Tag Archives: Music

Minnesota Yacht Club 2026

July 20th, 2026 I’m exhausted (physically, emotionally, and heat), satisfied, and still basking in the afterglow of the third Minnesota Yacht Club Festival. I didn’t attend the inaugural weekend in 2024 and experienced immediate regret. Last year, I went on Saturday because my favorite band Fall Out Boy (who wrote the song “Saturday”) were headliningContinue reading “Minnesota Yacht Club 2026”

Don’t Think Twice

June 7th, 2026 As a born-and-raised Minnesotan and a self-taught musician, I made a solemn teenage vow to myself to see two artists live in concert: Prince and Bob Dylan. I saw Prince in 2004; a manager at Chili’s had an extra ticket to one of his Musicology album release shows and invited little ol’Continue reading “Don’t Think Twice”

“luck… or something” Review

February 20th, 2026 Am I about to write an essay about Hilary Duff and her new album, “luck… or something”? You betcha. But I feel like it’ll be worth your time, especially if you’re an elder millennial and thinking deeply about this era of your life. Let’s make my musical roots clear: I love allContinue reading ““luck… or something” Review”

Best of 2025

December 30th, 2025 It’s that time again to list my favorite things of the year! (Wait, nobody asked? I don’t care. Everyone loves lists.) I was able to choose a top ten in every medium except television, which got thirteen picks and I could not reduce it any further (for real, I tried and itContinue reading “Best of 2025”

Maple Island: Official Playlist

October 20th, 2025 If you know anything about me, you know how much music means to me. When I’m not making it, I’m listening to it, talking about it, sharing it, obsessing over it, consuming it whole. It inspires and infects everything I do. That includes my books. (This goes back to my very firstContinue reading “Maple Island: Official Playlist”

School Update: Spring Break ’25

February 26th, 2025 It’s only a week until spring break (holy cow!), so I thought I’d write another school update for anybody who wants to read it. This is a good one. Grab a cup of coffee or hot cocoa (it’s on me) and let’s chat for a minute. So: I haven’t quit! Honest! AndContinue reading “School Update: Spring Break ’25”

Best of 2024

December 23rd, 2024 As I remind you every year: lists are so stupid, and oh do I love lists. These aren’t the “best” in the same way we rank athletes or products; these are the things that best captured my imagination, best dominated my conversations, best made me think and feel and moved my soulContinue reading “Best of 2024”

The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind

June 14th, 2024 It’s both alarming and comforting that the way we act on the internet isn’t anything new, if you look into the history of humanity at all. I watched the epic Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home from 2005 on PBS this afternoon. (“Epic” as in I watched all three-and-a-half hours of itContinue reading “The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind”

Birthday Weekend

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”