One of the things I really, really liked about that Chrissie Hynde memoir that has me still trying to find words to write about is how much she loved the radio. A lot of the…
Date Archives 2015
Ranking All the Female Rockstar Memoirs I’ve Read Thus Far
When I was a kid, I read a lot of memoirs by actresses (or the daughters of actresses) from the forties and fifties, Hollywood’s golden era or some such bullshit. I don’t know. What I…
Anti-Bummers: Because Sexism, Disappointment & The Fading of the Light
Yesterday I was on a conference call with a client and the marketing agency he’s working with. Before the client joined the call the dude from the agency was talking about how they checked me…
The Melancholy of Late October
Generally speaking the best times to be alive in Minnesota, a state where so much of your emotional life can be dependent on the weather, are June and October. I am sure there are some…
The Editorial Letter & Rising Mojo
The big email I had been waiting for since June slid into my inbox in the midst of an exhausting client meeting. I was at a quirky coffee shop in St. Paul repeatedly explaining why…
Things that Happened at the Grocery Store (Yes, Plural)
Since I don’t get out of Supergenius HQ much, being an angry hermit and all, going to the grocery store can be quite eventful. And since I took over cooking duties for Sunday Family Dinners…