John Kelsey
@johnkelsey.bsky.social
Baseball, music, movies, gyros, Minneapolis bars, etc.
Hour 5 of hosting Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hour 5 of hosting Thanksgiving.
D'Angelo and Questlove at First Ave in 2013 was usually my answer to the best live show I've ever seen. Brutal news.
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
D'Angelo and Questlove at First Ave in 2013 was usually my answer to the best live show I've ever seen. Brutal news.
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“It’s not even a matter of coming in and letting your hair down. We don’t ever really have to have our guard up. This is where the freaks hang out. Here, we don’t think you’re freaky. You’re just one of us.”
Goodbye to Palmer’s: A Requiem for Minneapolis’s Weirdest and Wonderfullest Bar - Racket
The landmark West Bank bar will close in 10 days. Here's why that happened—and what will be lost.
racketmn.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“It’s not even a matter of coming in and letting your hair down. We don’t ever really have to have our guard up. This is where the freaks hang out. Here, we don’t think you’re freaky. You’re just one of us.”
He saw The Big Lebowski in theaters then showed it to me when I was 9 years old.
Okay you guys, what’s the best book, movie, or TV show your dad introduced you to
June 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
He saw The Big Lebowski in theaters then showed it to me when I was 9 years old.
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did you know there are people out there still holding onto caches of original-recipe Four Loko? there sure are, and I spoke to a few (some with more ominous results than others): theringer.com/2025/05/09/p...
Where Four Loko Art Thou? A Search for the Last Original Cans of the 2000s’ Most Loved and Loathed Forbidden Alcohol.
Fifteen years after Four Loko’s caffeinated recipe was pulled off shelves, some collectors are still holding on to their stashes—some for profit, some for memories, and some for keeping the YOLO spiri...
theringer.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
did you know there are people out there still holding onto caches of original-recipe Four Loko? there sure are, and I spoke to a few (some with more ominous results than others): theringer.com/2025/05/09/p...
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The history of Art-A-Whirl, told from the folks who started it 30 years ago.
Raising the Sausage Curtain: How Art-A-Whirl Helped Turn NE Minneapolis Into an Arts District - Racket
Thirty years ago, most people in Minneapolis thought Northeast was too sleepy or dangerous to visit. A scrappy open-studio tour with some unlikely political support changed that.
racketmn.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The history of Art-A-Whirl, told from the folks who started it 30 years ago.
Reposted by John Kelsey
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gotta be the first pope who conceivably has tried malort
May 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
gotta be the first pope who conceivably has tried malort
Celebratory balloons.
April 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Celebratory balloons.
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Untitled, by Keith Haring, 1987, 📸 by @KCleevesPhotos
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Untitled, by Keith Haring, 1987, 📸 by @KCleevesPhotos
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
Impressive that the Twins are beating up on the first place Chicago White Sox.
April 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Impressive that the Twins are beating up on the first place Chicago White Sox.
My personal ranking of the Best Picture nominees, 1-4 and 5-7 relatively interchangeable:
1. Anora
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Nickel Boys
4. The Brutalist
5. Conclave
6. I'm Still Here
7. A Complete Unknown
8. The Substance
9. Wicked
10. Emilia Perez
1. Anora
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Nickel Boys
4. The Brutalist
5. Conclave
6. I'm Still Here
7. A Complete Unknown
8. The Substance
9. Wicked
10. Emilia Perez
February 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My personal ranking of the Best Picture nominees, 1-4 and 5-7 relatively interchangeable:
1. Anora
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Nickel Boys
4. The Brutalist
5. Conclave
6. I'm Still Here
7. A Complete Unknown
8. The Substance
9. Wicked
10. Emilia Perez
1. Anora
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Nickel Boys
4. The Brutalist
5. Conclave
6. I'm Still Here
7. A Complete Unknown
8. The Substance
9. Wicked
10. Emilia Perez
Fuck this guy for ruining the most anticipated hockey game in years.
