The St. Paul Scene

Where local musicians are styling some Duran Duran:



Some Neil Young:



And some Seals and Crofts, to ward off the chill:

Mama's Opry

Here's one for the mama's boys and girls

The Bridges of Pennington County, Part I

A Little Respite From the Hustle and Bustle of St Cloud

So there's this park in St Cloud (actually Waite Park) called Quarry Park, and I've been spending some time out there during the glorious weather taking pics. Nothing exciting, but very very pretty.

I will not post the picture i took of the dead deer.

it is all on

He looks like a born athlete to me....

Fish Family and Friends, Fedora, SD Fall 2010

I am Back to Digging Thru the Archives

With all due respect, to hell with the new millenium and its music, here are two songs from 20 or 30+ years ago. the first one is 'Cruel to be Kind'...I know! how did I take this long to get around to posting this chestnut in my repertoire?

I am not going to tell you the name of the second one, because I want you to listen and think 'hmmmm...what a pleasant rough hewed, hard scrabble version of that smooth synth driven pop classic...umm, what was the name of that song...oh, why can't I think of it? It's right on the tip of my...OH MY GOD, NO!!!! WHY WOULD HE TRY THIS ONE? DOESN'T HE REMEMBER WHAT THEY DO IN THE CHORUS? WHY WOULD HE DO THIS TO HIMSELF...MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY WOULD HE DO THIS TO US? WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE HAVING THIS VISITED UPON US?!? But really, stick with me on this one, I don't think the chorus is quite the trainwreck one would imagine. Dast I say I handled it with quite the aplomb. But rest assured I understand your concern.