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 2019
December 30, 2019 | City Pages
Shacksbury Vermonter Is All That’s Great About the Green Mountain State
December 26, 2019 | October
Punk Christmas, neon sacrilege, and communist hand dancing in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
December 23, 2019 | City Pages
Celebrate Hanukkah with the Twin Cities best Jewish food
December 19, 2019 | City Pages
Have Yourself a Merry Little Hardywood Gingerbread Stout
December 17, 2019 | October
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in December
December 17, 2019 | City Pages
Christmas cheer, mermaid songs, and nightclub ennui in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
December 17, 2019 | City Pages
Eastlake Craft Brewery celebrates 5 years of under-the-radar success
December 13, 2019 | City Pages
May You Die in Ireland
December 12, 2019 | City Pages
WWE Presents: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
December 11, 2019 | City Pages
Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Is a Christmas Miracle
December 9, 2019 | October
How’d your favorite band get its name?
December 4, 2019 | City Pages
Wandering Into the Fog Mosaic Is a Near-Perfect IPA
December 3, 2019 | October
Hunker Down with Rush River Winter Warmer
December 3, 2019 | October
First Look: Fat Pants Brewing is built for comfort
November 21, 2019 | City Pages
Toppling Goliath and Melvin Brew Up a Champion Pale Ale
November 19, 2019 | October
Fruit baths, lakeside reclining, and green room lap dances in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
November 19, 2019 | City Pages
First Look: Forgotten Star brings new life to a Fridley landmark
November 16, 2019 | City Pages
Brewing Projekt’s IP-A Is a Juicy 90s Throwback
November 15, 2019 | October
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in November
November 15, 2019 | City Pages
Sierra Nevada Hop Bullet Fires Back at Hazy IPAs
November 6, 2019 | October
First look: Dampfwerk spotlights spirits in new cocktail lounge
November 5, 2019 | City Pages
Milwaukee’s Outboard Cream Ale Is a Beer for Simpler Times
November 2, 2019 | October
Minnesota Is Ready for a Mead Boom
November 1, 2019 | Minnesota Monthly
Ahem are betting it all on their basement dreams
October 30, 2019 | City Pages
Picked to Click: New Primals
October 16, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in October
October 15, 2019 | City Pages
Indeed Mexican Honey Is the Bee’s Knees
October 15, 2019 | October
Magic coolers, paper crafts, and family safari in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
October 15, 2019 | City Pages
First Look: Falling Knife Brewing is serious about beer, service, and having fun
October 14, 2019 | City Pages
Camp adventures, secret histories, and anti-agoraphobic dance routines in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
October 8, 2019 | City Pages
Lake house revelry, rooftop grooves, and a return to Robbinsdale in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
October 1, 2019 | City Pages
Almanac Strikes Gold with Sunshine & Opportunity
September 30, 2019 | October
Moodhouse Fest is “not a normal festival.” Hell yes.
September 26, 2019 | City Pages
Hot dads, leather-clad werewolves, and projector tricks in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
September 24, 2019 | City Pages
The divine mystery of Japanese metal-pop band Babymetal
September 21, 2019 | City Pages
J. Ryan Stradal’s ‘The Lager Queen of Minnesota’ is a family epic steeped in local beer
September 18, 2019 | City Pages
Perennial Hopfentea Breaks All the Rules—For the Better
September 17, 2019 | October
Deranged cops, VR partying, and black magic in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
September 17, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in September 2018
September 15, 2019 | City Pages
Coors Banquet Offers Little More Than Nostalgia
September 11, 2019 | October
Biker BBQs, Britpop monsters, and underground rituals in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
September 10, 2019 | City Pages
Vegan rappers, dangerous nostalgia, and skateboard eulogies in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
September 3, 2019 | City Pages
WarPigs Salmon Pants Is What Premium Lager Should Be
August 28, 2019 | October
Clerk love, late night reflections, and Minnesota anthems in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 27, 2019 | City Pages
Meet the Austrialian beer nut who flew 21 hours for Minnesota beer
August 27, 2019 | City Pages
Old-school blues and lycra bodysuits in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 20, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in August 2018
August 19, 2019 | City Pages
Blue Point and Presidente’s Una Fría Is a Vacation in a Bottle
August 19, 2019 | October
WWE Superstar R-Truth is finally getting his due
August 19, 2019 | City Pages
Lunch Duchess conduct an ’emotional exorcism’ on their new album, ‘Crying for Fun’
August 14, 2019 | City Pages
Split personalities and skateboard pontoons in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 13, 2019 | City Pages
Jedi cosplay, lowriders, and gratuitous butt in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
August 6, 2019 | City Pages
Cigar City’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Is Straight Out of the Cookie Jar
August 5, 2019 | October
Great Lakes Buckin’ Mule Is Definitely Not a Cocktail
July 29, 2019 | October
Graveyard Club usher in Sad Sack Season with ‘Goodnight Paradise’
July 24, 2019 | City Pages
Sustainable buzz: The natural food market is exploding, so why aren’t drinkers going organic, too?
July 24, 2019 | City Pages
What Are Cheladas—and Why Are They Everywhere?