February 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Fuck this guy for ruining the most anticipated hockey game in years.
Honored to be quoted in this.
Wait, there are people who actually remember things that happened at the Red Dragon?
Red Dragon Memories From My Aunt, a 14-Year Bartender/Server, Plus 10 Other Readers - Racket
Plus: We published the Wondrous Punch recipe.
racketmn.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Honored to be quoted in this.
The best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J0c...
Jungle - Back on 74 in the Live Lounge
YouTube video by BBCRadio1VEVO
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December 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J0c...
Heard on @radiok.bsky.social tonight: "Coming up, I'm going to play Master of Puppets by Metallica for my dad who's listening tonight. Hi dad."
December 5, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Heard on @radiok.bsky.social tonight: "Coming up, I'm going to play Master of Puppets by Metallica for my dad who's listening tonight. Hi dad."
Haven't done one of these in a while, but felt compelled to document my time in a fine, pierogi-filled city. Check out my Pittsburgh Road Trip journal on Twins Daily: twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/...
Pittsburgh Road Trip Journal
The Twins had not played a series in Pittsburgh that fans could attend since April of 2018, with the last series the team played at PNC Park being a fanless two game series during the COVID-shortened ...
twinsdaily.com
June 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Haven't done one of these in a while, but felt compelled to document my time in a fine, pierogi-filled city. Check out my Pittsburgh Road Trip journal on Twins Daily: twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/...
38th and Nicollet is too easy, but it is correct (sent while eating breakfast at that intersection).
Tell us your favorite Twin Cities intersection:
Intersections! Let's Talk About 'Em in This Friday's Open Thread. - Racket
It's time again to turn the website over to you, Racket readers.
racketmn.com
March 23, 2024 at 3:26 PM
38th and Nicollet is too easy, but it is correct (sent while eating breakfast at that intersection).
Other favorites from 2023, roughly in order:
-Afire
-Showing Up
-The Killer
-You Hurt My Feelings
-The Taste of Things
-All of us Strangers
-The Iron Claw
-Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
-Passages
-Asteroid City
-May December
-Infinity Pool
-Talk to Me
-How to Blow Up a Pipeline
-Afire
-Showing Up
-The Killer
-You Hurt My Feelings
-The Taste of Things
-All of us Strangers
-The Iron Claw
-Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
-Passages
-Asteroid City
-May December
-Infinity Pool
-Talk to Me
-How to Blow Up a Pipeline
March 10, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Other favorites from 2023, roughly in order:
-Afire
-Showing Up
-The Killer
-You Hurt My Feelings
-The Taste of Things
-All of us Strangers
-The Iron Claw
-Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
-Passages
-Asteroid City
-May December
-Infinity Pool
-Talk to Me
-How to Blow Up a Pipeline
-Afire
-Showing Up
-The Killer
-You Hurt My Feelings
-The Taste of Things
-All of us Strangers
-The Iron Claw
-Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
-Passages
-Asteroid City
-May December
-Infinity Pool
-Talk to Me
-How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Great movie year, and no total duds among the Best Picture noms. I'd rank em:
1. Poor Things
2. Past Lives
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. The Zone of Interest
6. Oppenheimer
7. The Holdovers
8. American Fiction
9. Barbie
10. Maestro
1. Poor Things
2. Past Lives
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. The Zone of Interest
6. Oppenheimer
7. The Holdovers
8. American Fiction
9. Barbie
10. Maestro
March 10, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Great movie year, and no total duds among the Best Picture noms. I'd rank em:
1. Poor Things
2. Past Lives
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. The Zone of Interest
6. Oppenheimer
7. The Holdovers
8. American Fiction
9. Barbie
10. Maestro
1. Poor Things
2. Past Lives
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. The Zone of Interest
6. Oppenheimer
7. The Holdovers
8. American Fiction
9. Barbie
10. Maestro