Food & Music writer based in Minneapolis. Doing a lot, but never doing the most. https://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mtt4y2k6tc2oTomorrow, I’ll be a guest on @thecurrent.org Morning Show to talk about live music and food pairings for the 2026 Minnesota State Fair! Tune in at 8:30am central time to 89.3FM, or stream it at @thecurrent.org: https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026/08/19/minnesota-state-fair-2026-live-music-and-food-pairings24 Aug 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt4y2k6tc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mtp5vw7zhc2oQuiet on the set, please 😎 with the homie @ryanstopera.bsky.social22 Aug 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp5vw7zhc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mtna3vbt5c2aJust left the theater seeing this with homies tonight, and I agree wholeheartedly with this take. What a film. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtna3vbt5c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mthib623ec2gFor the fifth year in a row, I’m providing you with live music and food pairings at the Minnesota State Fair for @thecurrent.org: https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026/08/19/minnesota-state-fair-2026-live-music-and-food-pairings19 Aug 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthib623ec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mteyggqge22cOpen @mike-eagle.bsky.social: “Mad Enough to Aim A Pyramid At You” Also Open @mike-eagle.bsky.social with Kenny Segal: “Trying to Remember What I Aimed At”18 Aug 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteyggqge22chttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mt7fc7iip22aOne of the hardest shirts I own 👐🏼16 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7fc7iip22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3msssyka4ek2xNever thought I’d see the day where I’d share equal appearance billing with the legendary @peggyflanagan.bsky.social. Made younger Egypto proud today, knowing also I casted my ballot for her. My piece on cultural coffeehouses for @racketmn.com can be checked out here: https://racketmn.com/slow-down-cultural-cafes-are-offering-spaces-to-settle-in-with-friends [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msssyka4ek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3ms532pktv22zMy latest for @racketmn.com about the emergence of cultural coffeehouses in the Twin Cities. Read it here: [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms532pktv22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mrxooe366c2dYou heard @steventurous.bsky.social for @minnpost.bsky.social - now go read my latest for @racketmn.com: https://racketmn.com/slow-down-cultural-cafes-are-offering-spaces-to-settle-in-with-friends [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxooe366c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mrwyjqd3hs25Wrote about the emergence of cultural coffeehouses in the Twin Cities for @racketmn.com yesterday. Check it out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwyjqd3hs25https://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mrvkunsz4k2oICYMI: I wrote about the emergence of cultural coffeehouses in the Twin Cities for @racketmn.com today. Check it out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvkunsz4k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mrv664jph22sSome new work for @racketmn.com where I talk about the emergence of cultural coffeehouses in the Twin Cities, driven by the ongoing opening/expansion of Yemeni coffeehouses, and how they are a change up from the cafes and coffee shops currently offered: https://racketmn.com/slow-down-cultural-cafes-are-offering-spaces-to-settle-in-with-friends30 Jul 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrv664jph22shttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mrlsj7cqjc2qPost a perfect album from the ‘90s. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlsj7cqjc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mrgkfuongs2hListen to me in the trivia hot seat for @triviamafia.com’s “No Brains, No Lightbulbs” podcast: https://www.triviamafia.com/podcast/20260718/s3e0124 Jul 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgkfuongs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mqwnp3puyc2uI kicked off season 3 as a guest on the latest “No Brains, No Lightbulbs” podcast, where I got put in the hot seat to do a gamut of awesomely themed music and pop culture trivia questions with the good peoples at @triviamafia.com! Available now wherever you consume podcasts!18 Jul 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwnp3puyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mqr6bgqcl22pIf you and a friend had nothing to do, this is one of the best spots for a burger & fries when the hunger pangs hit around 11-midnight, and you could sit out on that patio until 3am. Got me through many a summer @radiok.bsky.social shift from 1999-2007 when I had the 9pm-11pm slot. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr6bgqcl22phttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mqd4snkx4c2j🤓10 Jul 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd4snkx4c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mq3yyuwy4k24“Hey, y’all played a heck of a game out there. We may not have won, but y’all definitely succeeded. I mean, you gave the champs 90 minutes of hell.” —Ted Lasso …and that’s all the thoughts I got on Egypt Vs. Argentina today.08 Jul 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3yyuwy4k24https://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mpqv73ntu22hTo ring in the United States’ Semiquincentennial, here are 30 essential album covers — many for recordings by American artists, but not exclusively — featuring the colors of the American Flag that I wrote about for @thecurrent.org: https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026/06/30/30-essential-red-white-and-blue-album-covers03 Jul 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqv73ntu22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mplqiisa322nICYMI - I wrote about 30 essential album covers in red, white, and blue, with some brief blurbs about how each of them came to be from a creative direction standpoint for @thecurrent.org yesterday: https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026/06/30/30-essential-red-white-and-blue-album-covers01 Jul 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplqiisa322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mpje7a3sg22xToday for @thecurrent.org: I wrote about 30 essential albums in red, white, and blue, with some brief blurbs about how each of them came to be from a creative direction standpoint! https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026/06/30/30-essential-red-white-and-blue-album-covers30 Jun 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpje7a3sg22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mol65pcmfc2sStill diggin’. 📸: Nicole Crowder (caught incognito style at Agharta Records in St. Paul)18 Jun 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol65pcmfc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mo54u7ftyc24YO! I didn’t expect this at all until @cheycab.bsky.social brought it to my attention this afternoon. Please contribute to support Urban Lights Music: A Community Treasure: gofund.me/a9b9b6193 This screengrab was from S1 E1 of Tacos & Tastemakers, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/xfevhg1-ohA?is=q87U000Ks-yIz_JB [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo54u7ftyc24https://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mo4g5dcges26Just a couple of online homies (me and @eriktmpls.bsky.social) at the record store, finally meeting for the first time in the real world, y’know12 Jun 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4g5dcges26https://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mo23rp2nls2jWent to my local cafe where they played “Eternal Flame” by The Bangles, and I expressed to them as well as having this moment in my memory, recollecting how The Bangles were the first band ever in my musical timeline. 🧵11 Jun 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo23rp2nls2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mnyciepyfk2b“The Wu is comin’ thru, the outcome is critical”11 Jun 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyciepyfk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mnxnlhgwn22yThe Dinkytowner raised me, and my favorite memory is loaning DJ Stage One my headphones one evening. I will never ever live that memory (and many others) down. Thanks @matoswk.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute some quotes of my memories for your incredible piece in @racketmn.com today! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxnlhgwn22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mmujpcz6ws2oThe fam entrusted me to slow roast a boneless leg of lamb for Eid today, and needless to say, I rose to the challenge. Eid Mubarak to all the homies observing.27 May 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmujpcz6ws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/egyptoknuckles.bsky.social/post/3mm665ju5pk2uBrian Jackson (who was Gil Scott-Heron’s main collaborator) is releasing a Gil Scott-Heron covers album called “Now More than Ever” near the end of the month on BBE Music produced by Kenny Dope & Louie Vega that is for sure an easy AOTY contender: https://thebrianjackson.bandcamp.com/album/now-more-than-ever19 May 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:vwpvhsazvtplz7wpukhcrowm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm665ju5pk2u