This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: At the KDHX Midwest Mayhem bash last week, people and music came together at the City Museum:So Many Dynamos
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Credit Jarred Gastreich | St. Louis Beacon | 2013
![Tef Poe at Midwest Mayhem](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fc77f77/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x1000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201608%2Ftefpoemm.jpg)
Credit Jarred Gastreich | St. Louis Beacon | 2013
![Funky Butt Brass Band at Midwest Mayhem](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/898625e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x1000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201608%2Ffunkybuttmm_.jpg)
Credit Jarred Gastreich | St. Louis Beacon | 2013
But words of wisdom came from Stuart Minor: "Friends may desert you, thorns may hurt you, and sunny days may turn to clouds -- but you know what? You're never ever alone so long as you got yourself a balloon dog."
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Credit Jarred Gastreich | St. Louis Beacon | 2013
![woman with a balloon dog at Midwest Mayhem](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b6bfb96/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x1000+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201608%2FMidwestMayhemxl.jpg)
Credit Jarred Gastreich | St. Louis Beacon | 2013
... though a human hug makes the balloon dog even better.