One of the first things I do every morning after watching Dude Weather is check out MNSpeak and see what they’re linking to for the day. Today they linked to Dan Wilson why are you…
Posts tagged Jim Walsh
New favorite thing today whatever day it is Aug08
You want to know what my new favorite thing? Jim Walsh’s Monday Morning Playback in the Minn Post. I’m a fangirl, blow me.
Dear David Carr, I am sorry I am not Paul Westerberg
Last night Jags and I went to see David Carr read at Magers & Quinn and it was awesome. It was packed. People were sitting on the floor, standing in the stacks, and lined up…
Wrapped up in books 2007, Part I
One of the resolutions I made last night was to read more books and watch less TV. I only managed to read a paltry 47 books last year. Pathetic. So this year I’m giving myself…
Stop tuning and play Left of the Dial, damnit
I fell asleep this afternoon while reading some story in the sorely disappointing Best American Short Stories 2007. While asleep I dreamt that I was cleaning my teenage bedroom when Jim Walsh and Mike Doughty…
Don’t be careful with your love
I have long been of the belief that one should never meet their heroes because it’s bound to be disappointing. Really, what can come of a meet up with someone who you’ve invested so much…
He was a button down oxford and I was the grunge flannel
So there I was sitting on a folding chair on the lower level of the Barnes & Noble at the Galleria. I was supposed to be reading through the stories for class the next day…
I can’t keep quiet any longer
Okay, I haven’t finished the book yet, but I gotta give some mad props to Jim Walsh for The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting. You’re probably thinking, “oh, oh, Jodi’s giving mad props to…
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet
MN Monthly has a nice excerpt from Jim Walsh’s The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting.
Getting things off my spleen
Going back to work after having a week off blows. Hard. After reading The Gum Thief I have convinced myself that I have spleen problems. I am not sure where a spleen is located but…