At some point this summer I put aside Pat Benatar’s memoir Between a Rock and a Heart Place. I can’t remember exactly why I abandoned it. Maybe I was lured away by a shiny new…
Date Archives October 2013
Auto History Told Through Malfunctioning Blinkers
1988-1993 The Silver Bullet My first car was a 1979 Ford Fairmont called the Silver Bullet. It didn’t technically become mine until 1990 when my parents abandoned me in Blaine to open a restaurant in…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: At Least There Were Homemade Cookies Edition
So I have a confession. I did not get out of bed until 9:36 this morning. I wasn’t even hungover or up particularly late or anything (I’ve been staying up until 1 a.m. most nights…
Trapped in 1993 with the River Phoenix Blues Again
I was driving from Shakopee back to Eau Claire on Halloween 1993. I have no idea why I made the journey home to see my parents, I only know that I did. Relaying this story…
The Rise & Fall of The Runaways
If I were a better eBook reader, I’d have probably finished Cherie Currie’s memoir Neon Angel and found a lot of the information in Queens of Noise:The Real Story of the Runaways by Evelyn McDonnell…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The Robots & Burgers Edition
Sleep and I are not on speaking terms lately. The rat bastard had mostly abandoned me for the past two weeks due to lack-of-work anxiety and when it finally came back for a visit, bam…
What a Mess on the Ladder of Success: The Replacements’ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination
So The Replacements were nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this week along with the likes of a little band called Nirvana, KISS, my latest reading subject, Linda Ronstadat (the only…
Rock, Wrestling & the Premiere of ‘She Bop’
Today marks the 30th Anniversary of Cyndi Lauper’s “She’s So Unusual”. When I first saw this I was all Holy shit! I am old! But then I remembered being old or feeling old is a…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: Waiting for Tino Edition
5:56 p.m. Throughout the day on Sundays, while I narrate my boring day to myself, I often think you should do something. Mostly I mean something other than what I am doing. Something outside of…