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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 2d

Tickets to Eric Ziegenhagen and 10 Items or Fewer at Bryant Lake Bowl on 10/19 at 7 pm: www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/eric...

Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

Eric Ziegenhagen returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl and the old country for the first time in forever, bringing evocative songs played on a four-string guitar that land somewhere familiar and dream-like ...

www.bryantlakebowl.com

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 2d

But I don’t think Thoreau knew how much fun it is to also play with a rhythm section + keys, which might be why when people talk about “Walden”, u don’t hear them list the awesome drum solos as a standout feature. I do list photos by @pablojones.bsky.social as a standout feature here, though.

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 2d

When Thoreau said “Simplify, simplify simplify”, I think he was referring to the practice of experimenting with quasi-acoustic renditions of songs that usually feature a rhythm section and keys. <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 2d

The “Action Squad Beta” trio formation of 10 Items or Fewer that you’ll see at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th, opening for @eziegen, amounts to an exercise in reductive arrangement focus. <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

“The Fossil Record” by 10 Items or Fewer: 10itemsorfewer.bandcamp.com/album/the-fo...

The Fossil Record, by 10 Items or Fewer

13 track album

10itemsorfewer.bandcamp.com

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

“Second Husband” by Eric Ziegenhagen: ericziegenhagen.bandcamp.com/album/second...

Second Husband, by Eric Ziegenhagen

10 track album

ericziegenhagen.bandcamp.com

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

branching out into assorted arrangement strategies that envelop country, rock, bluegrass, and synth pop– plus the occasional descent into maelstroms of warbling synths, field recordings, and variously sculpted noise. Links to both Bandcamp releases in the comments! <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

trying unsuccessfully to banish someone from your thoughts, and a post-apocalyptic world where cockroaches dream up mythic creatures with only two arms and legs apiece. The music proceeds from a template of acoustic guitar and vocals... <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

On 10 Items or Fewer’s “The Fossil Record”, the lyrics meander through topics like having lunch with your ex, the crash of the Russian Space Station Mir, dinosaurs, wooly mammoths, the frustration of staying the same when a friend has changed, ants in amber, Star Wars... <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

...in which the characters dodge monsters and love each other in the same kind of dreamy haze.” <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

...wanting to make something that matched that specific week, that place, that time of year, that moment in life. The Chicago Reader has described Ziegenhagen’s lyrics as “a sort of atmospheric poetry of extremity... <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

Produced by Steve Albini, Ziegenhagen’s “Second Husband” features 10 songs set in a Chicago era that has moved from recent past to distant past, played on a four-string nylon-string guitar. The songs were often written for an occasion: a living-room show or a backyard party or a club... <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

On Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp waives its revenue share and passes the funds directly to artists & labels, which has resulted in millions of fans paying over $120 million directly to labels and musicians they love. This, in short, is your chance to give me and Eric 120 million dollars. <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 9d

It’s Bandcamp Friday! And while you can hear songs from both Eric Ziegenhagen and 10 Items or Fewer at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm, today is a chance to support us directly by purchasing our music! <more>

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Eric Z. @ericzieg.bsky.social · 10d

Chicago & Minneapolis, playing two shows this month:

Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social

Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein

That's that!

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 10d

Tickets here: www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/eric...

Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

Eric Ziegenhagen returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl and the old country for the first time in forever, bringing evocative songs played on a four-string guitar that land somewhere familiar and dream-like ...

www.bryantlakebowl.com

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 10d

Eric Ziegenhagen is fleeing antifa-ravaged Portland to bring you his songs! In Minneapolis on Sunday Rocktober 19th at Bryant Lake Bowl, you can catch the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio formation open for him at 7 pm .Ticket link in the replies!

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 11d

2. When it comes to improvisation, the 10 Items crew has a way of digging deep to find something truly personal, truly off the beaten path— something only that person would offer. Stirring all that into the same pot is one of the many joys of this project. I’m grateful. <end>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 11d

Accordion overdubs at Cool Cat Audio on the upcoming 10 Items or Fewer album with the maestro himself, Jon Duncan!

Two things I noticed after this session:

1. Making good music happen with good people has a way of lifting one’s spirits, a boon in times like these. <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 17d

Tickets here: www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/eric...

Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

Eric Ziegenhagen returns to the Bryant Lake Bowl and the old country for the first time in forever, bringing evocative songs played on a four-string guitar that land somewhere familiar and dream-like ...

www.bryantlakebowl.com

10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 17d

Ticket link is in the replies, so you can get down to the nitty gritty of the reservation and not be left out in the approaching autumnal cold on the night, clamoring for a ticket and wishing you’d dealt with the purchase in advance like you could have… <more>

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 17d

@ericzieg.bsky.social and I were born on the same day. Not just like, we share the same birthday, but the exact same day in history!

Whether delivered by mothers or by mothership, we’ll both be delivering original songs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm.

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 19d

Vocal recording for the new 10 Items or Fewer album continues at @coolcataudio.bsky.social! Harmony singer Rhiannon Fiskradatz took these shots in the booth the other day.

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 25d

Make sure to reserve your seat early. Eric’s coming all the way from Portland for this one, so make sure not to miss it!

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Buy Tickets to Eric Ziegenhagen and 10 Items or Fewer at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater in Uptown, Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 19th, 2025. Tickets are on sale now! BLB's full food and drink menu a...

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10 Items or Boo-er! 🎃 👻 💀 @10orfewer.bsky.social · 25d

Next up: the 10 Items Action Squad Beta trip of myself, Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Dan Gaarder opens for Eric Ziegenhagen at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Rocktober 19th at 7 pm! (Ticket link in next comment)

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