There is so much to explore in Karen Haglof\u2019s career. She started out playing with a band called The Crackers in a Minneapolis scene that included Curtiss A, The Suicide Commandos, The Suburbs, and Flamingo before bands like Soul Asylum, the Replacements, and Husker Du put that scene on the map nationally. If, like me, you\u2019re unfamiliar with that bit of history, seek out a new documentary called Jay\u2019s Longhorn, for which Haglof is interviewed. It\u2019s the most Midwestern story you could imagine \u2013 a bunch of writers and musicians and fans deciding they want a punk and indie music scene, and then forming committees and canvassing neighborhoods to find places receptive to hosting music. And it worked. <\/p>\n