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Matthew Vinge
@mvinge.bsky.social
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Turning your kids into rock stars, chasing the northern lights and exploring Minnesota. I dig music, guitars, ukulele, Prince, and stargazing. 📸🎸🔭🌹DSA St. Paul/Minneapolis/North Shore
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · Nov 13
Where my Minnesota, Twin Cities, North Shore/Woods people at??

I wanna follow you!

15yrs building community on Twitter, but...here we are.

I'm a music teacher, classical 🎸, MN explorer, aurora chaser, and nightscape 📸.

These are pics I've taken around MN in the last 30 days.

Let's be friends??
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 10h
"They got the guns but we got the numbers. Gonna win. We're talking over."

-Jim Morrison

No Kings.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 11h
MTM x Prince = MPLS 🕺💜💃
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no kings in minneapolis. just prince. or mary tyler moore on nicollet mall dressed as prince?
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 13h
✌️🕺🤘
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 13h
Minnesota. No Kings. Only Prince 💜
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 13h
Minneapolis, Minnesota. No Kings. Non stop streaming of people filling up The Commons in downtown.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 14h
Still 6 stops from downtown Minneapolis and the train is already at capacity. Announcements being made telling people more trains are coming. The platforms are full but no one can get on. No Kings.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 1d
She's kicking strong enough to be seen on camera over a Lake Hiawatha in Minneapolis (!) with a long exposure. Pretty impressive but the real show is up north right now.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 1d
It sure is. She's dippin hard now. GOES is an awesome tool.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 1d
Aurora is going to rip any min according to the data. I'm stuck on the train for another 30min 🥲 and still an hour away from a suitable spot. If you're up north tonight, I'd go outside and check it out. Probably going to continue to build up over next hours. Look north.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 1d
Never skip the show when a Beatle comes to town.

Paul McCartney playing Blackbird tonight in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 1d
I got a lot of books. This is one of my rare treasures.

"The Beatles in Minnesota" documenting the only Beatles concert ever in MN on 8/21/1965. These are the only high quality pics from the show.

Can't wait to see Paul McCartney tonight in Minneapolis! See you there.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 3d
Are they actually eating it? Dude's just chompin on it and spitting it out, like a chew toy. But that's just as interesting.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 3d
The Taco Bell dog
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 3d
I love the new powerbox art around the downtown St Paul Minnesota parks. These are my favorites. Find them around Mears Park, Kellogg Mall and adjacent streets.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 6d
Sunset fighting storm clouds over Minnesota & Mississippi Rivers confluence. Tonight from St. Peter Cemetery bluff in historic Mendota.

One of oldest (post-European arrival) burials in MN here, 1840, but it was a traditional Dakota burial place long before settlers arrived.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 6d
The John G. Munson departed the Two Harbors, Minnesota port on Lake Superior while I was visiting the breakwater lighthouse.

It traveled approx 300 miles in 28 hrs to Saulte St Marie, Ontario.

The Munson was built in 1952. It is 768ft long and carries coal/iron ore.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 11d
Definitely one of my biggest concert flexes but it's probably the only reason I didn't get tickets to her last tour because I was convinced I would do that again. Lol! It absolutely did not work for her last tour just fyi.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 11d
Stubhub is legit dude.

If you're willing to play chicken and wait until closer to show date, you can usually score cheap tickets from ppl who can't use their tickets or (more likely) scalpers who bought too many tickets and realize they're not gonna sell.

It doesn't always make sense, but def real
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 11d
Single tix disappeared at that price but search 2 tickets, you can still find em for $20-30/each. Sellers can require they be sold together

Prices likely to drop again as more tix are added. I saw them for $35 weeks ago, then they went up, then they went down yesterday. Stubhub fluctuates wildly
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 11d
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 11d
All of it but probably gonna be occupied trying not to cry 🤷‍♂️🥲 Can't wait.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 11d
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 12d
I just bought $23(!!!) tickets on Stubhub for Paul McCartney in Minneapolis next week.

I've seen him 5 times and never paid under $100.

I wouldn't sleep on those 🎟 if you're interested. I sent a mass email to all my music students parents letting them know those are available.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 13d
The horizon opened up during the rain tonight for last few min of sunset.

I really wanted to find opening in clouds to catch rising full harvest supermoon bc Saturn is right next to it 🌚🪐 Failed 🥲 Too cloudy in the east and it's raining but I'll take a good sunset I guess.

Red Wing, Minnesota
Memorial Park, Red Wing, Minnesota
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 14d
One of my guitar students who started with me when she was 7 yrs old, got her first full size guitar today.

She's been playing full rock songs and shredding real guitars solos on a 3/4 size Stratocaster so we upgraded to the real deal 🎸
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