Michael Perry's Blog, page 35

Literary Lyrics and See You In Minneapolis

NOTE: IN ORIGINAL POST I SAID MPLS SHOW WAS FRIDAY, IT’S SATURDAY. DERP.

Congratulations to Maggie Ginsberg on the publication of her novel “Still True,” about which more here. And thank you to Maggie for turning one of my song lyrics into an epigraph for the book. I’m always surprised and happy for the ways our works can echo and ripple.

Last I checked “Newfangled Cowboy Way” isn’t on the setlist for this Saturday’s Michael Perry and the Long Beds concert in Minneapolis because I haven’t practiced it forever, but if you make it to the show and holler it out I could maybe waller through it, see what happens. Tickets still available, info here, we’d love to see you. I do fine, but the band? The band is terrific.

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Always Been More Lug than Lithe

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You Just Never See…

…this sorta stuff in “lifestyle” magazines.

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This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Michael Perry

Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) doing double duty as both host and featured artist for this week’s Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @tentshowradio), episode 22-49.

Enjoy a full episode featuring the best of host Michael Perry (Twitter: @SneezingCow). A celebrated New York Times best-selling author, musician, and humorist, Michael Perry shares tales of life in Wisconsin with an eye toward how his stories of the past connect us to the future.

Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage (Twitter: @BigBlueTent). 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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Holiday Shipping

Howdy folks.

It’s that time of year again. Our shipping crew wanted us to let you know that any merchandise ordered from the Sneezing Cow Store should arrive by Christmas if you place your order by December 9th.

From all of us, thank you for your support all these years and we hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

– Mike and the Sneezing Cow crew

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We’ll Save A Place For You

“I wish I’d have known you were in town!”

In light of social media sketchiness and the struggles faced by local media outlets, and in light of the notes we get from folks who find out Mike or the band was in town after the mighty 2002 Toyota van leaves town, we respectfully renew our request that you* consider joining our old-fashioned mailing list. Here’s the link, where we explain everything in plain language.

*If you’re one of the thousands (!) who have already signed up, thank you. It’s how we keep the two-hubcap tour van rolling.

(Photo: Lee Butterworth)

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This Week’s Tent Show Radio: Cloud Cult and Charlie Parr

Check out Mike (Twitter: @SneezingCow) hosting Tent Show Radio (Twitter: @tentshowradio) episode 22-46.

This week on Tent Show Radio, enjoy the distinctive artistry of Minnesota songwriters and musicians Cloud Cult (Twitter: @CloudCult) and Charlie Parr (Twitter: @theCharlieParr).

Michael Perry shares humorous stories throughout on the Big Top stage (Twitter: @BigBlueTent). 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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Still Kinda Country

The city is coming. Every year the horizon glows brighter. The roads are widening, the stoplights and gas stations replicating, branded America drawing nearer and nearer. It’s not a surprise, it’s not a whine, we saw it coming even before we lived here. And we’re lucky to live here. And for now, you can still order your coffee beans and pick them up off the top of a fencepost. Thank you, neighbors.

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Thank You

A lot of time has passed since the above photo was taken. Over that time, my cousin-in-law Steve (pictured) and his wife (my cousin) have been among the countless who have served on our behalf, and at no small personal cost. It will be my privilege to drive to the local school today and hear Steve speak. I am privileged to count him, his wife, and so many like them (salute to my high school history teacher among those) as sources of thoughtful guidance.

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It’s Good To See You Out There

Home again after another run of being on the road. Even though it’s just me and sometimes a helper and our old van and mostly my home state (did sneak over the Minnesota border on this one), I like to call it “the road” as a nod to the truckers and musicians and roadies who have enriched my life over the years. I wanna be like them. Anyways, it was a typical non-typical stretch: I spoke at two librarian conferences, one public library event (an all-city read of Population 485), a dairy conference (did my ten minute bit on artificial insemination, which plays better in some rooms than others), an EMS conference (S.A.M.P.L.E.) and wrapped it all up with a rip-roaring, heart-warming solo show at the Park Center in Hayward, Wisconsin (thank you Ronda for the photos above).

Also managed to sneak home long enough to attend my EMR refresher course.

I’ve run out of ways to adequately express my gratitude for this asymmetrical life I’ve been allowed. Best I can say right now is I hope you’ll join us out there somewhere sometime. Best way to know if I’m headed your way is to be on our old fashioned mailing list (we send advance notice based on a zip code radius) and also keep an eye on the Sneezing Cow Events page right here.

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