It was a GREAT show...even with torrential rain before the show. I jumped up and down a lot, and sang along the whole show. Even to songs I didn't know. The only downer was they only played stuff off their last 3 albums( excluding 'She Don't Use Jelly', the final show before the encore).

Here's a review from the Strib.

The Flaming Lips and Sonic Youth are playing Minnesota's Great Get Together tonight.
See you at the Fair!

And now for something completely different

So....Last week, instead of going to Iowa to RAGBRAI, I took myself any my bike(and my younger brother Ryan) to Ireland.

It was awesome. Great cycling, great views, and pretty fun smart Irish girls(but I already knew that).

I look forward to going back. Some time in the near future look forward to a link to pictures.

Here's the link

Get Saved. Accept Paul McCartney into your heart.

Wow. I have two ads up in the whole goole adbox (have I mentioned it would help me get a new laptop/car/or vacation? click one, just for the ol' mickster) for a Jesus ringtone and a evangelical web site. Strange.

But really. You should think about getting saved.....Have you every thought of creating a personal relationship with you savior, one one and only Paul McCartney(Holy be his name)?

Wow. I wonder how Bono feels about this.

Welcome to '99. No, not, like, in a Prince-Type way.

I know I should have heard and worshipped The Magnetic Fields' '69 Love Songs' collection in my ol' college radio days (even though it was released in my punk/jazz phase, not my Yo La Tango phase) but I just got it this week and it rocked my socks off.

Elliott Smith is Dead but keeps cloning himself!

Whenever I flip on the current all I hear are Elliott Smith clones. One Elliott Smith is good, but clones must be shot!

Maybe no one else watches MTV and Chaplin films, but did anyone else notice the nod to Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' in Pearl Jam's video for 'World Wide Suicide'?

Who says Netflix can't make you smart?

Oh my God! I know what I'm doing Saturday afternoon at 2pm!

Pillowfight!

NOFX. Jews for Jesus. The Triple Rock.

Jesus, I love my state. And NOFX. Even you too.

Watch the music video.

Katherine Kersten head makes a thought!

Wow. Katherine Kersten, the worst of the Star Tribune columnists has finally written her first well thought out column on the issue of public stadium financing.

At least I think so.

And I should say that generally I only read her column for laughs.

Soul Asylum Tour Dates

Soul Asylum Tour Dates
July 1 - Green Bay, WI - Oneida Pavilion
July 2 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
July 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Taste of Minnesota
July 8 - Rochester, MN - St. John's
July 10 - Tonight Show with Jay Leno
July 11 - Album release date - in store performance in LA
July 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
July 14 - Vernon Hills, IL - Century Park Amphitheater
July 29 - Kansas City, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 1 - Uncasville, CT - The Wolf Den
August 3 - New York City - Irving Plaza

Coon Rapids always takes you down a notch.

First, I get the adulation of the City Pages staff.

Then I get the brass knuckles.

Poon Rapids!? At least I didn't grow up in Blaine

http://citypages.com/bestof2006/citygritty/bestof2915.asp

Have I ever mentioned that I went to St. John's?

In the areas of intellect, government, arts, sports, those of us from the shores of Lake Sagatagan are modern day Athenians.


http://citypages.com/bestof2006/outandabout/bestof2981.asp

If you brag, REALLY brag

Sometimes the anonymous eyes of the web glow in the dark....

So...I was looking through my page stats....kinda interesting. And creepy. It makes you wonder who would, and even why someone would google your name at 10:45 on a Tuesday night. Especially if they're in St. Paul. And if earlier in the afternoon some ghetto blaster didn't almost send you to meet Jebus with his pimped out Chrysler Concorde.

On a less creepy note my BMW motorcycle parts should arrive tomorrow. With any luck, sometime soon I'll be unsafe at any speed(more than I am now if possible).