I was listening to The Current this morning. The Current is a Minnesota Public Radio station that plays indie rock, local musicians, as well as lot of older music like Bob Dylan and The Beatles. They also play the occasional Kanye West song. Basically, they play good music you aren’t going to hear everywhere. (Minus…

The one and only No Fear shirt I owned sported this saying. I wanted to be trendy, but I was not into most of the other sports-themed No Fear shirts. So I bought that one and kept my fierce, Hudson, IA street cred intact. Thank God. Last night, I was supposed to maybe finish a…

I have been busy. The Paisley Fields toured the Midwest. I helped promote the tour and then accompanied them on about half of it. I have posted some of the press they received on the Press page. The tour was fun and exhausting. I think maybe I am not cut out to be a rock…

And I apologize. I  have tried to kick the last few weeks of school in the butt. I had a final project due that I worked pretty hard on. I will probably post some it on here. Class is now done for a month! (Unless I decide to do the extra credit, which is seeming…

McSweeney’s (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/) is always good for a laugh. It did not disappoint today. The piece below handles heartbreak in a much different way than my last post. It definitely made me laugh out loud. And talk about vivid imagery. Wowzers. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-custom-order-for-edible-arrangements-gets-real  

a kindred. When I was still pretty raw, I went to see Fiona Apple perform.  I had not seen her live before. Tidal love-struck me. Idler Wheel astounded me again. Seeing her live forced air back into my chest. Fiona taped her glasses to her face, so they wouldn’t fall while she banged the shit…

I am one and half rejections in. And I say one and half because the second one stated that I didn’t win the contest, but they were considering my story for publication. That, of course, would be amazing because it is a great website. It also means no money. Ah well. Instead of being discouraged,…

Things I like lately The Jesus And Mary Chain. They are wistful 90’s rock that I might need forever. Lena Dunham.  Disclaimer: I haven’t seen Girls. I don’t have cable. It leaves more time for writing. But I did watch Tiny Furniture. Five minutes in, I knew Lena Dunham was one of the girls that shared my boringly, plain form…

I have been looking for interesting websites/magazines/blogs to try to get published on or inspired by. On such a googling attempt, I stumbled across my current obsession- http://paperdarts.org/. This website is stunning. The design is clean, modern, and hip. If you know me very well, you know that aesthetics are important to me. Design, art,…