eclipse of the Heart
April 8th, 2024 I was wondering why Target was so busy this afternoon until I remembered that today was the end of the world. Reading stories this week about stores of all kinds being overwhelmed with certain types of people planning for the apocalypse had me frequently wondering: planning, exactly, for what? What comes afterContinue reading “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Spring Flowers
April 4th, 2024 I haven’t been let out in public to talk about writing and art and music and The Bachelor since November (where does the time go?) but that’s all about to change. April showers bring May flowers and I’ll be making appearances soon! Come visit! Bring snacks! I’ll bring the chaotic energy andContinue reading “Spring Flowers”
Ode to Burnsville Center
April 2nd, 2024 It might be impossible to describe how it felt to be inside the Burnsville Center when I was a kid; what the Mall meant to us who grew up during its height. But I’m going to try. These feelings came up strong today when I took my kid there to burn offContinue reading “Ode to Burnsville Center”
Happy Jojo Day!
March 30th, 2024 Jojo’s Time Machine is available now!! My thirteenth (thirteenth?!) published book is available five ways: an ebook, deluxe paperback, deluxe hardcover, gold foil, and retail edition. Watch this video! Listen to “U SUCK”, the first single from Merlin Wild! Pick up the graphic novel! 💛 you all!
Merlin Wild: U SUCK Lyric Video
March 30th, 2024 Today is the release of my new graphic novel, Jojo’s Time Machine, and I decided to do something special for it: I recorded a song?! Allow me to explain. Jojo the rabbit has a band. It’s called Merlin Wild; he plays bass, his best friend Monroe, a turtle, plays drums, and hisContinue reading “Merlin Wild: U SUCK Lyric Video”
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