Tag Archives: The Replacements

Book Gift Recommendations

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

None of the arts are more varied or bewildering than the visual arts. For that person in your life who would like an overview, I don’t know of a better one than The Art of Looking at Art, or a … Continue reading →

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Song of the Mock Turtles

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Mark Kerstetter

From September 1st to December 31st of last year I kept a stuck tune diary, a journal of all of the sticky tunes that visited me, particularly tunes that I awoke with already playing in my head. Of the 122 … Continue reading →

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Some things I’ve been reading

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Mark Kerstetter

I haven’t read Bukowski for many years. But he’s hard to ignore when you follow a lot of writers in social media.

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Gonna knock it right out….

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Mark Kerstetter

  There are always more reasons not to make art than to make it. And if you don’t earn any money from it…. If I persist, meager as my output is at times, it is because of a need regardless … Continue reading →

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Somewhere there’s a party….

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Mark Kerstetter

Bob Stinson In the promotional video for the Pleased to Meet Me tour, Paul Westerberg mentioned that The Replacements had two sets of fans—the loudmouth drunks up front and the shy, thoughtful kids sitting way in the back. I think … Continue reading →

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Independence Day with The Replacements

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

The 4th of July—American Independence Day—is the only time of year I like to join the throng. Here in Florida rain nearly always threatens, but it rarely stops anyone from walking downtown to convene on the grassy areas by the … Continue reading →

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