Westerberg plays Target Field
By Jodi | Filed under PW News | Comments (7)
Well, he already did I guess. Boo. According to the Strib:
“The Replacements frontman reserfaced yesterday, and the surface he chose was the turf at Target Field. He was filmed there for an in-the-works documentary “40 Nights of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
Am I the absolute last to know everything?
Check out the itinerary of the movie. It looks to be fucking awesome.
Tags: 40 Nights of Rock n Roll, paul westerberg
Spins 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years
By Jodi | Filed under In the News | Comments (6)
While most of this Spin list made me make that skeptical, smug, judgmental smelled something bad face. U2? Really? God, I hate U2. And I’m a little shocked that The Strokes placed so high (above Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, seriously do the people at Spin have hearing problems). But, I was pretty stoked to see numbers 15 and 11.
Tags: lists, the replacements
Glen Campbell & Paul Westerberg collaborating on Glen’s new album
By Jodi | Filed under PW News | Comments (4)
Did y’all see this about Glen Campbell’s new album?
“Meanwhile, Raymond said, “an unbelievable amount of people” wanted to be part of the current project, which will feature all original material. Westerberg wrote the title track, and other collaborators include members of the Dandy Warhols, guitarist Steve Hunter, former Prince cohort Wendy Melvoin and drummer Josh Freese. The album’s release date is pending a label deal.”
Interesting, yes?
Tags: glen campbell, paul westerberg
Billie Joe Armstrong Meets Paul Westerberg in April Spin Magazine…
By shelaka | Filed under In the News | Comments (4)
In a series of interviews where today’s artists talk with their own idols, Billie Joe of Green Day talks with PW. Too short article, but Paul seems pretty good-natured about the exchange.
The online version isn’t the full story, but in the print version, the greatest revelation I didn’t know: the misheard lyrics of Bastards: “We are the sons of no one” is actually “Wait on the sons of no one” – Paul says he lifted that phrase from the Bible. Wow! And I thought “Bacon & Cigarettes” was king!
Tags: Bastards of Young, billie joe armstrong, paul westerberg
Westerberg writes about Alex Chilton in the NY Times
By Jodi | Filed under In the News | Comments (4)
“Yeah, December boys got it bad, as “September Gurls” notes. The great Alex Chilton is gone — folk troubadour, blues shouter, master singer, songwriter and guitarist. Someone should write a tune about him. Then again, nah, that would be impossible. Or just plain stupid.”
Tags: Alex Chilton, paul westerberg
Children by the million mourn for Alex Chilton
By Jodi | Filed under Related News | Comments (10)
Alex Chilton has died. Wow. that one punched me right in the gut. There’s a great story of meeting Alex in the comments, you should go read that.
- Props for Alex Chilton from the floor of the House by Memphis Democratic Rep Steve Cohen check it on CSPAN.
- The Chicago Reader.
- Dave Lifton of Wings for Wheels.
- CNN’s The Marquee Blog.
- USA Today’s Pop Candy.
- Huffington Post.
- The Guardian UK.
- MTV.
- Rob Sheffield in Rolling Stone.
- NPR.
- Greg Kot in the Chicago Tribune.
- The Washington Post.
- The Onion’s A.V. Club.
- The Wall Street Journal.
- Entertainment Weekly.
- Rolling Stone.
- Tommy Stinson tweets about Alex’s death.
- Jim DeRogatis on Chilton’s death.
- NY Times Art’s Beat Blog on his death.
- Pitchfork.
Tags: Alex Chilton, RIP
Mississippi river born in ’59
By Jodi | Filed under 'Mats Memories, In the News | Comments (11)
Today’s Mr. Paul Westerberg’s 50th birthday. Yesterday the Strib ran a nice piece about the old man.
“Starting in the 1980s, the Replacements injected a much-needed dose of mischief into a musical environment close to being overtaken by poseurs and synth-rock. Westerberg and his bandmates Tommy Stinson, Chris Mars and Bob Stinson took their direction from romantic songwriters and glam bands from the coasts — sentimental troubadours like Eric Carmen and Neil Diamond and party hounds like Thin Lizzy and Kiss. Ambitious, skilled, and swaggering but not stupid, they were the Clash without the notion that they had something important to say.
“Originally content to play simply fast and loud, Westerberg’s often comic and daring music grew increasingly more ambitious. By the band’s third and fourth albums, he was throwing off evocative tales of heartbreak, pain and confusion at a level that most bands would be lucky to stumble upon once in a career. Commercially, the Replacements mostly went nowhere, but you have to remember, this was the decade of Phil Collins.”
Tags: paul westerberg
Paul Westerberg signs to new label
By Jodi | Filed under PW News | Comments (5)
You heard it here last. . . Bug music snatches up Paul Westerberg.
Do you think that means we’ll get a new, non-basement tapes album from the weirdo?
I sure as hell hope so. What say ye?
BONUS Random Skyway video with David de Young of Howwastheshow.com helping Jim Walsh and friends with the lyrics to “Skyway.” (P.S. click that link to see some awesome pics of the ‘Mats tribute a few weeks back)
Tags: label, paul westerberg
RIP Bruce Allen, guitarist from The Suburbs
By Jodi | Filed under In the News | Comments (2)
City Pages is reporting the death of Bruce Allen, the guitarist for The Suburbs and the graphic designer behind The Replacements’ “Let it Be” album art.
It’s sad. Condolences to friends, family, and fans.
Embarrassing 3:42 p.m. UPDATE: Now City Pages is reporting that Allen is still alive, but will be taken off life support sometime tonight.
Bitchy editor’s note:Are you fucking kidding me City Pages? Is it so important to get the scoop that you prematurely announce the death of a dying man. That’s so gross. I hope everyone at the rag is ashamed. Damn.
UPDATE: the STrib’s Jon Bream has a nice article about Allen, also make sure to take a peek at the comments for people sharing memories/condolences.
Tags: Bruce Allen, The Suburbs
PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys
By Jodi | Filed under PW News | Comments (45)
Did you know there was going to be a new Paul Westerberg EP released on Tuesday, September 22nd? Me neither. I’m a bad fangirl. But there it is, PW & The Ghost Gloves Cat Wing Joy Boys. You can also order it on CD.
Super sweet, it’s about damn time.
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