Jim Higgins
@jhiggy.bsky.social
Arts & books editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Writer. Husband. Dad. Marquette University alum. Pittsburgh native. MUWBB season ticket holder. In recovery. Author of “Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground.” Ubi caritas
Despite the end of reading having been declared, a friend and I are reading @libraryofamerica.bsky.social 19th century American short story collection together. A story a week and then we email each other our reactions. In general the stories are wilder than we might have guessed. Having good time
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
After scouring the galaxy for relief help, the Milwaukee Brewers have added Rom to their bullpen. His stuff is considered explosive.
Oh this is so random: in the market hall (fancy food court) the speakers are blasting Hey Lloyd I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken by Camera Obscura (a song I love)
Flowers to Sirius Beatles Channel for playing Yer Blues this morning.
3 years ago today, we lost alt.rock musician and singer-songwriter Mark Lanegan at the age of 57. He was a co-founder of Screaming Trees and was also a member of Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins.
Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A UW-Madison historian's work became a key feature of Bad Bunny's new album. Here's how www.jsonline.com/story/entert...
A UW-Madison historian's work became a key feature of Bad Bunny's new album. Here's how
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, an assistant history professor at UW-Madison, is the brains behind the visualizers for Bad Bunny's hit new album.
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Unexpectedly I’ve written two articles over the past month that mention Will Durant
This title of an Edna O’Brien story sounds like it could be either a Belle and Sebastian or Morrissey song: Come Into the Drawing Room, Doris
In a possible, and mildly unnerving, foreshadowing of my imminent future golden years, for complicated family reasons we ate dinner at 4 pm today
Is there a filter for TV that blocks all Manning commercials?
Even at my age there are firsts. A colleague compared me today, in a friendly and complementary way, to a sturgeon.
Soundtrack for grilling: a new Neil Young tribute album, a Stephen Marley playlist
Moms at the playground at 7 a.m.: May you have strength for the day ahead
Drinking microwaved leftover day old coffee this morning. Like a good frugal elder Milwaukeean.
Alphabetically adjacent tracks on my favorites playlist: Friendly Advice (Luna) and From a Motel 6 (Yo La Tengo). Simpatico
Friends and fellow music nerds, I've posted a new article on Medium about 16 guitarists I enjoy medium.com/@jimhiggins_...
16 guitarists, an annotated playlist
I decided to make a simple, reliable playlist of jazz (and adjacent) guitar music I liked for occasions when I was having trouble deciding…
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Pet drama: Two family members are obsessed with a new puppy in the neighborhood, who looks like the mini version of our current beloved dog.
One (among many) reasons I liked a college senior I interviewed recently was that she unselfconsciously used the phrase "kitty corner," which we used all the time back in the Paleolithic, but which I rarely hear these days.
Yes, my favorites playlist has 2 different versions of “Lithium” on it. Why do you ask?
On this day 8 years ago my first book was published. Didn't become rich or famous, but I enjoyed nearly everything about the process. Publisher treated me well. Made a little money, did a few events, gave a few talks, had conversations. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...
Wisconsin Literary Luminaries
From the humble Ingalls family cabin in the woods to Ayad Akhtar's multicultural conflicts, the Badger State's stories and imagery have long inspired. Explore how Aldo Leopold and Lorine Niedecker dre...
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Made a John Peter Zenger joke this week. Marquette education is paying dividends!
Is it just me, or is the NYT now beating a drum for medically-assisted suicide, with two huge recent stories?
Met two Marquette classmates for lunch. Astonishing to think what has changed in 45 years, and what persists.
Instead of 2025 I typed 3035, like I’m in a Zager & Evans song
Tonight will conclude a stretch of 6 evening events in 8 days (4 theater, 2 sports), all with my favorite daughter. All have been worth it, but I will also enjoy staying home a few nights in a row.
