Clips

A comprehensive personal archive of all the things I’ve written. You can also check out my Muckrack page, which might be more current. No promises on that. I also publish on my Medium site when the spirit strikes me.

The best local music videos of 2018
December 27, 2018 | City Pages
Give Yourself the Gift of St. Bernardus Christmas Ale
December 21, 2018 | October
Vikings rushers, rap reunions, and manic scribbles in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
December 18, 2018 | City Pages
Lake Superior Makes Superior Beer
December 13, 2018 | October
Not for Purists: Ale Asylum’s Bedlam! Belgian IPA Walks a Fine Line
December 6, 2018 | October
‘80s overindulgence, marijuantrepreneurs, and LSD head trips in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
December 4, 2018 | City Pages
Evil Twin’s Molotov Heavy Is a Weapons-Grade IPA
December 3, 2018 | October
Party Like It’s 1848 with Utepils Brewing’s Alt 1848
November 29, 2018 | October
Retro flowers, dive-bar doldrums, and strip-club love in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
November 27, 2018 | City Pages
A few terse words with WWE Superstar Samoa Joe
November 26, 2018 | City Pages
Pro Wrestling Battleground: Rice Street Rumble
November 21, 2018 | City Pages
Sister Species’ ‘Heavy Things Do Move’ is a beautiful group therapy session
November 21, 2018 | City Pages
To the woman in Terminal 2 with the tissues: Thank you
November 21, 2018 | City Pages
Ballast Point Sour Wench Is Berry Good
November 21, 2018 | October
Citizens of Winter
November 18, 2018 | Northerly
Modist Brewing’s First Call Is a Beer You Can Drink for Breakfast
November 16, 2018 | October
Mikkeller’s Freddie Murkury Beer Is Better than the Movie
November 9, 2018 | October
Pipeworks Brewing Co.’s Lizard King Is Royally Good
November 7, 2018 | October
First look: The new Torg Brewery is all about camaraderie
November 5, 2018 | City Pages
Noon Whistle Brewing and Planters Go Nuts with Mr. IPA-Nut
October 31, 2018 | October
Summit Brewing Company Reaches New Heights with Keller Pils
October 25, 2018 | October
Paternity tests, pop-punk memories, and manhunts in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
October 23, 2018 | City Pages
Shiner’s Wicked Juicy Is Just Another Hazy IPA
October 19, 2018 | October
Castle Danger Brewing’s Castle Cream Ale Is a Winner
October 18, 2018 | October
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in October
October 17, 2018 | City Pages
Sunfishing, bloody knuckles, and desert hallucinations in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
October 16, 2018 | City Pages
Insight Brewing’s Doe Eyes Is a Cherry Jubilee
October 15, 2018 | October
Four Fists’ “6666” is a Rap Collaboration 15 Years in the Making
October 12, 2018 | Bandcamp
Bent Paddle’s Cold Press Black Ale Is Still Hot
October 12, 2018 | October
Ice Palace’s Adam Sorensen is at home—and making the best music of his career
October 11, 2018 | City Pages
JØUR finds her power in contrast
October 10, 2018 | City Pages
Makeout madness and basement twerkin’ in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
October 9, 2018 | City Pages
Four Fists fight it out and insect antichrists arise in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
October 2, 2018 | City Pages
Shiner’s Day Quencher Satisfies But Doesn’t Thrill
September 28, 2018 | October
Stalking creeps, animal instincts, and Woody Guthrie’s ghost in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
September 25, 2018 | City Pages
Minnesota breweries brought home a record 12 medals at Great American Beer Festival
September 24, 2018 | City Pages
Dog golems, astronaut dreams, and Saturday morning cartoons in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
September 18, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in September
September 17, 2018 | City Pages
Leonard Nimoy and angry flowers in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
September 11, 2018 | City Pages
Toppling Goliath Strikes Again with Fire, Skulls & Money
September 3, 2018 | October
Three MN Winery Road Trips for Fall
September 1, 2018 | Minnesota Monthly
10 must-try new State Fair foods to scarf before it’s too late!
