Man this last week has been great: snow melting, daylight savings time, first spring cookout, eating the greatest grilled chicken wings ever, outdoor brew crushing.  I love it.  Think it might almost be time to attempt some pickup basketball games again too, gotta work out the kinks on my Mader Fader move.  Oh and I finally finished watching all five seasons of … Read More

Just got back from a big long weekend in the Chi attending my Grandpa’s service.  My extended family is spread out pretty far and wide across the country, so it was great to be able to see so many wonderful people and catch up over the weekend, all while celebrating the life of the one and only Guts Mader.  My … Read More

Hey, welcome back.  March is finally here and it’s starting to feel like winter is slowly dying off (in an awesome Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe type of way).   I couldn’t be more thrilled.  We actually grilled on Sunday for the first time this year and watched the USA/Canada gold medal hockey game.  I ate my face off, and watching hockey actually ended up ruling.  The … Read More

Hey there.  Been in the studio for about the last week or so wrapping up all the tracking for this new Sims full length.  We’ve been working on this project together for the last couple years, and I’m thrilled to say that it is super close to nearing completion.  Not to toot my own horn or anything, but it is … Read More

First off, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone that came out to the Rhymesayers Haiti Benefit show last Tuesday.  In total there was over $30,000 raised!!!  SO proud to see our city and scene stand up together and contribute like that.   It was a beautiful evening.  Also, Saturday’s show at Sauce was nutz.  Another sell … Read More

So another football season has come to an end.  I honestly don’t know what I’m gonna do with my Sundays for the next 6 months.  Our Super Bowl party was nutz.  Think I might still be recovering actually.  Roons won the first annual chili cookoff with her outside the box chicken chili recipe (there was a blindfolded taste testing judge and … Read More

Well, the time has finally arrived.  The Super Bowl is upon us, and even though I won’t be able to watch the Vikes destroy on Sunday night, I am still getting pretty pumped for our annual Super Bowl Party.  I look forward to this thing all year long: millions of beers, crockpots galore, wonderful friends, and one big screen TV.   … Read More

Well, two outta three ain’t bad I guess.  The 3 Day Insanely Awesome Weekend has finally come to an end and I am thoroughly exhausted and sore.  This has to be what it must’ve felt like back in the olden days when they would have parties that would last for weeks on end to celebrate the king’s son returning home from battle … Read More

Man this is shaping up to be the best week ever!  Dessa’s new album comes out today, Friday is her big show, then TPC! reunion show Saturday, and Vikings/Saints game on Sunday.  It’s almost too much awesomeness to deal with in just one week!!!  So I figured I’d elaborate a little more on each one of these events in the … Read More

Hey there, welcome back.  It’s getting kind of crazy over here with the impending release of Dessa’s new album coming next week.  Over the weekend we picked up the CDs from the plant (they look insanely awesome), got all the preordered discs signed (650+!!!!) and brought everything over to the webstore for packing.  This record is a complete knockout, from … Read More