Going to put on a thousand miles or so this week. With books, stories, and music in tow: Friday – Oshkosh, Wisconsin: The band and I (I’ll be telling some…View post

If you missed last weekend’s Tent Show Radio episode featuring Mike and the Long Beds, it can now be heard online. During the monologue at intermission, Mike explains how he wound…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 (about middle-age cheaters) (not…View post

When I’m asked to cite writers who have influenced me, I invariably name singer/songwriters. Eric Taylor is one of those. His songs are the finest sort of roughneck literature. Also,…View post

If you’re within range of one of these stations tonight (Saturday, May 4th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top…View post