Cyn Collins

Cyn Collins · Follow 2 min read · -- I’m sitting here alone, eating a burger, and wondering what people think when they see me. Not the real me – the one I know myself to be – but the version of me they hear about secondhand. The one shaped by someone else’s words. It’s strange, really. How easy it is for people to form opinions based on half a story. I know I’m different. ADHD, HSP, RSD – it all makes me experience the world more intensely.

Day 1 Cyn Collins · Follow 2 min read · -- Some decisions come quickly – like an instinct, a reflex, a sudden knowing. Others creep in quietly, unwelcome but persistent, settling into the cracks of your thoughts until you can’t ignore them anymore. This is one of those decisions. I don’t know exactly when I realized that something had to change. Maybe it was a slow unraveling, a collection of small moments that seemed insignificant at the time but, when pieced together, told a different story.

It’s Superchunk’s first time performing in Minneapolis since their 2010 First Avenue show, and they’re touring behind their stellar new release What a Time to Be Alive, the band’s most explicitly political album in their nearly 30-year career. Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster, who also drums for the Mountain Goats and Bob Mould is one of the funniest guys in indie rock, whether he’s co-hosting the long-running radio program or cutting loose on social media.