August 31, 2018 | City Pages
Heart games, train track dances, and hot pursuits in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 28, 2018 | City Pages
All Hail the Rum King
August 28, 2018 | October
Yellow Belly, a Pastry Stout Cloaked in Controversy
August 23, 2018 | October
When in Minnesota, Drink Grain Belt Premium
August 22, 2018 | October
Creepy masquerades, hangover cures, and free sneakers in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 21, 2018 | City Pages
Drekker Ectogasm Is a Fiendishly Delicious IPA
August 21, 2018 | October
Dare Mighty Things is Still Chasing Greatness
August 17, 2018 | October
Prodigal prodigy: Hard_R is P.O.S’s son. But that’s not all he is.
August 15, 2018 | City Pages
WeldWerks Achieves Pastry Stout Perfection
August 15, 2018 | October
Dueling identities, swirling temptations, and 360-degree dancing in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 14, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in August
August 14, 2018 | City Pages
Just drink the IPA bowl
August 10, 2018 | City Pages
Yeah, I won the Bar Luchador taco challenge, so what?
August 8, 2018 | City Pages
Dusty home movies and intergalactic voguing in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 7, 2018 | City Pages
Poolboy reflect on the uncomfortable truths of their new EP ‘Double Goer’ track by track
August 1, 2018 | City Pages
Summertime hypnosis, rappin’ professors, and psychological horror in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
July 31, 2018 | City Pages
Bow Down Before King Sue
July 27, 2018 | October
Thanks to the the local booze boom, we’re approaching the golden age of the beer cocktail
July 25, 2018 | City Pages
With ‘Late Bloomer,’ Melissa Jones says goodbye to her band, Wetter —and to Minneapolis
July 25, 2018 | City Pages
Hip-hop hockey, Croatian pastels, and a heartbroken house party in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
July 24, 2018 | City Pages
This Twin Cities brewery’s serving up IPAs in bowls
July 20, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in July 2018
July 19, 2018 | City Pages
Monument City’s Penchant Pils Is a Pint of History
July 19, 2018 | October
Zippo romance, serene seas, and road trip blues in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
July 17, 2018 | City Pages
Flaming Trumpers, Mississippi blues, and pontoon boat raps in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
July 10, 2018 | City Pages
Vampire revenge, reservation parties, and the wide open road in this week’s Top MN music videos
July 3, 2018 | City Pages
Minnesota makes a triumphant return to 50 Best Beers in America list
June 28, 2018 | City Pages
Endless road construction, technicolor cities, and Old West shootouts in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
June 26, 2018 | City Pages
Minnesota’s most hop-crazed brewery is hosting an IPA invitational
June 21, 2018 | City Pages
Dennis discovers a new galaxy of DIY pop emotion on ‘Alien Fantasy’
June 20, 2018 | City Pages
Winter walks, identity four square, and mutant disco in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
June 19, 2018 | City Pages
Lava lamps, bendy bodies, and pop-up video in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
June 12, 2018 | City Pages
Skeleton dances, media madness, and late-night confessions in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
June 5, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in June
June 5, 2018 | City Pages
Idiot website names Surly Darkness one of the 101 ‘Best Beers in America’
June 4, 2018 | City Pages
Utilitarian Ecstasy
June 1, 2018 | October
Get your hands on rare out-of-state beers at Fair State’s third-year celebration
May 31, 2018 | City Pages
Visions of Brooklyn, paper teeth, and late-night studio sessions in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
May 29, 2018 | City Pages
Summer Fun 2018: July highlights
May 29, 2018 | Star Tribune
Why are so many Minnesota musicians moving to Los Angeles?
