Sara Kerr

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Lover of Snow, Winter Vacations, Good Beer & Great Music, Minnesota Weather, French Wine & Sidewalks. Yogi for life.

Category: Music

  • 5 Days, 5 Airports, and a lot of Walking

    Once upon a time I used to fly to Amsterdam just to listen to a band. (No, I wasn’t rich, I just had great flight benefits with Northwest Airlines). Now I travel occasionally to academic conferences and for the rare vacation. I’ve been home for about 18 hours after traveling in a circle from Minneapolis-St.…

  • Replacement Stories

    The Replacements’ Rapturous Return: Two (Very Different) Takes From One Critic The First Replacements Show in 22 Years, Reviewed by Titus Andronicus’ Patrick Stickles ‘Satisfied?’ or ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Replacements Reunion’ Former Twin Cities journalist publishes ‘lost’ Replacements photos Watch the Replacements Color Us Impressed in First Show in…

  • Making the Most of Email by Rewarding your Followers: First Avenue

    I love First Avenue. It’s my downtown danceteria even if I don’t dance. But this is not a fangirl post. It’s about email marketing. Like you, my email inbox clogs up with messages I’ve opted in to. I subscribe to Teresa Boardman’s real estate blog just because I like her photos. Business news comes from…

  • What does “Sold Out” mean?

    I realize that’s an odd question, but one that pertains to how we buy and value products and services. Here are some examples: You see a house go on the market in a great neighborhood and it’s sold in 3 days. You hear a song on the radio and think, “Cool band, I’d like to…

  • The Minnesota TweetUp for Earth Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota

    I spent this great, rainy Saturday at the Science Museum of Minnesota because I tweet. Really, I think that’s the real reason I was invited. Me, a bunch of science folks and other interesting people like economics writer, Erik Hare and musician and nerd (not necessarily in that order), Jeremy Messersmith. I watched 1.5 cubic…

  • Day Eleven of the Daily Dozen: Small Business Saturday: November 26th, 2011: Stuff for Guys

    For this post, I queried the guys in my life to find out where they shop. The biggest surprise? My husband. Mr.-Never-Buys-Anything slipped out of the house this morning for the 7 am Black Friday opening of Joe’s Sporting Goods to buy himself some insulated snow pants. He bought his first set of skis there…

  • The Jawhawks Official Marketing

    Now THIS was a show: And it makes me wish for summer. The Jayhawks Official Marketing Efforts are fantastic, visit their new YouTube channel to see what I mean.

  • My Favorite Music Writer Reads his Stuff

    And he’s local! Jim Walsh who’s been writing about local music, since, well I’ve been reading about it, is reading some of his favorites Friday night in Excelsior at the 318 Music Cafe: Jim Walsh: Songs and Stories I’ve always wanted to do this. I’ll read some of my fave columns and essays from over…

  • People Just Need a Reason to…

    People Just Need a Reason to Go Out, to Buy, to Visit, to Shop:  That’s my theory of local retail and dining. Here’s where it’s worked for me (and Minneapolis/St. Paul businesses) in 2010. Groveland Tap’s “Save the Nook Saturday” – Backstory:  the venerable Nook burger shop on Hamline  Avenue was gutted by fire on…

  • The Music was Great — but who were the bands?

    Last night, I went to First Avenue for the Tribute to the Replacements show celebrating the 25th anniversary of Tim. The ‘mats, disbanded in 1991. I saw them a few times growing up and collected all their LPs like most avid Twin City fans. Last night’s show (an annual event) was a lot like the…