A self-love letter for Valentine's Day

Grammy night was another big one for Jeremy Messersmith. No, the Minneapolis singer/songwriter didn't win any awards, but he did win the hearts and likes of the Twin Cities twittersphere with his annual installment of Drunk Tweeting the Grammys. But before he got down to the serious business of fawning over Dolly Parton and making fun of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he also posted one of his most whimsical songs and music videos to date. "They say to write what you know, so I wrote a tune about making love to yourself," Messersmith announced via Twitter. "Sweep Me off My Feet" — actually timed to Valentine's Day, not the Grammys — is an all-acoustic ditty with a meaningful love-thyself message sandwiched between some rather laughable, innuendo-filled lines. Adding to the humor, the Messersmith-directed YouTube video for it stars Sean "Har Mar" Tillmann as a man out on a date by himself. "We can only love others as much as we love ourselves," noted Messersmith. "Maybe take a moment and say 'Hey, me, I think you're pretty great. Let's hang out. Just the one of us.' " What's not to love? CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

One month after his death at 75, Minnesota music legend Willie Murphy will be honored this weekend. There's a funeral service at 2 p.m. Saturday at Augsburg University's Hoversten Chapel, 625 22nd Av. S., Mpls. Then Sunday — declared Willie Murphy Day by Minneapolis officials — members of Willie's various bands plus Spider John Koerner, Dakota Dave Hull, Ipso Facto, Pat Hayes and many more will celebrate Willie in a memorial show at the Cabooze (4-10 p.m., $10 or more donation requested). Money raised from the event, plus a more low-key Blue Monday jam the following night at Palmer's Bar, will help pay for cremation expenses as well as a memorial bench.C.R.

If the Notorious RBG says you're cool, you are cool. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg saluted retired Northwest Airlines flight attendant Mary Pat Laffey Inman, whose battle against discriminatory airline rules ended in a landmark court ruling written by Ginsburg, then an appellate judge. Last summer, RBG and her family were at an opera benefit catered by a former flight attendant who expressed gratitude for the ruling. Ginsburg wrote the caterer a thank you note for the "delectable fare" and included a salute to Inman, calling her "a brave woman. Her case lingered long, had many ups and downs, but eventually set an important precedent." Inman's fight is at the center of Kira Obolensky's new comedy "Stewardess!" at History Theatre in St. Paul.CHRIS HEWITT

Peter Krause plays a fearless firefighter in Fox's "9-1-1," but in real life he's kind of a softy. He admits he got emotional when his siblings recently decided it was time to sell the Roseville home they grew up in. "I was angry about it at first," said the Emmy-nominated actor, whose parents — both teachers — have died. At a Fox network party last week, Krause learned of an odd Minnesota connection: For nine years, he's dated "Gilmore Girls" star Lauren Graham; Apple Valley native Vincent Kartheiser married Graham's former co-star Alexis Bledel in 2014. "I never really put that together," Krause said. "Two Minnesotans, two Gilmore Girls. Cool."

NEAL JUSTIN

Writer, teacher and mentor David Mura has won this year's Kay Sexton Award, given annually to a person or institution who has devoted a lifetime to the world of books and writing. Co-founder of the Asian American Renaissance and a former MFA instructor at Hamline University and Macalester College, Mura is the author of many books of memoir, fiction and poetry. His most recent is "A Stranger's Journey: Race, Identity and Narrative Craft in Writing," a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. He will be honored April 6 at the annual ceremony in St. Paul.

LAURIE HERTZEL