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Songs, stories, poems. Books, bands, baseball, breakfast. New album Blueprint for a Ghost out now on Pig’s Eye Records. St. Paul, MN https://linktr.ee/martindevaney?utm_source=linktree_admin_share

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 1d

This Thursday is also the launch party for this year’s St. Paul Almanac, in which I’m honored to have a poem published!

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Volume 14: Illumination (2025)

Volume 14 is filled with thought-provoking and moving works by memoirists Sherry Quan Lee and Hedy Tripp; poets Stephani Maari Booker, Donna Isaac, John Medeiros, and Debra Stone…

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 2d

This Third Thursday with Emmy Woods! 6-8, no cover, cozy.

Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 2d

I’d read this story.

Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 3d

Said festival: whitesquirrelbar.com/event/schmid...

Sounds of Schmidt Art Crawl - The White Squirrel Bar

1:00pm: Filthy Kittens 2:00pm: Sam Graber Band 3:00pm: J-mo on the Beat & The J-Lighters 4:00pm: Emma Jane 5:00pm: Devotion 6:00pm: Scarlett Woods 7:00pm: Casandra Johnson…

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 3d

Pop-up art crawl festival today at White Squirrel! Bands all day and night, market in the parking lot 2-7. Planning on anecdote being set up for it all, pending that rain…

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, this is a positive development. Cautiously optimistic, etc. Sorry if it seemed Soucheray-ish. Hadn’t had coffee, been sick, many conversations lately about this, downtown, and the upcoming mayoral race, which…a lotta thoughts.

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 3d

Completely true. I won’t turn a blind eye to that. But I just had an exhausting wave of Deja Vu there for a minute. I’m psyched there’s movement.

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds great! But…this sounds like several articles that came out before or around the time the stadium opened. Six years ago.

Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 4d

What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
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Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink

Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 4d

Got my flu/covid vaccines yesterday, had a bit of a reaction, fell asleep at the beginning of the baseball game and woke up at almost midnight in the 14th inning. Very confused.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 6d

New blog and events up for anecdote:

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October means art crawls and MEA Two October events starting with this weekend at the White Squirrel parking lot on Sunday 10/12 as part of the Sounds of Schmidt/Schmidt Art Crawl. We’ll be o…

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 6d

Technically have never seen Grandaddy and man, was Sumday a foundational record. Tonight will be cool.

Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 10d

This is…most disappointing.

Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 13d

And so begins Nebraska month.

Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 14d

White Squirrel today until 7!

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 20d

Just added another anecdote sale for next week at the White Squirrel patio:

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 14d

Come browse books for your happy hour…

Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 20d

Just added another anecdote sale for next week at the White Squirrel patio:

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 17d

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 18d

New bloggo up about events and stuff. Check it out if you’re one of them bookish types.

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Brake Bread, Back Pocket, and upcoming sales… We had our first sale at Brake Bread a few weeks back and had such a great time that we’ll be back for an event on October 18th for MEA wee…

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 19d

Here are the buddies at Brake Bread a few weeks back:

Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 20d

Just added another anecdote sale for next week at the White Squirrel patio:

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 20d

the ghost runner in meaningful September extra inning games is like someone pouring an entire bottle of ketchup on a delicious steak

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 21d

Playing a short guest set tonight at Sarah Morris and Doug Collins’ Family Dinner show. Also with Faith Boblett! 6pm music:

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Family Dinner w. Doug & Sarah - The White Squirrel Bar

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 21d

Next anecdote books pop-up is this Sunday, back at JS Coffee 10-2. I’ll presumably have PA on the radio from Ireland, yelling about the Vikings…

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Martin Devaney @martindevaney.bsky.social · 21d

Playing a short guest set tonight at Sarah Morris and Doug Collins’ Family Dinner show. Also with Faith Boblett! 6pm music:

whitesquirrelbar.com/event/family...

Family Dinner w. Doug & Sarah - The White Squirrel Bar

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