July 23, 2019 | October
Local singer-songwriter Lena Elizabeth won’t be talked over anymore
July 19, 2019 | City Pages
Mannequin steeze, dancefloor cheese, and pencil piano in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
July 16, 2019 | City Pages
Bruery Terreux’s Wit the Funk Is How ‘Spon’ Beer Should Be Done
July 11, 2019 | October
You Don’t Need to Run a Marathon to Enjoy 26.2 Brew
July 9, 2019 | October
Soul sessions, old heads, and small-town kidnapping in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
July 9, 2019 | City Pages
Half-assed crime, recreational tears, and mountainous emotions in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
July 2, 2019 | City Pages
Coronado Weekend Vibes Is the IPA You’ll Want to Drink All Summer
June 28, 2019 | October
Re-elect Manny Phesto: The Minneapolis rapper proves, once again, he’s the people’s champion
June 19, 2019 | City Pages
Sixpoint Sweet Action Puts Substance Over Style
June 13, 2019 | October
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in June
June 5, 2019 | City Pages
Fair State Giantsbane Will Turn You Into a Wildling
June 5, 2019 | October
High fashion and stolen cop cars in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
June 4, 2019 | City Pages
The 40 Best Beers in Minnesota
May 29, 2019 | City Pages
Set your intentions with the imperfect mantras of Lazy Scorsese’s ‘Inemuri’,
May 29, 2019 | City Pages
After a half-decade of silence, Sleep Study wake up on ‘Miss America’,
May 21, 2019 | City Pages
June 2019 entertainment highlights
May 20, 2019 | Star Tribune
August 2019 entertainment highlights
May 17, 2019 | Star Tribune
July 2019 entertainment highlights
May 17, 2019 | Star Tribune
Odd Side Shamone Is Extravagance in a Can, and That’s OK
May 15, 2019 | October
Summer hangs, George Michael vibes, and wall-to-wall purple in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
May 14, 2019 | City Pages
How One Brewer’s Illness Inspired a New Age of Non-Alcoholic Beer
May 12, 2019 | October
Unraveling Minnesota’s Love Affair with Michelob Golden Light
May 8, 2019 | October
First Look: The Lab lets you play beer guinea pig
May 1, 2019 | City Pages
100 Things to Do This Summer: Take Minnetonka breweries by boat
May 1, 2019 | Minnesota Monthly
Lord Hobo’s 617 Is a Celebration of All Things Boston
April 24, 2019 | October
River witches, clown rituals, and space emergencies in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
April 23, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in April
April 19, 2019 | City Pages
Deschutes Dives Back Into the Abyss With Its 2018 Reserve
April 18, 2019 | October
Unturned make emo feel good again
April 12, 2019 | City Pages
With Creature Comforts Reclaimed Rye, History Repeats Itself
April 11, 2019 | October
Truck drums, desert mishaps, and basement questing in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
April 9, 2019 | City Pages
Schell’s Bock is the Beer of the Season
April 4, 2019 | October
Gangster aardvarks, alien warfare, and punk-rock kindergarten in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
April 2, 2019 | City Pages
Every Day Is Taco Tuesday With The Bruery’s Or Xata
April 2, 2019 | October
Open Mike Eagle tries to relax
March 29, 2019 | City Pages
Omnipollo’s Aniara Is Too Out-of-this-World
March 11, 2019 | October
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Phantasmagoria Is a Deliciously Deceptive DIPA
March 5, 2019 | October
Niiice. unpack the ugly truths of their new EP track by track
March 1, 2019 | City Pages
Go ahead, try sticking a red-hot metal rod in your beer
February 27, 2019 | City Pages
Tired Hands Helles Other People Is No Joke
February 19, 2019 | October
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in February
February 18, 2019 | City Pages
Minnesota breweries are coming to disrupt the $500 million hard seltzer market
February 13, 2019 | City Pages
Brewers are ready for the low-ABV revolution. But are beer drinkers?,
February 6, 2019 | City Pages
Sell Your Soul for Surly Darkness 2018
February 4, 2019 | October
Sushi grooves, gothic moods, and acoustic jams in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January 22, 2019 | City Pages
Poised to Pop 2019: 10 Minnesota music acts to watch
January 21, 2019 | City Pages
Fair State and Modern Times Crossed 2,000 Miles for This Near-Perfect IPA
January 21, 2019 | October
Apocalyptic split personalities and a tribute to Christopher Reeve in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos
January 15, 2019 | City Pages
Narragansett Lager Is an Easy-Drinking Nostalgia Trip
January 14, 2019 | October
Sean Anonymous (probably) won’t bleed horribly from his mouth at his 13th annual Birthday Show
January 10, 2019 | City Pages
Vicky Emerson’s ‘Steady Heart’ suggests Facebook might be good for something after all
January 9, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in January
January 8, 2019 | City Pages
Lamplighter Rabbit Rabbit Is an IPA Worth Chasing
January 7, 2019 | October
Oliphant’s Peanut Butter Toast-Inspired Honees Honees Delivers
January 3, 2019 | October