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Jim Meyer

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About Me

Welcome! I'm a former full-time music reporter and reviewer from Minneapolis, now living in Farmington with my wife and father-in-law. I have semi-retired from music writing (twice!) to focus on health care studies. I'm an LPN interested in long-term/elder care and Death Dignity issues, as well as just trying to make some sense of American health care. I also officiate sports, primarily baseball.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I've found that if you really want to meet someone, you should just do it. Call them, write them, or go up to them, respectfully. You'll be glad you did, and tomorrow may be too late. THEY'LL often be glad YOU did.

My Blog

KC Royal prospect Mike Aviles: $1,000 signing bonus to majors in 5 years.

Royals' Aviles is a 1,000-to-1 shotBy Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports Aug 13, 12:38 am EDT The money doesn't make the player. People around baseball like to say that, executives who have seen cash whirl ar...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Radio Joe: Complete Playlists of Joe Strummer’s London Calling radio shows (BBC World)

THIS IS RADIO JOEI know this info exists previously (because I stole it), but for your convenience, I thought I would post the playlists of the eight episodes of Joe Strummer's BBC World Service serie...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:36:00 GMT

Jims Top 10 Locals and Nationals

Here Comes Irregular Volume 2, Edition 1Jim's National ListEvery year I say this is the last top 10 list, but then I discover 5 or 6 very cool things, and then I scramble to find a couple four more to...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:37:00 GMT

George W. Bush Resume.

This individual seeks an executive position. He will be available nextJanuary, and is willing to relocate. RESUME GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20520 EDUCATION AND EXPERI...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:36:00 GMT

MeyBlog: Here Comes Irregular, Volume 1, Edition 1: Final MnMo Revs: Stook!, Dan Wilson...fin

Here Comes Irregular, Volume 1, Edition 1. A very occasional review of notable yet undernoticed works in Minnesota music, and possibly beyond. From time to time, there may be other observations as I s...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Captain Yonder, Lolly Pop, May+June reviews from Minnesota Monthly

Captain YonderGood-bye, Woland!The Minnesota music scene is flush with young new traditionalists, but few are as soft-spoken or strangely endearing as Missouri-born Ryan Pfeiffer. The former long haul...
Posted by on Mon, 21 May 2007 15:57:00 GMT

Low, Drums and Guns (Minnesota Monthly, April 2007)

LowDrums and Guns (Sub Pop)In May 2005, Low frontman Alan Sparhawk went public about his ongoing struggle with multiple mood disorders. Whether it was due to analysis, recent charity missions in Kenya...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:10:00 GMT

Al Franken Opinion in Star Trib: Eyewitness in Afghanistan

Al Franken wrote this piece for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune while on his seventh USO tour in December:I no longer get the Strib. Thanks to Coleen Rowley for pointing this out. I'm forwarding it to an...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:41:00 GMT

Now Accepting Review Copies, As Always.

As I may have said on my profile, I review a couple local records each issue for Minnesota Monthly, and I may start sending some overflow to their online. (As you can see, I repost to my own blog.) I ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:30:00 GMT

Feb. and March reviews from Minnesota Monthly: Storyhill, Suburbs, 3 Doug Little Cuban jazz CDs

My latest reviews for Minnesota Monthly. I don't usually post my reviews before publication, but Doug Little's jazz records have been out since late last year and Charanga Tropical is still gigging ev...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:13:00 GMT