I’ve been making holiday mixtapes as gifts for years. They’ve evolved into two distinct themes — that warm and fuzzy feeling the holidays can bring and the darker, more stressful and confused condition that can too easily befall us during this time of year. No matter which camp you’re in I invite you to sit [...]

Seems like a good time to drag out this old mix. I made it about a nuclear apocalypse, but it works for the impending Rapture pretty well. See you on the other side sinners! Full track listing: It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – R.E.M. You Dropped [...]

All good things must come to an end. I completed my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty on schedule on this past Friday at Joe & Stan’s Sports Lounge & Grill in Saint Paul. It was a hell of a ride. So, without further ado, I give you: #40: Total Eclipse [...]

Here’s the up-to-the-minute, or more accurately up-to-the-song, status report on my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty. The following were belted out at The U Otter Stop and Nye’s Polonaise Room in Minneapolis on February 17/18.

Here’s the up-to-the-minute, or more accurately up-to-the-song, status report on my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty. The following were belted out at The U Otter Stop in Minneapolis on February 16/17.

Here’s the up-to-the-minute, or more accurately up-to-the-song, status report on my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty. The following were belted out at Mancini’s Char House & Lounge in Saint Paul and Grumpy’s in Roseville, MN on February 15/16.

Here’s the up-to-the-minute, or more accurately up-to-the-song, status report on my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty. The following were belted out at The Vegas Lounge in Minneapolis on February 13.

Here’s the up-to-the-minute, or more accurately up-to-the-song, status report on my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty. The following were belted out at Dixies on Grand in Saint Paul on February 11.

Here’s the up-to-the-minute, or more accurately up-to-the-song, status report on my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty. The following were belted out at Grumpy’s in Roseville on February 9.

Here’s the up-to-the-minute, or more accurately up-to-the-song, status report on my challenge to sing 40 karaoke songs before I turn forty. The following were belted out at Minneapolis’ U Otter Stop Inn on February 2.