In the midst of my most busy summer in some time, it struck me that I haven’t written in a bit. Amidst work, working out, reading market research and another book, it has been tough to find time. Summer tends to be like that, there is much more time to be outside and [...]

I’ve been working hard for the money.  So hard for it honey.  Ha, just kidding, the real work is yet to come; that’s the growth curve and it’s going to take some time but it will come, hell or high water.  I know I’ve been posting a lot about it lately, but working just feels [...]

Marketing music online should not be hard at all.  Way too many times though, bands and labels don’t do a good job.  Quick lesson:  put it out there free, not as a download but as a stream.  Don’t make people sign up for anything or work in any way other than going to a site [...]

Oh sweet jessup, Spring is springing and it’s nice out.  I know we’ll get hit with another storm before it’s official, but it matters not.  I recently purchased my new road bike and I’m anxious to give it a spin.  It’ll probably be another month, but there will be a lot of miles added to [...]

I have a few days before school starts and am relaxing.  Jet lag is at a low and most everything has already been taken care of.  Going to the supermarket and buying normal food for actual meals has been enjoyable and so is seeing friends again.  The best part has to be sleeping in my [...]

Well, sweet Jessup, I made it home, or close enough.  I’m sitting at LAX exhausted after a first time trial of California Pizza Kitchen.  It’s been pretty quiet the last week because I couldn’t charge my computer.  This will be my last post on NZ, and for good reason.  I think keeping an open monologue [...]

Sauce had a nice show last night with the Red Pens and Gospel Gossip.  I only stayed for the Red Pens as that was all I wanted to see last night, but I hear good things about the latter.
They played the entirety of their LP, Reasons and one additional song.  They rock.  The drummer is [...]

I was at Sauce, the new “spirits and sounds” digs in Uptown on Saturday and saw two new bands that were both really good live.
The first was Ice Palace, a five piece if memory serves, who played indie music with a good lead singer.  His voice was somewhat disinterested or low monotone if that makes [...]

I hold a position as a marketing intern at the Business & Community Economic Development Office at the University of Minnesota.  As part of that gig, over the next month, every Monday I’ll be teaching marketing principles to high school students from around Minneapolis.  The classes are at a new building called UROC, which stands [...]

Last night, we went to see the Mountain Goats at the Cedar.  It was a pretty packed show,  MPR and Vita.mn were sponsoring it and this was my first time trying going to the Cedar.  The room was pretty dark and fit maybe 250 people or so in it.  It was standing room only, which [...]