Mike and the band will be on the road this April to support the Wisconsin Vinyl Collective Third Annual album release tour. Mike contributed a spoken word track; he’ll be performing…View post

POSTPONED: ST CROIX FALLS EVENT Howdy folks. If my dumb Midwestern ego had its way, we’d plow ahead with this thing because cold don’t scare us, but my Dad sense…View post

I have received correspondence indicating a reader “cringed” when I improperly used “I” instead of “me” in this week’s newspaper column. Grammar-wise, the correspondent is absolutely correct. But there is…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). This week’s…View post

Grateful to report I’ve signed the paperwork and begun work on a book about fathers and daughters, due out in 2020. I’m just digging into this (and yes, still working…View post