May 23, 2018 | City Pages
Goofy golf, beautiful struggle, and May Day memories in this week’s Top MN music videos
May 22, 2018 | City Pages
Summer Fun 2018: June highlights
May 19, 2018 | Star Tribune
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in May
May 16, 2018 | City Pages
Felt nightmares, family portraits, and blood-red depression in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
May 15, 2018 | City Pages
A Potent Hybrid IPA
May 14, 2018 | October
Sinister queens, psychedelic doodles, and WWII flashbacks and in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
May 8, 2018 | City Pages
Serve with Sunshine
May 7, 2018 | October
Derrick Branch uncovers the dark consequences of the hip-hop lifestyle
May 1, 2018 | City Pages
Destination: Owatonna Is a Time Capsule With a Sweet Tooth
April 26, 2018 | Minnesota Monthly
This pro wrestler from Maple Grove became a BBQ food truck star
April 25, 2018 | City Pages
Video game flossin’, beach bonfires, and sexy choreography in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
April 24, 2018 | City Pages
Gold-medal distillery Dampfwerk will change the way you think about liquor
April 19, 2018 | City Pages
School bus mischief, exercise cults, and lake escapes in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
April 17, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in April
April 16, 2018 | City Pages
Drunk puppets, magic skulls, and endless winters in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
April 10, 2018 | City Pages
WarPigs Foggy Geezer quenches a thirst for vengeance
April 9, 2018 | October
Chase scenes and suicidal thoughts in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
April 3, 2018 | City Pages
Surly’s expanding Minnesota’s pizza horizons
March 28, 2018 | City Pages
Jazzercise, stylish gang wars, and lesbian country songs in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
March 27, 2018 | City Pages
Boa constrictors, romantic betrayal, and ‘Jurassic Park’ fatherhood in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
March 20, 2018 | City Pages
Titus Andronicus strips down to reveal their essence on ‘A Productive Cough’
March 16, 2018 | City Pages
First Look: After 17 years, Finnegans finds a home
March 13, 2018 | City Pages
Finding Novyon is California dreamin’ in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
March 13, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in March
March 12, 2018 | City Pages
WWE Superstar Cesaro on his ‘brotherhood’ with Sheamus, and white-hot hatred for beach balls
March 8, 2018 | City Pages
Mall goths, frozen rivers, and Rhymesayers camaraderie in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
March 6, 2018 | City Pages
The old Scarlett Taylor can’t come to the phone right now
February 28, 2018 | City Pages
Space-age bodysuits, scrolling vistas, and high-stakes foot races in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
February 27, 2018 | City Pages
Moodie Black make amends without making apologies
February 23, 2018 | City Pages
Nooky Jones uncorks some ‘Sweet Wine’ in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
February 20, 2018 | City Pages
Sullen but not shaken, Shrimpnose bears all without uttering a word
February 20, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in February
February 16, 2018 | City Pages
Grayscale landscapes, dive bar glamour, and hip-hop blood feuds in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
February 13, 2018 | City Pages
Perfume Monster exude ’70s porno vibes in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
February 6, 2018 | City Pages
LOYA is reaching an audience without leaving his bedroom
February 6, 2018 | City Pages
Dessa stokes up a firestorm in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January 30, 2018 | City Pages
Cheesesteaks and chowda: Where to find top Twin Cities takes on Philly and New England faves
January 30, 2018 | City Pages
10 Minnesota-only beers Super Bowl visitors need to try
January 29, 2018 | City Pages
First Look: Dual Citizen Brewing positions itself as ‘a springboard for the community’
January 25, 2018 | City Pages
10 Minnesota music acts poised to pop in 2018
January 24, 2018 | City Pages
A dog reviews the Howe Daily Kitchen’s Tail Station
January 24, 2018 | City Pages
Best places to drink by US Bank Stadium
January 24, 2018 | City Pages
The Twin Cities’ first Minnesota-only liquor store just opened in Northeast
January 23, 2018 | City Pages
DayGlo vibes, mad props, and psychiatric breakthroughs in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January 23, 2018 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in January 2018
January 18, 2018 | City Pages
Early Eyes romp through the snowdrifts with a puppy in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January 16, 2018 | City Pages
Bloody hostages, rappin’ Chuck E. Cheese, and sweeping North Shore views in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January 9, 2018 | City Pages
Great haircuts, creepy right-wingers, and bad karma in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January 2, 2018 | City Pages