The school supplies will be feverishly purchased at 9:31pm at Target on Monday night, but the summer is almost over already. And on Saturday you rally against it. You party like it 2009. And you start your evening with a visit to the White Squirrel between 6 and 8pm to enjoy Big Trouble ..read more

I am, at my most fundamentally, a writer. It was the first identity I tried on and loved. I was told I was a boy, told I was a McPherson, told I was from Massachusetts, told I was white. But the first thing I told anyone was that I was a writer. I wrote a six page double spaced story in second grade called The Quest for Life and I sold it for ten cents a copy to the other kids. It was primarily the plot of a game called KingsQuest. I didn’t know I was a writer when I started writing it. I hadn’t written a one page story I was proud of. But something about putting my hands on WordPerfect every ..read more

I made an awesome magazine. The Country Cabin Crapper Companion. Artwork by @stephtupper, Best of Twin Cities by me, The Best Record Released Every Year between 1959-2009 by me, Power Loon article by @kylematteson, awesome recipes, 100 Cabin Questions and playful interviews with @charlie.parr, @_omgigi_ , @abywolf, @laplantica, @derushaj, @mmyykkvibes @useful_noise. I'm really proud of this here magazine and I hope you pick up a copy and enjoy it. I wanted to sell it right here on Squarespace, but they want me to pay more for the website to do that. I already pay like $117 a year and I don’t ..read more

Got to connect with a long time radio friend Brian Oake and join his podcast. Thanks for having me back. We talked about my new zine (more on that later when I have shipping supplies), the Heiruspecs Summer Classic, my radio journey to Jazz88 and more. Give it a listen and thanks to Brian and Sean for having me and for connecting with local musicians and hosting these conversations ..read more

2024 —— I have spent, charitably, 50 hours of my life in a tent. Maybe 95% of those hours, in blissful campy sleep. I’ve spent very few waking hours in a tent. Just those waking hours you spend in a tent wondering if you really want to get up and pee in the morning. This weekend we were in the storms in cabin country Wisconsin. Saturday night, Solon Springs. The rain starts up around 5:30pm. We are finishing up a lightly stressful pizza dinner at the town bar in anticipation of a rainy night. I pull up the car to spare the kids the rain only for the kids to take for-fucking-ever to actually ge ..read more

I had the honor of appearing on “Some Kinda Fun” recently. It can be an uphill battle covering a local music scene. At times it can feel like you’ll get more attention for your small handful of mistakes than you’ll get for your bushel full of slam dunks. Well, in my humble opinion Some Kinda Fun does it right and I’m glad they shared their platform so I could talk about the upcoming Heiruspecs Summer Classic and more. Check it out (my interview is at 33 minutes FYI ..read more

City Billiards had shirts that said “Shoot Pool Not People”. You could smoke in their cause it was the 90s and the 2000s. It was downtown right by First Avenue and 4th Street. It was an amazing hang. When I was in high school me, my dad and Steve would go down there. My dad’s default activity with kids was to play pool. I played so much pool as an elementary school kid. As a junior high kid. As a high school kid. I suck at pool but I love it. If you have a pool table, I want to play it. I’m friends with a neighbor who has a pool table and he has never really invited me over to play pool with ..read more

Had a great time playing outdoors at White Squirrel in June and we are back at it this Saturday! These photos were taken by Trevor McSpadden. Enjoy and catch us this Saturday for more Big Trouble action. 6-8pm at White Squirrel in Saint Paul ..read more

My brother Steve, guitarist in Big Trouble, foodie and hair product enthusiast went to the trouble of capturing some video of Big Trouble’s latest show at White Squirrel. Check it out right here. We are doing “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles which is quite a tune. There’s more where that came from bad boy. Join us on Saturday July 27 for more jams like this on a beautiful Saint Paul Saturday ..read more

The Heiruspecs Summer Classic is back on Saturday August 17. We are playing with Greg Grease, Rabeca and DJ sounds from EmilyNayNay from the Cutthroat DJs. The event is happening at JJ Hill House. It’s free. It will always be free. But we have VIP tickets available for $40 that includes access to interior restrooms, private bar and balcony views. That’s nice. I recently just Number Two’d in a port a potty and I woulda paid at least $15 dollars to not have to. . .and I certainly didn’t get balcony views of hip-hop icons Heiruspecs. That’s for sure. I look forward to seeing you on August 17 ..read more