Mabel Tainter Theatre in Menomonie, Wisconsin, tonight with bits from the new book, music with the Long Beds, Ben Lester on pedal steel, Ben’s dad on chickin’ pickin’ guitar, and…View post

Mike will be at the Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison, WI Nov. 5th reading from his upcoming release, “Montaigne in Barn Boots.”  Discussion and signing to follow. Visit www.wisconsinbookfestival.org for…View post

Since I’ll be out with the band the next two nights, did a quick recording of “Guitar Girls,” an essay about singing with my daughters that began as a Tent…View post

The hustle. The side-hustle. Van’s all set to go. Long Beds (with Mike sharing stories from the new book) at the Mabel Tainter Theatre in Menomonie this Thursday and The Mineral…View post

Every week the Wisconsin State Journal runs “Roughneck Grace,” a weekly column written by Mike (many of the columns will be adapted from Mike’s Tent Show Radio monologues). Today’s column,…View post