Michael Perry's Blog, page 24
July 6, 2023
Mike live on the radio in Wisconsin – Friday, July 7th at 10 a.m.
Mike will be appearing live on the “Route 51” radio show tomorrow at 10 a.m. CT along with Joy Kirkpatrick. See the list below for stations in your listening area. The show is not streaming live, but will be archived at wpr.org/route51.
Shereen Siewert welcomes Wisconsin bestselling author Michael Perry and University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability Farm Succession Outreach Specialist Joy Kirkpatrick for a discussion on farmer wellbeing and mental health. Perry shares highlights from his latest book, Forty Acres Deep, which chronicles one fictional Wisconsin farmer’s struggles, while Kirkpatrick, a certified adult mental health first aid trainer, discusses the unique challenges faced by Wisconsin’s farming community.
Mike and Joy will also be discussing similar issues in person as part of the Morrill Lecture Series at the Octagon Barn on July 18th at 6:30 PM. The event is free and welcome to all. More details here.
“Route 51” can be heard Fridays at 10 a.m. on the following stations:
• 88.3 WHWC (Menomonie/Eau Claire)
• 88.7 WRFW (River Falls)
• 930 WLBL-AM Auburndale/Stevens Point
• 91.9 WLBL-FM and 101.3 W267BB-FM Wausau
• 99.1 W256CZ-FM Stevens Point
• 100.9 W265DC-FM Marshfield
• 90.3 WHBM-FM Park Falls
• 89.9 WHSF-FM Rhinelander/Eagle River
• 89.1 WHAA-FM Adams/Wisconsin Rapids
The show is also repeated Fridays at 7 p.m. on 90.9 WHRM-FM Wausau.
The show will be archived at wpr.org/route51.
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July 5, 2023
Michael Perry article in the Sun-Argus
Howdy folks:
Back in May, Mike gathered up with a sold-out crowd at the Spring Valley Golf Course for an event hosted by the Spring Valley (Wisconsin) Public Library and Friends of the Library to tell stories and perform selections from his books, including his latest Forty Acres Deep. The Sun-Argus wrote a lovely article about this fun-filled night. The digital version of the story is available here.
If you would like to have Mike speak at your event or play the roughneck ballads and freight train rockers of Michael Perry and the Long Beds, feel free to contact by clicking this link.
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July 2, 2023
Where Do You Get Your Book Ideas? (Rooftop Version)
It all started with snow.Was searching for an address when I came across a note I wrote to my mom and dad, dated Mar 11, 2019:
I’ve been like Ahab and with two white whales, hustling to keep our sheds standing, hours and hours of back and forth, lots of roof-raking and many gallons of kerosene. So far so good. Felt silly about my obsession but now three of our neighbors have had their pole sheds collapse, including one that was pretty new. Drove down to Winona to play a show two nights ago and saw many buildings caved in.
From that battle a book was born.
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July 1, 2023
Polka-Dotted Cow
Sometime in the 1990s, I used CorelDraw to design a cow crossing sign featuring a polka dotted bovine. The dots were a tip of the cap to the Holsteins I grew up with, but also a subliminal reference to splatter (recorded Never Stand Behind a Sneezing Cow right around the same time). I used the logo on my business card and letterhead (remember letters?). So what fun to show up to a recent event and be greeted with this:
Thank you, Tammy!
The sign is a one-off original, but you can get your own polka-dotted cow: Wear it, stick it, or drink with it:
And if you didn’t grow up on a dairy farm…yep. It’s true: Don’t.
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June 30, 2023
Sure Was Smoky in New York City…
…fortunately we got back to the clean crisp countryside…
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June 28, 2023
Inside the Sign
Utterly unanticipated summer highlight: Crawling inside the Boston Calling sign to help unbolt the sections so it’d fit in the truck until they bolt it back together for next year’s show.
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June 27, 2023
“Nobbern” On The Road
Always good to be on the road and be greeted by familiar faces… Thank you for the wonderful display, Hedberg Public Library!
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June 23, 2023
This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Shakey Graves
Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) hosting Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @BigBlueTent). This week’s episode features Shakey Graves (Twitter: @ShakeyGraves).
Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist Shakey Graves returned to Big Top following the celebratory reissue of his acclaimed debut album of Roll The Bones X. With his breakthrough debut album, Roll The Bones, self-released in 2011, Shakey Graves quickly developed a cult following, and began his extensive touring career, sharing stages with artists like Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show. Roll The Bones, catapulted the singer/songwriter into national visibility and led to the artist signing to Dulatone Records for future studio releases which included 2014’s And The War Came and 2018’s Can’t Wake Up. In subsequent years, Shakey Graves has continued to experiment with his approach to the songwriting process and has explored more expansive full-band sounds while venturing into more psychedelic territory through many smaller EP releases including Look Alive, released in 2021.
His knack for storytelling and an enigmatic stage presence immediately draws listeners into his strange narrative world. The musician has captivated audiences and critics alike with his gnarly composite of blues and folk, variety of idiosyncratic techniques, drastic register shifts, and his off-kilter lyric sensibility masked with old-timey Western imagery, the Austin native is truly a one-man-band of epic sonic proportions.
This episode features recordings from Shakey Grave’s 2022 performance at Big Top Chautauqua.
Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage. If you prefer to watch this and previous episodes, follow this link for all the available viewing options.
Stream it here along with other Tent Show Radio episodes.
Tent show Radio is broadcast each week on many fine independent stations, which can be found here: https://sneezingcow.com/ten-show-radio-stations/.
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June 21, 2023
Going ‘Forty Acres Deep’ for Mental Health
Howdy Folks:
Mike recently spoke with Maggie Ginsberg of Madison Magazine about his latest release, the novella Forty Acres Deep, the musical version of “Forty Acres Deep,” ruthlessness and profanity, and his switch from newspaper columnist to Substack creator.
You can enjoy the article here: Going ‘Forty Acres Deep’ for farmer mental health.
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